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Originally posted by DarthGator@Nov 22 2004, 09:16 AM
peach isnt going to happen for you guys...I am pretty sure miami, virginia or va tech are heading there
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I don't know what you're smoking but Peach is the worst case scenario for FSU. No matter what we'll finish tied for second with 2 conferences losses, maybe even tie for first if Miami beats VTech which means the Gator Bowl gets to choose who they want to send an invitation to and without a doubt it'd go to FSU, considering it's in Jax, only about 2 and a half hours from Tally.
This says it all too.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stor..._17249247.shtml
Gator Bowl invitation likely for Seminoles
BCS hopes dashed by Saturday's loss; likely opponent will be West Virginia-Pitt winner.
By GARRY SMITS
The Times-Union
Florida State's loss to Florida might send the Seminoles to the Gator Bowl for the second time in five years, to likely play the winner of a Thanksgiving Day game between West Virginia and Pittsburgh.
FSU (8-3, 6-2) eliminated almost any prospect it had of being the Atlantic Coast Conference's BCS representative with its 20-13 loss to Florida Saturday. Even though the Seminoles could still be in a three-way for first in the ACC with Virginia Tech (8-2, 5-1), Virginia (8-2, 5-2) or Miami (8-2, 5-2), ACC tiebreakers for the BCS bowl bid are based on rankings, and FSU's loss to the Gators dropped it behind the other three teams in both the AP and coaches polls.
Since FSU has no regular-season games remaining, it would be almost impossible for the Seminoles to improve from their rankings of 17th in the coaches poll and 19th in AP. The ACC title and BCS berth will be determined on the outcomes of the Virginia Tech-Virginia game Saturday and the Virginia Tech-Miami game Dec. 4.
Miami is ninth in both polls, Virginia Tech 11th and Virginia 16th.
If Boston College (8-2, 4-1) beats Syracuse at home Saturday to clinch the Big East's BCS berth, FSU's opponent appears to be the winner of Thursday's game between West Virginia (8-2, 4-1) and Pittsburgh (6-3, 3-2) in Morgantown, W. Va.
"FSU-West Virginia would be a heck of a game," Gator Bowl president Rick Catlett said. "You would get very strong TV ratings and local ticket sales with FSU, and West Virginia's bowl support is a matter of record."
However, Catlett said an invitation for the ACC team in the Gator Bowl likely won't come this week.
"We have to have conversations with NBC and the ACC," Catlett said. "The process in the ACC isn't completely finished yet. There are still games to be played."
West Virginia has been involved in three sold-out Gator Bowls in four appearances since meeting FSU in 1982, the last time the two teams met. The Mountaineers' game against Clemson in 1989 set the attendance record of 82,911.
Even though West Virginia played in last year's game (losing to Maryland 41-7) and was the Big East front-runner for most of the season (until losing at home to BC two weeks ago), Catlett doesn't expect disappointment to translate into poor ticket sales.
"If West Virginia is the team we invite, I think their fans will realize quickly that they're still in a New Year's Day Bowl, on network television," Catlett said. "They'll do fine [selling tickets]. They always do."
There is still an outside chance Notre Dame (6-4) could be invited to the Gator Bowl, but the Irish would have to beat top-ranked Southern California on the road and hope that both Boston College and West Virginia lose. The Gator Bowl can bypass a Big East team for Notre Dame only if the available Big East team has a record no better than one game ahead of the Irish.
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