Orange Bowl question

[Queen]

Anybody know what end of the field is home and what end is visitors? I also dont know if Big East is home or ACC. It looks like it's going to be WVU and Va Tech. Is the higher ranked team Home? I plan on seating down at the goal line with the sea of Gold shirts. Im going to buy my tickets some place else. The darn boosters will buy all the tickets when they go on sale at WVU.

Thanks for the help

Queen :sm:

[CuseFan10]

It looks like it's going to be WVU and Va Tech.

What about UConn? :laughing:

[Queen]

What about UConn? :laughing:

There going to the Sun Bowl. Even the Gator bowl knows the suck :laughing:

No all jokes aside we got Cinci to worry about too

Not in the bag yet

[JB]

Take me Take me Take me!
It might be West Virginia Vs. Missouri

I will make sure you get on the right side of the field Queen (wink)!

[Queen]

FedEx Orange Bowl
Jan. 3 / 8 p.m. Miami, Fla. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (ACC Champion, if available)
Way Too Early Projection: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia

The Hokies will be the sentimental choice to get into a BCS game, and if they don't win the ACC title, but are eligible, they'll find their way in somewhere. Throw Wisconsin, USC, Michigan, and anyone else you can think of into the mix for the team to potentially play the ACC champion, but Orange Bowl officials will fall all over themselves to get the Mountaineers and their rabid fan base. The game would sell out in about 14 seconds.

Your projection is Sugar Bowl but who knows. But if it's Mo. Then come on JB we will have a blast.

Orange bowl wants WVU if they win out and win Big East. I did find out WVU will be home team.

[Queen]

BCS Title Game: BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 (Jan. 7, 8 p.m., FOX)
The Matchup: Ohio State vs. LSU
The Buzz: Yep, this is our national-title matchup – for this week, at least.
Video: Ohio State highlights | LSU highlights

ORANGE: BCS game (Jan. 3, 8 p.m., Fox)
The Matchup: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
The Buzz: A matchup of former Big East rivals – and of teams whose fans buy a lot of tickets.
FIESTA: BCS game (Jan. 2, 8 p.m., Fox)
The Matchup: Arizona State vs. Oklahoma
The Buzz: This essentially would be a home game for the Sun Devils.
SUGAR: BCS game (Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., Fox)
The Matchup: Auburn vs. Missouri
The Buzz: Missouri needs to win the Big 12 North to get a BCS spot.
ROSE: BCS game (Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m., ABC)
The Matchup: Michigan vs. Oregon
The Buzz: Oregon still hoping for some help to get to the title game.


But who knows. Why does Oregon always get screwed. If it was USC then it be already posted to play OSU????

[DevilsAdvokt]

That is why michigan is gonna help the ducks by beating ohio st in the Big House!





i do not want to see another michigan vs oregon game

im sure michigan doesnt want that either:hide:

[JB]

CBS Sportsline

Championship
Ohio State Vs. LSU

Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech Vs. Missouri

Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma Vs. Arizona State

Rose Bowl
West Virginia Vs. Oregon

Sugar Bowl
Georgia Vs. Hawaii


But its still very early..........

[NittanyLions94]

I really think OSU would lay the wood to LSU, but that's a discussion for another thread.

[Queen]

CBS Sportsline

Championship
Ohio State Vs. LSU

Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech Vs. Missouri

Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma Vs. Arizona State

Rose Bowl
West Virginia Vs. Oregon

Sugar Bowl
Georgia Vs. Hawaii


But its still very early..........

Sportsline is crazy We will see how is the closes.

[FlyersFan]

I really think OSU would lay the wood to LSU, but that's a discussion for another thread.

for all the talk of LSU's defense...they have been allowing 30+ regulary...they haven't had a single decent defensive effort vs. anyone even close to a quality opponent......i still am not sold on OSU going undefeated......

Also, Queen there isn't a single bowl set yet and there probably won't be until every conference championship game is done. If WVU plays in the Rose Bowl they might as well shine the whole bowl thing altogether. Tradition is out the window at that point, and if you don't have tradition with bowl games, there isn't a point in even playing them (other than wagering...lol). I can't see WVU not getting to a BCS game, though, i don't think they get there unless they win the big least. No freeking way the big least gets 2 BCS berths......i still think they beat CrapConn and win the auto bid. :thumbs:

[CuseFan10]

Why the **** would the Rose Bowl want West Virginia? That makes no sense. They don't travel nearly enough people for the Rose Bowl to want them compared to other schools, plus the Rose Bowl obviously has no tie-ins with the Big East. I actually don't think any BCS bowl does now (as per the BCS website).

It's kind of sad that the Rose Bowl would WANT West Virginia. Doesn't say much about the other teams out there.

[Queen]

I dont think the Rose bowl would pick WVU.

No it would be impossible for 2 big east teams to go to the BCS thing. Here is why

But also trust me I know that if WVU wins out it will be the Orange Bowl. Done deal. Either VT or BC playing WVU. Handshake from the Orange Bowl people last night in Morgantown.

[Queen]

The BCS is ...

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is designed to match the two top-rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive matchups between eight other highly regarded teams in four other games.

The bowl games participating are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game which will be played each year at one of the bowl sites.

The BCS is managed by the commissioners of the 11 NCAA Division I-A conferences, the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame, and representatives of the bowl organizations. The conferences are Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Pacific 10, Southeastern and Western Athletic.

The conference commissioners and the Notre Dame athletics director make decisions regarding all BCS issues, in consultation with an athletics directors advisory group and subject to the approval of a presidential oversight committee whose members represent all 117 Division 1-A programs.

The five BCS games are part of the overall bowl structure. All bowl games provide meaningful season-ending opportunities to teams.

As one conference commissioner said, "the celebration that occurs among the student-athletes, coaching staff and fans at the end of each bowl games is an indication of the importance of all bowl games."

The BCS places great premium on the regular season of college football. Football weekends are an important ingredient in the overall college experience-going well beyond simply what occurs in the athletics department. A significant amount of the revenue that supports all athletic programs is generated by regular-season football. And so it is of great importance that the regular season remains strong and vibrant.

The top two teams were matched in bowl games infrequently before the BCS, when conferences were contractually obligated to certain games and there was no flexibility to attempt to match the top teams.

The BCS conferences have a contract with Fox Sports to televise the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls through 2010 and the National Championship Games through 2009. ABC has an agreement to continue to televise the 2010 National Championship Game and the Rose Bowl through 2014.
Schedule of Games, January 2008

January 1 - Sugar Bowl
January 1 - Rose Bowl
January 2 - Fiesta Bowl
January 3 - Orange Bowl
January 7 - BCS National Championship Game (New Orleans)


Automatic qualification

1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings will play in the national championship game.

2. The champions of the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and Southeastern Conferences automatically qualify for BCS games each year.

3. One team from among the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference automatically qualify for a BCS game if either: A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or, B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.

4. Notre Dame will automatically qualify for a BCS bowl if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

5. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 4, and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that team shall become an automatic qualifier.

6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 5, and if Step No. 5 has not been applied and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team shall become an automatic qualifier.

7. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams" (see below.)

[JB]

LOL....after all of this I guess you are now wondering what the visitor side is for the National Championship Game?????

I said maybe Mizzou Vs. W. Virgina in the Orange Bowl and we are now just one game away from that matchup happending in the National Championship Game!!!!!