Daily Blog • Thursday, December 22nd

 

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LAS VEGAS BOWL
Thursday, December 22nd @ 8:00 p.m.
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ARIZONA ST (6-6) VS BOISE ST (11-1)
Rushing
Passing
Points
TO’s
ST
A.O.R
ARIZONA ST 79
295
27
2.6
-
104.9
BOISE ST
151
340
42
2.3
-
91.5
The last and only ASU/BSU gm was in ‘96, a 56-7 ASU win. This will be the last hurrah for ASU HC Erickson as he was fired foll’g the loss to Cal. Once controlling their own destiny in the P12 South, ASU dropped 4 consec to end the yr backing into this bowl where they’ve never played. BSU is no doubt disappointed to be here as a missed FG vs TCU cost them not only the MW Title, but also the BCS bid. ASU has the sked edge (#29-70). ASU went 3-4 vs bowl caliber tms despite score (32-29) and yd (435-414) edges. BSU went 7-1 vs bowl tms outscoring them 38-22 and outgaining them 453-345. The Sun Devils also struggled on the road going 1-4 while BSU ply’d here earlier TY and accounted for much of the crowd in that contest. On paper, the Broncos would clearly be the better team, but the game is played on the field. LY Maryland rallied behind a departing Fridge and I expect the same fever here. With that being said, Boise St has Kellen Moore who is going for an amazing 50th win as the starter and gets it here.
PHIL’S FORECAST: Boise St 38 arizona St 28

Conference realignment has been the talk of college football now for the past two years and while there were some changes for 2011, there are even more scheduled for 2012 and beyond. I have already started to write the 2012 magazine and if you’re like me and are confused with who will be playing where next year, here is a quick conference breakdown for next year as it stands today.

ACC

ATLANTIC

COASTAL

Clemson

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Virginia

Florida St

Georgia Tech

NC State

Miami (FL)

Boston College

North Carolina

Maryland

Duke

For the 2012 season, the ACC will remain the same. Pittsburgh and Syracuse will officially join the conference in 2014.

Big East

Cincinnati

Louisville

Rutgers

Pittsburgh

Connecticut

South Florida

Syracuse

The Big East loses West Virginia to the Big 12 in 2012 and will lose Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC in 2014. The conference will add Boise St, San Diego St, UCF, Houston and SMU for 2013.

Big Ten

Legends

Leaders

Michigan St

Wisconsin

Michigan

Penn St

Nebraska

Purdue

Iowa

Ohio St

Northwestern

Illinois

Minnesota

Indiana

The Big Ten naturally added Nebraska in 2011 and at this point will remain at 12 teams with the two 6-team divisions.

Big 12

Oklahoma St

Kansas St

Baylor

Oklahoma

Texas

Iowa St

Texas Tech

Kansas

TCU

West Virginia

The Big 12 loses Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC next year but adds in TCU and West Virginia to remain at 10 teams.

Conference USA

EAST

WEST

Southern Miss

Houston

Marshall

Tulsa

East Carolina

SMU

UAB

Rice

UCF

UTEP

Memphis

Tulane

Conference USA remains at 12 members for 2012 but will lose UCF, Houston and SMU to the Big East in 2013 and will form a new conference with the remaining members of the Mountain West.

Independents

BYU

Notre Dame

Navy

Army

The Independents added BYU in 2011 and will remain at 4 teams in 2012.

MAC
Divisions Yet to be Announced

Ohio

Northern Illinois

Temple

Toledo

Kent St

Western Michigan

Bowling Green

Ball St

Miami (OH)

Eastern Michigan

Buffalo

Central Michigan

Akron

UMass

Massachusetts becomes the 14th member in 2012 but it has yet to be determined what division the Minutemen will be placed. Naturally they would be best fit in the East Division but that division already has seven teams while the West has six.

Mountain West

Boise St

Wyoming

San Diego St

Air Force

Colorado St

UNLV

New Mexico

Nevada

Fresno St

Hawaii

The MWC lost BYU and Utah in 2011 but added Boise St. In 2012 the conference will lose TCU to the Big 12 but will add Fresno St, Nevada and Hawaii from the WAC. In 2013 the Mountain West will lose Boise St and San Diego St to the Big East but then will combine with the remaining members of CUSA to form a new conference.

Pac-12

NORTH

SOUTH

Oregon

USC

Stanford

UCLA

Washington

Arizona St

California

Utah

Oregon St

Colorado

Washington St

Arizona

The Pac-12 added two new members (Colorado and Utah) for the 2011 season and will remain at 12 members for 2012 with two 6-team divisions.

SEC

EAST

WEST

Georgia

LSU

South Carolina

Alabama

Florida

Arkansas

Vanderbilt

Auburn

Kentucky

Mississippi St

Tennessee

Ole Miss

Missouri

Texas A&M

The SEC adds two members for 2012 in Missouri and Texas A&M from the Big 12. Missouri will play in the East Division while A&M will be in the West.

Sun Belt

Arkansas St

WKU

Louisiana

FIU

North Texas

ULM

Troy

Middle Tennessee

Florida Atlantic

South Alabama

The Sun Belt adds FCS South Alabama next year and while the Jaguars will play a full Sun Belt schedule in 2012 they will not be eligible to win the SBC title until 2013.

WAC

Louisiana Tech

Utah St

San Jose St

New Mexico St

Idaho

UTSA

Texas St

The WAC loses Hawaii, Fresno St and Nevada to the MWC in 2012 but will add two FCS programs in UTSA and Texas St.