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Currently CBS has us in the Alamo Bowl against future league opponent Arizona so kind of mehh on that one. Arizona does have a really nice resume going 3-2 the last 5 weeks all against ranked teams. But they're currently not ranked.

This one sounds like a joke and I think it's kind of disrespectful to us but Athlon has us in the Pop Tart Bowl against UNC

College Football Network has us in the Alamo but against Oregon St. This is the scariest projection of all. OSU is really tough and would be a great challenge in a normally good to great bowl game.

Sporting News also has us in the Pop Tarts bowl against VTech. More disrespect. VTech is 4-5 with bad losses galore.

Fox has us in the guaranteed rate bowl against BIG west also ran Nebraska. They're 5-4 with badd losses.

Maybe some can search up some more, but it's kind of fun to see these and to be offended at their lack of respect. And most of these are disrespectful. Not sure why they would pit us against crappy teams just earning their way in with a 6-6 record.

Here's hoping a 3-0 finish projects upward into maybe even a BCS (non playoff bowl). Not even sure if that is possible, but we can hope.

May be a bit of a longshot but how interesting it would be to face Mizzou in a bowl game this year!

The last one I seen was KU in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Maryland on the 26th of Dcember

I realize doesn't mean much bowl wise but just found this interesting & shows how far we have come. - We know this is the 1st yr that we have been ranked towards the end of the year as far as

College Football playoff picture BUT ---just weird to see us ahead of some of these schools in the projected rankings.

They have us at # 17 this week , in the rankings--- -- -We are ahead of - -LSU - - -# 18 - -OKLAHOMA - -# 19 - -& ---NORTE dAME -# 21 - -just looks weird but I love it

@RockkChalkk said in Bowl game tracker:

May be a bit of a longshot but how interesting it would be to face Mizzou in a bowl game this year!

Should've happened last year and Missouri allegedly backed out of it. Also, pretty unlikely this year too because Missouri will likely end up in a New Year's Day game or possibly a NY6 bowl.

KU is officially 16th in the latest CFP rankings. Oklahoma St. is 15th and Oklahoma is 17th which is the order those three should be ranked. Texas is the highest ranked Big 12 team at 7th and KSU is ranked 25th.

These rankings do open a path to a NY6 bowl game for Kansas. KU would need to win out and get to 10-2 and OSU will need to take a third loss at some point, presumably to Texas in the B12 title game and possibly sneak into the CFP.

@jayballer67 Maryland? That's disrespectful too.

@Texas-Hawk-10 okie lite sucks and should already have 3 losses. Stillwater actually is what people think Lawrence is for basketball.

KU and OU got completely screwed. I hope karma or something somehow gives them 2 fluke losses before the big 12 title

@kuballin10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@Texas-Hawk-10 okie lite sucks and should already have 3 losses. Stillwater actually is what people think Lawrence is for basketball.

KU and OU got completely screwed. I hope karma or something somehow gives them 2 fluke losses before the big 12 title

Easy to say this but at the end of the day OSU won all those games (the one against KSU too). They are not a bad team and their RB is ridiculously good now.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

@jayballer67 Maryland? That's disrespectful too.

ya, kinda what I though also

@BShark said in Bowl game tracker:

@kuballin10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@Texas-Hawk-10 okie lite sucks and should already have 3 losses. Stillwater actually is what people think Lawrence is for basketball.

KU and OU got completely screwed. I hope karma or something somehow gives them 2 fluke losses before the big 12 title

Easy to say this but at the end of the day OSU won all those games (the one against KSU too). They are not a bad team and their RB is ridiculously good now.

there running back is insane. If Oklahoma State was a little better overall , more wins - --he would of been a vey serious contender for the Heisman

@kuballin10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@Texas-Hawk-10 okie lite sucks and should already have 3 losses. Stillwater actually is what people think Lawrence is for basketball.

KU and OU got completely screwed. I hope karma or something somehow gives them 2 fluke losses before the big 12 title

Reality is they've only dropped 1 B12 game TO ISU and have wins over KU, KSU, OU. and WVU which are 4 of the 5 Big 12 teams sitting at 4-2 right now. The USA loss is a bad loss, but they have head to head victories over the teams right behind them so their current ranking is justified.

@Texas-Hawk-10 two of those W’s are frauds and they aren’t good. If they played again osu wouldn’t be favored (against OU)

If we get somehow into the Rose Bowl, no doubt some board rats will object at how insulting it is.

