October 29, 2011 by William.

This begins a series of blog posts outlining ideas I had to expand the Interstate Highway System, which will involve some renumbering of existing routes to get rid of the oddities that have emerged over time (like I-24 and I-26 being largely North/South routes), and to facilitate expansion of the system.

Here’s a new route to get us started:

 Intestate 28 - Decatur, Alabama (I-65) to Bolton, North Carolina (Future I-20)

 This route would begin by replacing Alabama’s I-565 in its entirety.  I-28 would then follow US 72 from Huntsville, Alabama to I-24 near New Hope, Tennessee.  From there I-28 would overtake I-24 through the Chattanooga area to South Cleveland, Tennessee.  I-28 would then follow or replace US 74 all the way to Rockingham, North Carolina.  Through Gastonia and part of Charlotte, I-28 would overlap with I-85.  East of Rockingham, I-28 would replace an already planned expansion of I-74 in North Carolina, which consists primarily of upgrades to US 74.  I-28 would end at Bolton, where a planned extension of I-20 would carry traffic headed to Wilmington.

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October 23, 2011 by William.

New Mexico Bowl - Wyoming vs. Florida International (not enough eligible teams from Pac 12)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Ball State vs. Nevada

New Orleans Bowl - UTEP vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl - Western Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh (not enough eligible teams from C-USA)

Poinsettia Bowl - San Diego State vs. San Jose State

Las Vegas Bowl - TCU vs. California

Hawai’i Bowl - Hawai’i vs. Southern Miss

Independence Bowl - Colorado State vs. North Carolina State

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl - Purdue vs. Toledo

Belk Bowl - Miami (FL) vs. Rutgers

Military Bowl - Virginia vs. Northern Illinois (Navy not bowl eligible)

Holiday Bowl - Texas vs. Arizona State

Champs Sports Bowl - Georgia Tech vs. West Virginia

Alamo Bowl - Texas A&M vs. Oregon

Armed Forces Bowl - Brigham Young vs. Southern Methodist

Pinstripe Bowl - Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame (not enough eligible teams from the Big 12)

Music City Bowl - Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State

Insight Bowl - Texas Tech vs. Illinois

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas - Baylor vs. Iowa

Sun Bowl - Florida State vs. Washington

Liberty Bowl - Houston vs. Vanderbilt

Fight Hunger Bowl - North Carolina vs. Utah (Army not bowl eligible)

Chick-Fil-A Bowl - Florida vs. Virginia Tech

TicketCity Bowl - Ohio State vs. Tulsa

Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. South Carolina

Gator Bowl - Nebraska vs. Auburn

Cotton Bowl - Oklahoma vs. Arkansas

BBVA Compass Bowl - Syracuse vs. Ohio (not enough teams from the SEC)

GoDaddy.com Bowl - Temple vs. Arkansas State

Rose Bowl - Michigan State vs. Stanford

Fiesta Bowl - Kansas State vs. Boise State

Sugar Bowl - Alabama vs. Michigan

Orange Bowl - Clemson vs. Cincinnati

BCS Title Game - LSU vs. Oklahoma State

Right now I have neither Kentucky nor Louisville making bowl games. Tennessee and Ole Miss are winnable games, but the Wildcats would need to beat either Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, or Georgia assuming they beat Tennessee and Ole Miss. Of Louisville’s five remaining games, the Cardinals have West Virginia and Syracuse, likely meaning they need to beat all of Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and South Florida, who currently all have similar records.

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