The Bowl Game Countdown to 82 (7 pm update - ONE SPOT LEFT)

[DawgatAuburn]

Coming into the week there were 69 bowl eligible teams counting JMU and Jacksonville State since they are a higher priority than the 5-7 teams. Eastern Michigan won on Tuesday night, so there's #70.

Friday results are all final.
Out - CMU, Nebraska, TCU
Utah State wins in 2OT and takes a spot.

Saturday 11 am window
Northern Illinois- won, takes a spot
UCF - won, takes a spot
Navy - lost and out of the running
Rice (at 12:00) - wins and takes a spot at 6-6

Saturday afternoon
Old Dominion - won, took a spot
Wake vs Syracuse - Syracuse wins, Wake is out
Louisiana - wins , takes a spot
Illinois - lost, out of the running
Virginia Tech - wins, takes a spot
Marshall - wins, takes a spot
Minnesota - lost but is APR #1
BYU - lost and is out of the running
Washington State - lost and is out of the running

Night games - we need four of them to lose
Florida - lost and is out of the running
South Florida - wins and takes a spot
South Carolina - lost and is out of the running
Cal
Colorado State


70. Eastern Michigan
71. Utah State
72. UCF
73. Northern Illinois
74. Rice
75. Old Dominion
76. Syracuse
77. Louisiana
78. Virginia Tech
79. Marshall
80. USF
81. Minnesota at 5-7 APR #1
82. Mississippi State 5-7 APR #2

Time	The 5-7 Team	Line	Opponent
11:00	Northern Illinois - WON	-19	at Kent State
11:00	UCF - WON	-13.5	Houston
11:00	Navy - LOST	20	at SMU this week
12:00	Rice - WON	-5	FAU
1:00	Old Dominion - WON	-3	Georgia State
1:00	Syracuse - WON	-3	Wake Forest
2:00	Louisiana - WON	-13	ULM
2:30	Illinois - LOST	-5.5	Northwestern
2:30	Virginia Tech - WON	-3	at Virginia
2:30	Marshall - WON	-1.5	Arkansas State
2:30	Minnesota - LOST but higher APR priority	2	Wisconsin
2:30	BYU - LOST	17	at # 21 OK State
3:00	Washington State - LOST	16.5	at #4 Washington
6:00	Florida - LOST	6.5	#5 Florida State
6:30	South Florida - WON	-6	Charlotte
6:30	South Carolina - LOST	7	Clemson
9:30	California	9	at UCLA
10:00	Colorado State	-6	at Hawaii
W	Utah State - WON	-8	at New Mexico
W	Eastern Michigan - WON	5.5	at Buffalo (Tuesday)
L	Nebraska - LOST	-2.5	#20 Iowa (Friday)
L	Central Michigan - LOST	10	#23 Toledo (Friday)
L	TCU - LOST	10	at #13 Oklahoma (Friday)
L	Mississippi State - LOST	10.5	#12 Ole Miss (Thursday)

Next update around 10 when the evening games are ending.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

This is awesome. Please keep it up. Barring a collapse, TCU and Nebraska are going to lose. Weird that Nebraska was favored against a 9-2 Iowa.

 

[FlotownDawg]

This is awesome. Please keep it up. Barring a collapse, TCU and Nebraska are going to lose. Weird that Nebraska was favored against a 9-2 Iowa.

Not so fast. Nebraska just threw a 65 yard TD pass to cut the Iowa lead to 10-7. Iowa’s offense is horrible so one more touchdown may be all that Nebraska needs.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

Not so fast. Nebraska just threw a 65 yard TD pass to cut the Iowa lead to 10-7. Iowa’s offense is horrible so one more touchdown may be all that Nebraska needs.

Iowa is channelling their inner Msstate. 4 decent drives with over 200 yards of offense in one half. One TD, one FG, and two blocked 25 yard field goals. Yikes.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

Thanks for putting this together

 

[mcdawg22]

Not so fast. Nebraska just threw a 65 yard TD pass to cut the Iowa lead to 10-7. Iowa’s offense is horrible so one more touchdown may be all that Nebraska needs.

That 25.5 point O/U looking good.

 

[SteelCurtain74]

Central Michigan currently losing 17-0 with 4 1/2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

Iowa is channelling their inner Msstate. 4 decent drives with over 200 yards of offense in one half. One TD, one FG, and two blocked 25 yard field goals. Yikes.

I can't believe Iowa is 9-2 with an offense this inept. I mean, I thought we were disjointed.

 

[rynodawg]

Thanks for clear summary, so if I’m looking at it right we would need four of the favorites (that are not Syracuse) to lose, along with every remaining underdog. If any underdog wins, an additional favorite needs to lose. Seems like a longshot right now.

