Bowls affected by the Golden Bowl Playoffs as listed here only. If I may be allowed to rant for a bit, while I was able to calculate these games I'm astounded by the idea that people are ONLY interested in weather of the future. I was able to find the weather from SportsLine's (aka CBS Sports) previews, but as SportsLine doesn't link to its previews I only found out about it by a fluke, and as it's on a PREVIEW and not on the box score I don't know exactly how much precipitation there was or if there was any, only what the chance of any was before the game. It's not like the weather is an important aspect of understanding the game; if we need to know it before the game, why not after? I mean, if it's good enough for Whatifsports, why not real sports sites? And are we really more able to tell whether there will be rain than how much there will be, or if that's not the case, are we really more interested? Anyway, onwards and upwards, with wild guesses taken on the rain:
EagleBank Bowl: Miami (FL) 27, Navy 23
Navy managed to keep a closer game of it than in the real game against an arguably better opponent, but couldn't get the job done in the end.
New Mexico Bowl: BYU 62, Fresno State 28
The Bulldogs lost the real game to a 6-6 Mountain West team. Imagine them facing an opponent that was actually ranked.
Las Vegas Bowl: Utah 58, Arizona 20
BYU underestimated the Wildcats in the real game. Utah's too good to make that mistake.
Motor City Bowl: Central Michigan 6, Wisconsin 42
Um... should we be glad the Golden Bowl isn't real and we didn't actually get these atrocious bowl matchups?
Emerald Bowl: California 42, Clemson 17
It's the Jahvid Best show! And I didn't even set Cal as a home team!
Independence Bowl: Kentucky 0, Wake Forest 16
Now here, we didn't get a game between two sucky minor conference teams. Too bad it's a freakin' shutout!
Papajohns.com Bowl: Rutgers 64, Florida Atlantic 38
You notice a lot of these bowls look like early-season "guarantee" games. Though to be fair, Rutgers didn't exactly set the world on fire this year, and Florida Atlantic won its "real-life" bowl. And you notice the Owls put up a lot of points on the board on their own part.
Texas Bowl: NC State 59, Rice 49
Now here's a game that got improved by the Golden Bowl: Rice gets a BCS opponent! That alone makes it worth watching! And the game was more competitive than the real thing, as Chase Clement kept the Owls in it almost to the end.
Chick-fil-A Bowl: South Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 24
The team that actually was in the Golden Bowl tournament sneaks out of the Georgia Dome with a victory, despite a valiant comeback attempt by Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks.
In the new year I bring the rest of the minor bowls, as well as the non-semifinal BCS bowls. Watch the Rose Bowl knowing it's more than a meaningless what-if game, but actually a national semifinal in the Golden Bowl tournament, and I'll have the other semifinal on Friday.
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