Oklahoma's Bowling Prospects: Taco's in Tempe?
by Redhawk on Nov 22, 2010 10:39 AM CST
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The Sooners face Oklahoma St. this week, that we know. The out come we don't, but it will certainly effect where the Sooners are heading for their bowl game. Things are clearing up a little for the Big 12 bowl picture. Let's take a look at what we know.
The Big 12 has contracts this year for 8 Bowl slots. Right now there are 8 teams bowl eligible. If Colorado can pull the upset in Lincoln this Friday they will become #9. Also if Texas can be Texas A&M they too could be bowl eligible.
That means the Big 12 could have 10 teams bowl eligible, but with only 8 contracted slots. That doesn't mean those teams won't go bowling. In fact this year we have 35 (count em!) 35 bowl games which means 70 of the 120 FBS schools will be going bowling. Several conferences will not have enough eligible teams, so there will be some bowls needing to fill slots from other conferences. (on a side note, the NCAA has allowed for this year a waiver of the 6 win requirement in case there are not 70 teams qualifying for bowls)
But this article isn't about the Big 12...it's about OU's Bowl Prospects
Here are the Big 12's selection order of their Bowl's:
BCS - Tostitos Fiesta
AT&T Cotton (SEC)
Valero Alamo (Pac-10)
Insight Copper (Big Ten)
Bridgepoint Holiday (Pac-10)
Texas (Big Ten)
New Era Pinstripe (Big East)
TicketCity Bowl (Big Ten/ACC)
Let's assume 2 things to make this picture a little less confusing. Let us assume Texas A&M wins and Nebraska beats Colorado.
If OU beats Oklahoma St, the Sooners are heading to the Big 12 Championship. If the Sooners win there, OU is heading to the Fiesta Bowl. If they lose in the Big 12 Championship, I would think OU is heading to the Cotton Bowl, as they haven't been there in several years.
A Sooner loss this weekend or in the Big 12 Championship gives OU 3 losses on the season. That would allow the bowls to look at teams with a better record or another 3 loss team. OSU would only have 2 losses if they lost to OU this weekend.
Oklahoma's Bowl Picture:
Fiesta Bowl: OU Wins out...it's automatic
Cotton Bowl: OU beats OSU, But loses to Nebraska (OSU could get picked here as well ...but they were just here last year and OU hasn't been in several years, making OU too nice of a pick)
Alamo Bowl: This is where it get's trickier. If OU loses this week to OSU, OU will have one more loss than Missouri and they will have the same record as Texas A&M (assuming they both win). I've heard many rumors that the Alamo Bowl would take OU to play Arizona here. If OU does lose to OSU the Alamo Bowl SHOULD if picking in order take Missouri. A&M fans however, are lobbying hard for this one.
Insight Bowl: If OU loses to OSU and the Alamo Bowl picks Missouri (or even Texas A&M) OU will be picked by the Insight Bowl. Period. Why? OU travels better than Missouri and Texas A&M, even to these middle of the pack bowls. This one would be OU vs Penn St. if the Insight (formerly known as the Copper Bowl) had it's wishes.
Holiday Bowl: OU COULD wind up here, but I doubt they fall past the Insight Bowl. But in pure order of finishes, this would be OU's slot. Everything I've read online has Texas A&M here against either Cal or Arizona. Holiday would love OU vs Arizona as would the Alamo Bowl (who picks first)
MY PREDICTION:
Fiesta Bowl: OKLAHOMA VS PITT (sue me I'm a homer, but Scout.com has the same prediction)
via news-sports.net
For complete listing of the Big 12's Bowl Schedule Go HERE
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if Scout.com rated the Bowling Prospect recruits
I would want OU to get the best
Colorado Rockies correspondent at My Team Rivals (www.mtrmedia.com/rockies) and my own site Rockies Reporter (www.rockiesreporter.wordpress.com)
In case anyone is wondering
Big XII #1: Fiesta: $17 million
Big XII #2: Cotton: $3.575 million
Big XII #3: Alamo: $3.0 million
Big XII #4: Copper ("Insight") $3.325
Big XII #5: Holiday: $2.25 million
Big XII #6: Texas $1.7 million
Big XII #7: Pinstripe $2.0 million
Big XII #8: Dallas Football Classic: ("Ticket City"): $1.2 million
This is a step up for the Alamo and the Copper/Insight, passing the Holiday Bowl
Colorado Rockies correspondent at My Team Rivals (www.mtrmedia.com/rockies) and my own site Rockies Reporter (www.rockiesreporter.wordpress.com)
I want to go to a BCS bowl
but I hate the match up in the Fiesta. Once again we would have nothing to gain and everything to lose. If we beat a sorry Big East team the media will say “well they should have beat that team.” They wont give us much credit. If we dont win we all know what is said then. I wish the Fiesta would pick a different conference other than the Big East or a non AQ team.
