Bowl Game Projections

Having to play Memphis at the Liberty Bowl would be the most Iowa State thing ever.

vs. Boise in Boise
vs. Michigan State Elite 8 game
vs. Rutgers in New York
vs. TCU in Houston

What else am I missing?


Vs uconn in New York.
 
Xmas in Phx would be awesome.

I think back to 2000, after football practice on Xmas day I made my way to the Wyndham Buttes Resort (now called Phoenix Marriott Tempe at The Buttes) pool and called my family back in Iowa celebrating Xmas in windchill below zero temps. I was sure happy to be spending my Xmas swimming in a pool.

The majority of our fanbase isn't going to travel on Christmas at the last minute, for a million reasons.

If that doesn't hold you back, good for you. For most of the fanbase it's a choice between family, football, and increased travel cost. Football will lose for most people

Personally, I want to see us maintain our reputation as good travelers
 
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Phoenix would be awesome but the date not so much. I am unsure if I could make that. Not going to have my whole family redo their Christmas plans so I can go to a bowl game.
 
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So who to root for this weekend

OU over TCU by 1 point
USC over Stanford
Memphis over UCF
Georgia over Auburn
Clemson over Miami
Wisconsin over OSU

That would give you OU, Georgia, Clemson, and Wisconsin in the playoff with Memphis and USC as auto-bids to the NY6.

Now pick 6 of these teams

11-1 Alabama
10-3 TCU
10-3 Auburn
10-2 Miami
10-3 OSU
10-2 Washington
10-2 Penn State
9-3 ND

TCU would have a great shot at a NY6 bid in that group of teams IMO
I want you to be right but I'm not so sure about that.
 
Xmas in Phx would be awesome.

I think back to 2000, after football practice on Xmas day I made my way to the Wyndham Buttes Resort (now called Phoenix Marriott Tempe at The Buttes) pool and called my family back in Iowa celebrating Xmas in windchill below zero temps. I was sure happy to be spending my Xmas swimming in a pool.

That is where the band stayed in 2009. The staff couldn't figure out why we were walking around in shorts and t-shirts when it was 50 or 60 degrees.
 
It was probably the coolest place I've ever stayed. Hot tubs built into the side of the mountain.

Yup. Was the Angels spring training facility on the other side of the mountain when you were there?

The only one that would have a shot of being in play for us would be Liberty.
 
Like this......

Camping World Bowl Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big 12 Notre Dame vs. Iowa State

https://www.onefootdown.com/2017/11...-first-time-cyclones-camping-world-citrus-lsu

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are likely headed to an Orlando, Florida bowl following their 38-20 loss to the Stanford Cardinal, with the most likely pairing being the Iowa St. Cyclonesin the Camping World Bowl.

While the Irish and Iowa Hawkeyes have played 24 times previously, Notre Dame has never played the team from Ames. The Cyclones are 7-5 this year, with big wins against the Oklahoma Sooners and TCU Horned Frogs. They will finish fourth in the Big 12, and aren’t particularly good at anything. (They are ranked 17th in fewest penalties per game.)
 
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Are there any scenarios where we'd get matched up with TTOE?

Next to impossible. B1G and Big 12 only have one bowl against each other and it is the last pick Dallas Bowl. Neither team will fall that far.
 
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