2/25/2023 0 Comments Big 12 conference tournament 2018The Tigers and Notre Dame were each blown out in their CFP semifinals. Clemson was the only team favored to win its game, so not much was expected, but this was bad by any measure. Colorado put up a fight early against Texas but got stampeded in the second half in a 55-23 loss. Oregon, the league champion that was not a division champion, got drilled in the Fiesta Bowl 34-17 by Iowa State. Little went right for the Pac-12 in the regular season, and that continued into the postseason. Hey, at least this was better than the Pac-12 and the ACC! Only Memphis, which beat FAU in the Montgomery Bowl, kept the league from getting shut out. Houston was the heaviest favorite to lose its bowl game, and UCF got smoked by BYU. 24 Tulsa lost to 3-7 Mississippi State in the Armed Forces Bowl, which was marred by a postgame brawl. 8 Georgia in the Peach Bowl after leading much of the game. 22 San Jose State putting together an undefeated regular season, but the Spartans lost their bowl game to Ball State as a 9.5-point favorite.Ī true bowl season to forget. One of the best stories of the college football season was No. Hawaii was a 13.5-point underdog to Houston in the relocated New Mexico Bowl, but it won 28-14. The MWC bowl season featured the biggest upset win and one of the biggest upset losses. Even Army acquitted itself well, losing late to West Virginia as a touchdown underdog. BYU won big over UCF in the Boca Raton Bowl, and Liberty upset Sun Belt champion Coastal Carolina in the Cure Bowl. It was a pretty good postseason for the independents. They lost to Ole Miss, which was 4-5 entering the game. The Hoosiers took their discontent to a new level by covering up the Big Ten logos on their uniforms in protest. 11 Indiana, one of those teams we see every season that complains about their game only to go out and lose it. 2 Clemson in the CFP semifinal to avenge last year's loss. Given the Big Ten's mess of a regular season, there are not many complaints about the postseason. 7 Florida's blowout loss in the Cotton Bowl. 4 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal. The SEC was 2-1 in the New Year's Six, including No. The conference originally had 12 teams in bowl games, but three had games canceled, and Tennessee had to drop out. The SEC put several sub-.500 teams into bowls due to the NCAA waiving eligibility rules. 12 Coastal Carolina lost, falling to Liberty in the only overtime game of bowl season. The league earned the respect of oddsmakers as they were favored in all five games. They beat Mountain West champion San Jose State in the Arizona Bowl and are now 1-8-1 in bowls.Ī terrific season for the Sun Belt ended on a high note. The Cardinals won the MAC for the first time and followed that with their first-ever bowl win. The MAC allowed only the two teams that played in the league title game to go on to bowls. 10 Iowa State each won their New Year's Six games. This season, every Big 12 team was favored, and all five took care of business. In 2019, it was an underdog in all six bowl games and managed to win just one. What a turnaround from last season for the Big 12. Here is a breakdown of how each conference performed and what was expected based on the odds for each bowl game. Colorado played the only nonconference game the Pac-12 allowed. The SEC, Big Ten and MAC did not play any nonconference games during the regular season. One of the unique things about this bowl season is that, for many teams, these were their first nonconference games. The Blazers were originally scheduled for the Gasparilla Bowl, but South Carolina had to drop out. The only other team of note that ended up not getting to play in a bowl was UAB, the Conference USA champions. The Hawkeyes were to play Missouri in the Music City Bowl, but the Tigers could not play due to COVID-19. 15 Iowa was the only ranked team to have its bowl canceled. A third, Tennessee, had to drop out of the Liberty Bowl however, it was replaced by Army West Point. That kicked out two of the four SEC teams that got bowl bids despite records of 3-7 or worse. All but four of the 18 cancellations came before those games' matchups were announced.ĬOVID-19 problems canceled the Frisco, Gasparilla, Music City and Texas bowls after their teams had been announced. There were 42 bowl games originally scheduled and one added after the season started, but ultimately, only 25 were played. Like everything else in this college football season, the bowl season was an adventure.
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