@mayjay I like the thought of KU in the Rose Bowl. No insult, but I do find some of those projections right now to be a lack of respect for KU football . I kind of understand that of course in some respects but this team has earned some respect this season, don't you think? And no self respecting football team should ever feel good about being invited to the Pop Tart Bowl.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

@mayjay I like the thought of KU in the Rose Bowl. No insult, but I do find some of those projections right now to be a lack of respect for KU football . I kind of understand that of course in some respects but this team has earned some respect this season, don't you think? And no self respecting football team should ever feel good about being invited to the Pop Tart Bowl.

I for sure understand what your saying, however as I have seen most of these bowls are now tied into certain Conferences so that dictates a lot of the projections

@wissox I think ksu should have the pop tart one. Do they say how much money they pay?

@Crimsonorblue22 No, didn't look into it.

CBS Sports - First Responder Bowl
Projected Matchup: Louisiana vs. Colorado State
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????

@COHawk Louisiana is not LSU. It used to be UL Lafayette.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

@mayjay I like the thought of KU in the Rose Bowl. No insult, but I do find some of those projections right now to be a lack of respect for KU football . I kind of understand that of course in some respects but this team has earned some respect this season, don't you think? And no self respecting football team should ever feel good about being invited to the Pop Tart Bowl.

I read this while eating a Pop Tart. lol! I hope us KU fans don't start putting our noses up like we're too good for certain bowls. Lets go play the game we get selected for, which will be a good one, and win it! I fear we could sink back into the doldrums once we lose a few key players and possibly our coach. Coach is being talked about for other job openings out there, would really suck to lose him after the progress that has been made.

@wissox Colorado State is 3-6 I believe.

@RockkChalkk coach said yesterday, publicly, they want to end their career here! End of story. Put the rumors to rest.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bowl game tracker:

@RockkChalkk coach said yesterday, publicly, they want to end their career here! End of story. Put the rumors to rest.

Agree , it's just weird & yes I don't think Coach L is going anywhere. I truly believe when he says he is staying put - - he is staying put. Now I find this funny , - - I think we have got some people sscared and they are hoping - and really wanting this to happen - & that's our little friends down the road K/Straight.

Looking at their boards multiple posters saying oh Leipold is gone to Michigan St - -Others saying multiple reports that Leipold and Michigan St in advanced talks at it could be done by Sunday lmao.

You talk about reaching - -grasping for anything. Now why are they this way? - It's because they see their advantage slipping away - -KU closing the gap and getting ready to show a new guy on the lock-- they can't stand that so they are desperately looking/hoping Leipold leaves -gotta love it

Looking at the rest of the schedule, KU should get to at least 9 wins, if not 10. Home for both Tech and KSU, then heading to Cincy for the last game. The hope of getting to the Big XII title game is a long shot since either Texas or OSU has to lose two of their last 3, but if KU finishes third in the conference and is 10-2, I'd imagine they would have a chance to go to a pretty good bowl.

I assume the Big 12 will not have a team in the CFP, which means the champion goes to the Cotton Bowl (I think). Big 12 could get a second team into the New Year's contract bowls if Texas and OSU win out, with the non champion potentially getting a spot in the Peach Bowl.

That would mean Alamo gets the first choice, followed by Pop Tarts, then the Texas Bowl. If KU loses to KSU or Tech, they could slide down to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. I doubt they go back to the Liberty Bowl since they were there last year. My guess is the Alamo Bowl takes OU even though KU beat them, and the winner of KU-KState goes to the Pop Tarts Bowl, with the loser going to the Texas Bowl.

@justanotherfan said in Bowl game tracker:

Looking at the rest of the schedule, KU should get to at least 9 wins, if not 10. Home for both Tech and KSU, then heading to Cincy for the last game. The hope of getting to the Big XII title game is a long shot since either Texas or OSU has to lose two of their last 3, but if KU finishes third in the conference and is 10-2, I'd imagine they would have a chance to go to a pretty good bowl.

I assume the Big 12 will not have a team in the CFP, which means the champion goes to the Cotton Bowl (I think). Big 12 could get a second team into the New Year's contract bowls if Texas and OSU win out, with the non champion potentially getting a spot in the Peach Bowl.

That would mean Alamo gets the first choice, followed by Pop Tarts, then the Texas Bowl. If KU loses to KSU or Tech, they could slide down to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. I doubt they go back to the Liberty Bowl since they were there last year. My guess is the Alamo Bowl takes OU even though KU beat them, and the winner of KU-KState goes to the Pop Tarts Bowl, with the loser going to the Texas Bowl.

