Bowl possibilities (Merged)

#203
#203
Latest Bowl predictions I've seen have UT and Nebraska matched up in the Cotton provided they lose to Oklahoma on the conference title game.
 
#205
#205
I personally love the idea of going to the Outback. It'll be refreshing I think to go to a differant bowl for a change. I'm tired of going to the Chick Fila bowl. There's something about that game that puts a bad taste in my mouth when I think of going there again. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Outback considered a small step above the Chick Fila. I mean its a New Years Day bowl and doesn't it have a bigger pay off. I love the idea of gong to that game. By the way, where is the Outback bowl played?
 
#207
#207
dan4vols said:
Latest Bowl predictions I've seen have UT and Nebraska matched up in the Cotton provided they lose to Oklahoma on the conference title game.
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If Nebraska loses and adds their fourth loss, the Cotton will take three loss Texas. If Nebraska wins, I suspect the Cotton will take Oklahoma.
 
#208
#208
IMO UT has nothing to gain by beating an unranked, weak Penn State team in the Outback. The same Outback Bowl that passed on UT a couple of years ago.

Again, if you pass on the Outback you can play no. 15 Virginia Tech in the Chick-Fillet Bowl, a much better team and a team ranked higher then UT.

There is something to gain by beating a team ranked higher then you. Play a team like PSU everyone expects you to win, you gain nothing by beating them, lose and you almost drop out of the polls all together.
 
#209
#209
oklavol said:
IMO UT has nothing to gain by beating an unranked, weak Penn State team in the Outback. The same Outback Bowl that passed on UT a couple of years ago.

Again, if you pass on the Outback you can play no. 15 Virginia Tech in the Chick-Fillet Bowl, a much better team and a team ranked higher then UT.

There is something to gain by beating a team ranked higher then you. Play a team like PSU everyone expects you to win, you gain nothing by beating them, lose and you almost drop out of the polls all together.
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Since you are so worried about rankings, you should be pulling for Florida to win the SEC CG.

If they do, Tennessee will play the number 7 team in the BCS, Wisconsin in the Capitol One Bowl.

It's not as simple as Tennessee simply declining the Outback bid if they are asked. The Chik-Fil-A would have to ask for the Vols too and they are on record as saying they want an 8-4 Georgia there. Georgia hasn't played in that bowl since the 90's and Tennessee has been there 2 of the last 4 years.
 
#211
#211
oklavol said:
IMO UT has nothing to gain by beating an unranked, weak Penn State team in the Outback. The same Outback Bowl that passed on UT a couple of years ago.

Again, if you pass on the Outback you can play no. 15 Virginia Tech in the Chick-Fillet Bowl, a much better team and a team ranked higher then UT.

There is something to gain by beating a team ranked higher then you. Play a team like PSU everyone expects you to win, you gain nothing by beating them, lose and you almost drop out of the polls all together.
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Teams play in the most prestigious bowl offered. I really don't understand this logic, although I have seen it offered several times. I

If the best bowl to offer UT is the Outback, we will take it, and not decline in favor of the Chicken so that we can hope to play a higher ranked team.
 
#214
#214
Mike Hamilton says "Show me the Money!" .........the Vols will go to the highest paying bowl offered. Bet the farm on that one!
 
#215
#215
The bowl system stinks. By all rights the SEC should have 3 teams in BCS bowls and UT should go no worse then the Cotton.
 
#216
#216
tuxman said:
Mike Hamilton says "Show me the Money!" .........the Vols will go to the highest paying bowl offered. Bet the farm on that one!
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Of course they will. Teams always do.

Just substitute "higest paying" for "prestigious" in my previous post, and it still holds true.
 
#221
#221
Is there any chance of us not gettin a new years day bowl... i mean i think i know its a real slim chance... but is there a chance only one team from the sec makes thebcs/??
 
#222
#222
I think the SEC is a lock to get two in. LSU is ranked too high in the BCS to not get picked as an at-large, I think. And, if Arkansas wins on Saturday, Florida would still be an at-large candidate. If UF wins, I think it's UF and LSU. If Arkansas wins, I think the Orange Bowl will take Florida if another bowl hasn't already taken LSU. We're not allowed to have more than two teams in the BCS.
 
#223
#223
Just got off a plane from Atlanta to Orlando at 1:30pm. There were two Auburn reps sitting in first class. They had on their Auburn shirt and bag tags with Auburn - Capital One big enough for Mr. Magoo to see it.

Hhmmm.....
 
#225
#225
Auburn deserved a BCS bid IMO. Boise St and ND receiving a BCS bid over Auburn is a travesty.

They have been screwed royally by the BCS twice. Thats twice to many.
 
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