Quick Big East Bowl Analysis

[Jim Johnson]

It looks like the Big East will have 5 Bowl Eligible Teams for its 6 slots... (Not wanting to analyze the all other slots just yet.)

WVU - 5-0, 0-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Tough wins: Rutgers, Pittsburgh, USF

- Toss up: Louisville

Best Possible: 12-0 / Worst Probable: 10-2

Lousiville - 5-0, 0-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Tough wins: Rutgers, Pittsburgh, USF

- Toss up: West Virginia

Best Possible: 12-0 / Worst Probable: 10-2

Rutgers - 5-0, 1-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Toss up: Pittsburgh

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 11-1 / Worst Probable: 9-3

Pittsburgh - 5-1, 2-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, UCF

- Toss up: Rutgers, South Florida

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 10-1 / Worst Probable: 8-4

South Florida - 4-2, 1-1

- Easy wins: Syracuse, Cincy, UNC

- Toss up: Pittsburgh

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 9-3 / Worst Probable: 7-5

Syracuse - 3-3, 0-1

- Toss up: U Conn, Cincy

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, South Florida

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

Cincinnati - 3-3, 0-1

- Toss up: U Conn, Syracuse

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, South Florida

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

Connecticut - 2-3, 0-1

- Probable win: Army

- Toss up: Syracuse, Cincy

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, Pittsburgh

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

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Jim's Bowl Pedictions:

BCS: WVU/Louisville Winner

Gator: WVU/Louisville Loser

Meineke: Navy*

Texas: Rutgers

Toronto: Pittsburgh

Birmingham: South Florida

[Joe]

Jim I can't put UNC and Cuse in as easy wins. As bad as UNC looks they only lost to Rutgers by a score and tore their defense up yardage wise.

Cuse is borderline, but will be playing for a bowl birth coming into RJS.

[Bulls Are We]

I agree there are no "easy" wins for us the rest of the way.  As long as MG stays healthy I see us finishing up 7-5.

I think the UCONN win is the start of a 3 game win streak that gets us bowl eligible.    

[T-Man]

I Like it!   I could still get a bowl if it is before holidays!

[South_Florida_Flip]

Rutgers played UNC in the first game of the season, where anything can happen. It's difficult for most to prepare since new wrinkles can be thrown in that you wouldn't see on the game film. I think it's safe to say that if UNC played Rutgers now that Rutgers would win by more than 5 points.

Jim's analysis is pretty dead on. Syracuse has 2 difficult games coming up, so they could very well be 3-5. Cincy still concerns me because they have not been playing bad football, but we're playing better, so We should be able to go in there and win.

[Joe]

I'm gonna disagree. This team put out an amazing performance last night. But there is still a lot to work on and I cannot call either of those games gimmies at this point.

[Guest]

Sorry Joe... but have you watched UNC lately? They are awful - probably the 2nd worst team we've faced behind McNeese State.  I count it as an easy win.  Same with Cincy, who struggled against MAC teams.

Syracuse plays @ West Virignia, Louisville, and @ Cincinnati before coming to Tampa.  Not sure that they will be "fighting for a bowl' game.  More than likely, they will be 4-5 or 3-6.

This, of course, is my analysis today - the Saturday after an easy win over U Conn... things could change week to week.

[South_Florida_Flip]

UNC looked a bit better yesterday then they had been playing, but we still should have enough to go in there and win.

[Knight_Light]

It looks like the Big East will have 5 Bowl Eligible Teams for its 6 slots... (Not wanting to analyze the all other slots just yet.)

WVU - 5-0, 0-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Tough wins: Rutgers, Pittsburgh, USF

- Toss up: Louisville

Best Possible: 12-0 / Worst Probable: 10-2

Lousiville - 5-0, 0-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Tough wins: Rutgers, Pittsburgh, USF

- Toss up: West Virginia

Best Possible: 12-0 / Worst Probable: 10-2

Rutgers - 5-0, 1-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, Syracuse, Cincy

- Toss up: Pittsburgh

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 11-1 / Worst Probable: 9-3

Pittsburgh - 5-1, 2-0

- Easy wins: U Conn, UCF

- Toss up: Rutgers, South Florida

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 10-1 / Worst Probable: 8-4

South Florida - 4-2, 1-1

- Easy wins: Syracuse, Cincy, UNC

- Toss up: Pittsburgh

- Probable Losses: West Virginia, Louisville

Best Possible: 9-3 / Worst Probable: 7-5

Syracuse - 3-3, 0-1

- Toss up: U Conn, Cincy

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, South Florida

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

Cincinnati - 3-3, 0-1

- Toss up: U Conn, Syracuse

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, South Florida

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

Connecticut - 2-3, 0-1

- Probable win: Army

- Toss up: Syracuse, Cincy

- Probable losses: West Virginia, Louisiville, Rutgers, Pittsburgh

Best Possible: 5-7 / Worst Probable: 3-9

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Jim's Bowl Pedictions:

BCS: WVU/Louisville Winner

Gator: WVU/Louisville Loser

Meineke: Navy*

Texas: Rutgers

Toronto: Pittsburgh

Birmingham: South Florida

Unlike past years when they was only 8 BCS Spots...an "extra" BCS Game was added this year, so now there are 10 BCS Spots.

Big East has a chance to earn two BCS Spots...IF UL beats WVU...and WVU doesn't stumble again...both teams end up 11-1 (UL has guaranteed BCS spot as Big East Champs), I think WVU (with their great traveling tradition) will earn one of the two spots for that extra game in Arizona.

If that happens...other Big East teams might "move up"...and maybe Rutgers might have a shot at the Gator Bowl.

KL

[outrunner]

CBSsportsline

National Champioship---West Virginia vs. Ohio St.

Sugar Bowl---Florida vs. Notre Dame

Orange Bowl---Louisville vs. Georgia Tech

Fiesta Bowl---Texas vs. Boise St.

Rose Bowl---Southern Cal vs. Michigan

International Bowl---Pitt vs. Northen Illinois

Car Care Bowl---Navy vs. NC State

Sun Bowl---Rutgers vs. Oregon

Texas Bowl---Syracuse vs. Kansas St.

Birmingham Bowl---South Florida vs. Houston

Music City Bowl---Miami vs. Alabama

Champs Sports Bowl---Florida State vs. Michigan St.