Vols vs Knights in Cotton Bowl? $$$

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Ty4Vols said:
With Ohio State trying to get out of the Rose Bowl, which was known by the committee before the final rankings, I honestly believe the CFP committee ranked teams in an attempt to possibly get games it wants that will drive ratings.

Scenerio: #22 UCF defeats #18 Tulane in the AAC Championship game (for a second time this season). UCF gets bumped above Tulane and gets a NY6 Bowl. This invite is to the Cotton Bowl.

The #2 SEC team if not in the playoffs goes to the Sugar Bowl. By ranking Alabama ahead of Tennessee this ensures they get this invite and cannot be bumped. Where does Tennessee go? Orange right? Not so fast.

But, since the Orange can take the highest ranked non playoff team from either the Big10 or SEC, Ohio State has a legitimate chance of getting this invite due to being higher ranked than Tennessee and having a half decent argument as to why not attend the Rose Bowl. Penn State ranked 8th for no known reason really helps out here as it gives the Rose Bowl a similarly ranked Big10 team to take.

Who wants to watch UCF in a Bowl game...yuck...no story line here since they will be 10-3 if they beat Tulane and rarely mentioned nationally throughout the season. Wait a second... there is a storyline that will sell this game. What if UCF has to face their old coach?$$$$

There you have it. Tennessee lost it's main storyline with Hooker going down. But the next best thing and a way to get some free pub for an otherwise non-marketable UCF is to match them up against Tennessee.

Not a soul would care to watch the Knights in a New Years 6 Bowl unless you can create a reason to tune in. Right? Like what have they done this year...crickets...wins over Cincinnati and Tulane while both were ranked is kinda cool I guess.

How does Tennessee benefit? Multiple ways actually. First off they would be the favorite even without Hooker. Secondly the storyline will attract more common fans to watch with some interest that might not have. Heuple gets to prove he is the reason for success at his previous program and his system with SEC talent way surpasses his old players and their current system. Good for recruiting I believe and positive momentum going into 2023.

And there you have it. My theory is that Tennessee was ranked below Alabama just in case UCF defeats Tulane again and because the committee knew in advance that Ohio State was leveraging for the Orange Bowl.

Seriously who would tune in to watch UCF against Penn State?. See what I mean. In the wise words of RZA himself "cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M. get that money dolla dolla bills yall".

Sorry way too long but not like there is a game to watch so just read it.

Go Big Orange
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Can you provide some proof that OSU was trying to get out of the Rose Bowl?
 
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knox73 said:
Great analysis. Tennessee is damaged goods without their star qb and is not highly desired by the major bowls at the present time. Just roll with the punches. Heupel vs. Gus would be a decent matchup. Vols still could finish as high as fifth in the final rankings which is outstanding if they win the bowl game.
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I guarantee you the Orange Bowl would rather have us than Ohio State. And it’s not even close
 
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TheFlash1971 said:
I believe one daycollege football will look like this .
2 none conference game
10 conference games
Sweet 16 Football Championship
1st weekend in December or last week in November Conference Finals
2nd week in December Round 1 played at higher seeds home field (16 teams)
3rd week in December Round 2 played at higher seeds home field (8 teams)
4th week final four played where ever at neutral site . Then the final following week .
It will become something like that.
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I don't hate it, but your timeline will have to change a bit.

Remember here, we are still technically talking about colleges so appearances will have to be kept up. A break after the regular season for a few weeks (for finals of course), then start the tourney in January. Goes through roughly mid-Feb just like the NFL.
 
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UTK said:
Hopefully our AD is talking to people to prevent the Vols falling to the Cotton Bowl. Orange Bowl is much more desirable in every single way. Ohio State stfu and just play in the Rose Bowl you twats lol
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If we don’t get a NY6 bowl, DW should insist on the music city bowl to keep all of the money in state. He should do something out of protest.
 
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Cotton bowl is a great game all except for the AAU tie in. Is what it is. Coaches are going to have to dig deep to get their players motivated to play Group of 5 teams. Especially in this setting. Sad but so very true.
 
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Fightmaker said:
If we don’t get a NY6 bowl, DW should insist on the music city bowl to keep all of the money in state. He should do something out of protest.
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We will get a NY6 bowl. It’s just I’m afraid it’s gonna be Cotton. Which is disgraceful. If the Rose Bowl actually picks Penn State then the Orange will be forced to pick Ohio State. It’s crooked as hell that the Rose Bowl can impact things that way.
 
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If that all goes down I'd much rather play UCF than Tulane, I kinda get his point here, as much as playing Tulane would sucks UCF would suck a little less.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Some of these comments absolutely baffle me. In the past 15 years or die any of us would have killed to have TN in the Cotton bowl. Now that that might be where we are headed some of you are acting like it’s the music city bowl. Comical.
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I don't think amyone was dying to be in the cotton bowl against tulane or ucf. I would actually prefer an interesting opponent
 
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Lots of smart people unfortunately taking the masochistic stance that Bama is more deserving because we had a bad game. This idea is being propagated by the media because Alabama is the ultimate football blue blood . In every major league in the world(that I know of) head to head is the first tie breaker. Please don’t but the media bullshi* that we messed up and deserve to be punished even though we beat the team ranked ahead of us and have the same record. To be blunt we find ourselves the victims of a corrupt system.
 
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Food for thought.
The orange bowl picks based on rankings. If the rose passes on Ohio St That doesn’t change the ranking. The orange could still pick Tennessee as the more attractive game vs Clemson.
 
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UTK said:
Hopefully our AD is talking to people to prevent the Vols falling to the Cotton Bowl. Orange Bowl is much more desirable in every single way. Ohio State stfu and just play in the Rose Bowl you twats lol
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I don’t think it’s preventable by anybody but the Rose Bowl if even them.
 
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