A 3 loss Oklahoma St. won't play in a NY6 bowl.

Texas actually does have a reasonable shot at the CFP still.

A one loss OSU is likely ahead of Texas because of their Notre Dame and Penn St. wins.

Georgia likely has 3 really tough games left, and still needs to beat Ole Miss or Tennessee to clinch the East and play Alabama.

Michigan likely needs to win out to make the playoffs because PSU and OSU are the only good teams they play.

Florida St. likely needs to won out as well due to the ACC being pretty weak this year.

Oregon and Washington will likely play again, but not a given since Oregon has a tough closing stretch with USC, Oregon St., and a likely Washington rematch.

If Texas sneaks in the CFP and KU finishes 10-2, I think there's a decent shot of KU making a NY6 bowl over a 3 loss Okie St.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bowl game tracker:

@RockkChalkk coach said yesterday, publicly, they want to end their career here! End of story. Put the rumors to rest.

I would love it and hope its true. However the reality is there is this green paper stuff that in large quantities makes minds change in a hurry.

@RockkChalkk I trust him

I'm not worried about Lance going anywhere , like was said --he stated that Girod & Geoff had treated him & his family extremely well and they loved Lawrence, and on top of that a big factor you have to consider is AGE. Lance is in his 60's and pretty sure sounds like he is ready to settle and not just keep jumping around. He likes it here and wants to stay here

He was on another podcast and said unfortunately this time of year your going to hear a lot of rumors and they are just not true

Texas A&M intends to Fire Jimbo Fisher at some point today. He has a 76 million dollar buyout, yes 76 million dollars. That’s absolutely insane on all fronts.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

Texas A&M intends to Fire Jimbo Fisher at some point today. He has a 76 million dollar buyout, yes 76 million dollars. That’s absolutely insane on all fronts.

He's been fired and Leipold's name is already being mentioned. Mike Elko at Duke seems to be the favored choice at the moment though among the Aggies I know.

It’s Klieman!!

I think LL is pretty committed to KU although you never know in this business.

That’s a bad job IMO, they will never be top dogs in the SEC. Add in Texas and OU, it gets worse IMO.

Funny side note, wonder if Fisher is the only coach to be fired on Sunday after winning 51-10 on Saturday.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

Funny side note, wonder if Fisher is the only coach to be fired on Sunday after winning 51-10 on Saturday.

Boise St. fired their coach after winning yesterday as well.

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

I'm not worried about Lance going anywhere , like was said --he stated that Girod & Geoff had treated him & his family extremely well and they loved Lawrence, and on top of that a big factor you have to consider is AGE. Lance is in his 60's and pretty sure sounds like he is ready to settle and not just keep jumping around. He likes it here and wants to stay here

He was on another podcast and said unfortunately this time of year your going to hear a lot of rumors and they are just not true

Damn - if jayballer thinks he is staying then that's just more evidence that he will likely leave! :grinning_squinting_face: . :man_facepalming:

Also, another correction: Lance is 59 years old.

@RockkChalkk said in Bowl game tracker:

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

I'm not worried about Lance going anywhere , like was said --he stated that Girod & Geoff had treated him & his family extremely well and they loved Lawrence, and on top of that a big factor you have to consider is AGE. Lance is in his 60's and pretty sure sounds like he is ready to settle and not just keep jumping around. He likes it here and wants to stay here

He was on another podcast and said unfortunately this time of year your going to hear a lot of rumors and they are just not true

Damn - if jayballer thinks he is staying then that's just more evidence that he will likely leave! :grinning_squinting_face: . :man_facepalming:

Also, another correction: Lance is 59 years old.

Well dam Lance is a spring rooster then lmao

Coach K said today Jason was there at practice and took a lot of reps - - sounds promising -- - I think he plays- -

Jalon tweeted he's staying for next season. Good news for us.

The loss to TT took some of my enthusiasm away in updating the bowl tracker. Lets beat Silo Tech so I can be more enthusiastic.

@wissox I wrote what you just wrote. In my head. If we beat K-State, my joy will be full.

Jerry palm and CBS has us currently in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Maryland

One ESPN guy also has us in the Guaranteed Rate bowl against Northwestern, the other ESPN guy has us in the liberty bowl against South Carolina @mayjay

247 also likes us for Guaranteed rate against Northwestern. CFN has us in same game but against Nebraska, an interesting proposition.

