This is the beginning of what will turn into some sort of college football blog on NCAABBS. The main focal points will be analyzing the college football games that could impact the BCS picture, and the overall general bowl picture. We should get a different sort of set up later on, but for now we'll just post the articles on the message boards.


2007-2008 BOWL TIE-INS

-Teams are bowl eligible once they win seven games. 6-6 teams can be selected for bowls as well, but not until all of the teams with records of 7-5 or better from their conference have been selected. If a conference does not qualify enough teams to meet all of their bowl tie-ins, those bowls will select a team from outside that conference. If a bowl is forced to take a team from outside the conference it is tied-in with, they must take a team with a record of 7-5 or better if one is available.

-The bowls are listed in the order that they select, but that does not mean they must select a team based on where it finishes in the conference standings. In other words, the Chick Fil-A Bowl does not have to take the second place team in the ACC.


ACC

1. Orange (BCS) (Champion)
2. Chick Fil-A
3. Gator
4. Champs Sports
5. Music City
6. Meineke Car Care
7. Emerald
8. Humanitarian


BIG EAST/Notre Dame

1. BCS At-Large (Champion) (Notre Dame not eligible)
2. Gator or Sun (See Below)
3. Meineke Car Care
4. International
5. Papa John’s

-The Gator Bowl has the option of choosing second out of the Big East teams, or fourth out of the Big Twelve Teams. If the Gator chooses a Big East team, then the Sun Bowl will select fifth (not fourth) out of the Big Twelve. If the Gator chooses a Big Twelve team, then the Sun Bowl will select second out of the Big East.

-Big East Bowls cannot select a team with two more losses over a team that has yet to be selected. For example, if Louisville is 10-2, Rutgers is 9-3 and Cincinnati is 8-4 and it is the Gator Bowl’s turn to select, they can select either Louisville or Rutgers, but not Cincinnati.

-Notre Dame can only be selected to the Gator or Sun Bowl once every four years. This year they are eligible for both.


BIG TEN

1. Rose (BCS) (Champion)
2. Capital One
3. Outback
4. Champs Sports
5. Alamo
6. Insight
7. Motor City


BIG TWELVE

1. Fiesta (BCS) (Champion)
2. Cotton
3. Holiday
4. Gator or Alamo (see below)
5. Alamo or Sun (see below)
6. Insight
7. Independence
8. Texas

-The Gator Bowl has the option of selecting either second from the Big East teams, or fourth from the Big Twelve teams. If the Gator Bowl selects a Big East team, then the Alamo Bowl selects fourth out of the Big Twelve and the Sun Bowl selects fifth. If the Gator Bowl selects a Big Twelve team, then the Sun Bowl will take a Big East team and the Alamo Bowl will select the fifth Big Twelve team.


CONFERENCE USA

1. Liberty (Champion)
2. GMAC
3. Texas
4. Papa John’s
5. Hawaii
6. New Orleans
7. Armed Forces (If the Pac Ten does not have a bowl eligible team available)


MAC

1. Motor City
2. GMAC or Humanitarian (see below)
3. International

-The GMAC and Humanitarian have the option of switching tie-ins. The GMAC is tied-in with the MAC and the Humanitarian with the WAC. However, although they have the option of switching, they have never done so.


MOUNTAIN WEST

1. Las Vegas
2. Poinsettia
3. Armed Forces
4. New Mexico


PAC TEN

1. Rose (BCS) (Champion)
2. Holiday
3. Sun
4. Las Vegas
5. Emerald
6. Armed Forces

-The Pac Ten Bowls must make their selections by the order in which teams finish in the standings. If two teams are tied in the standings, then the bowls can pick among the teams that are tied. The Las Vegas Bowl has the option of selecting the fifth place team if they wish. If they choose to do so, then the Emerald Bowl must take the fourth place team.


SEC

1. Sugar (BCS) (Champion)
2. Capital One (must choose the team with the best remaining record, or a team within one game of the best record)
3. Cotton (if it selects a team from the West Division) (see below)
4. Outback (if it selects a team from the East Division) (see below)
5. Chick Fil-A
6. Music City or Liberty (see below)
7. Music City or Liberty (see below)
8. Independence

-Out of all the bowl tie-ins, this conference is easily the goofiest.

-If the Cotton Bowl wants a team from the East Division, they must let the Outback Bowl select a team from the East first.

-If the Outback Bowl wants a team from the West Division, they must wait until the Cotton Bowl selects a team from the West first.

-If the Outback wants a team from the West and the Cotton wants a team from the East, they have the option of trading.

-The Cotton Bowl has the option of selecting Notre Dame, but if they do select the Irish they cannot select them again for another four years.

-The Music City and Liberty Bowls rank the remaining bowl eligible teams in the order of their preference. If the two bowls have different teams ranked #1, then they get to invite their top picks. If they both have the same team ranked at #1, then the team in question gets to select which of the two bowls they’d like to go to. The other bowl will end up with their second pick.

-The Independence Bowl ends up with whoever else is left.


SUN BELT
1. New Orleans (Champion)


WAC

1. Humanitarian or GMAC (see below)
2. Hawaii
3. New Mexico

-The GMAC and Humanitarian have the option of switching tie-ins. The GMAC is tied-in with the MAC and the Humanitarian with the WAC. However, although they have the option of switching, they have never done so.


INDEPENDENTS

-Navy will play in the Poinsettia Bowl if they post a record of 6-6 or better.

-Notre Dame is tied in with the Big East bowls, as well as the Cotton Bowl via the SEC. They are eligible for all three this season.

