Why not a UT v. UT Cotton Bowl?

RoseBowlChamps · 11-25-2006, 06:39 PM

I know the odds are small.
I know that y'all would prefer a better/warmer bowl.
I know TX would probably get smoked.
HOWEVER, I'd get to go on a road trip back home to Dallas with about 15 of my best Vol-friends.

The first Bowl game that I ever went to was the 1990 Cotton Bowl when I was still in high school. TN beat Arky. I can't imagine a more awesome experience than getting together with a group of my friends and family; 50-50 split between the UT's.

Nevertheless, good luck in whatever bowl game y'all end up in. ===Horn in Knoxville

**GAVol** · 11-25-2006, 06:40 PM

I'd love to see it, but I doubt it happens.

JAllen18MVP · 11-25-2006, 06:42 PM

I'd love to see it as well. I wouldn't think Texas would get smoked. Good running back, and we can't stop the run. A lot of orange, that's for sure.

cotton · 11-25-2006, 06:44 PM

Yes, I can't imagine those two shades of orange blended together. Yuck.

I'd go see the game, though.

**oklavol** · 11-25-2006, 06:49 PM

i'd rather play an 8-2 Virginia Tech in the Chick Fillet/Peach Bowl.

They are better then either 7-3 Texas or Penn State in the Outback.

Thats the best team available to play.

cotton · 11-25-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oklavol

i'd rather play an 8-2 Virginia Tech in the Chick Fillet/Peach Bowl.

They are better then either 7-3 Texas or Penn State in the Outback.

Thats the best team available to play.

I would rather go to the better bowl game (ranking-1.Cotton, 2.Outback, 3. Chicken, 4. It doesn't matter, they are all pretty low below Atlanta) than play the higher ranked team.

**oklavol** · 11-25-2006, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cotton

I would rather go to the better bowl game (ranking-1.Cotton, 2.Outback, 3. Chicken, 4. It doesn't matter, they are all pretty low below Atlanta) than play the higher ranked team.

The bowls are only as good as the teams that are in them.

PSU and Texas are not ranked as highly or have as good a record as Virginia Tech. I'd rather go to the Peach for that reason.

JAllen18MVP · 11-25-2006, 07:15 PM

Rankings schmankings. Would you rather beat a Texas team just one year removed from a National Championship or would you rather beat perennially overrated Virginia Tech?

I'd rather beat Texas, that's for sure.

**OWB** · 11-25-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by oklavol

The bowls are only as good as the teams that are in them.

PSU and Texas are not ranked as highly or have as good a record as Virginia Tech. I'd rather go to the Peach for that reason.

It's about the money. Outback pays around 5 million and the Peach pays 2 million.

**oklavol** · 11-25-2006, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JAllen18MVP

Rankings schmankings. Would you rather beat a Texas team just one year removed from a National Championship or would you rather beat perennially overrated Virginia Tech?

I'd rather beat Texas, that's for sure.

You dont gain much beating a team ranked below which is what Texas will be after losing again.

Virginia Tech is ranked ahead of UT and would be a better win. Thats pretty simple.

**oklavol** · 11-25-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OWB

It's about the money. Outback pays around 5 million and the Peach pays 2 million.

Its always about the money. Thats how we have this great system of naming a champion based on they do in a popularity contest or poll.

JAllen18MVP · 11-25-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by oklavol

You dont gain much beating a team ranked below which is what Texas will be after losing again.

Virginia Tech is ranked ahead of UT and would be a better win. Thats pretty simple.

It's a bowl game, what do we have to gain? A couple of extra places in the polls?

**OWB** · 11-25-2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by oklavol

Its always about the money. Thats how we have this great system of naming a champion based on they do in a popularity contest or poll.

Yep, money makes the world go round..

**oklavol** · 11-25-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JAllen18MVP

It's a bowl game, what do we have to gain? A couple of extra places in the polls?

well with this great system of meaningless bowl games the only thing anyone has to play for is pride.

I'd have a lot more pride beating a team ranked ahead of UT then one below UT, thats just common sense.

therealUT · 11-25-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by oklavol

You dont gain much beating a team ranked below which is what Texas will be after losing again.

Virginia Tech is ranked ahead of UT and would be a better win. Thats pretty simple.

I see it both ways. Better right now to play and beat Va. Tech. However, in the long run, it looks better to play Texas, purely for the sake of saying we beat Texas. In four or five years, nobody is going to care that they had 3 losses entering the game. Just like nobody really cares now that Marlyand was 11-3 the year they beat us in the Peach Bowl. People just remember that Maryland beat us and that is embarassing. Therefore, I would rather beat a down Texas team than a good Va. Tech team.