 

[SteelCurtain74]

Nebraska loses on last second field goal.

 

[kired]

Nebraska loses on last second field goal.

Damn that was some ugly football

 

[msudawg1200]

Come on New Mexico

 

[00Dawg]

Thanks for clear summary, so if I’m looking at it right we would need four of the favorites (that are not Syracuse) to lose, along with every remaining underdog. If any underdog wins, an additional favorite needs to lose. Seems like a longshot right now.

Because the winner of Syracuse/Wake is in and Wake was already on the list at 80, it was 3. Down to 2 thanks to Iowa.

 

[FlotownDawg]

After watching much of that Iowa-Nebraska game, the loser of the Ohio Stqte Michigan game should no way be in the playoff. The Big Ten is garbage except for those two teams.

 

[mcdawg22]

Damn that was some ugly football

I need a shower.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

I've watched Wake all year. I can't see them going to NY and beating Syracuse. C'mon, Garrett Shrader - do Miss St one last favor.

 

[msudawg1200]

I've watched Wake all year. I can't see them going to NY and beating Syracuse. C'mon, Garrett Shrader - do Miss St one last favor.

That game means nothing, because if Syracuse wins while we move up in the 5-7 ladder a spot is taken because the Cuse will be 6-6. The Rice and Minnesota games also mean nothing. They are counted as in.

 

[vhdawg]

Gotta remember to knock Army off that 5-win list.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

That game means nothing, because if Syracuse wins while we move up in the 5-7 ladder a spot is taken because the Cuse will be 6-6. The Rice and Minnesota games also mean nothing. They are counted as in.

Oh, I was thinking it would be better for Syracuse to be 6-6 than Syracuse and Wake both ending up 5-7.

 

[Perd Hapley]

I can't believe Iowa is 9-2 with an offense this inept. I mean, I thought we were disjointed.

Iowa has sucked on offense for 20 years, pretty much on purpose.

Somehow they always win 8-9 though. #Ferentzball

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Iowa has sucked on offense for 20 years, pretty much on purpose.

Somehow they always win 8-9 though. #Ferentzball

The anti-Leach

 

[FlotownDawg]

Iowa has sucked on offense for 20 years, pretty much on purpose.

Somehow they always win 8-9 though. #Ferentzball

I actually kind of like watching Iowa because they play football like it’s still the 1970s, and are proud of that fact. It’s also amazing to see how they win every week when they score 15 points per game. The over/under on their game today was 25.5 and they hit the under.

 

[GloryDawg]

Edited to say "Never Mind"

 

[msudawg1200]

New Mexico looks like they won't pull it off

 

[Coast_Dawg]

New Mexico looks like they won't pull it off

There’s still a chance

 

[msudawg1200]

Freaking lucky Utah St. That might end it up. Going to take some upsets tomorrow.

 

[GloryDawg]

never mind.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

New Mexico looks like they won't pull it off

You should have seen enough mediocre football by now to know that a game between two mediocre opponents is never over. New Mexico scored twice in the last 5 minutes to get it to overtime before losing in double overtime. They 100000% should have gone for two in the first overtime.

 

[Coast_Dawg]

You should have seen enough mediocre football by now to know that a game between two mediocre opponents is never over. New Mexico scored twice in the last 5 minutes to get it to overtime before losing in double overtime. They 100000% should have gone for two in the first overtime.

The choice to change and kick it was crazy. Their defense had proven they couldn’t stop anything.

 

[uptowndawg]

Thanks for doing this. Our bowl streak is something special and it would be great to maintain it regardless of the sh1tty year it’s been.

 

[msudawg1200]

You should have seen enough mediocre football by now to know that a game between two mediocre opponents is never over. New Mexico scored twice in the last 5 minutes to get it to overtime before losing in double overtime. They 100000% should have gone for two in the first overtime.

I agree. I'm sure those Funbelt games will be crazy tomorrow

 

[GloryDawg]

Thanks for doing this. Our bowl streak is something special and it would be great to maintain it regardless of the sh1tty year it’s been.

It would be fun to say that our program is so good we go to bowl games when we suck.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Updates in the original post.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

Coming into the week there were 69 bowl eligible teams counting JMU and Jacksonville State since they are a higher priority than the 5-7 teams. Eastern Michigan won on Tuesday night, so there's #70.

Friday results are all final.
Out - CMU, Nebraska, TCU
Utah State wins in 2OT and takes a spot.

