Updated Bowl Analysis

[bullman3]

lv bowl would take a wac team vs a 6-5 big east team.  Univ of Nevada, better known as UNR would be a great fit, and would bring a lot more fans.

[Baltimore Bull]

Two questions:

1.) Why would we root for WVA over Pitt?

     - Wouldn't we want WVA to lose a game before coming to Tampa?

2.) Why would we root for Notre Dame over Stanford?

     - Wouldn't Notre Dame losing prevent them from claiming a Big East bowl bid?

It seems counterproductive to root for teams that improve our chances if they lose.

[Bishop of Bulltown]

Two questions:

1.) Why would we root for WVA over Pitt?

- Wouldn't we want WVA to lose a game before coming to Tampa?

2.) Why would we root for Notre Dame over Stanford?

- Wouldn't Notre Dame losing prevent them from claiming a Big East bowl bid?

It seems counterproductive to root for teams that improve our chances if they lose.

Basically if Pitt beats WVU and becomes bowl eligible, they have the tie breaker on us if we don't win out. The flip side of that coin is is Pitt wins and we win out we become sole Big East Champs (Even if we win out and share with WVU, we still go to the Sugar Bowl).

We need to root for Notre Dame so that they get an at large bid that won't cut into the Big East bowl tie-ins, because they won't count for the Big East champ if they go to a BCS game.

Hope this helped

[T-Man]

If anyone wants Pitt to beat WVU they are freaking Idiots! (Napoleon Dynamite)!   Why would anyone not want a top 10 team to be here on12/3!   Come on guys screw all others do what's best for 12/3!   Open the upper deck!

[Baltimore Bull]

Thank you Bishop. Apparently, I didn't understand how everything worked.

I appriciate you straightening things out for me!

[79 Bull]

Do you really think a 9-2 Alabama team could get a BCS at large slot?

[Guest]

T-man: We do not want Pitt to win.  Yes, it would be nice to have WVU ranked as high as possible, but a WVU win couple with one or two USF losses would be a significant problem for USF to get a decent bowl game.

79: If a 9-2 Ohio State and a 9-2 Notre Dame can be considered, then, yes, I think a 9-2 Alabama team can get a BCS at large slot.  It would take some effort, like a Notre Dame loss, Georgia beating LSU and FSU beating Va Tech.  It's a long shot, to be sure, but still a possibility.

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As for Notre Dame, consider this.  A Notre Dame loss would mean the Gator Bowl would take the Irish over Louisville.  The Cardinals would bump Rutgers from the Insight Bowl. That would mean Rutgers and South Florida would be left for the Meineke Bowl committee.

Hence, a Notre Dame win is better for USF's prospects for a Big East bowl.