From: salas@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Miguel Salas)
Subject: Re: What's the Bowl picture?
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:25:17 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.001706.3413@u.washington.edu> crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck) writes:
>salas@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Miguel Salas) writes:
>
>>Orange Bowl:Nebraska/BC or ND?
>
>	Better keep Kansas in the equation.  If they pull off the upset
>	and beet the Bugeaters this weekend, they have they inside track
>	to the Orange Bowl.
>
You are right Cliff. I forgot about Kansas.

>>Cotton Bowl:Texas/FSU?

Yes, I meant A&M
>
>	I assume you mean Texas A&M, as it is the Aggies who are undefeated
>	and ranked #5 in the nation.  Still Texas has a shot if they should
>	manage to beat the Aggies on Thanksgiving.  If the Aggies do win
>	out, then Florida State is likely to get the Cotton Bowl invite.
>	If not, and Texas wins the SWC, look for the BC--Notre Dame loser
>	to end up here.
>
>>Sugar Bowl:Alabama/Miami?
>
>	Assuming Alabama wins the SEC championship game, this will almost
>	certainly be the matchup.  If Florida beats Alabama in the SEC
>	championship, then Miami would probably go to the Cotton Bowl to
>	face an undefeated Texas A&M.  If Texas A&M loses to Texas, then
>	the Canes would probably go to the Orange Bowl against Nebraska.
>	Finally, if Nebraska loses to Kansas as well, they would probably
>	end up facing Alabama as you suggest, but in the Fiesta Bowl, 
>	instead.
>
>>Blockbuster Bowl:Penn State/?

I'm won of those people who may not tune to the Blockbuster bowl. You 
just don't know if they are that motivated to play like the way they
played against Miami.
 
>
>	Tough one here.  Penn State has the minimum six 1-A wins to
>	qualify, but has three tough losses as well.  They still have

>	to play at Notre Dame and will probably be underdogs in that
>	game as well.  A seven loss Penn State team is not likely to
>	draw much attention from other teams who might rather be 
>	involved in the Bowl Coalition.  On the other hand, the payout
>	is pretty good, and as we all kneaux, $$$ rules in college
>	athletics.  My guesses would include Kansas (if they lose
>	to Nebraska), the 4th place Pac Ten team (presently Stanford,
>	could be Arizona or possibly WSU).  The 3rd place Big East
>	team is a possibility, although I think that Syracuse 
>	may be invited to join the Bowl Coalition (particularly if
>	they beat the Canes.  The 3rd and 4th place ACC teams are
>	also candidates, as is Texas if they lose to Texas A&M.
>
>>Rose Bowl:Washington/Michigan
>
>	Almost no question left, both only have a small chance of
>	not winning their conference at this point.
>
>>Fiesta Bowl:?
>
>	Really depends on the results of the SEC championship.  If
>	Alabama loses, they will end up here, matched up with Miami,
>	Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Texas A&M (if they lose to Texas),
>	Boston College, Arizona, and half a dozen other teams.
>
>>Citrus Bowl:? 
>
>	Two of the teams listed for the Fiesta Bowl as possiblities
>	will end up playing here.
>
>
>
I Think Washington has a much easier opponent in Michigan than Miami has
in Alabama.

The prejudice that the pollsters has shown against Miami past, will hurt Miami
if they beat Alabama by only one point and if Washington was to win by
two touchdowns. 

Thanks for comments.
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