What are the parameters to get a NY Six Bowl?

[Golson5]

Sounds about right. The Cheez-It Bowl is praying that all the other factors go against us so they get a top 10 ND in their lowly game

If we are top 10, most likely ny6 game

 

[Fightingirish595]

We are squarely back in the hunt for an NY6 Bowl after this weekend. The key is to avoid situations where undeserving teams sneak ahead of us based on conference tie-ins. In my read, here's what we should root for by conference:

ACC: Clemson misses the playoffs. Otherwise the ACC gets both a playoff spot and an Orange Bowl bid.

Big Ten: In a perfect world, Penn State loses and either OSU or UM misses the playoffs. Since that is unlikely, the best case for us is that both OSU and UM make the playoffs so that Penn State takes the Big Ten spot in the Rose Bowl rather than an at-large bid.

Big Twelve: Not many good options here, but ideally TCU would miss the playoffs losing to Iowa St. and then beat Kansas State in the B12 champ game. That would cover their Sugar Bowl tie-in without adding an extra B12 team to the NY6 mix.

PAC 12: USC (after we beat them) wins the Pac 12 championship game, guaranteeing that the Rose Bowl is the only NY6 game a Pac 12 team occupies. Go Irish!

SEC: We need to be ranked ahead of Alabama, Tennessee, or LSU. I don't think Auburn or Vandy are really primed for upsets, so I'm hoping that Georgia embarrasses LSU in the SEC title game, paving the way for us to move ahead of them.

Overall, I think the most likely scenario is that we beat USC and finish ranked 12th. From that position I think we miss an NY6 Bowl behind 4 playoff teams, 7 deserving teams, and one pathetic team that joined the party based solely on its conference tie-in. But anything can happen!

I dont see it even if we beat the trojans. So many teams above us that Im not sure we jump even if they lose. Maybe we jump the Vols if they somehow lose because they do not have hooker? I dont see us jumping LSU unless they lose to a and m and UGA. I dont think we jump Alabama in any scenario. I would give it less than a 1 percent chance that we make a NY6

 

[Zorich 88]

You can’t lose to Marshal and Stanford and expect a major bowl.

Gator bowl vs a SEC team???

 

[Golson5]

You can’t lose to Marshal and Stanford and expect a major bowl.

Gator bowl vs a SEC team???

You evaluate the whole season.

If you finish the season in the top 10, you deserve to be in a NY6 game

 

[Zorich 88]

You evaluate the whole season.

If you finish the season in the top 10, you deserve to be in a NY6 game

Pete Sampson has the following which makes sense

Option 1: Gator Bowl vs. Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky or South Carolina
Option 2: Holiday Bowl vs. Washington, UCLA or Utah

NY6 game would be Cotton???? The other bowls have conference alliances correct?

 

[Golson5]

Pete Sampson has the following which makes sense

Option 1: Gator Bowl vs. Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky or South Carolina
Option 2: Holiday Bowl vs. Washington, UCLA or Utah

NY6 game would be Cotton???? The other bowls have conference alliances correct?

Yes cotton is our most likely scenario if we make a ny6

 

[lyonhawk]

Pete Sampson has the following which makes sense

Option 1: Gator Bowl vs. Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky or South Carolina
Option 2: Holiday Bowl vs. Washington, UCLA or Utah

NY6 game would be Cotton???? The other bowls have conference alliances correct?

Cotton has the only available at large this year. We also have a tie in with the Orange, but we have to be ranked higher than any SEC or B1G team who isn’t on the playoff, Sugar, or Rose. It’s going to be hard to take that spot this year though.

 

[d1042]

does ND play Clemson again in a ACC CG?

 

[d1042]

Cotton has the only available at large this year. We also have a tie in with the Orange, but we have to be ranked higher than any SEC or B1G team who isn’t on the playoff, Sugar, or Rose. It’s going to be hard to take that spot this year though.

UTAH is a very similar team to ND; might be like watching a slow dancing competition

 

[Juniper_Run]

Dang. Turns out we would have made the Cotton Bowl if we had beaten USC. Gator Bowl could be really excited too, though.