What bowl will the Vols go to?

#26
#26
VolinArizona said:
There IS A WAY. You're proving my point. I will agree that it's HIGHLY HIGHLY unlikely they win out. In fact, I also predict they won't, but I know they could.
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I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and state my opinion again. They won't.
 
#28
#28
You're showing just how intelligent you are by arguing that things "could" happen. Yeah, and you "could" play in the NFL. Some things just CANNOT happen.
 
#29
#29
tclowers23 said:
You honestly think Arkansas will win out? I'd say they'll drop at least one, maybe two games.
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You're right. I had LSU 10-2 which means they'd have to beat Arky leaving the Razorbacks at 10-3 with a loss to UF in the SECCG. I still think the Hogs would be picked for Cotton over LSU due to history from old SW Conf. and proximity of Ark to Dallas. Several of my picks were based on what I think bowl committees would do in terms of getting overnight travellers and sell-out crowds as well. It's not always about picking the team with the best record.
 
#30
#30
VolunteerHillbilly said:
You're right. I had LSU 10-2 which means they'd have to beat Arky leaving the Razorbacks at 10-3 with a loss to UF in the SECCG. I still think the Hogs would be picked for Cotton over LSU due to history from old SW Conf. and proximity of Ark to Dallas. Several of my picks were based on what I think bowl committees would do in terms of getting overnight travellers and sell-out crowds as well. It's not always about picking the team with the best record.
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Yeah, I definitely agree with you there. And I think Arkansas can for sure finish 10-3. They'll get to show exactly what kind of football team they are with some tough games down the stretch.
 
#31
#31
If we win out, the only way we wont make it is if Arkansas wins all their remaining games except us, and maybe Auburn gets the nod over us.
 
#32
#32
honestly i think its that capital one bowl if we win out or the peach bowl if we drop a game or two. the way the bcs is treating ut, lsu, and ark. i dont see us jumping enough to merit an at large birth. which leaves our hopes of an sec cg appearance in the hands of spurrier and winning that is the only way for us to get into a bcs game.
 
#33
#33
ledhed43 said:
honestly i think its that capital one bowl if we win out or the peach bowl if we drop a

game or two. the way the bcs is treating ut, lsu, and ark. i dont see us jumping enough to merit an at large birth. which leaves our hopes of an sec cg appearance in the hands of spurrier and winning that is the only way for us to get into a bcs game.
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If we win out and LSU beats Arkansas, that guarantees the SEC only has 2 one loss teams at the most so we are ok there. Either USC or Cal will lose, and there will only be one Big East team above us if we have one loss.

If we win out, we could be like number 5 overall.

We would sneak in there.
 
#34
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ledhed43 said:
honestly i think its that capital one bowl if we win out or the peach bowl if we drop a game or two. the way the bcs is treating ut, lsu, and ark. i dont see us jumping enough to merit an at large birth. which leaves our hopes of an sec cg appearance in the hands of spurrier and winning that is the only way for us to get into a bcs game.
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The BCS standings are really irrelevant in the selection of the at large berths. As long as a team meets the minimum standard for eligibility, a bowl is free to choose them. If Tennessee wins out, they'll easily be eligible. Then it comes down to how attractive they are to BCS bowls with openings
 
#35
#35
hatvol96 said:
The BCS standings are really irrelevant in the selection of the at large berths. As long as a team meets the minimum standard for eligibility, a bowl is free to choose them. If Tennessee wins out, they'll easily be eligible. Then it comes down to how attractive they are to BCS bowls with openings
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exactamundo. It could help UT that there wan no bowl appearance last year though. The Vols fans may be seen as more eager to travel to a non-BCS bowl than in the past.
 
#36
#36
hatvol96 said:
The BCS standings are really irrelevant in the selection of the at large berths. As long as a team meets the minimum standard for eligibility, a bowl is free to choose them. If Tennessee wins out, they'll easily be eligible. Then it comes down to how attractive they are to BCS bowls with openings
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yep, that's if we win out of course.

but imo, what we really need to help solidify our position is to win out obviously, and for auburn to lose...anywhere, reg. season, sec cg whatever. Florida to win the SEC CG, and that would leave us as the only other 1 loss SEC team...would be a no brainer not to pick us then...

would hate for it to come down to a choice between an 11-1 Auburn and 11-1 TN.

but, i have a feeling we'll be in Orlando this year, even if we finish 10-2.

which is fine with me....
 
#42
#42
TennTradition said:
I thought that beating Arkansas and LSU (if we can actually pull that off) would really help us. But, I'm not positive it will in the computers. LSU gets no respect whatsoever in the computer polls (ranked 24th)....and Arkansas is better at 14th. But, if the right one loss teams win from here out...we could easily get shut out of the BCS. We have two very hard games coming up that won't help us as much as we would like in the computers unless others lose. The human polls may be another story, where LSU gets much more respect. Obviously what is keeping Cal ahead of us now is the number 3 ranking in the computers....they must really honor total points scored or something (although margin of victory could play into Cal as well...they're really been butt-stomping after we taught them how).
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Margin of Victory has been removed from all computer rankings used in the BCS. And with most of the top 10 playing other teams outside the top 50 in computer avg, if the Vols win against LSU and Arkansas they'll jump into the top 5. The computers love road wins, so the Arkansas game will have extra emphasis. The computers don't 'think' like the human voters.... they will jump a team a bunch of spots in one week. they'll drop you too. Auburn's computer average dropped from 5.25 to 8.00 after playing Tulane and Ole Miss. Cal's perch at #3 is about to end when they play some lower ranked teams.
 
#44
#44
considering the Capital One has been regarded as the best non BCS bowl and it's generally the 2nd best SEC team vs a top tier Big Ten team, um no. Loser of Tosu-mich will wind up in the Rose, we gotta pass Auburn somehow to get in the BcS. i think the Capital One would be fabulous the way things look right now
 
#46
#46
At least we are getting to discuss which bowl we'll be in this year.
 
#48
#48
On a personal level, I would love for Ohio State and Tennessee to play in either the championship game or the Rose Bowl.

Nothing like pissing off the in-laws with a Vols victory!

*Although they do root for the Vols.......
 
#49
#49
allvol said:
Margin of Victory has been removed from all computer rankings used in the BCS. And with most of the top 10 playing other teams outside the top 50 in computer avg, if the Vols win against LSU and Arkansas they'll jump into the top 5. The computers love road wins, so the Arkansas game will have extra emphasis. The computers don't 'think' like the human voters.... they will jump a team a bunch of spots in one week. they'll drop you too. Auburn's computer average dropped from 5.25 to 8.00 after playing Tulane and Ole Miss. Cal's perch at #3 is about to end when they play some lower ranked teams.
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I would not be so sure. Remember that Cal has already played a 1AA Portland St. I am assuming this averages in as the lowest ranked 1A team - but I am not sure. Also, they have a UCLA team that is at about 40 in the computer polls - not unlike Minnesota, Arizona St, and Washington - who Cal has already played. They do have to play Stanford, but Portland St. didn't appear to hurt them too much. And also- they get to face a number 5 or 6 USC team. If they get Ws in all of these, I don't look for them to drop that much. Our only hope is that they drop after the Stanford game - but if USC beats ND after losing to Cal, this will help Cal that week as well. I'm not sure they're going to move that much. Very weak Marshall (avg. of about 95) and Memphis (avg. of about 110) teams are killing us. We would have been much better off playing MTSU...with an avg. of about 50.
 
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