CFP Show implies Ohio State to Orange

[GVF]

Yes, since 2010.

Seeing all that dudes posts, gotta be 12 or 13 yo, maybe.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Given our injury situations, I anticipate we'll be playing a lot more of our young, less-experienced guys in our bowl game. I'm thinking Cotton Bowl serves us better for next season, as long as we go into Arlington feeling disrespected, and dominate whoever we face.

Best thing this team could take away from their post-season would be hunger for better and a determination to bring their A-game every week.

 

[JCHateSteve]

But if they did beat Georgia they would automatically get the sugar bowl bid. That would really throw a wrench in New Years 6 games. Say Ohio State knocks Bama and Tennessee out of Orange bowl slot. I am all in favor of removing tie ends. Seems like it only screws sec. Let the biggest bowls select their own teams in a designated order without no tie ins period. GBO

If they are going to ignore the tie in, send UT/Bama to the Rose vs Penn St. The other goes to the Cotton and Utah can twist. They have the worst record.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Rose Bowl maintains a "cluster" consideration on their invitations. If the most likely team was at the Rose Bowl last year, or year before, the committee can choose the next highest rated possibility. Ohio State won the Rose Bowl last year, so...

 

[JBVolunteer]

I gather the catastrophic scenario is an LSU win Saturday as the Sugar Bowl is contracted to accept the SEC Champion if not in the CFP…. In that scenario:
Sugar: LSU
Orange: Ohio State
Rose: Penn State
Cotton: Alabama

Tennessee gets hosed with an LSU win… I think I would “self impose” a bowl ban aka boycott in this scenario.

 

[bamawriter]

I think this decision will actually come down to whether or not LSU upsets UGA. If they do, the LSU is guaranteed the Sugar. If not, they miss the NY6 altogether.

If LSU gets the Sugar, that bumps Bama to the Orange and UT to the Cotton. BUT if tOSU were to take the Orange, Bama goes to the Cotton and UT gets bumped all the way out, which no one wants.

TLDR: tOSU isn't going to the Orange Bowl if LSU goes to the Sugar.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I gather the catastrophic scenario is an LSU win Saturday as the Sugar Bowl is contracted to accept the SEC Champion if not in the CFP…. In that scenario:
Sugar: LSU
Orange: Ohio State
Rose: Penn State
Cotton: Alabama

Tennessee gets hosed with an LSU win… I think I would “self impose” a bowl ban aka boycott in this scenario.

Then Vols lose a portion of SEC revenue sharing.

 

[BruisedOrange]

The post-season bowls do their best, juggling TV ratings and bowl reputation against their primary responsibility--to bring several days worth of visitors' money into their community. And given the economic outlook, this may be their last chance in quite a while to host a "normal" bowl experience.

Might be a good time to remind ourselves that, most of all, college football should prepare its participants for real life. And lesson #1 about the real world is that LIFE ISN'T FAIR.

Every year the bowl selection process underscores that fact for one or more teams. If this year it's Tennessee, then we'll be even more motivated to control the things we can control next season. And that's real life lesson #2.

 

[BruisedOrange]

I think this decision will actually come down to whether or not LSU upsets UGA. If they do, the LSU is guaranteed the Sugar. If not, they miss the NY6 altogether.

If LSU gets the Sugar, that bumps Bama to the Orange and UT to the Cotton. BUT if tOSU were to take the Orange, Bama goes to the Cotton and UT gets bumped all the way out, which no one wants.

TLDR: tOSU isn't going to the Orange Bowl if LSU goes to the Sugar.

Back when I lived in NOLA, I had a friend on the Sugar Bowl Committee. He told me that their biggest nightmare, what kept every member awake at night, was the fear of LSU winning the SEC, and having 10,000 LSU fans driving their pickup trucks down to New Orleans on game day, with a twenty in their wallet and a toothpick in their mouth, bound and determined to not break either!

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

I gather the catastrophic scenario is an LSU win Saturday as the Sugar Bowl is contracted to accept the SEC Champion if not in the CFP…. In that scenario:
Sugar: LSU
Orange: Ohio State
Rose: Penn State
Cotton: Alabama

Tennessee gets hosed with an LSU win… I think I would “self impose” a bowl ban aka boycott in this scenario.

Wow.

 

[Woke]

I think Milton is better than dj, but that is not aging much. As far as Milton haters, I think there is a fair share of them, I also think there are a lot more of Milton apologist. Some of you are so blinded by your defense of him, that if anyone critique’s his play you label them and just blindly defend him. He does overthrow. A lot. He seems to not be effective when we need him most. That has been masked this year by mop up duty. He wasn’t impressive at vandy, but there was rain, not monsoon, but rain. I’m pretty sure most vol fans hope he has heisman numbers next year, but you can’t blame us for being skeptical due to the same issues rearing their ugly head that he has had even before he left Michigan.

I’m a Milton hopeful, not a hater or apologist.

But I’m not blind

 

[CNCVol88]

What are you talking about?

