2008 Golden Bowl Tournament: Minor Bowls as Modified by Golden Bowl Octofinals

These are how the minor bowls would be played as modified by Round 1 of the Golden Bowl Playoffs. These bowls may select from all teams that have at least six wins, a winning record, and either did not make or lost in Round 1 of the Golden Bowl Playoffs. Bowl names with modified matchups are in bold. I'll be playing those games out after the real versions are played. The Cotton Bowl has been selected as the fifth BCS bowl, so the SEC's third choice goes to the Outback Bowl no questions asked.

BOWL	Team Selection Order	Teams	DATE/ TIME/ CHANNEL
EagleBank Bowl	ACC #9	Miami (FL)	Dec. 20, 11 a.m.
	Navy	Navy	ESPN
New Mexico	Mountain West #4	BYU	Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.
	WAC #3	Fresno State	ESPN
St. Petersburg	Big East (#6?)	South Florida	Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.
	Conference USA #5	Memphis	ESPN2
Pioneer Las Vegas	Mountain West #1	Utah	Dec. 20, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #4(/5)	Arizona	ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans	Conference USA #4	Southern Miss	Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m.
	Sun Belt #1	Troy	ESPN
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia	Mountain West #2	TCU	Dec. 23, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #7 (WAC #4 if none)	Boise State	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii	WAC #2 (gen. Hawaii)	Hawaii	Dec. 24, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #6 (C-USA #7 if none)	Notre Dame	ESPN
Motor City	MAC #1/2	Central Michigan	Dec. 26, 8 p.m.
	Big Ten #7	Wisconsin	ESPN
Meineke Car Care	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 6)	North Carolina	Dec. 27, 1 p.m.
	Big East #3	West Virginia	ESPN
Champs Sports	ACC #4	Florida State	Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m.
	Big Ten #(4/)5	Iowa	ESPN
Emerald	Pac-10 #(4/)5	California	Dec. 27, 8 p.m.
	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 7)	Clemson	ESPN
Independence	SEC #8	Kentucky	Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m.
	Big 12 #7	Wake Forest	ESPN
Papajohns.com	Big East (#5?)	Rutgers	Dec. 29, 3 p.m.
	SEC #9 (Sun Belt if none)	Florida Atlantic	ESPN
Valero Alamo	Big Ten #4(/5)	Northwestern	Dec. 29, 8 p.m.
	Big 12 #4/5	Missouri	ESPN
Roady's Humanitarian	WAC #1 (gen. BSU)	Nevada	Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.
	ACC #8	Maryland	ESPN
Texas	Big 12 #8	NC State	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	Conference USA #6	Rice	NFL Network
Pacific Life Holiday	Big 12 #3	Oklahoma State	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #2	Oregon	ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Conference USA #3?	Houston	Dec. 31, Noon
	Mountain West #3	Air Force	ESPN
Brut Sun	Pac-10 #3	Oregon State	Dec. 31, 2 p.m.
	Big 12 #5/Big East #2	Pittsburgh	CBS
Gaylord Hotels Music City	SEC #6/7 (Team's Pref.)	Vanderbilt	Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.
	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 5; must pick Chmp. Gm. Loser if >8 wins)	Boston College	ESPN
Insight	Big 12 #6	Kansas	Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.
	Big Ten #6	Minnesota	NFL Network
Chick-fil-A	SEC #5	South Carolina	Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.
	ACC #2	Virginia Tech	ESPN
Outback	SEC #3/4 (East)	Mississippi	Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m.
	Big Ten #3	Michigan State	ESPN
Capital One	Big Ten #2	Ohio State	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	SEC #2	Georgia	ABC
Konica Minolta Gator	Big 12 #4/Big East #2	Nebraska	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	ACC #3	Georgia Tech	CBS
AutoZone Liberty	SEC #6/7 (Team's Pref.)	LSU	Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m.
	Conference USA #1	East Carolina	ESPN
International	Big East (#4?)	Connecticut	Jan. 3, 2009, Noon
	MAC #3	Buffalo	ESPN2
GMAC	Conference USA #2	Tulsa	Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m.
	MAC #1/2	Ball State	ESPN