This year I don't know if I'm watching it more or if social media has ruined it. I love waiting all day until the selection show to see who is going where. I have been on social media a few times today just to see what's going on, and then see all the spoiler tweets. I guess if I didn't want to know I shouldn't get on twitter.
Prior to the selection show I didn't give up hope that Iowa State would go the Buffalo Wings Bowl. Since Alabama won the SEC Championship game they will be playing Notre Dame for the crystal ball. After the game a statistic floating around was 53% of people think ND will win. NO WAY! I didn't really care which team won except that they beat ND.
On twitter during the selection show a story emerged about the LA Tech football team. They have no bowl game to go. Well they did have an invitation to go to the Independence Bowl. They turned that bid down hoping to get another bid and they didn't. On twitter the Head Coach and AD were posting how the 31 seniors deserved to go a game, and how diappointing it is. I'm sorry I don't feel bad for you coaches and AD. I do however feel bad for the players not going to play. (Sorry. I had to rant.)
Interesting fact about the LA Tech team who finished the season 9-3 is that 38 other teams with fewer wins will be going to a bowl game. I have to admit that isn't fair but to have a guaranteed bowl game a school needs to be part of good conference with bowl tie-ins.
I promise that I will be tweeting and blogging more about the Bowl games this year. If you need anything PLEASE let me know. It's like my Christmas Day for me.
Below is a list of the whole College Bowl selections. Some games are going to be interesting and exciting to watch while others not so much.
What bowl game are you looking forward to watching?
Bowl Date Matchup Team Team
New Mexico (Albuquerque) 12/15/2012 MWC 5 vs. Pac-12 7 Nevada Arizona
Idaho Potato (Boise) 12/15/2012 MAC 3 vs. WAC 1 Toledo Utah State
Poinsettia (San Diego) 12/20/2012 MWC 2 vs. BYU San Diego State BYU
Beef O'Brady's (St. Pete) 12/21/2012 Big East 6 vs. C-USA 3 Ball State Central Florida
New Orleans 12/22/2012 Sun Belt 1 vs. C-USA 4 La.-Lafayette East Carolina
Las Vegas 12/22/2012 MWC 1 vs. Pac-12 5 Boise State Washington
Hawaii (Honolulu) 12/24/2012 MWC 4 vs. C-USA 5 Fresno State SMU
Little Caesars (Detroit) 12/26/2012 MAC 1 vs. Big Ten 8 Central Michigan W. Kentucky
Military (Washington, D.C.) 12/27/2012 MAC 4 vs. C-USA 5 Bowling Green San Jose State
Holiday (San Diego) 12/27/2012 Pac-12 3 vs. Big 12 5 UCLA Baylor
Belk (Charlotte) 12/27/2012 Big East 3 vs. ACC 5 Cincinnati Duke
Russell Athletic (Orlando) 12/28/2012 Big East 2 vs. ACC 3 Rutgers Virginia Tech
Meineke (Houston) 12/28/2012 Big 12 6 vs. Big Ten 6 Texas Tech Minnesota
Independence (Shreveport) 12/28/2012 SEC 10 vs. ACC 7 La.-Monroe Ohio*
Pinstripe (New York) 12/29/2012 Big 12 7 vs. Big East 4 West Virginia Syracuse
Kraft (San Francisco) 12/29/2012 Pac-12 6 vs. Navy Arizona State Navy
Buffalo Wild Wings (Phoenix) 12/29/2012 Big 12 4 vs. Big Ten 4/5 TCU Michigan State
Armed Forces (Fort Worth) 12/29/2012 MWC 3 vs. C-USA 2 Air Force Rice
Alamo (San Antonio) 12/29/2012 Big 12 3 vs. Pac-12 2 Texas Oregon State
Sun (El Paso) 12/31/2012 ACC 4 vs. Pac-12 4 Georgia Tech USC
Music City (Nashville) 12/31/2012 ACC 6 vs. SEC 7 N.C. State Vanderbilt
Liberty (Memphis) 12/31/2012 C-USA 1 vs. Big 12 Tulsa Iowa State
Chick-fil-A (Atlanta) 12/31/2012 ACC 2 vs. SEC 5 Clemson LSU
Heart of Dallas 1/1/2013 Big Ten 7 vs. C-USA Purdue Oklahoma State
Outback (Tampa) 1/1/2013 Big Ten 3 vs. SEC Michigan South Carolina
Gator (Jacksonville) 1/1/2013 Big Ten 4/5 vs. SEC 6 Northwestern Mississippi State
Capital One (Orlando) 1/1/2013 Big Ten 2 vs. SEC 2 Nebraska Georgia
Rose (Pasadena) 1/1/2013 Pac-12 1 vs. Big Ten 1 Stanford Wisconsin
Orange (Miami) 1/1/2013 ACC 1 vs. At-large 3 Florida State Northern Illinois
Sugar (New Orleans) 1/2/2013 SEC 1 vs. At-large 2 Florida Louisville
Fiesta (Glendale) 1/3/2013 Big 12 1 vs. At-large 1 Kansas State Oregon
Cotton (Arlington) 1/4/2013 Big 12 2 vs. SEC Oklahoma Texas A&M
BBVA Compass (Birmingham) 1/5/2013 SEC 8/9 vs. Big East 5 Ole Miss Pittsburgh
GoDaddy (Mobile) 1/6/2013 MAC 2 vs. Sun Belt 2 Kent State Arkansas State
BCS Championship (Miami) 1/7/2013 BCS 1 vs. BCS 2 Notre Dame Alabama
