If Oklahoma makes the playoff

[COUGinNCW]

Does the #2 Big12 team (Texas) go to the Sugar Bowl or do they have to be in top 12? That would 100% hose WSU.

I’m still holding out hope Stanford slides into Top 25 and Pitt gets clobbered by Clemson diminishing Penn States best win which could get WSU into a NY6 game.

 

[YakiCoug]

Does the #2 Big12 team (Texas) go to the Sugar Bowl or do they have to be in top 12? That would 100% hose WSU.

I’m still holding out hope Stanford slides into Top 25 and Pitt gets clobbered by Clemson diminishing Penn States best win which could would get WSU into a NY6 game.

Larry Scott and Woodie Dixon are on the the Pac-12 private jet heading for a meeting with the CFB committee to lobby for Penn State.

 

[95coug]

Does the #2 Big12 team (Texas) go to the Sugar Bowl or do they have to be in top 12? That would 100% hose WSU.

I’m still holding out hope Stanford slides into Top 25 and Pitt gets clobbered by Clemson diminishing Penn States best win which could get WSU into a NY6 game.

Yes, if Oklahoma makes the playoff, Texas gets the sugar bowl. That would pretty much kill any chance we have left.

 

[COUGinNCW]

Yes, if Oklahoma makes the playoff, Texas gets the sugar bowl. That would pretty much kill any chance we have left.

Ouch. Need tOSU to win big.

 

[kougkurt]

Ouch. Need tOSU to win big.

Yes

 

[SDCoug]

Yes, if Oklahoma makes the playoff, Texas gets the sugar bowl. That would pretty much kill any chance we have left.

I do not believe this is true. Pretty sure that they must be top 12 for that to be the case. Looking for hard confirmation.

 

[kougkurt]

I do not believe this is true. Pretty sure that they must be top 12 for that to be the case. Looking for hard confirmation.

Texas would take one of the 12 spots by being in the Sugar

 

[SDCoug]

Texas would take one of the 12 spots by being in the Sugar

I think they must be in the top 12 to get Sugar. And I don’t see how they get into the top 12. But I could be wrong. I can’t find anything yet stating those rules.

 

[CougInSpain]

I think they must be in the top 12 to get Sugar. And I don’t see how they get into the top 12. But I could be wrong. I can’t find anything yet stating those rules.

Correct.…. The Big 12 spot turns into an At-Large bid at that point.

 

[Fab5Coug]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Bowl

In years that the Sugar is not part of the playoff, it takes the best available SEC & Big12 team.

So yes, it would take Texas if Oklahoma is not available.

 

[95coug]

Correct.…. The Big 12 spot turns into an At-Large bid at that point.

No. The Big 12 has a contract bid to the Sugar, just as the PAC-12 has one to the Rose. If Oklahoma goes to the playoff, the next team in the conference gets the slot. No requirement to be top 12.

The guaranteed NY6 bowl for the top 12 was a BCS thing. Doesn’t exist anymore.

 

[Coug90]

No. The Big 12 has a contract bid to the Sugar, just as the PAC-12 has one to the Rose. If Oklahoma goes to the playoff, the next team in the conference gets the slot. No requirement to be top 12.

The guaranteed NY6 bowl for the top 12 was a BCS thing. Doesn’t exist anymore.

We are ****ed. Thanks CFP committee. There’s a guy out west not doing his job just like you that will make a great addition to your team once he finally gets canned. Larry Scott.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

We are ****ed. Thanks CFP committee. There’s a guy out west not doing his job just like you that will make a great addition to your team once he finally gets canned. Larry Scott.

FWIW, playing in the Alamo Bowl against West Virginia gives an opportunity to have one of the most exciting games of the bowl season. While the Fiesta Bowl would be great, playing against UCF would suck. Win and you were supposed to, lose and you get remembered for that. I'm actually excited about the prospect of the Alamo Bowl. Of course, from a travel perspective, I can understand why people in the northwest are not as enthusiastic.

 

[95coug]

We are ****ed. Thanks CFP committee. There’s a guy out west not doing his job just like you that will make a great addition to your team once he finally gets canned. Larry Scott.

Probably. If Ohio state could have put a beat down on Northwestern, maybe they’d jump Oklahoma. But that’s not happening.
Clemson knocked Pitt around enough that we might actually jump Penn State, but it won’t matter. If Oklahoma gets in the CFP, #12 doesn’t make it either.

 

[Coug90]

FWIW, playing in the Alamo Bowl against West Virginia gives an opportunity to have one of the most exciting games of the bowl season. While the Fiesta Bowl would be great, playing against UCF would suck. Win and you were supposed to, lose and you get remembered for that. I'm actually excited about the prospect of the Alamo Bowl. Of course, from a travel perspective, I can understand why people in the northwest are not as enthusiastic.

Yeah it will be s fun game. The best team in the conference should be playing on NY day. The 4th best team in the SEC will be.

 

[firecoug]

OU avenged their close and only loss of the year. tOSU got trucked by Purdue. There was no way tOSU was going to pass OU. The only hope for a NY6 bowl would be for Penn St to get dropped. It won't be LSU. But the matchup in the Alamo should be great and a Friday night game is also great for exposure. There were no bad outcomes here.

 

[GrayOnGray]

FWIW, playing in the Alamo Bowl against West Virginia gives an opportunity to have one of the most exciting games of the bowl season. While the Fiesta Bowl would be great, playing against UCF would suck. Win and you were supposed to, lose and you get remembered for that. I'm actually excited about the prospect of the Alamo Bowl. Of course, from a travel perspective, I can understand why people in the northwest are not as enthusiastic.