Athlon has us in the guaranteed rate bowl against Maryland.

Fox sports doesn't list us in a bowl game, which I think is possible, but not probable?

Where is that?

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

Fox sports doesn't list us in a bowl game, which I think is possible, but not probable?

They had KU in the Texas Bowl against Texas A&M last week. I don't think their new projection has dropped yet this week.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bowl game tracker:

Where is that?

Guaranteed Rate Bowl is in Phoenix at Chase Field. It's the same bowl game we played against Minnesota in 2008 when it was the Insight Bowl then.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I was looking at a hot off the presses article, scanned it like 3 times, didn't see us there.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

@Texas-Hawk-10 I was looking at a hot off the presses article, scanned it like 3 times, didn't see us there.

Still Texas Bowl against Texas A&M

@Texas-Hawk-10 They fixed it and put us in there. One of my friends kids plays for AM, that would be interesting.

Latest one I seen was KU & Northwestern

I keep hearing Liberty bowl or Texas Bowl against A&M or Auburn. I’d rather not go back to the Liberty Bowl again but don’t really care as long as we win. I’d rather play A&M that Auburn personally.

Listening to post game last night with David Lawrence , he was saying that he thought at the worst he thinks we should possibly get the invite to the Guaranteed rate Bowl- - said that's a good bowl. - -We will find out in a week. - -ROCK CHALK

@jayballer67 Guaranteed Rate Bowl is the Insight bowl renamed. We won in it 2008 with MM, would be against a big 10 opponent likely Northwestern or Wisconsin. It’s fun to not know for sure where we will end up, believe they announce next Sunday. I just don’t want to go back to the Liberty Bowl because we barely went 6-6 last season. We are a much better team this season going 8-4 despite QB woes. I would like to see us rewarded for that.

Better bowl than ksu!😎🌾🌾

@kjayhawks Minnesota. Interestingly, KU won 2 bowl games in 2008.

Finished 7th in the big12. Does that determine the bowl?

@dylans Yes, it determines we go to the stupid named bowl.

@dylans said in Bowl game tracker:

Finished 7th in the big12. Does that determine the bowl?

Sort of. Each bowl with a Big 12 affiliation gets to pick who they want in that order. If the B12 champ is not in the CFP, then that team goes to either the Cotton, Fiesta, or Peach Bowls depending on which bowls are hosting CFP games and if there's another B12 team that qualifies for a NY6.

The Alamo Bowl has 1st choice among the remaining B12 teams not invited to the CFP and NY6 Bowls.

The Pop-Tarts Bowl has 2nd choice, then the Texas Bowl, then the Liberty Bowl, Guaranteed Rate Bowl, then either the First Responders or Military Bowl, and then Independence Bowl gets whoever is left.

Jerry Palm has us in the Guaranteed Rate vs. Rutgers.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

Jerry Palm has us in the Guaranteed Rate vs. Rutgers.

And that's the likely destination for KU if Oklahoma doesn't get into a NY6 Bowl. If OU does get into a NY6 Bowl, then KU would likely end up in the Texas Bowl since they'd be unlikely to go back to the Liberty Bowl this year.

@mayjay Yes the orange bowl was after the new year and the insight bowl was New Year’s Eve.

Here's how much better our season could have been: There's 7 teams with better or equal records than us in the league and we played 6 of them. There's 6 teams with worse records and we played 3 of them. There's so much to like about what this team did this year and the future is shining bright.

It's so refreshing worrying about which bowl game we're going to this year.

@wissox said in Bowl game tracker:

Here's how much better our season could have been: There's 7 teams with better or equal records than us in the league and we played 6 of them. There's 6 teams with worse records and we played 3 of them. There's so much to like about what this team did this year and the future is shining bright.

And with a good special teams unit, we're sitting at 11-1, playing Texas in Dallas with a good shot at a NY6 bowl.

@Crimsonorblue22 ESPN loves bowls and they're to be blamed for the nauseatingly bad Minnesota team at 5-7 getting a bowl bid.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bowl game tracker:

Espn has ksu in Phoenix

I must not be seeing the same thing you are because I'm seeing then projected to the Texas Bowl by both of ESPN's projectors. During tge broadcast last night, it also sounded like the Pop Tarts Bowl would be a likely destination as their reps have been at several recent KSU games.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I'm seeing Texas bowl vs Texas A&M for ksu. too. Looks like wvu or isu for Phoenix. And we have armed services dec 23 in ft worth. Vs Syracuse or Wyoming. Do we have the the worst one?

