Just like in the days of old, Notre Dame stays home during the 2009 bowl season.
Unlike the days of old, Notre Dame stays home in 2009 because of its record.






Bowl Championship Series Championship Game
January 7, 2010, in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena




For complete individual bowl details,
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All information below pertains to last year's bowls played at the end of the 2008 season.
This page will be updated before December 19, 2009, when the first 2009-10 bowls are played.



2008 Bowls with Two BCS-Ranked Teams

Best Overall Rating 1. Sugar 2. Poinsettia 3. Rose 4. Fiesta 5. Holiday 6. (tie) Alamo 6. (tie) Capital 1 6. (tie) Orange 9. Cotton

combined rank sum 1. Sugar (4+6=10) 2. Rose (5+8=13) 3. Fiesta (3+10=13) 4. Poinsettia (9+11=20) 5. Holiday (13+17=30) 6. Orange (12+19=31) 7. Cotton (7+25=32) 8. Capital 1 (15+18=33) 9. Alamo (21+23=44)

difference in rank product 1. Sugar 6-4=2 1. Poinsettia 11-9=2 1. Alamo 23-21=2 4. Rose 8-5=3 4. Capital One 18-15=3 6. Holiday 17-13=4 7. Fiesta 10-3=7 7. Orange 19-12=7 9. Cotton 25-7=18

combined won-lost 1. Sugar 24-1 2. Poinsettia 22-2 3. Fiesta 21-3 3. Rose 21-3 5. Cotton 19-5 6. Orange 20-6 7. Holiday 18-6 7. Capital One 18-6 9. Alamo 18-7

If the Championship Game stats were added to the rankings immediately above,
that game would be #1 in combined rank sum (1+2=3), #1 in product of
difference in rank (2-1=1) and #2 in combined won-lost record (24-2).

Oklahoma or Texas? The case for Number One Knocking the BCS for the Oklahoma-Florida matchup? Rather see the Longhorns against the Gators? Or the Red Raiders as the Big 12 representative? As faulty as the BCS system may be, this call was not made by the BCS. The Big 12 conference chose Oklahoma to play Missouri in the Big 12 Title Game rather than Texas or Texas Tech. Penn State had one loss, by one point at Iowa. Southern Cal had one loss, by six points at Oregon State. Texas had one loss, by six points at Texas Tech. Because of the home-field advantage concept utilized by most point-spread selection systems and by many rating systems, none of these three losses would translate into a neutral site loss. Consequently, in practically all ranking systems, you will see Penn State ranked ahead of Iowa, Southern Cal ranked ahead of Oregon State, and Texas ranked ahead of Texas Tech. On the other hand, Oklahoma's 35-25 loss to Texas was on a neutral field equidistant from the two college campuses. Florida's 31-30 loss was at home to Ole Miss. Utilizing the seven-point home field advantage figure, Ole Miss was an eight-point neutral field superior to Florida on that day. Oklahoma was, of course, ten points inferior to Texas on the day of their game. Query? What in the name of all that's sensible about rating systems would exclude Penn State, Southern Cal and Texas from the BCS Title Game when their losses were by home-field-advantage and Oklahoma's and Florida's were outright, direct losses? And what about Utah and Boise State, both undefeated and both ranked in the Top Ten? Why would an undefeated, highly-ranked team not be considered? For Current Lines (predicted margins) in 2008-9 Bowl Games, return to our main page CLICK HERE then click on the green/ yellow pulsating target

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2008-9 Bowl Schedule
BOWL	LOCATION	DATE/TIME	NETWORK
EagleBank Wake Forest vs. Navy	Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium	Dec. 20, 11 a.m.	ESPN
New Mexico Colorado St. vs. Fresno St.	Albuquerque University Stadium	Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.	ESPN
St. Petersburg Memphis vs. South Florida	St. Petersburg. Fla. Tropicana Field	Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.	ESPN2
Las Vegas BYU vs. Arizona	Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 20, 8 p.m.	ESPN
New Orleans Southern Miss vs. Troy	New Orleans Superdome	Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m.	ESPN
Poinsettia Boise State vs. TCU	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 23, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Hawaii Hawaii vs. Notre Dame	Honolulu Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Motor City Fla. Atlantic vs. Central Mich.	Detroit Ford Field	Dec. 26, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Meineke W. Virginia vs. No. Carolina	Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 27, 1 p.m.	ESPN
Champs Sports Wisconsin vs. Florida St.	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m.	ESPN
Emerald Miami, F. vs. California	San Francisco AT&T Park	Dec. 27, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Independence No. Illinois vs. La. Tech	Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium	Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m.	ESPN
Papajohns NC State vs. Rutgers	Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field	Dec. 29, 3 p.m.	ESPN
Alamo Missouri vs. Northwestern	San Antonio Alamodome	Dec. 29, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Humanitarian Maryland vs. Nevada	Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium	Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.	ESPN
Texas W. Michigan vs. Rice	Houston Reliant Stadium	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.	NFL Network
Holiday Oklahoma St. vs. Oregon	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.	ESPN
Armed Forces Houston vs. Air Force	Fort Worth, Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium	Dec. 31, Noon	ESPN
Sun Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh	El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl	Dec. 31, 2 p.m.	CBS
Music City Boston College vs. Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn. LP Field	Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.	ESPN
Insight Kansas vs. Minnesota	Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.	NFL Network
Chick-fil-A LSU vs. Georgia Tech	Atlanta Georgia Dome	Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.	ESPN
Outback South Carolina vs. Iowa	Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m.	ESPN
Capital One Georgia vs. Michigan State	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.	ABC
Gator Nebraska vs. Clemson	Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.	CBS
Rose Penn State vs. USC	Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl	Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m.	ABC
Orange Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech	Miami Dolphin Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m.	FOX
Cotton Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech	Dallas Cotton Bowl	Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m.	FOX
Liberty Kentucky vs. East Carolina	Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m.	ESPN
Sugar Utah vs. Alabama	New Orleans Superdome	Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m.	FOX
International Buffalo vs. Connecticut	Toronto Rogers Centre	Jan. 3, 2009, Noon	ESPN2
Fiesta Ohio State vs. Texas	Glendale, Ariz. University of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m.	FOX
GMAC Ball State vs. Tulsa	Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m.	ESPN
National Championship Florida vs. Oklahoma	Miami Dolphin Stadium	Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m.	FOX

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