not one of the BCS bowls
want the Big East…just ask the Orange Bowl, who were giving tickets away last year.
would you rather have OU vs LSU in the Cotton or OU and Pitt in the Fiesta?
Colorado Rockies correspondent at My Team Rivals (www.mtrmedia.com/rockies) and my own site Rockies Reporter (www.rockiesreporter.wordpress.com)
+1
"I don't like Texas. I don't like the city of Austin. And I don't like the color orange. It reminds me of puke." The Boz
The matchup would suck, but...
A Big XII Championship and a Fiesta Bowl win would be a fantastic season and would do a lot to finally get the bowl-monkey off Stoops’ back (especially after winning the Sun Bowl last year – two in a row, wow!). Not to mention we would make millions more dollars and Glendale is a helluva lot more fun than Dallas.
by Uncle Earmuffs on Nov 23, 2010 8:42 AM CST up reply actions
I want the following
A BCS bowl that we can win! and I don’t give a rats tail who we play..JUST WIN THE DARN THING
also I want….
the extra practices
no new plays, but the plays we have now practiced until they are perfect… no doubt or questions in the coaches or players minds that the plays will WORK!
Side note*
Do you know why The King and the ‘Bone won nearly every game they were supposed win and 3 Real National Championships (and one NC they were on probation and didn’t play in a bowl game)?
The King and staff practiced that 3-play option offense every day and practiced the plays to perfection. OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER until every single player had their part RIGHT. This was for the Offense and Defense. If a player screwed up it wasn’t wind sprints they ran, it wasn’t running the steps of the stadium, it was a coach or assistant coach in their face letting the player and the team know they were going to run that play until it was right.
Doing that at practice made sure that everyone was confident, no body was wound too tight because EVERYONE on the team knew what they did would work. That is what produced the Swagger and Sooner Magic.
I've read that...
….the Cotton Bowl is not going to be inclined to select the Big 12 championship game loser to come back to Dallas a month later. So if we beat OSU, then lose to Nebraska, then we’d likely fall to the Alamo or Insight bowls. OSU or A&M would probably go to either Cotton or Alamo bowls. The Cotton Bowl would love to have A&M versus Alabama to celebrate the game’s Southwest Conference roots and have two of Bear Bryant’s teams going head to head. I personally think that Alabama would kill A&M.
The Big East sucks, but I’d love to see this young team gain confidence for next year by winning a BCS bowl even if it is against Pitt.
see I've read just the opposite
that the Cotton didn’t want OSU again, and the Missouri and A&M would both be a little bit of a reach. Like you I don’t think the Cotton thinks either could match up with LSU or Alabama, and they would want OU if OU lost and they would want Nebraska too, cause this would be the only time they would have that chance with the Huskers going to the Big10+
Most everyone I’ve read on line has A&M going to the Holiday Bowl, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Alamo Bowl took them as a local draw to sell tickets, but most have us going to the Insight Bowl, who I have read flat out said they wanted Oklahoma.
Colorado Rockies correspondent at My Team Rivals (www.mtrmedia.com/rockies) and my own site Rockies Reporter (www.rockiesreporter.wordpress.com)
I want aTm to beat Texass ........ Why?
I don’t want Texass to play in any bowl except for the toilet bowls in their locker room at DKR.
YUK YUK YUK.
Guardians of the Toilet Bowl they are.
PS. Texass Still Sucks.
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