Maybe the PopTart Bowl will be fun! From The Athletic's newsletter "The Pulse":

The Pop-Tarts Bowl will feature an edible mascot, which is something else entirely, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I get the thought: “How can we hop on this trend and differentiate ourselves?”

But … did they have to put eyes on the edible mascot? Just look at the poor Tart:
[pic]

Is the mascot happy to be eaten? Or is there fear behind the empty smile, which contains Pop-Tart filling? Is this sentient pastry excited that multiple large men will hunt it down after winning a semi-exhibition game, hungry from tackling other people for three hours?

The mascot “will run around the stadium interacting with fans and, when the final whistle blows, transform into a game-winning snack for the victors,” according to a press release.

@mayjay Sounds like fun, but Fox doesn't want us there it's sending us to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Northwestern. This is nauseating to me as a White Sox fan as our awful stadium has the awfullest named stadium in sports with a logo as a red arrow pointing down.

The consensus seems to be Guaranteed Rate game at most sports sites. This to me is a little bit disrespectful as our team is 30 in the other receiving votes which kind of implies top 15 type bowl. I know a lot goes into bowl game selections with all of the bowl game tie ins, but I was hoping our really nice season was rewarded with a game against another decent team. When I see awful 5-7 minnesota slotted into the same game in some projections you'll understand what I'm getting at.

Just winning the silly bowl game is all I want.

I wonder how popular ksu will be w/out a lot their starters? The fans and their pick of bowls?

@Crimsonorblue22 - I hadn’t seen that anywhere. Link?

I meant will they think twice about giving ksu a better bowl than us considering they are losing quality players and maybe lack a great fan crowd.

So, GR Bowl is in Phoenix on Dec 26? Boxing Day timing might mess up big attendance by either school...

@mayjay Phoenix is not even known as a big venue for boxing. 😉

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bowl game tracker:

I meant will they think twice about giving ksu a better bowl than us considering they are losing quality players and maybe lack a great fan crowd.

Pop Tarts Bowl officials have been at a lot of recent KSU games so that seems like the most likely scenario for them. The conference title games could also impact the Big 12 as Texas still has a shot at the CFP and OU is still in play for a NY6 Bowl which could impact KU and bump us up to the Texas Bowl.

@Texas-Hawk-10 The Texas Bowl would be in your city correct?

So which record carries the most weight, overall wins/losses or conference record? Using overall KU's 8-4 record puts us in a tie for 3rd with KST and WV. But, conference record of 5-4 puts us in a tie for 7th with Tx Tech. We'll know Sunday for sure. Why doesn't the NCAA make a big deal out of the announcements like the NCAA tournament? I guess the individual bowls want to make the announcements to their schools as soon as possible so there's no control over the information getting out.

So what happens if Bama beats Georgia?

@kjayhawks Texas has to be the choice right? 1 loss champ and has the head to head over Bama.

Things get really nuts if FSU loses

@FarmerJayhawk yes it does, obviously Washington is locked in being #3 and winning the conference. But yes if FSU, Georgia and/or Michigan lose. It becomes a total guess

@stoptheflop said in Bowl game tracker:

So which record carries the most weight, overall wins/losses or conference record? Using overall KU's 8-4 record puts us in a tie for 3rd with KST and WV. But, conference record of 5-4 puts us in a tie for 7th with Tx Tech. We'll know Sunday for sure. Why doesn't the NCAA make a big deal out of the announcements like the NCAA tournament? I guess the individual bowls want to make the announcements to their schools as soon as possible so there's no control over the information getting out.

NCAA doesn't hype it because they don't make money from it. A majority of the bowls are actually operated by ESPN so they have original content to air this time of year.

Conference record is typically what carries more weight, but that's not the only factor determining who plays in which bowl game. Each bowl game is given a spot in the priority order and when it's that bowl game's time to choose, they can choose any eligible team from that conference, but the bowls mostly do follow the order of finish in the conference when selecting.

For example, Kentucky's record has them slotted into the Music City Bowl this year, but they've played there a bunch in recent years and basically told the SEC that they want to play in a different bowl game this year. KU's record would have them slotted into the Liberty Bowl again this year, but some bowls try to avoid bringing teams back in consecutive years.