Saturday 11 am window
Northern Illinois
UCF
Navy
Rice (at 12:00)

70. Eastern Michigan
71. Utah State
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79. Minnesota at 6-6 or 5-7
80. Wake Forest if they win (if they lose, Syracuse is in and we move up a spot)
81. Rice at 6-6 or 5-7
82. Mississippi State

Time	The 5-7 Team	Line	Opponent
11:00	Northern Illinois	-19	at Kent State
11:00	UCF	-13.5	Houston
11:00	Navy	20	at SMU this week, Army (Dec 9)
12:00	Rice	-5	FAU
1:00	Old Dominion	-3	Georgia State
1:00	Syracuse	-3	Wake Forest
2:00	Louisiana	-13	ULM
2:30	Illinois	-5.5	Northwestern
2:30	Virginia Tech	-3	at Virginia
2:30	Marshall	-1.5	Arkansas State
2:30	Minnesota	2	Wisconsin
2:30	BYU	17	at # 21 OK State
3:00	Washington State	16.5	at #4 Washington
6:00	Florida	6.5	#5 Florida State
6:30	South Florida	-6	Charlotte
6:30	South Carolina	7	Clemson
9:30	California	9	at UCLA
10:00	Colorado State	-6	at Hawaii
W	Utah State - WON	-8	at New Mexico
W	Eastern Michigan - WON	5.5	at Buffalo (today)
L	Nebraska - LOST	-2.5	#20 Iowa
L	Central Michigan - LOST	10	#23 Toledo
L	TCU - LOST	10	at #13 Oklahoma
L	Mississippi State - LOST	10.5	#12 Ole Miss

Next update around 2 when the early games are ending.

Rice game is meaningless, yes? They are already in over us.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Rice game is meaningless, yes? They are already in over us.

Basically yes. The question is how they get in, either as a 6-6 team or a 5-7 team. Not that it matters. Either way they take a spot.

 

[Coast_Dawg]

SMU handling business against Navy. Navy still has Army in 2 weeks though.

 

[tenureplan]

Coming into the week there were 69 bowl eligible teams counting JMU and Jacksonville State since they are a higher priority than the 5-7 teams. Eastern Michigan won on Tuesday night, so there's #70.

Friday results are all final.
Out - CMU, Nebraska, TCU
Utah State wins in 2OT and takes a spot.

Saturday 11 am window
Northern Illinois
UCF
Navy
Rice (at 12:00)

70. Eastern Michigan
71. Utah State
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79. Minnesota at 6-6 or 5-7
80. Wake Forest if they win (if they lose, Syracuse is in and we move up a spot)
81. Rice at 6-6 or 5-7
82. Mississippi State

Time	The 5-7 Team	Line	Opponent
11:00	Northern Illinois	-19	at Kent State
11:00	UCF	-13.5	Houston
11:00	Navy	20	at SMU this week, Army (Dec 9)
12:00	Rice	-5	FAU
1:00	Old Dominion	-3	Georgia State
1:00	Syracuse	-3	Wake Forest
2:00	Louisiana	-13	ULM
2:30	Illinois	-5.5	Northwestern
2:30	Virginia Tech	-3	at Virginia
2:30	Marshall	-1.5	Arkansas State
2:30	Minnesota	2	Wisconsin
2:30	BYU	17	at # 21 OK State
3:00	Washington State	16.5	at #4 Washington
6:00	Florida	6.5	#5 Florida State
6:30	South Florida	-6	Charlotte
6:30	South Carolina	7	Clemson
9:30	California	9	at UCLA
10:00	Colorado State	-6	at Hawaii
W	Utah State - WON	-8	at New Mexico
W	Eastern Michigan - WON	5.5	at Buffalo (today)
L	Nebraska - LOST	-2.5	#20 Iowa
L	Central Michigan - LOST	10	#23 Toledo
L	TCU - LOST	10	at #13 Oklahoma
L	Mississippi State - LOST	10.5	#12 Ole Miss

Next update around 2 when the early games are ending.

This kind of attention to detail is why you all should consider playing in the SEC tourney fantasy game D@A puts together. Last year we didn't have enough people to play which is unfortunate because it's my favorite fantasy game.

 

[rynodawg]

SMU handling business against Navy. Navy still has Army in 2 weeks though.

All the bowls are announced Dec 3rd, not sure if a loss knocks them out or if one spot gets held open longer for that game.

Would be big if one the two large underdogs Houston or Kent State could win.

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Kent State doing well in first half

 

[msudawg1200]

All the bowls are announced Dec 3rd, not sure if a loss knocks them out or if one spot gets held open longer for that game.

Would be big if one the two large underdogs Houston or Kent State could win.

It seems that a bowl might not be held for them. I've researched it , and they need 6 wins by next weekend. Bowls need to go ahead and get everything arranged. You'd have to make a team sit back and wait, while the bowls want the matchups to sell tickets, hotels, etc. From what I read from Navy they have to win today or they are done.