Projection and other updates -- Nov. 25

As you can see along the right side, we've started to establish some of the complex bonuses. Click on a bonus, and it will tell you which games are needed to qualify for it. Click on a game, and it will tell you for which bonuses it is required.

Also, I've updated some bowl projections based on last weekend's results. Some of the more significant changes (be they significant to the world at large or to individuals who might be reading this site) include:

-I've switched Oklahoma and Texas, moving the Sooners into the FedEx BCS National Championship Game and Texas into the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. This is because I think Oklahoma will beat Oklahoma State and vault over the Longhorns into one of the top two spots in the BCS. Of course, results of actual games will determine these matchups, so this is just my effort to pick the remainder of the Big 12 and SEC schedules.

-Nevada and Florida Atlantic, both 5-6, are out of the projected bowl field for now, replaced (though not directly) with Arkansas and San Jose State. We have the Razorbacks playing Western Michigan in the Independence Bowl and we have SJ State playing Clemson in the Emerald Bowl (local tie-in there).

-Rob Biro's Northwestern Wildcats have been moved from the Valero Alamo Bowl to the Champs Sports Bowl. Currently, they project to face Miami there, though we're working on a way to change that projection to Georgia Tech, so as to have both of Rob's alma maters in the same bowl game.

-South Florida, having defeated UConn on Sunday night to guarantee bowl eligibility, is now slotted into the St. Petersburg Bowl, because they're right freaking there! UConn has been moved to an International Bowl matchup with Buffalo. All-time classic.

-We're now projecting Florida State and South Carolina in the Chick-fil A Bowl -- a Bobby Bowden/Steve Spurrier matchup for all those of you who remember their big intrastate rivalry games in the 90s. Also, the Chick-fil A Bowl is scheduled for a Sunday, which I think is hilarious. Can they serve the sandwiches at the game?

Once again, these are mere projections, and many are likely to be wrong. But as we establish and test the site, it gives us something with which to work.

Please check back periodically for updates. There are many more bonuses to come. And of course, after Dec. 7, we'll have the actual matchups -- no more projections.

Thanks for your time, and Merry Thanksgiving.