PatrickL Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Dallas, Tex.-Fifteen teams remain under consideration to participate in the four games that comprise the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), it was announced today. The teams were identified during a second teleconference in as many weeks among the 11 I-A conference commissioners, the Notre Dame athletics director, and representatives from ABC Television, the FedEx Orange Bowl, Nokia Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl will host the national championship game, matching the No. 1 and 2 teams in the final BCS standings. The champions of the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and Southeastern Conferences automatically qualify for a BCS game. In addition, there are two at-large berths available. To be eligible for at-large selection, a team must have nine regular-season victories and be ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS standings on December 4. Any Division I-A independent institution or team from Conference USA, the Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt or Western Athletic Conference earns a guaranteed slot in one of the BCS games should that team be ranked sixth or better in the final BCS Standings. Penn State has clinched a berth in the BCS. The Nittany Lions are co-champions of the Big Ten with Ohio State, but possesses the tie-breaker by having defeated the Buckeyes. USC will be the Pac-10 representative in the BCS. The Trojans are at least the league’s co-champion and hold the conference tie-breaker should it need to be applied. West Virginia will represent the Big East having clinched the conference title following last week’s results. The representatives from the three other participating conferences which receive automatic spots in the BCS have not been determined. The following is a list of teams still contending for their conference’s automatic berth: ACC: Florida State, Virginia Tech Big 12: Colorado, Texas SEC: Georgia, LSU The pool of teams remaining under consideration for the two at-large berths consists of those six teams, plus six others that were also identified: Auburn, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA All other institutions have been released from BCS consideration. Following is the schedule of the BCS games (all televised by ABC Sports): January 2 – Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ET January 2 – Nokia Sugar Bowl, 8:30 p.m., ET January 3 – FedEx Orange Bowl, 8 p.m., ET January 4 – Rose Bowl (national championship game), 8 p.m. ET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeeman Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) Might as well call it 13 teams under consideration right now, and remove FL State & Colorado. Their realistic chances to win their respective conference championships games are between Slim and None, and Slim left town... UGA has a shot at LSU though, with some luck... Edit: notice who was on the call: "The teams were identified during a second teleconference in as many weeks among the 11 I-A conference commissioners, the Notre Dame athletics director, and representatives from ABC Television, the FedEx Orange Bowl, Nokia Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and Rose Bowl." Only one independent school AD was invited with all those commissioners - that's right, the Domer. The Pope has some pull, ya gotta give him that... Edited November 30, 2005 by Coffeeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Only one independent school AD was invited with all those commissioners - that's right, the Domer. The Pope has some pull, ya gotta give him that... 1181097[/snapback] Only 1 was invited because only 1 is eligible, how hard is that to understand? As Bobby Bowden said, at the dawn of the BCS. "They put Notre Dame in a conference, the Notre Dame Conference." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeeman Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Only 1 was invited because only 1 is eligible, how hard is that to understand? 1181199[/snapback] Do all 11 commissioners have BCS-eligible teams right now? I don't think so - it seemed like all interested parties were there, but none of the other independents. But you do have me on one thing - I don't fully understand all the inner workings of the BCS, nor do I want to. My fave double-speak: (paraphrased) "We only really care about putting the top 2 teams together, not to rank all the others for bowls." Bulls$#t.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Do all 11 commissioners have BCS-eligible teams right now? I don't think so - it seemed like all interested parties were there, but none of the other independents. But you do have me on one thing - I don't fully understand all the inner workings of the BCS, nor do I want to. My fave double-speak: (paraphrased) "We only really care about putting the top 2 teams together, not to rank all the others for bowls." Bulls$#t.... 1181227[/snapback] Gotcha, I didn't see that the WAC was there..... It sucks they can't even go with an 8 team playoff for 4 weeks, then we only talk about who's #8 or 9.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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