Arena 2025-26 NCAA Football Discussion

It's a preposterous system that should die a horrible death. Shorten the season by a week and do an 8 team playoff. Let some of the corporations continue to have meaningless bowl games for the other teams.

Inty did refer to the "hype machine," which this system is far too dependent upon. For a while it was the Big 12, then USC, and for a bit it's been the SEC. Shown especially through the preseason polling, where perennially phony teams like Georgia and Clemson always find a way into the upper tier, and then ride their way into bowl games (even after a few losses) that are generally too good for them.

Trendy projections have Alabama vs. Oregon in the Sugar, and Clemson vs. Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. How you can earn a BCS slot after ending your season losing 42-16 to Arizona (and then beating Oregon St. by a point) or 31-17 to South Carolina is beyond me. Bleh.

 

And, your bowl schedule. Lol, Clemson. Good grief, what a disgrace.

BowlLocation/TicketsDate/TimeNetwork
Gildan New Mexico
Washington State vs. Colorado State Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 21
2 p.m. ESPN
Royal Purple Las Vegas
Fresno State vs. USC Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 21
3:30 p.m. ABC
Famous Idaho Potato
Buffalo vs. San Diego State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 21
5:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Dec. 21
9 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
East Carolina vs. Ohio St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 23
2 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Boise State vs. Oregon State Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza
Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
6 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah State vs. Northern Illinois San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 26
9:30 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
Marshall vs. Maryland Annapolis, Md.
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Dec. 27
2:30 p.m. ESPN
Texas
Syracuse vs. Minnesota Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 27
6 p.m. ESPN
Fight Hunger
BYU vs. Washington San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 27
9:30 p.m. ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
Rutgers vs. Notre Dame Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 28
Noon ESPN
Belk
Cincinnati vs. North Carolina Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 28
3:20 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic
Miami vs. Louisville Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
6:45 p.m. ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings
Michigan vs. Kansas State Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 28
10:15 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Middle Tennessee vs. Navy Fort Worth, Texas
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 30
11:45 a.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 30
3:15 p.m. ESPN
Valero Alamo
Oregon vs. Texas San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 30
6:45 p.m. ESPN
National University Holiday
Arizona State vs. Texas Tech San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 30
10:15 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100
Arizona vs. Boston College Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 31
12:30 p.m. ESPN
Hyundai Sun
Virginia Tech vs. UCLA El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Rice vs. Mississippi State Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
4 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
Duke vs. Texas A&M Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
8 p.m. ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Nebraska vs. Georgia Jacksonville, Fla.
Everbank Field Jan. 1
Noon ESPN2
Heart of Dallas
UNLV vs. North Texas Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Capital One
Wisconsin vs. South Carolina Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Outback
Iowa vs. LSU Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
Stanford vs. Michigan State Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
UCF vs. Baylor Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Oklahoma vs. Alabama New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange
Clemson vs. Ohio State Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 3
TBD ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Missouri Arlington, Texas
AT&T Stadium Jan. 3
7:30 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass
Vanderbilt vs. Houston Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 4
1 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy
Arkansas State vs. Ball State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 5
9 p.m. ESPN
VIZIO BCS National Championship
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 6
8:30 p.m.
ESPN

 

Final standings had Missouri, South Carolina, and Oregon all ahead of Oklahoma and Clemson.

I disparaged them last night, and certainly don't feel that they deserve a BCS spot after that Arizona game- but if we're looking within the context of these kooky rankings, Oregon has a real beef with not being taken over Oklahoma or Clemson. They don't have any conference barriers that Mizzou and South Carolina face.

Leave it to the BCS to not even abide by their own rankings for selecting "at-large" teams. Because it's a system based on logic, amirite.

 

For my Vols, it'd be nice to go to a bowl for once.

Last time we had a postseason was 2010. So sad.

 

Speaking of bets- lines are officially out for the BCS lineup.

FSU is 8.5 pt favorite over Auburn (line likely will shrink)
Stanford is 1.5 pt favorite over MSU (likely will grow- Rose Bowl generally favors West Coast team, MSU is "so hot right now" because they beat OSU, but Stanford is the better side)
Baylor is 17 pt favorite over UCF (lol)
Alabama is 14.5 pt favorite over Oklahoma (if they win by less than 30, I'll be shocked)
Ohio State is 4.5 pt favorite over Clemson (same as Alabama. OSU should destroy Clemson)

 

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Conflicting reports from a respected (and often correct) UofTexas football blog and ESPN's Joe Schad regarding Mack Brown, report was that he will step down after the bowl game against Oregon. I don't see that game going too well for Texas, so he may be getting out in front of it.

Also, future of President Bill Powers to be discussed by UT's Board of Regents, a move that could also impact Mack leaving.