My picks for SEC Bowl games in 2013-2014

[WoodstockVol]

1) BCS Championship Game: Alabama-Ohio State(Alabama)
2)Orange Bowl:Texas A&M-Florida State(Texas A&M)
3)Capital One Bowl: Georgia-Michigan(Georgia)
4)Cotton Bowl: LSU-Kansas State(LSU)
5)Outback Bowl: South Carolina-Wisconsin(South Carolina)
6)Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl: Florida-Georgia Tech(Florida)
7)Gator Bowl:Ole Miss-Northwestern(Ole Miss)
8)Music City Bowl: Tennessee-North Carolina(Tennessee)
9)Liberty Bowl:Vanderbilt-Tulsa(Tulsa)
10)BBVA Compass Bowl: Arkansas-Central Florida(Central Florida)

 

[bamawriter]

I see a massive problem on line 2.

 

[WoodstockVol]

I see a massive problem on line 2.

I think A&M gets an At Large BCS Bid and FSU winning the ACC Championship game. What's the problem?

 

[Boston Vol]

I think A&M gets an At Large BCS Bid and FSU winning the ACC Championship game. What's the problem?

If Bama is in the title game, an SEC team would go to the Sugar Bowl.

 

[WoodstockVol]

If Bama is in the title game, an SEC team would go to the Sugar Bowl.

Oh I didn't know that(Sorry,Boston!). Texas A&M vs Texas might be a very good Sugar Bowl matchup

 

[TrueOrange]

Oh I didn't know that(Sorry,Boston!). Texas A&M vs Texas might be a very good Sugar Bowl matchup

Except wouldn't Big 12 winner still make the Fiesta Bowl's first pick?

The Sugar Bowl tie-in between those two conferences doesn't start until 2014's season, I thought.

 

[WoodstockVol]

Except wouldn't Big 12 winner still make the Fiesta Bowl's first pick?

The Sugar Bowl tie-in between those two conferences doesn't start until 2014's season, I thought.

How would you see a UT-UNC Music City Bowl and a Vandy-Tulsa Liberty Bowl?

 

[TrueOrange]

I'm not sure the Chick-fil-A bowl would choose Georgia Tech either.

 

[TrueOrange]

How would you see a UT-UNC Music City Bowl and a Vandy-Tulsa Liberty Bowl?

As matchups or as possibilities?

 

[volsfan125]

GaTech will not finish #2 or #3 in the ACC thus no Peach bowl. My guess would be Miami or VaTech

 

[WoodstockVol]

As matchups or as possibilities?

as both. I think both UT and UNC would have similar records while Vandy will(IMO) be 6-6 and Tulsa could be 9-3 or 10-2 in the new CUSA(New Sun Belt really)

 

[WoodstockVol]

GaTech will not finish #2 or #3 in the ACC thus no Peach bowl. My guess would be Miami or VaTech

I think GT goes 9-3 losing to VT,Clemson and Georgia. I think GT could be picked for local interest.

 

[Easttnken]

Oh I didn't know that(Sorry,Boston!). Texas A&M vs Texas might be a very good Sugar Bowl matchup

I'd watch it...but would the networks be worried about both teams being in the same tv markets?

While most fans would watch most bowls, and folks would watch a Tx vs aTm rival scenario, would networks try to guarantee a wider regional market for advertising, etc...

or maybe I'm over thinking an offseason "what if" thread LOL.

 

[TrueOrange]

GaTech will not finish #2 or #3 in the ACC thus no Peach bowl. My guess would be Miami or VaTech

Plus it's a poor sale for the city of Atlanta/Chick-Fil-A bowl to take them.

 

[TrueOrange]

I think GT goes 9-3 losing to VT,Clemson and Georgia. I think GT could be picked for local interest.

But that would also mean almost no hotel rooms purchased, no tourism, etc. Just half a team's worth of fans - already from the city itself - showing up for the game itself and then leaving.

It's different to say that about a state team that plays in a different city (like UT) and a team like GT that plays in the same city (and is kind of 2nd to another team in the state)

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Plus it's a poor sale for the city of Atlanta/Chick-Fil-A bowl to take them.

Or Florida for that matter...South Carolina would be a better fit in Atlanta, and UF goes to the Oitback.

 

[WoodstockVol]

But that would also mean almost no hotel rooms purchased, no tourism, etc. Just half a team's worth of fans - already from the city itself - showing up for the game itself and then leaving.

It's different to say that about a state team that plays in a different city (like UT) and a team like GT that plays in the same city (and is kind of 2nd to another team in the state)

Great points,If the Peach Bowl thinks of it that way GT goes to the Music City bowl,Belk Bowl or Russell Athletic Bowl.

 

[TrueOrange]

I'd watch it...but would the networks be worried about both teams being in the same tv markets?

While most fans would watch most bowls, and folks would watch a Tx vs aTm rival scenario, would networks try to guarantee a wider regional market for advertising, etc...

or maybe I'm over thinking an offseason "what if" thread LOL.

I think the bigger issue is Fiesta usually picks/gets first choice at the Big 12 champ.

It might require another team winning the Big 12 and Texas doing well enough to be at-large


(Also Texas has such a big market that any bowl would gladly take a BCS longhorns as an at large team)

 

[TrueOrange]

Or Florida for that matter...South Carolina would be a better fit in Atlanta, and UF goes to the Oitback.

Kind of curious; how so?

 

[WoodstockVol]

Kind of curious; how so?

I can't figure that either. I think the Chick Fil-A Bowl would love an 8-4 Florida team. Florida hasn't went since 1981 I believe. I have USC going to the Outback because of a better record than Florida.

 

[TrueOrange]

I can't figure that either. I think the Chick Fil-A Bowl would love an 8-4 Florida team. Florida hasn't went since 1981 I believe. I have USC going to the Outback because of a better record than Florida.

Well, outside the BCS bowls, it's not as much about record unless there's a clear, more than 1 game divide between the teams.

Then sometimes the bowls trade a spot, or one that's supposed to take an East/West team takes the other instead. Bowls will sometimes try to get away from teams they've seen too much recently or ones that have had poor ticket sales in recent/past games

It can get kind of complicated.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Kind of curious; how so?

If UF and South Carolina are that close record-wise, and I'm the Chick Fil'a Bowl shot caller, I don't want Florida.

We didn't sell our allotment for our last two BCS bowl games.

South Carolina fans aren't nearly as spoiled, and would travel well to Atlanta.

 

[TrueOrange]

If UF and South Carolina are that close record-wise, and I'm the Chick Fil'a Bowl shot caller, I don't want Florida.

We didn't sell our allotment for our last two BCS bowl games.

South Carolina fans aren't nearly as spoiled, and would travel well to Atlanta.

Wouldn't UF be more likely to end up in the Gator bowl rather than the Outback bowl if that's the driving reason?

 

[WoodstockVol]

Wouldn't UF be more likely to end up in the Gator bowl rather than the Outback bowl if that's the driving reason?

Good Point,I agree with you

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Wouldn't UF be more likely to end up in the Gator bowl rather than the Outback bowl if that's the driving reason?

If UF finishes 8-4 or 9-3 we're more likely to go to the Outback.

7-5 or 6-6 puts us in the Gator.