Is KU a more attractive team than WVU this year? Maybe, but the team that's consistently been projected to the Texas Bowl in recent weeks is Texas A&M which is the team that bowl cares more about landing because College Station is about a 90 minute drive from Houston and will be the ticket seller for the game since Houston is the largest A&M alumni base. Because of that, they won't really care who the Big 12 is and will likely take whoever the highest finishing B12 team left is when it's their turn to choose if they land A&M.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

@FarmerJayhawk yes it does, obviously Washington is locked in being #3 and winning the conference. But yes if FSU, Georgia and/or Michigan lose. It becomes a total guess

In that scenario, Washington, Texas, and Alabama would be in and it would likely ve Georgia that gets that 4th spot.

At this point, without Jordan Travis, I'm think FSU may have to blow out Louisville to keep the 4th seed and a close win may drop them below Texas at this point with how dominant Texas was today.

Watching this Bama game KU has better QBs, plural than both the tide and dogs. Never thought that would happen.

So we find out tomorrow where w land? - - anyone know what time we will find out ?

If FSU wins they have to be in. If Bama wins , you can’t put them in and NOT Texas. They would have the same record , both conference champs, but Texas obviously Beat Bama at Bama by 10.

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

So we find out tomorrow where w land? - - anyone know what time we will find out ?

Playoff selection show is on at 11am tomorrow on ESPN and will be on until 2pm so sometime between then.

@Woodrow said in Bowl game tracker:

If FSU wins they have to be in. If Bama wins , you can’t put them in and NOT Texas. They would have the same record , both conference champs, but Texas obviously Beat Bama at Bama by 10.

Losing Jordan Travis matters and an ugly win tonight won't help FSU's cause because they aren't a better team than Texas without Travis.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@Woodrow said in Bowl game tracker:

If FSU wins they have to be in. If Bama wins , you can’t put them in and NOT Texas. They would have the same record , both conference champs, but Texas obviously Beat Bama at Bama by 10.

Losing Jordan Travis matters and an ugly win tonight won't help FSU's cause because they aren't a better team than Texas without Travis.

That’s never really mattered though. It’s never the 4 “best” teams. If FSU goes 13-0 they deserve to be in.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

So we find out tomorrow where w land? - - anyone know what time we will find out ?

Playoff selection show is on at 11am tomorrow on ESPN and will be on until 2pm so sometime between then.

Oh, ok , thank you , appreciate that. - -So will they be announcing all bowls or just the really big one's ? -- never mind being on that long probably most of them huh

Guaranteed rate bowl in Glendale, vs Maryland Dec 26? Says projections via the Athletic

Ksu gets pop tarts vs ncs

@Woodrow said in Bowl game tracker:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Bowl game tracker:

@Woodrow said in Bowl game tracker:

If FSU wins they have to be in. If Bama wins , you can’t put them in and NOT Texas. They would have the same record , both conference champs, but Texas obviously Beat Bama at Bama by 10.

Losing Jordan Travis matters and an ugly win tonight won't help FSU's cause because they aren't a better team than Texas without Travis.

That’s never really mattered though. It’s never the 4 “best” teams. If FSU goes 13-0 they deserve to be in.

Available players was a criteria and FSU missing Jordan Travis mattered as it should have. Someone was going to be screwed over and FSU without Jordan Travis has not looked like a playoff team against an average Florida team and an average Louisville team.

Playoffs are set 1.Michigan 2. Washington 3. Texas 4. Alabama. I agree with @Texas-Hawk-10 FSU is likely from the weakest conference and down to its 3rd string QB. Any of these 4 teams selected spank them IMO.

Saw Jerry Palm/CBS Bowl projections : - he has KU vs California in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport.

8 Big 12 teams in bowl : - -Liberty -- ISY/Memph - -Alamo Bowl -- Okla/Ariz - -Pop Tarts - --Okie St/ND - -Texas Bowl - - K/State/Texas A& M

Guaranteed Rate -- WV/Minn - -Armed Forces - -Texas Tech/Troy - --Cure Bowl - -UCF/Ark St

That's CBS- w shall see

So do we get a break against ksu and TT w/out our second string qb? Just being snotty!

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

Saw Jerry Palm/CBS Bowl projections : - he has KU vs California in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport.

8 Big 12 teams in bowl : - -Liberty -- ISY/Memph - -Alamo Bowl -- Okla/Ariz - -Pop Tarts - --Okie St/ND - -Texas Bowl - - K/State/Texas A& M

Guaranteed Rate -- WV/Minn - -Armed Forces - -Texas Tech/Troy - --Cure Bowl - -UCF/Ark St

That's CBS- w shall see

The Guaranteed Rate Bowl website already mentions WV and Minn.

