List of bcs bowl games 2012

Assuming people tune into this game to see how Oklahoma State does — the one team that had an outside shot to jump Alabama in the final BCS rankings — should result in good TV ratings. Andrew Luck is the big name in this game, but Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon may be the most athletic. Hopefully, Oklahoma State will not suffer a letdown after being left out of the national title game. Virginia Tech Hokies vs.

Michigan Wolverines. Virginia Tech was beaten soundly by the ACC conference champions not once, but twice. This matchup proves the BCS is more interested in filling the stands and making money than rewarding the most deserving teams. Instead of giving a team like Boise State the chance to expose a power conference team, this bowl game accomplishes very little in that department.

The talk will be about Michigan and their astounding return to the upper echelons of college football and Virginia Tech's third trip to a BCS bowl in four years.

These will be the lead stories, because no one will be able to find anything else to talk about. West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Everyone has an opinion about the Irish, be it positive or negative. In news that won't be much of a shock to anyone, the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that Las Vegas has already installed Alabama as a point favorite in this game.

Given the strength of these two defenses, these two teams might not combine to score 10 points. Alabama probably does deserve to be the favorite, because if you break these teams down position-by-position, there is likely more depth and top-end talent for the Crimson Tide than Notre Dame.

But given the way Notre Dame's defense has stepped up every single game, not to mention the progress of quarterback Everett Golson, the Fighting Irish deserve more respect than that point spread suggests.

Fiesta Bowl: Kansas State Wildcats vs. Oregon Ducks It is amazing to look at the contrast between the BCS Championship Game, which is built around two of the strongest defenses in the country, and the Fiesta Bowl, which will feature two teams that can light up a scoreboard as well as anyone. Kansas State had looked vulnerable for all of November, resulting in that Nov. Collin Klein hasn't been himself since suffering that mysterious injury against Oklahoma State; even against Texas he wasn't asked to do much throwing the ball, airing it out just 14 times.

But the long layoff for the Wildcats could be just what the doctor ordered for the senior quarterback. Oregon will feel a little disappointed to be missing out on the BCS Championship Game, but the Ducks should be able to get their frustrations out against a Wildcats defense that has allowed at least 24 points in four of their last five games.

The Seminoles' Lonnie Pryor rushes for a yard touchdown against the Huskies. The victory in Miami on Tuesday, Jan. The Cardinal's Usua Amanam 15 celebrates with teammates after making an interception in the fourth quarter in Pasadena, Calif. Stanford went on to win the Rose Bowl for the first time since Chandler Catanzaro kicked a yard field goal as time expired and Clemson got one last impressive drive from Tajh Boyd and company to record its first win season since its national championship team with the victory in Atlanta on Monday, Dec.

Behind huge interceptions early and late, including this one returned for a TD by Quentin Williams, the Wildcats snapped college football's longest postseason losing streak in Jacksonville, Fla. Northwestern hadn't won a bowl since , a nine-game skid that was tied with Notre Dame for the longest in NCAA history.

The Cowboys shook off a tough Big 12 finish by rolling up yards and forcing five Boilermakers turnovers on Tuesday, Jan. South Carolina won 33 - Cougars junior linebacker Kyle Van Noy had two defensive touchdowns, nine tackles, and 1.

The Spartans notched their first win season since , finishing with a seven-game winning streak and put aside the distractions surrounding the departure of coach Mike MacIntyre before the game with the victory in Washington on Thursday, Dec.

Crimson Tide players celebrate after the winning the program's third national title in four years with the blowout win in Miami on Monday, Jan. New Mexico: Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Matt Scott threw two short touchdown passes in the final 46 seconds and college football's postseason started with a wild one when Arizona rallied past Nevada Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl.