🏈 2016-'17 Playoff teams announced. Bama, Clemson, OSU, and UW

[planomateo]

Sarkisian will get to see his old team. He recruited alot of the starters.

Not to mention Jonah Williams and Jake Browning being HS teammates.

 

[RollllTide!]

The Ohio Nut Jobs got picked over Washington, and they sat out Saturday. Usually that means you get left out. Penn State won and gets no respect. What happened to the pundits saying if you can't win your conference you don't deserve to be in the playoffs. They just want us to play Clemson in the NCG

 

[bama alum]

Delaney's a happy man! That's all that matters.

Little 10 football rules!

 

[alabama mike]

Let me say from the start, I AM NOT a fan of Ohio State but IMO, they deserved to be in the top 4.

They beat Oklahoma in Norman. They beat Wisconsin in Madison. They beat a very good Michigan team in double overtime in Columbus. Yes, they lost to Penn St. at Penn St. They ran the table in every game but one. Meyer has made the Bucks into the mold of an SEC team with speed, skill and athlete. Like them or not, he Harbaugh and Franlin have made the Big 10 relevant again.

 

[planomateo]

 

[RollTideRandy]

If UDub players can all add 20 pounds of muscle and knock two tenths off their 40 times by the end of the month, they will have a real shot at winning this game.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Oklahoma will hang 70.


Despite four losses, Auburn is the second-highest ranked SEC team behind Alabama and will play Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 at 8:30 p.m. ET. It's the Tigers' first trip to the Sugar Bowl since 2004 when they beat Virginia Tech to cap off an undefeated season.

 

[OriginalBamachris]

The genius of Saban. He knew months ago we would draw UW. That is why he brought in Sark would knows the UW players well.

 

[Bamabww]

Loved the reply when Rece asked Coach Peterson about the "We Want Bama" sign when gameday was there;... "I wasn't holding that sign up"....

 

[planomateo]

Loved the reply when Rece asked Coach Peterson about the "We Want Bama" sign when gameday was there;... "I wasn't holding that sign up"....

Agree, hard not to like Peterson.

 

[#80]

Bama -14

 

[JoshB]

The Ohio Nut Jobs got picked over Washington, and they sat out Saturday. Usually that means you get left out. Penn State won and gets no respect. What happened to the pundits saying if you can't win your conference you don't deserve to be in the playoffs. They just want us to play Clemson in the NCG

#1 Pundits dont decide the Playoffs...

#2 Penn State lost two games... a 2-loss Penn State wasn't jumping a one-loss OSU.

 

[JoshB]

2016 BOWL SCHEDULE


DECEMBER 17, 2016

-AFR Celebration Bowl: NC Central Eagles vs. Grambling State Tigers (11 AM – ABC) Atlanta, GA

-Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners vs. New Mexico Lobos (1 PM – ESPN) Albuquerque, NM

-Las Vegas Bowl: Houston Cougars vs. San Diego State Aztecs (2:30 PM – ABC) Las Vegas, NV

-AutoNation Cure Bowl: Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Central-Florida Knights (4:30 PM – CBSSN) Orlando, FL

- RayCom Media Camellia Bowl: Toledo Rockets vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers (4:30 PM, ESPN), Montgomery, AL

- R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. UL-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns (8:00 PM – ESPN) New Orleans, LA


DECEMBER 19, 2016

-Miami Beach Bowl: Tulsa Golden Hurricanes vs. Central Michigan Chippewas (1:30 PM – ESPN) Miami, FL


DECEMBER 20, 2016

-Boca Raton Bowl: Memphis Tigers vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (6:00 PM – ESPN) Boca Raton, FL


DECEMBER 21, 2016

-San Diego County CU Poinsettia Bowl: BYU Cougars vs. Wyoming Cowboys (8:00 PM – ESPN) San Diego, CA


DECEMBER 22, 2016

-Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Colorado State Rams vs. Idaho Vandals (6:00 PM – ESPN) Boise, ID


DECEMBER 23, 2016

-Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: Old Dominion Monarchs vs. Eastern Michigan Eagles (NOON – ESPN) Nassau, Bahamas

-Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Navy Midshipmen (3:30 PM – ESPN) Ft. Worth, TX

-Dollar General Bowl: Ohio Bobcats vs. Troy Trojans (7:00 PM – ESPN) Mobile, AL


DECEMBER 24, 2016

-Hawaii Bowl: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. Hawaii Warriors (7:00 PM – ESPN) Honolulu, HI


DECEMBER 26, 2016

-St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (OH) Redhawks vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (10:00 AM – ESPN) St. Petersburg, FL

-Quick Lane Bowl: Boston College Golden Eagles vs. Maryland Terrapins (1:30 PM – ESPN) Detroit, MI

-Camping World Independence Bowl: North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (4:00 PM – ESPN2) Shreveport, LA


DECEMBER 27, 2016

-Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl: Army Black Knights vs. North Texas Mean Green (11:00 AM – ESPN) Dallas, TX

-Military Bowl: #24 Temple Owls vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2:30 PM – ESPN) Annapolis, MD

-National Funding Holiday Bowl: Washington State Cougars vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6:00 PM – ESPN) San Diego, CA

-Motel 6 Cactus Bowl: Baylor Bears vs. Boise State Broncos (9:15 PM – ESPN) Phoenix, AZ


DECEMBER 28, 2016

-New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Northwestern Wildcats vs. #23 Pittsburgh Panthers (1:00 PM – ESPN) Bronx, NY

-Russell Athletic Bowl: Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. #16 West Virginia Mountaineers (4:30 PM – ESPN) Orlando, FL

-Foster Farms Bowl: Indiana Hoosiers vs. #19 Utah Utes (7:30 PM – FOX) Santa Clara, CA

-AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl: Kansas State Wildcats vs. Texas A&M Aggies (8:00 PM – ESPN) Houston, TX


DECEMBER 29, 2016

-Birmingham Bowl: South Florida Bulls vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (1:00 PM – ESPN) Birmingham, AL

-Belk Bowl: #22 Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (4:30 PM – ESPN) Charlotte, NC

-Valero Alamo Bowl: #12 Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. #10 Colorado Buffaloes (8:00 PM – ESPN) San Antonio, TX


DECEMBER 30, 2016

-AutoZone Liberty Bowl: TCU Horned Frogs vs. Georgia Bulldogs (11:00 AM – ESPN) Memphis, TN

-Hyundai Sun Bowl: North Carolina Tarheels vs. #18 Stanford Cardinal (1:00 PM – CBS) El Paso, TX

-Franklin America Mortgage Music City Bowl: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. #21 Tennessee Volunteers (2:30 PM – ESPN) Nashville, TN

-NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl: Air Force Falcons vs. South Alabama Jaguars (4:30 PM – ASN/CI) Tucson, AZ

-Capital One Orange Bowl: #11 Florida State Seminoles vs. #6 Michigan Wolverines (7:00 PM – ESPN) Miami, FL


DECEMBER 31, 2016

-Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl: #20 LSU Tigers vs. #13 Louisville Cardinals (10:00 AM – ABC) Orlando, FL

-TaxSlayer Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellowjackets vs. Kentucky Wildcats (10:00 AM – ESPN) Jacksonville, FL

-Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinals): #4 Washington Huskies vs. #1 Alabama Crimson Tide (3:00 PM – ESPN) Atlanta, GA

-PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinals): #3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. #2 Clemson Tigers (7:00 PM – ESPN) Glendale, AZ


JANUARY 2, 2016

-Outback Bowl: #17 Florida Gators vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (NOON – ABC) Tampa, FL

-Goodyear Cotton Bowl: #15 Western Michigan Broncos vs. #8 Wisconsin Badgers (NOON – ESPN) Arlington, TX

-Rose Bowl: #9 USC Trojans vs. #5 Penn State Nittany Lions (4:00 PM – ESPN) Pasadena, CA

-Allstate Sugar Bowl: #14 Auburn Tigers vs. #7 Oklahoma Sooners (7:30 PM – ESPN) New Orleans, LA


JANUARY 9, 2017

-CFP National Championship: TBA vs. TBA (7:30 PM – ESPN) Tampa, FL

 

[Bamabww]

Thanks @Birdman37. I love bowl season.

 

[TerryP]

Oklahoma will hang 70

Sounds more like the O/U to me.

 

[Alabama17Tide]

CECIL HURT: Forget the conspiracy theories
TideSports Staff | Staff
The only thing sillier than last week's specious arguments about the University of Alabama's "resume" for the College Football Playoff would be wasting further time rehashing them.

The Crimson Tide is in, has the No. 1 seed and will be playing in Atlanta. Any other measure of this team is still to be determined. As Nick Saban, a football expert of some note, says, "This team's legacy is still to be determined."

Alabama's fate was never in doubt on Sunday. In fact, the CFP Selection Committee had no hard decisions to make after Washington and Clemson won their respective conferences. The only issue was whether Ohio State or Penn State would receive the Big Ten spot in the field, as the committee has historically been about spreading things around in its brief existence.

I understand the arguments about Penn State having a head-to-head win and a conference championship. I also think Ohio State was the better team, despite the "Scoreboard!" argument. There are a lot of Alabama fans on the Penn State side of the "controversy," which is fascinating for this reason.

If it had not been for the Arkansas Overtime Miracle against Ole Miss in 2015, the fourth-and-25 lateral that gave the Razorbacks an improbable win, then the test case for this scenario would not have been this Ohio State-Penn State this year, it would have been Alabama-Ole Miss last year. The similarities are absolutely striking, if not identical. Alabama would have been a one-loss team with a strong resume and an advantage in the "eye test." Ole Miss would have been playing in Atlanta (in a rematch against Florida) but also carrying a blowout league loss (a regular-season defeat by the Gators) and a non-conference loss to Memphis. Would the majority of Alabama fans have deferred to the SEC title and said that Ole Miss (had they beaten Florida) deserved to go? Would the committee have treated Alabama with the same deference it showed to the Buckeyes, as both are "national brands?" We will never know, but it would have been interesting to ponder. Personally, I'd have said Alabama deserved the bid last year, which is why I can't argue against Ohio State this year. (Michigan had no real argument at the end, probably less of one than Oklahoma had in the end.)

It's the nature of all college football fans to expect a conspiracy lurking around the corner. SEC fans are no exception. But nothing of the sort emerged this season or in the three years of CFP existence. It was fun to see Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, a conference-champion absolutist when his great fear was multiple SEC teams leapfrogging a mediocre Big Ten champ. His league has improved, and credit to him for that, but his principles appear to have changed along with it.

Washington is an intriguing opponent for Alabama. The Crimson Tide has never faced a Chris Petersen-coached team, but his reputation is impeccable and his record with a month to prepare is strong (as is Saban's.) UA hasn't met the Huskies since Ray Perkins' final game as coach in 1986 and it's just the kind of intersectional matchup that college football needs. The initial public reaction is that Alabama will coast to a win, but a better attitude might be "wait and see." Just as it was with the playoff selections, which turned out as well as anyone could have expected.
TideSports.com - CECIL HURT: Forget the conspiracy theories

 

[rick4bama]

Thanks @Birdman37. I love bowl season.

Thank I miss getting any news about the Bowls and playoff games!

 

[planomateo]