Does anyone watch the early bowls, like the Independence Bowl on Dec 16?

Depends on work, time and teams. I try to watch big 12.

@stoptheflop said in Bowl game tracker:

@jayballer67 said in Bowl game tracker:

Saw Jerry Palm/CBS Bowl projections : - he has KU vs California in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport.

8 Big 12 teams in bowl : - -Liberty -- ISY/Memph - -Alamo Bowl -- Okla/Ariz - -Pop Tarts - --Okie St/ND - -Texas Bowl - - K/State/Texas A& M

Guaranteed Rate -- WV/Minn - -Armed Forces - -Texas Tech/Troy - --Cure Bowl - -UCF/Ark St

That's CBS- w shall see

The Guaranteed Rate Bowl website already mentions WV and Minn.

ya CBS saying the same thing

247 sports final projection Bowl has KU - / Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate bowl - -& Tech in the Independence Bowl

Independence Bowl would be so disappointing as that's the lowest ranked bowl game in priority for the Big 12.

Hoping for Pop Tarts or Texas. I think we have a decent chance of that if OU goes to a NY6 and OSU goes to Alamo

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Bowl game tracker:

Hoping for Pop Tarts or Texas. I think we have a decent chance of that if OU goes to a NY6 and OSU goes to Alamo

KSU is locked into the Pop-Tarts Bowl and OU isn't getting a NY6 game unfortunately.

Probably GR then. At least we'll more than likely be 9-4

Liberty over SMU is a joke. Oregon is going to do things only Jerry Falwell would be into to them

@FarmerJayhawk said in Bowl game tracker:

Liberty over SMU is a joke. Oregon is going to do things only Jerry Falwell would be into to them

Rough day for the ACC. Alabama gets picked over FSU because they are the perceived better team, but Liberty gets picked over SMU because reasons.

Liberty also has a terrible SOS

@FarmerJayhawk said in Bowl game tracker:

Liberty over SMU is a joke. Oregon is going to do things only Jerry Falwell would be into to them

I also don't feel like any G5 team deserved a spot this year in a NY6 game, but I'm fine with an undefeated Liberty getting in over 2 loss SMU when one of those 2 losses was an uncompetitive loss to a non bowl eligible TCU team.

@KirkIsMyHinrich yep literally the worst. 133/133. Oh well.

@KirkIsMyHinrich I'm excited to see Liberty & Oregon.

I've never seen a football team score 100 before.

@KirkIsMyHinrich I personally think the ACC is the worst of the power 5 conferences by a wide margin

We should be locked into Phoenix

OU gets the Alamo bowl vs Arizona, not good for us smh

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

@KirkIsMyHinrich I personally think the ACC is the worst of the power 5 conferences by a wide margin

Think they had a winning record against the SEC this year

@KirkIsMyHinrich I wouldn’t flinch playing any team in that conference . Guess will find if they get spanked in most their bowls.

Bowls aren't as good of an indicator as early season non-con games imo. Too many players sit out bowl games, or team doesn't care etc

UNLV

Gonna be a shootout. Actually would like to hire their OC

@BShark said in Bowl game tracker:

Bowls aren't as good of an indicator as early season non-con games imo. Too many players sit out bowl games, or team doesn't care etc

Probably true in This day and age

Also a little weird because we play them in week 2 next year

@FarmerJayhawk Ya, I also don’t like playing a G5 team after 8 wins in a power 5 conference. But we are KU in happy to play in a bowl and hopefully win one.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

@BShark said in Bowl game tracker:

Bowls aren't as good of an indicator as early season non-con games imo. Too many players sit out bowl games, or team doesn't care etc

Probably true in This day and age

Yeah unfortunately it is. I've seen good teams just come out not caring because they barely missed the playoff etc

Bowls I don't want to be in.

Toilet bowl.

Despicabowl

Reprehensabowl

Lima Bean Bowl

Depends Bowl

Congress Bowl

Bowls I want to be in:
Loveabowl

Likeabowl

Lawrence Bowl

Lambeau Bowl. (I mean, why not, what a great storied place for a bowl game?)

NO SEC Bowl

ChicagoBearsBowl. Good news is you get to play the Bears!

La Paz Bowl. Elevation over 11,000 feet!

Dead Sea Bowl -1500 feet

Grand Canyon Bowl. there's a peninsula of land jutting out into the canyon that's 60 yards wide somewhere. That will teach these softies who avoid contact by running out of bounds.

