Well Championship Week has come and gone and it's Bowl Season. The final 11W rankings for the BlogPoll are below, and we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section about the MNC rematch, as well as some of the other bowls taking place over the next month. Have at it folks!
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The Tigers got the job done in Atlanta, beating Georgia 42-10, despite a slow start that saw them down early. LSU now has to beat Alabama for the second time this season in the National Championship Game, although this time, it's closer to their home turf. | -- |
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Remember when Nick Saban said only a conference champion should be playing for a title while he was at LSU in 2003? What happened to that? The Tide sneak into the title game despite not winning their own conference or division. | -- |
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I wasn't too high on OK State making the title game until this past weekend when they impressed me in a 44-10 thumping of Oklahoma in the defacto Big 12 title game. The Cowboys have to settle for a Fiesta Bowl matchup with Stanford instead. |
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Stanford takes the Fiesta Bowl's at-large bid and will take on Oklahoma State in what will be a final showcase of Andrew Luck's talents for NFL scouts. | -- |
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Boise State got screwed out of a BCS at-large bid and instead gets downgraded to a MAACO Las Vegas Bowl against Arizona State. |
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The PAC 12 champs (beat UCLA 49-31) get an automatic bid to the Rose Bowl where they will take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Speed vs Power should be fun to watch, a game the Ducks lost last time they were in Pasadena. |
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The Razorbacks' two losses this season came from the two teams in the national title. Usually that would be good enough for a BCS birth, but Arkansas now finds itself in the next best thing: The Cotton Bowl against Kansas State. |
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Wisconsin had to fight from behind, but pulled out a win against Michigan State to reach their second straight Rose Bowl. Let's hope the Badgers have better luck this year against Oregon than they did against TCU. |
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In my opinion, it should be Kansas State, not Virginia Tech playing in the Sugar Bowl. The Wildcats finished the year at 10-2 with a win against Iowa State and earned a spot in The Cotton Bowl against Arkansas. |
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South Carolina has the pleasure of playing in the Capital One Bowl against Nebraska. It is one of three SEC-B1G games at 1 PM on January 2. |
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MSU should tell LSU just how tough it is to beat a team twice in one season. The Spartans, who took down Wisconsin earlier in the year, fell just short in the B1G Title Game and thus got booted from the BCS. At 10-3 and with a head to head win over Michigan, I think Sparty deserved the Sugar Bowl spot, but money talks and instead Mark Dantonio's team plays in the Outback Bowl against SEC East Champ, Georgia. |
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As we said, money talks, and the Sugar Bowl took idle 10-2 Michigan over Legends Division champ, Michigan State. The Wolverines return to the BCS for the first time since the 2006 season and will take on the Hokies of Virginia Tech. |
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Robert Griffin III helped Baylor finish at 9-3 with a win over Texas. The Bears earned a birth to the Valero Alamo Bowl, where they will face Washington. |
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Georgia started the game off with a bang, jumping on top of LSU 10-0, but they didn't have enough gas in the tank. The Bulldogs go to the Outback Bowl in what should be a good game against MSU. |
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Oklahoma had a chance to salvage a disappointing season, but choked in their game against Oklahoma State. The Sooners fall to the Insight Bowl against Iowa. |
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Clemson clearly shut things down after clinching their division in the ACC, because they looked like the Tigers of old in a 38-10 drumming of Va Tech in the ACC Championship Game. Clemson clinched a birth in the Orange Bowl where they will take on West Virginia. |
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Virginia Tech pulled a move of all moves. After getting drilled in the ACC Title Game, Frank Beamer's team still got into the BCS, where they will play Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. |
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TCU finished the year at 10-2 overall and 7-0 in the MWC, but it wasn't enough for an at-large bid. The Horned Frogs go to the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl where they will play Louisiana Tech. |
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At 9-3 Nebraska ends up doing well, earning the best non-BCS bowl the Big Ten has to offer. The Cornhuskers play South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl on January 2. |
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USM pulled an upset for the ages, taking down Houston in Houston 49-28 in the Conference USA Championship. The Golden Eagles go to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, where they will face Nevada. |
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Houston had a colossal choke of a BCS birth in their loss to USM. The Cougars now go to the TicketCity Bowl where they face a disheveled Penn State team. |
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West Virginia got the job done, beating USF 30-27 to earn a share of the Big East title. By having the highest BCS ranking, the Mountaineers earned a bid to the BCS and will play Clemson in the Orange Bowl. | -- |
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Penn State got the shaft. At 9-3 they were passed up by the Insight Bowl (took 7-5 Iowa) and the Gator Bowl (took 6-6 OSU), and instead go to the TicketCity Bowl to face Case Keenum and Houston. |
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FSU won't have to travel far in playing Notre Dame in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando. With a trip within driving distance, expect about 75% FSU fans in the Citrus Bowl, despite Notre Dame's track record for traveling well. | -- |
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Cincinnati beat UConn 35-27 to finish the year 9-3 and claim a share in the Big East title. They will not be going to the BCS, though, and will be making the trip to Memphis for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Vanderbilt. | -- |
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