Monday, December 3, 2012

Five bowl games we wish we could have seen

Here's the complete schedule for this year's bowl season, plus the advanced F/+ pick for each game (as compiled by Bill Connelly), our panel's (Spencer Hall, Bill Connelly, Steven Godfrey, Dan Rubenstein, Andy Hutchins and me) straight-up picksThis year's bowl season has left a lot to be desired. While the championship game is right, there are a lot of teams that got left out of key bowls or were put in poor matchups. There's nothing we can do about it now, but we can lament about the fiveWisconsin take from Big Ten blogger Brian Bennett: In its 98 previous installments, the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio has never had a team quite like Wisconsin. The Badgers will be the first five-loss team to play in the Grandaddy, and theyYes, it's a 12-school league these days, but it also plays nine conference games (instead of eight plus an extra cupcake). I'd say those factors cancel each other out and make eight bowl bids a significant accomplishment.La Tech athletic director Bruce Van De Velde told The Associated Press that Independence Bowl organizers offered a spot in their game on Saturday afternoon, but the Bulldogs had other possible options still available to them. Van De Velde said he asked
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