When fans are disappointed with the Alamo Bowl, you know it's been an amazing year. I remember doing cartwheels over the New Mexico Bowl. I remember many of us this year, myself included, forecasting six wins, with fingers crossed.

Thank you Coach Leach. Thank you Cougars.

 

[OrangeGravy]

When fans are disappointed with the Alamo Bowl, you know it's been an amazing year. I remember doing cartwheels over the New Mexico Bowl. I remember many of us this year, myself included, forecasting six wins, with fingers crossed.

Thank you Coach Leach. Thank you Cougars.

Frankly all bowls have lost their sheen for me except the old mainstays. It's great for the kids, but there's just way too many of them and they're just to devalued to me as a fan. Other than the benefits to the team/school/players, I'd be just as satisfied with a 10-2 season that just ended. It's really bizarre turning on these games that have 10,000 people at them.

 

[GrayOnGray]

Frankly all bowls have lost their sheen for me except the old mainstays. It's great for the kids, but there's just way too many of them and they're just to devalued to me as a fan. Other than the benefits to the team/school/players, I'd be just as satisfied with a 10-2 season that just ended. It's really bizarre turning on these games that have 10,000 people at them.

I hear you. I remember some of the classic bowl match-ups, like when USC played Ohio State every year in the Rose Bowl. Or when the Huskies played Michigan. I think sometimes it was UCLA playing who knows...

Sadly we were never in those games. Jim Sweeney had us losing on a very predictable basis, sometimes the scores were Wulffian.

I don't know if you were around for the Dark Ages with our previous coach(es).

I like this a lot better.

 

[PINGDUDE4]

Frankly all bowls have lost their sheen for me except the old mainstays. It's great for the kids, but there's just way too many of them and they're just to devalued to me as a fan. Other than the benefits to the team/school/players, I'd be just as satisfied with a 10-2 season that just ended. It's really bizarre turning on these games that have 10,000 people at them.

Alamo Bowl average attendance is 60K. I guess you have not watched that one lately.

 

[CougPatrol]

If we play WV in the Alamo Bowl, I hope our offense comes in clicking. We won’t likely hold them under 40.

 

[SDCoug]

Both ESPN guys predicting Teas to Sugar so obviously the whole top 12 thins is irrelevant as 95 said. Our best hope for the Fiesta is the committee deciding they got it wrong last week.

<Edit>And replacing Florida with us.</Edit>

I don’t see anyway that they do that.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

FWIW, playing in the Alamo Bowl against West Virginia gives an opportunity to have one of the most exciting games of the bowl season. While the Fiesta Bowl would be great, playing against UCF would suck. Win and you were supposed to, lose and you get remembered for that. I'm actually excited about the prospect of the Alamo Bowl. Of course, from a travel perspective, I can understand why people in the northwest are not as enthusiastic.

Fiesta bowl issue is solved by winning. Just win and who cares who says what.

Tx bowls blow for every one in the NW.

 

[Suudy]

Both ESPN guys predicting Teas to Sugar so obviously the whole top 12 thins is irrelevant as 95 said. Our best hope for the Fiesta is the committee deciding they got it wrong last week.

<Edit>And replacing Florida with us.</Edit>

I don’t see anyway that they do that.

Exactly. If they do swap us, it proves that the committee isn’t acting independently and can be swayed, which goes against the very reason it was created. And since when do bureaucrats (because that’s basicly what they are) admit they were wrong? They are accountable to nobody.

 

[OrangeGravy]

Alamo Bowl average attendance is 60K. I guess you have not watched that one lately.

Sure the bigger bowls draw normal crowds, but there's a million bowl games now and a bunch of them have know one there.

 

[random soul]

I feel like we have a case over Penn State, Florida, and LSU, easy. Perhaps Florida most of all.

 

[Fab5Coug]

OU avenged their close and only loss of the year. tOSU got trucked by Purdue. There was no way tOSU was going to pass OU. The only hope for a NY6 bowl would be for Penn St to get dropped. It won't be LSU. But the matchup in the Alamo should be great and a Friday night game is also great for exposure. There were no bad outcomes here.

I think there's a not 0% chance UGA stays in the top 4. It would be ridiculous and the committee would have a mutiny on it's hands, but it would benefit us by keeping Texas out of the Sugar.

 

[CougPatrol]

We’re going to the Alamo Bowl.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

I think there's a not 0% chance UGA stays in the top 4. It would be ridiculous and the committee would have a mutiny on it's hands, but it would benefit us by keeping Texas out of the Sugar.

If the CFP committee hates the 4 team playoff and wants to do their part to end it and move to an 8 team playoff, putting UGa in the playoff would be the perfect way to push that conversation forward. The Big 12 and B1G would both be on board and of course, the Pac-12 might support it too (can't ever tell with a jackass like Larry Scott in charge).

 

[bogusto]

I think there's a not 0% chance UGA stays in the top 4. It would be ridiculous and the committee would have a mutiny on it's hands, but it would benefit us by keeping Texas out of the Sugar.

I agree. I think Georgia has a decent shot at staying in the mix after almost knocking off the Tide.

 

[COUGinNCW]

I agree. I think Georgia has a decent shot at staying in the mix after almost knocking off the Tide.

Georgia beating Bama by a whisker would have been WSU’s best shot at a NY6 game. They’ll probably rerank us to No 12 and correct their wrong but it won’t matter now.

 

[PINGDUDE4]

I know everyone would prefer the Fiesta, but that WVU / WSU will probably be the most entertaining match-up of the entire bowl slate. Minshew v.s. Grier, Leach v.s. Dana.

Hope that you are able to travel some fans down there, because the Mountaineers will be down there in droves.