Interesting coincidence......

[O-town Gator]

Urban Meyer has led Florida to their second National Championship appearance since he first took over as head coach in 2005.

As things turned out this year, one school where he formerly held a head coaching position (Utah) and his alma mater (Cincinnati) also made the BCS this year.

Is that interesting, or what?

 

[gogators9606]

Making a BCS game means nothing to Florida.... Winning a NC is always the goal..... Utah and Cinci are satisfied with just making an BCS game.....

 

[shandsgator8]

Making a BCS game means nothing to Florida.... Winning a NC is always the goal..... Utah and Cinci are satisfied with just making an BCS game.....

I wouldn't go that far...

 

[MahxFahn]

........... one school where he formerly held a head coaching position (Utah) and his alma mater (Cincinnati) also made the BCS this year.
............quote]
I guess he'll be watching some bowl games in his spare time just like us.....

 

[O-town Gator]

........... one school where he formerly held a head coaching position (Utah) and his alma mater (Cincinnati) also made the BCS this year.
............quote]
I guess he'll be watching some bowl games in his spare time just like us.....

I'll be rooting for both of his former schools; Cincinnati's coming up as a football program, and it's nice to see one of Coach Meyer's proteges, Kyle Whittingham, do as well as he has since taking over at Utah.

 

[Burning_BLUE_and_ORANGE]

We do not really make that many BCS bowls really, we had orange bowl, 3 NC games. but then citrus/ capital one bowl, outback, peach, like between those.

but thats the price of playing our schedule and SEC

 

[MahxFahn]

We do not really make that many BCS bowls really, we had orange bowl, 3 NC games. but then citrus/ capital one bowl, outback, peach, like between those.

but thats the price of playing our schedule and SEC

Since 1952 we have been in 35 bowls

 

[Burning_BLUE_and_ORANGE]

Since 1952 we have been in 35 bowls

i meant since like 95.. im only 19 i can only go back in history so far...


When were the BCS bowls started?

 

[castawaygator]

I wouldn't go that far...

i wouldn't either go that far either. i would be very happy and proud of the gators making it to a BCS bowl. obviously we want a NC every year, but unfortunately i just dont think any team will be able to do it EVERY year.

 

[MahxFahn]

i meant since like 95.. im only 19 i can only go back in history so far...


When were the BCS bowls started?

LOL
Since 95 we've been in 14

 

[Burning_BLUE_and_ORANGE]

no i meant i dont really know the bowl games before 1995 i can look them up but now is what counts...

get this if we win can be mentioned and debated as the "D" word... somthing USC came close to doing, they won 2 NCs in 3 years..

 

[Burning_BLUE_and_ORANGE]

LOL
Since 95 we've been in 14

i know Bowl games, I thought we were talking about BCS bowls not bowl games.

 

[MahxFahn]

........
When were the BCS bowls started?

Grabbed from wikipedia...

It has been in place since the 1998 season, but a number of controversial selections have spurred changes in the system that continue into the present. Prior to the 2006 season eight teams competed in four BCS Bowls. The BCS replaced the Bowl Alliance (in place from 1995–1997), which followed the Bowl Coalition (in place from 1992–1994). As of the 2006–07 season, the BCS will air primarily on FOX while only the Rose Bowl will continue to be shown on ABC. FOX will continue to air 4 BCS Bowl Games (Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl and BCS National Championship Game) through the 2009-2010 season. Starting with the 2010-2011 season, ESPN will start airing the games after outbidding FOX for the television rights.[2]

 

[MahxFahn]

1995Fiesta Bowl (Title Game)Nebraska 62Florida 24
1996Sugar Bowl (Title Game)Florida 52Florida State 20
1997†Florida Citrus BowlFlorida 21Penn State 6
1998Orange BowlFlorida 31Syracuse 10
1999†Florida Citrus BowlMichigan State 37Florida 34
2000Sugar BowlMiami 37Florida 20
2001Orange BowlFlorida 56Maryland 23
2002Outback BowlMichigan 38Florida 30
2003Outback BowlIowa 37Florida 17
2004Peach BowlMiami 27Florida 10
2005Outback BowlFlorida 31Iowa 24
2006BCS National Championship GameFlorida 41Ohio State 14
2007Capital One BowlMichigan 41Florida 35
2008BCS National Championship GameFloridaOklahoma

 

[MahxFahn]

Here is our bcs tally, which I guess was your original question, and close to your assessment.
Won 1999 Orange Bowl
Lost 2001 Sugar Bowl
Won 2002 Orange Bowl
Won 2007 BCS National Championship Game
TBD 2009 BCS National Championship Game

 

[Burning_BLUE_and_ORANGE]

so since 95 we have gone to 7 BCS games and 4 National Championships.

7 out of 13 seasons, i guess the majority of the time we do go to a BCS game