DJ has a 3:1 TD:INT ration this season. with a WR group that is not as good as Tennessee's

Joe had 1 TD and 50 % completion against VANDY.

WITW is wrong with you all!!?

The vandy game was a QB nightmare to throw long balls in. Rain and wind. He had one bad throw that wasn't a long ball and the 2nd half we literally were just playing Madden with vandy. I'm not going to base Joe's improvement or lack thereof on a game I had to wear a poncho to.

 

[JBVolunteer]

Then Vols lose a portion of SEC revenue sharing.

Seems it would boil down to the wishes of the bowl committees and the universities. It doesn’t help our case that OSU/Michigan was the most watched game of the year, that Tennessee won’t have Hendon and who knows what players decide to sit out. I really hope the Rose convinced OSU to take the invite.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Nope

Yep

 

[CNCVol88]

Seems it would boil down to the wishes of the bowl committees and the universities. It doesn’t help our case that OSU/Michigan was the most watched game of the year, that Tennessee won’t have Hendon and who knows what players decide to sit out. I really hope the Rose convinced OSU to take the invite.

Of course it's the most watched game of the year. It was the last week of the year with 2 unbeatens and was the best game in the time slot. Tennessee and bama got tens of millions in October. That means something.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

I think Milton is better than dj, but that is not aging much. As far as Milton haters, I think there is a fair share of them, I also think there are a lot more of Milton apologist. Some of you are so blinded by your defense of him, that if anyone critique’s his play you label them and just blindly defend him. He does overthrow. A lot. He seems to not be effective when we need him most. That has been masked this year by mop up duty. He wasn’t impressive at vandy, but there was rain, not monsoon, but rain. I’m pretty sure most vol fans hope he has heisman numbers next year, but you can’t blame us for being skeptical due to the same issues rearing their ugly head that he has had even before he left Michigan.

I can only speak for myself. I might be, but don't think I'm a Milton apologist. I have seen how relentless, quick to judge, and downright mean spirited s fair number of our VN'ers are when a player when ANY opportunity exists for them to show that side of character. There seems to be a lust for putting down players among some here, and it pizzes me off. I am guilty of being a pro Vols-player guy. I'm in their corner unless they do something truly horrible, such abusing a child, commit murder, or something that, well, let's just say what I consider beyond the realm of pardoning. Fact is, until we see Joe as a starter in 2023, over several games (say three games maximum), we don't know if he has developed or not. What the haters need to (I know they can't do it) is to realize there is no Harry Potter, no Doctor Strange, no Merlin, or Warlocks of Eastwick. Players are humans, and as such are quite fallible. So when the haters utterly ignore the fact, that it was pouring raining, a strong wind blew, which discouraged Javlin Joe putting up Hooker-like numbers, I find it disgusting. He played it safe, throwing long just enough to make the Vannerbiles defense back off, and our line to kick down the front door for the RBs to ramble and rose.
Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why you ramble, no one knows
Wild and wind-blown, that's how you've grown
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?
It's the rampant prejudicial criticism that rankles me. But you know, when all is said and done, all have a right to their opinion, including opposing views we think are unjust or unfair.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

The Cotton Bowl against Tulane is an unacceptable outcome at this point.

 

[DeltaSCVol]

They are not going to pass on Ohio State. Whoever said that on television, needs to lay off on the stupid pills.

I think they were implying OSU would decline Rose Bowl invite... which seems nuts cause I would think it pays more than the Orange right?

 

[Sudden Impact]

You don't think Sankey does not step in. He does have some clout.
This is all about the B10 getting back at the SEC.
If OSU turns down the Rose Bowl then they are allowing themselves to be cut off at the knees
The Rose bowl insisted that the B10 and Pac 12 were locked into this game from the get go and it would stay that way...
Allowing PSU to go in their place and then them moving to the Orange is a straight up manipulation of the system.
If OSU goes to the Orange Bowl then Tennessee show go to the Rose Bowl.

Not going to get Screwed by the committee, sports writers, and the B10 but look for us to get screwed unless Sankey and others step in.

 

[Sudden Impact]

There has never been a 3 loss SEC champ.

2001 Sec Championship Game. LSU 9-3

 

[CNCVol88]

2001 Sec Championship Game. LSU 9-3

He means in the CFP era.

 

[TrueOrange]

Don’t want cotton bowl be freezing in that stadium in January like I was in 2001 watching us lose to Kansas at. My beard had icicles in it lol it was so cold that day

If it hasn’t been pointed out yet, the Cotton Bowl is now played in the Dallas Cowboys stadium, not the stadium at the Texas state fairgrounds.

(If it already has been, my apologies. I hadn’t gotten to that point in the thread yet.)

 

[TrueOrange]

. Double post on a bad wifi network.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

He means in the CFP era.

He probably means since about 2008. For most of these bandwagon Bama fans, time began when they hired Saban. Before that is just a bunch of unknowable years that they randomly assign to "championship" banners.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

triple post. lol. Sorry. My computer was being weird.