Utah continues to be left out of bowl game projections

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- 12/13/2020 at 11:28 AM #134413
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  dystopiamembrane
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  espn.com article
- 12/13/2020 at 11:41 AM #134415
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  astUTE
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  So, if we assume that we don’t make a bowl game, what’s to stop the PAC12 from simply scheduling another conference game with another PAC12 team that is not invited to a bowl? In the craziness that is 2020, and based on the fact that we have will have only played 5 games, what’s to stop this?
  
  Is there an official NCAA season deadline?
  
  Just wondering…
  - 12/13/2020 at 11:59 AM #134416
    
    dystopiamembrane
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    It’s not a general practice.
    - 12/13/2020 at 12:14 PM #134418
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      Anonymous
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      Nothing’s general practice right now. We don’t even know for certain who will play in the PAC-12 championship game less than a week out.
      - 12/13/2020 at 12:17 PM #134419
        
        dystopiamembrane
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        Agreed, sorry. I was about to add that D-IAA, D-II, and D-III teams routinely schedule post-regular season games once the tournament participants have been decided. So, it’s not without precedent.
  - 12/13/2020 at 12:19 PM #134420
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    Central Coast Ute
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    Not sure the players want it this year. See Covey’s post game interview and schools like BC opting out of bowls.
- 12/13/2020 at 12:30 PM #134421
  
  dystopiamembrane
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  This board doesn’t generally care about or is openly hostile toward what the players want, @flip2848.
- 12/13/2020 at 2:35 PM #134437
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  Cesar Chavez
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  If we beat WSU this saturday, Utah will be in a bowl game, Possibly the Idaho Potato Bowl against BYU. Hurray!
  - 12/13/2020 at 2:57 PM #134438
    
    Anonymous
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    Not that again
  - 12/14/2020 at 1:10 AM #134484
    
    Matthew Thomas Castleton
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    Nope. BYU is heading to the Boca Raton Bowl. I think if Utah beats Wazzu and ends 3-2, depending on the results of the other games, there’s no way they don’t find a bowl landing spot. Hell, with Stanford opting out of a bowl this year, that leaves these Pac-12 teams currently bowl eligible:
    
    USC 5-0
    Washington 3-1
    Colorado 4-1
    Oregon 3-2
    UCLA 3-3
    Utah 2-2
    
    ASU can get bowl eligible with a win @ Oregon State. UCLA would stay bowl eligible if they beat Stanford. Here are my predictions in the games this week:
    
    USC over Washington
    Oregon over Colorado
    Stanford over UCLA
    Utah over Wazzu
    Oregon State over ASU
    
    That would make the final conference standings as follows:
    
    North:
    
    Oregon 4-2
    Stanford 4-2
    Washington 3-2
    Oregon State 3-4
    Wazzu 1-3
    Cal 1-3
    
    South:
    
    USC 6-0
    Utah 3-2
    Colorado 4-2 (3-2 Pac-12)
    UCLA 3-4
    ASU 1-3
    Arizona 0-5
    
    Again, remember, Stanford has already announced that they are not going to play in a bowl game. That would leave the Pac-12 with five bowl-eligible teams:
    
    USC 6-0
    Oregon 4-2
    Colorado 4-2 (3-2)
    Washington 3-2
    Utah 3-2
    
    Stanford would do Utah a huge favor by beating UCLA, because that would eliminate the Bruins from bowl eligibility (you must have at least a .500 or better record and UCLA wouldn’t). Oregon State would also keep ASU from getting bowl eligible with a win over the Sun Devils. The Pac-12 is currently contracted to four bowl games that have not been canceled due to COVID-19:
    
    NY6
    Alamo Bowl
    Independence Bowl
    Armed Forces Bowl
    
    Now, if USC wins on Friday, they’re obviously going to the Pac-12’s NY6 Bowl. Oregon at 4-2 would likely go to the Alamo Bowl. As Washington beat Utah, that would likely land them a birth in the Independence Bowl. That would leave Utah or Colorado to go to the Armed Forces Bowl. As Utah would finish within one game/tied in the conference standings with Colorado (making them eligible to be selected ahead of CU), coupled with the fact that Utah has a 17-point victory over the Buffs in Boulder, I think that the AF Bowl would choose Utah over CU, leaving the Buffs to find a bowl game that needs a team to fill an empty slot.
- 12/13/2020 at 1:22 PM #134429
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  Most bowl games are money losers in a good season due to travel costs and the ticket buy requirements. Hard to believe it will be any better this season.
  
  Pac-12 has also had at least 3 bowls that they are tied to cancelled so the options are very attractive for the 6th or 7 ranked team in the conference.
- 12/13/2020 at 1:44 PM #134435
  
  GameForAnyFuss
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  Darn right it doesn’t matter what the players want. They exist to serve us!
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