Bowls/Playoff & Polls Thread

[Mr. Tibbs]

Had MSU not wet the bed against Iowa we'd still be in running for the ReliaQuest

tbh, I like the fanbase getting a chance to go to a diff city/venue

 

[Illini2010-11]

if we had not wet the bed against Wisconsin we'd still be in running for the ReliaQuest

FIFY. Nobody to blame but ourselves.

Win tonight and ensure a trip to Nashville or Vegas.

 

[GoodePodzMelendez]

Is this assuming a loss to NW? Because Nebraska is 7-5 and looked abysmal yesterday. But if we win we'll be 8-4.

I am saying we win and get an invite to Nashville. Nebby or Minny will get Vegas and NY most likely.

 

[Champaign Toast]

My guess is Music City Bowl vs Tennessee

 

[DERV64]

Ouch. They will probably score a lot of points.....Illinois might too, they have a pretty bad defense as well

 

[Illini2010-11]

My guess is Music City Bowl vs Tennessee

There is an outside chance that the bowl committe might consider a Braggin Rights game. That would be fun to have basketball vs Mizzou on Dec 22 and a football rematch a week later in Nashville.

 

[TheChief4Life]

There is an outside chance that the bowl committe might consider a Braggin Rights game. That would be fun to have basketball vs Mizzou on Dec 22 and a football rematch a week later in Nashville.

I don’t think it’s an outside chance. I think it’s just as good of a chance is any other matchup based on how the outcomes of today’s games went.

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

Just hope its not Tennesse or Vandy in Music City.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

There is an outside chance that the bowl committe might consider a Braggin Rights game. That would be fun to have basketball vs Mizzou on Dec 22 and a football rematch a week later in Nashville.

 

[DeonThomas]

I agree it's likely Nashville. Bigger the stage the better. Give me the best the SEC has to offer!

 

[Da88]

I don’t think it’s an outside chance. I think it’s just as good of a chance is any other matchup based on how the outcomes of today’s games went.

Mizzery was in Music City last year. Do they take teams back to back?

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

The pecking order if we win will be: Michigan, Iowa, Illinois. Of course USC and WASH are likely headed for the pac12 tie tins.

So Michigan will go to Citrus, Iowa will go to ReliaQuest.

So between Las Vegas and Music City... Doesn't Las Vegas have the first bid there?

Is this assuming a loss to NW? Because Nebraska is 7-5 and looked abysmal yesterday. But if we win we'll be 8-4.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I'm not sure it's a "one bidder situation." We'll get invites to both, but our university and fanbase would likely prefer Nashville.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I'm not sure it's a "one bidder situation." We'll get invites to both, but our university and fanbase would likely prefer Nashville.

Teams don't get to "choose" their bowl. The general pecking order works like this:

Citrus
ReliaQuest
Las Vegas
Music City
Pinstripe

However, the bowls are fixated on selecting based off of program/fan engagement of the potential matchup.

 

[Illini2010-11]

Mizzery was in Music City last year. Do they take teams back to back?

And this is exactly why it is an outside chance at this point. Bowls tend to avoid repeating the same team year over year, but reigniting an old rivalry might be a strong consideration for the Music City Bowl Committee to make an exception.

 

[eas23]

CBS's late night projection actually has Reliaquest vs Tennessee (with Iowa in Vegas), but who knows how much effort the writer put into the non-CFP games.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

In the CFP era, there has never been more than 13 teams from major conferences with 2 or less losses. With only the conference championship game to go, we're looking at minimum 13 with maximum 15 depending on if Alabama beats Georgia and Virginia beats Duke. More than 13 teams with 2 or less losses from major conferences hasn't happened since 2006, so this is the most unfortunate year to be a 2 loss team hoping to go to a major bowl/playoff game since the CFP was established. So interestingly a win over Wisconsin to get us to 9-3 wouldn't have put us even close to the playoffs this year. And in fact, even if we beat Washington as well, we'd be sweating bullets at 10-2 hoping we'd get in, which is just not how this typically goes.

82% of the time a 2 loss team from a major conference finishes the season in the Top 12. Not this year...

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

In the CFP era, there has never been more than 13 teams from major conferences with 2 or less losses. With only the conference championship game to go, we're looking at minimum 13 with maximum 15 depending on if Alabama beats Georgia and Virginia beats Duke. More than 13 teams with 2 or less losses from major conferences hasn't happened since 2006, so this is the most unfortunate year to be a 2 loss team hoping to go to a major bowl/playoff game since the CFP was established. So interestingly a win over Wisconsin to get us to 9-3 wouldn't have put us even close to the playoffs this year. And in fact, even if we beat Washington as well, we'd be sweating bullets at 10-2 hoping we'd get in, which is just not how this typically goes.

82% of the time a 2 loss team from a major conference finishes the season in the Top 12. Not this year...

Oh man, imagine if we had finished 10-2 with our only losses to #1 OSU and # 2 Indiana. We’d be stressing that as our rationale for getting in while fretting that the loss margin against the Hoosiers would keep us out.

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

Teams don't get to "choose" their bowl. The general pecking order works like this:

Citrus
ReliaQuest
Las Vegas
Music City
Pinstripe

However, the bowls are fixated on selecting based off of program/fan engagement of the potential matchup.

Are we sure Nashville is not before Vegas? I thought Music City was third.

 

[SuperintendentChalmers]

My guess:

OSU, IU, Oregon to Playoff

Michigan to Citrus
Iowa to ReliaQuest
USC to Alamo
Illinois to Music City
Washington to Holiday
Nebraska to Las Vegas
Penn State to Pinstripe (against Pitt)
Minnesota to Rate
Northwestern to GameAbove

 

[kyillinifan]

I saw one article from SEC that we got LSU in Nashville. It can be cold in Nashville in late Dec.

 

[GatorMcKlusky]

Coldest game I've ever attended was the 1982 Liberty Bowl in Memphis.

 

[GatorMcKlusky]

Sweep the December Miznoz Trifecta! Women's basketball (10th), Men's basketball (22nd), and Football on the 30th!

 

[SuperintendentChalmers]

In the CFP era, there has never been more than 13 teams from major conferences with 2 or less losses. With only the conference championship game to go, we're looking at minimum 13 with maximum 15 depending on if Alabama beats Georgia and Virginia beats Duke. More than 13 teams with 2 or less losses from major conferences hasn't happened since 2006, so this is the most unfortunate year to be a 2 loss team hoping to go to a major bowl/playoff game since the CFP was established. So interestingly a win over Wisconsin to get us to 9-3 wouldn't have put us even close to the playoffs this year. And in fact, even if we beat Washington as well, we'd be sweating bullets at 10-2 hoping we'd get in, which is just not how this typically goes.

82% of the time a 2 loss team from a major conference finishes the season in the Top 12. Not this year...

We'll never know, but in the eyes of the committee and national college football media, I think the IU game essentially counted as two losses becasue of how overwhelming it was.