I don’t think they are allowed to with the tie ins. They can pick from the Big 12 teams but they have to pick a Big 12 team.
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Probably, but that would also cost the conference about $6 million for missing the playoff, which would cost ISU $600,000
I rather agree with Jeff Woody's logic from the podcast that Liberty would have a hard time picking ISU over KSU given last weekend's result.
USA Today has Iowa State playing in the Texas Bowl against Toledo.
247 is reporting the Cheez-It Bowl is likely to get Air Force, and if only one Big 12 team makes a NY6 game, the likely opponent is either Iowa State or Oklahoma State.
Air Force is actually a good team and we wouldn’t be favored by very much.
Air Force is actually a good team and we wouldn’t be favored by very much.
That'd be awesome. The strength coach for Air Force is Getty who was the strength coach at ISU when I was playing
They have to be assuming that the Pac-12 champ gets in the CFP. That's the only way that the Pac-12 will have a vacated bowl spot. Right now, the Pac-12 has 7 teams for 7 bowls.
The Cheez-It would get a Mountain West team either by Utah winning and making the CFP or with Oregon winning and Utah getting the Cotton’s at-large spot.
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Oklahoma could lose to Baylor. Honestly that result wouldn’t shock me. At that point I could see OU fall to the Alamo maybe?
If that indeed happens, that could be a case where we can name the score against them.
I watched the Toledo - Central Michigan game last Friday, and CMU completely destroyed them 49-7. Toledo looked completely disinterested in playing, even though a victory would have given them a winning record and a better chance at a better bowl.
The story line of CMC coaching against his former program is an appealing one, I suppose.
jeez, that guy must be super old.
https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/matt-mcgettigan/665
Agree as long as the score is 49-45 in double OT because we so rarely win games by a comfortable margin.
J/k
Assuming BU wins and the same scenarios in reverse if OU wins...
1- If BU doesn’t make the playoff there’s two options:
A- OU is ranked high enough to get the at-large bid to the Cotton Bowl. This isn’t a pick by the Cotton, it’s purely who’s the highest ranked team after the other NY6 pick.
B- Alamo picks OU and thanks their lucky stars to get them
2- BU makes the playoff and OU goes to the Sugar.
Are you sure this is right? I thought they could pick any remaining team within the top 12 or 16 or whatever the rule was. But maybe that has changed.