Serengeti Bowl. Right in the middle of the wildebeest migration, with Lions and Hyenas and mating rhinos too.

Jan 6th Bowl. Don't like the result of the game, claim it was stolen! (sorry if that steps on some toes)

@wissox I feel like you're ignoring the honey-do list today.

@nuleafjhawk The Honey Do Bowl? Everyone ignores that one.

I think they should have a Manute Memorial Bol.

BS that undefeated FSU isn't the fourth team to the fake playoff, but it'll be fun to watch Michigan and Alabama I guess. Actually, maybe I'll just check the score later.

@DanR said in Bowl game tracker:

BS that undefeated FSU isn't the fourth team to the fake playoff, but it'll be fun to watch Michigan and Alabama I guess. Actually, maybe I'll just check the score later.

Sorry, but I don't want to see a Jordan Travis-less FSU get beat by 30+ points against Michigan. Player injuries is one of the criteria for determining ranking and I don't know if you saw any of FSU's games against Florida or Louisville without Travis, but they didn't look good in either game.

@Texas-Hawk-10 you can see the future now? How do you know that would happen? You don't and neither does the dumb committee. The Michigan/Iowa game was eerily similar to the FSU/Louisville game watching both. FSU's defense is better than any of the teams in the playoff.

I actually think FSU would beat Michigan, I'm a huge FSU fan and my dad is a huge Michigan fan, watched them both very closely through the year.

@RockkChalkk sorry for your loss. Tough one.

3rd string QB for FSU? Probably had something to do with the decision. I’m sure if KU had JD playing healthy for the last few games the highlights rack up and KU gets bumped up to a slightly better bowl with the same record. Perception matters even if it’s wrong.

Caught Coach L's - -pres conference concerning our bowl and such . - -Now I know I've said this before so I'm sorry but I'll say again , this Coach impresses me so much every time I listen to him at Conferences just I mean class /and lots of knowledge.

you know the one thing, or one of the things I like about him the most ? The guy is never satisfied, not will for competency , and I realize a lot of Coach's may say the same line but to hear and know we have a Coach that really wants this program to continue to get better and actually mean it - -not just looking for that paycheck. I don't know how many times I've heard him say - -we got to get better.

He was talking and said makes you realize in just 2 - 2 1/2 short, years just how far this program has come. He said he was out and ran into a fan something along those lines and the guy says you know we could of been 10-2 . Coach says he said to the guy , you know just 2 years ago we was talking about 2-10 know we talking about we should of been lol.

Coach said too he truly believes there will be conversation next year with the majority nucleus of this team coming back next year , if it comes bck mainly in tact , you will hear about the possibility of this team competing for the Confrence Championship -- -shouldn't ew haven't heard- - the last thing I heard from him was that they are actually suppose to start the tear down of the Stadium THIS WEEK. -That's going to be so cool to see the new transformation - - IT'S A great time TO BE A jAY hAWK. - - ROCK CHALK

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Bowl game tracker:

Player injuries is one of the criteria for determining ranking

Really? Where is this stated?

I mean, I don't see it here:

https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2016/10/24/selection-committee-protocol ↗

@DanR see Florida state, I presume

@DanR , this is Section 2 ("Principles") of the Protocols you linked to:

The selection committee will select the teams using a process that distinguishes among otherwise comparable teams by considering:

Conference championships won,

Strength of schedule,

Head‐to‐head competition,

Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and,

Other relevant factors such as unavailability of key players and coaches that may have affected a team’s performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance.

Just got a snap back from Devin Neal, he told me he is a 100% playing in the bowl game.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

Just got a snap back from Devin Neal, he told me he is a 100% playing in the bowl game.

ya heard him talk about that a couple days ago. Said he was for sure playing. He talked about weighing both sides of entering the draft and returning.--- I don't know just at first case I wouldn't be surprised if he did come back, was talking about being local and this and that - -maybe just wishful thinking but just kinda sounded like where don't be shocked if he comes back

https://theathletic.com/5135783/2023/12/14/ranking-all-41-college-football-bowl-games/?source=targeted_email&campaign=8548074 ↗

Ours is rated the 6th best bowl game

Texas Tech puts up 27 points unanswered in the independence Bowl to drop Cal 34-14.

@kjayhawks said in Bowl game tracker:

Texas Tech puts up 27 points unanswered in the independence Bowl to drop Cal 34-14.

Well one win for the Big 12