[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=11235.msg106806#msg106806 date=1417234209]Todd Husak was saying on twitter that the most likely outcome is the bowl at Levi's Stadium, whatever they're calling it these days.

That bowl would make sense I'm just not 100% that they can actually pick us. I guess we'll find out. Would be nice to be able to easily attend one, though I don't know if I'll be back from San Diego by then.
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So, I thought the bowls were free to pick any team that is within one conference loss of the best remaining team, but Wilner's update says that's not the case for the bottom 3 bowls (Sun, Vegas, Cactus).  Either way, we SHOULD be able to go to the SF bowl because we are 5-4, and every team above us is 6-3 (unless Arizona wins, but if that happens Oregon will definitely get a Fiesta Bowl bid).  I actually think ASU is probably the team that gets hosed.  My predictions, assuming UW, Utah, Kal, and Oregon win tomorrow:

Rose: Oregon
Fiesta/other "committee" bowl: Arizona
Alamo: UCLA
Holiday: U$C
Chicken: Stanford (they take us over 6-3 ASU because of the locality, ASU fans are now pissed that they've been passed over twice, which I think is allowed.  Someone correct me if it's not).
Sun: ASU (to be fair, should be a better match-up than the Foster Farms bowl, this is against the ACC #4 whereas SF is against the Big-10 #6.  I don't even know if the Big-10 has 6 eligible teams...)
Vegas: Utah
Cactus: UW
Other random bowl no one will care about by maybe some desperate 59er fans will be excited to go to: Kal.

I think the biggest threat to us not making the Foster Farms Bowl is if the Holiday doesn't screw ASU, and U$C is available.  I could see them going to SF, in which case I think we end up in Vegas, as Utah will have the better record than us and is more appealing to them than us (relatively closer, more likely to travel since their season was less of a disappointment).  There is also an ever so slight chance THREE Pac-12 teams go to "Committee" bowls (I think there are 5 at large spots), which could also confuse things, but should make it even more likely we stay in the Bay Area.  Of course, maybe this is wishful thinking since Vegas and Santa Clara are the two I am most likely to go to...


If anyone knows if I'm totally off on how the process works, please let me know.  Apparently it isn't the same as last year, but I couldn't find it with a quick google search.

[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=11235.msg106806#msg106806 date=1417234209]Todd Husak was saying on twitter that the most likely outcome is the bowl at Levi's Stadium, whatever they're calling it these days.

That bowl would make sense I'm just not 100% that they can actually pick us. I guess we'll find out. Would be nice to be able to easily attend one, though I don't know if I'll be back from San Diego by then.
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So, I thought the bowls were free to pick any team that is within one conference loss of the best remaining team, but Wilner's update says that's not the case for the bottom 3 bowls (Sun, Vegas, Cactus).  Either way, we SHOULD be able to go to the SF bowl because we are 5-4, and every team above us is 6-3 (unless Arizona wins, but if that happens Oregon will definitely get a Fiesta Bowl bid).  I actually think ASU is probably the team that gets hosed.  My predictions, assuming UW, Utah, Kal, and Oregon win tomorrow:

Rose: Oregon
Fiesta/other "committee" bowl: Arizona
Alamo: UCLA
Holiday: U$C
Chicken: Stanford (they take us over 6-3 ASU because of the locality, ASU fans are now pissed that they've been passed over twice, which I think is allowed.  Someone correct me if it's not).
Sun: ASU (to be fair, should be a better match-up than the Foster Farms bowl, this is against the ACC #4 whereas SF is against the Big-10 #6.  I don't even know if the Big-10 has 6 eligible teams...)
Vegas: Utah
Cactus: UW
Other random bowl no one will care about by maybe some desperate 59er fans will be excited to go to: Kal.

I think the biggest threat to us not making the Foster Farms Bowl is if the Holiday doesn't screw ASU, and U$C is available.  I could see them going to SF, in which case I think we end up in Vegas, as Utah will have the better record than us and is more appealing to them than us (relatively closer, more likely to travel since their season was less of a disappointment).  There is also an ever so slight chance THREE Pac-12 teams go to "Committee" bowls (I think there are 5 at large spots), which could also confuse things, but should make it even more likely we stay in the Bay Area.  Of course, maybe this is wishful thinking since Vegas and Santa Clara are the two I am most likely to go to...


If anyone knows if I'm totally off on how the process works, please let me know.  Apparently it isn't the same as last year, but I couldn't find it with a quick google search.