-Army has no bowl tie-ins, but can be selected as an at-large if they go 6-6 and another conference fails to qualify enough teams to meet all of its bowl tie-ins.


2007-2008 BOWL INFORMATION

POINSETTA BOWL
-Mountain West #2 vs Navy/At-Large
-San Diego, CA
-December 20th
-ESPN, 9pm, est
-$750,000

NEW ORLEANS BOWL
-Sun Belt Champion vs Conference USA #6
-New Orleans, LA
-December 21st
-ESPN2, 8pm, est
-$325,000

LAS VEGAS BOWL
-Mountain West #1 vs Pac Ten #4 or #5
-Las Vegas, NV
-December 22nd
-ESPN, 8pm, est
-$1,000,000

PAPA JOHN’S BOWL
-Big East #5 vs Conference USA #4
-Birmingham, AL
-December 22nd
-ESPN2, 1pm, est
-$350,000

NEW MEXICO BOWL
-Mountain West #4 vs WAC #3
-Albuquerque, NM
-December 22nd
-ESPN, 4:30pm, est
-$350,000

HAWAII BOWL
-WAC #2 vs Conference USA #5
-Honolulu, Hawaii
-December 23rd
-ESPN, 8pm, est
-$398,000

MOTOR CITY BOWL
-MAC #1 vs Big Ten #7
-Detroit, MI
-December 26th
-ESPN, 7pm, est
-$750,000

HOLIDAY BOWL
-Pac Ten #2 vs Big Twelve #3
-San Diego, CA
-December 27th
-ESPN, 8pm, est
-$2,200,000

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL
-ACC #4 vs Big Ten #4
-Orlando, FL
-December 28th
-ESPN, 5pm, est
-$2,250,000

TEXAS BOWL
-Big Twelve #8 vs Conference USA #3
-Houston, TX
-December 28th
-NFL Network, 8pm, est
-$1,250,000

EMERALD BOWL
-Pac Ten #5 vs ACC #7
-San Francisco, CA
-December 28th
-ESPN, 8:30pm, est
-$750,000

MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL
-ACC #6 vs Big East #3
-Charlotte, NC
-December 29th
-ESPN, 1pm, est
-$750,000

LIBERTY BOWL
-Conference USA #1 vs SEC #6 or #7
-Memphis, TN
-December 29th
-ESPN, 4:30pm, est
-$1,700,000

ALAMO BOWL
-Big Twelve #4 or #5 vs Big Ten #4
-San Antonio, TX
-December 29th
-ESPN, 8pm, est
-$2,250,000

INDEPENDENCE BOWL
-SEC #8 vs Big Twelve #7
-Shreveport, LA
-December 30th
-ESPN, 8pm
-$1,200,000

ARMED FORCES BOWL
-Mountain West #3 vs Pac Ten #6 or Conference USA #7
-Fort Worth, TX
-December 31st
-ESPN, 12:30pm, est
-$750,000

SUN BOWL
-Big Twelve #5 or Big East #2 vs Pac Ten #3
-El Paso, TX
-December 31st
-CBS, 2pm, est
-$1,900,000

HUMANITARIAN BOWL
-WAC #1 or MAC #2 vs ACC #8
-Boise, ID
-December 31st
-ESPN2, 2pm, est
-$750,000

MUSIC CITY BOWL
-SEC #7 or #7 vs ACC #5
-Nashville, TN
-December 31st
-ESPN, 4pm, est
-$1,500,000

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL
-ACC #2 vs SEC #5
-Atlanta, GA
-December 31st
-ESPN, 7:30pm, est
-$5,650,000

INSIGHT BOWL
-Big Twelve #6 vs Big Ten #6
-Phoenix, AZ
-December 31st
-NFL Network, TBA
-$1,200,000

OUTBACK BOWL
-SEC #4 vs Big Ten #3
-Tampa, FL
-January 1st
-ESPN, 11am, est
-$3,000,000

COTTON BOWL
-Big Twelve #2 vs SEC #3
-Dallas, TX
-January 1st
-Fox, 11:30am, est
-$3,000,000

GATOR BOWL
-ACC #3 vs Big East #2 or Big Twelve #4
-Jacksonville, FL
-January 1st
-CBS, 1pm, est
-$2,500,000

CAPITAL ONE BOWL
-SEC #2 vs Big Ten #2
-Orlando, FL
-January 1st
-ABC, 1pm, est
-$4,250,000

ROSE BOWL
-Pac Ten Champion vs Big Ten Champion
-Pasadena, CA
-January 1st
-ABC, 4:30pm, est
-$14,000,000-$17,000,000

SUGAR BOWL
-SEC Champion vs BCS At-Large #3
-New Orleans, LA
-January 1st
-FOX, 8:30pm, est
-$14,000,000-$17,000,000

FIESTA BOWL
-Big Twelve Champion vs BCS At-Large #2
-Phoenix, AZ
-January 2nd
-FOX, 8pm, est
-$14,000,000-$17,000,000

ORANGE BOWL
-ACC Champion vs BCS At-Large #1
-Miami, FL
-January 3rd
-FOX, 8pm, est
-$14,000,000-$17,000,000

INTERNATIONAL BOWL
-MAC #3 vs Big East #4
-Toronto, ON
-January 5th
-ESPN2, 12pm, est
-$750,000

GMAC BOWL
-MAC #2 or WAC #1 vs Conference USA #2
-Mobile, AL
-January 6th
-ESPN, 8pm, est
-$750,000

BCS CHAMPIONSHIP
-BCS #1 vs BCS #2
-New Orleans, LA
-January 8th
-FOX, 8pm, est
-$17,000,000