Big 12 bowl outlook
Notre Dame’s win over Navy kept the Irish as the first choice for the Gator Bowl which means the Jacksonville game won’t be part of the Big 12 equation this year if they select the Irish. It looks like the only way that could change is if Notre Dame loses big to Southern Cal in its final game of the season.
So, with that backdrop a look at how Big 12 bowls are stacking up this week:
BCS automatic: If Texas Tech beats Oklahoma and wins the Big 12 title game, they will land in the national title game.
BCS at-large: The Fiesta, which normally takes the Big 12 title game winner, would select an at-large team and would probably go with a one-loss Texas team.
Cotton: The odd-team out in the Texas Tech-Oklahoma-Texas trifecta is still the leader for Dallas.
Holiday: Still coming down to Missouri or Oklahoma State (assuming of course that Missouri doesn’t win Big 12 title game and go straight to Fiesta.) Predictions are split nationwide. ESPN prognosticators going with Missouri while CBS Sportsline and Sports Illustrated going with Oklahoma State. It will probably come down to which team the San Diego bowl thinks will sell more tickets.
Alamo: Looking like Missouri or Oklahoma State.
Sun: Probably Nebraska.
Insight: Kansas may get the trip to Arizona but not the game they had wanted at first of year.
Independence: An outside shot of Colorado becoming bowl eligible (would need a win over Oklahoma State or Nebraska).
Texas: No other Big 12 teams have chance to qualify.
ND has one of the toughest schedules? Every year we have to hear this one from the ND apologists. What a joke. Anyone that plays every one of the service academies every year does NOT play one of the toughest schedules. Their early season schedule can be tougher but when everyone else gets into their conference schedule they are playing Army and Navy and the dregs of the Big 10. Starting with Michigan and ending with SC does not alone a schedule make. They would be lucky to get a win in the SEC or Big 12.
Iowa State, Baylor, K-State… enough said. Not to much those tough non-conference games Nevada and Buffalo.
Agree with Mizzouchokers. Good post. That OK State game looking BIG now isn’t it. That should have been a win. I expected the Texas loss, but Tigers should be sitting with 1 loss now. Team wasn’t ready, bad defense coaching, Daniel choked, that was the season killer.
Doesn’t Notre Dame’s schedule strike fear into the hearts of all Mizzou fans? 1 loss at MOST.
San Diego State W 21-13 1-0
September 13 Michigan W 35-17 2-0
September 20 at Michigan State L 23-7 2-1
September 27 Purdue W 38-21 3-1
October 4 Stanford W 28-21 4-1
October 11 at No. 22 North Carolina L 29-24 4-2
October 25 at Washington W 33-7 5-2
November 1 Pittsburgh L 36-33 5-3
November 8 at Boston College L 17-0 5-4
November 15 at Navy W 27-21 6-4
November 22 Syracuse 2:30 PM ET NBC Tickets
November 29 at No. 6 USC
ND’s schedule is ranked 76th on CBS, Mizzou’s is 31st. ND is horrible, and won’t beat a team with a winning record all year. ND schedules 9 or 10 cream puffs per year, hoping they can win those 9 or 10 and get smashed by USC and Michigan, and still sneak into a big bowl undeservedly so. This year they are SO BAD they can’t even do that, even with Michigan being equally as horrid.
Whats the difference between Notre Dame and Cheerios.
Cheerios belongs in a Bowl.
Whats the difference between Notre Dame and Cheerios.
Cheerios belongs
in a Bowl.
Dave: ROTFLMO
Chase thanks for proving my point. ND has played (or will play) 4 teams ranked in the current Top 25, UNC, PITT, Michigan State, and USC. And another one that is about to crack the top 25, BC. Four of those games were road games-UNC, Michigan State, USC, and BC.
Mizzou has played two top 25 teams. Close game at home with OSU and then the throttling down in Texas.
If Mizzou wants to be considered a real national power, they need to schedule some real non-conference games and not these punching bag teams.
better take what we can get this year, next year is 8-4 at best. maybe worse with pinkel in washington.
Whirled Peas, what kind of name is that? Anyway, agree with you and it looks like the boys of corn are getting better each week. Think they might have a real sleeper in Pelini.