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[DarthVol1]

Welp. I gots the covid.... again. And tomorrow is my berfday.

Welp Happy Birthday! You share the same birthday with my dad who turns 94 today. Taking him to lunch later today with his 70 something girlfriend.

 

[LA Vol]

I don’t see any way around it unless OSU finds a way in the playoffs, or unless the Orange has the option to choose who it would have originally taken if the Rose had not executed the infamous “cluster clause” (honestly, I don’t know how that all works).

The committee has created a lot of clusters. Why not another one? Send UT to the Rose Bowl.

 

[johnfnkelly]

lol what. There must be some real baggage with Chadwell because his trajectory makes 0 sense. A school like USF should be on their hands and knees begging for his services.

 

[Glitch]

Happy birthday, young'un! My 12yr old grandson is celebrating his today, too.

Hope you feel better soon.

He is destined for great things being born on this day! Wish him happy birthday from all of VN, except @Weezer because he has a blanket restraining order.

 

[SpringBokVol]

A NY6 bowl should matter. It's not the playoffs, but it's a chance to get a high-profile matchup, beat a good team and get to 11 wins. All reasons UT should lobby hard to not be kicked down to the Cotton Bowl.

Isn't the cotton still a NY6 bowl?

 

[LA Vol]

The crux of this is that yes we want to go to the Orange, beat a good opponent and get 11, but then again I don't want to go up against a really good opponent with a bunch of our kids opting out and we don't have enough horse power to get the W and open ourselves up to criticism again like "oh, yeah, see that's why we didn't move them up over Bama..."

The higher the bowl, the fewer the opt-outs. We should want the highest bowl. The team worked hard for it, they earned it and they should get it.

 

[johnfnkelly]

Isn't the cotton still a NY6 bowl?

It is.

 

[engineerVOL]

Don’t mess with this group of guys..

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Murderer’s Row!

 

[Glitch]

Feel better, Brother. The best way to celebrate your birthday would be to clear your notifications. Why continue to carry that burden?

Seeing that 15k+ covering up that little bell is the main thing getting me through.

 

[jordan4vols]

Isn't the cotton still a NY6 bowl?

Yes

 

[Batman1948]

Wrong pill @InVOLuntary!
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Look at it like this----if you take the little blue pill before bedtime, it will keep you from rolling out of the bed

 

[Big Sun]

Any of you guys seen the trailer for Violent Night?
View attachment 519891He stabs a guy in the eye with sharpened candy cane from his mouth what in the world.

Algol cult ritual (one eye)

 

[Glitch]

Wouldn't hurt, IMO.

 

[SweetasSoda]

The higher the bowl, the fewer the opt-outs. We should want the highest bowl. The team worked hard for it, they earned it and they should get it.

Yes, that’s the point. They earned it.

 

[Big Sun]

 

[volsnvikes]

Behind Stetson Bennett…. WTH

I tried to vote and the site crashed. LOL ESPN's IT guys hate us.

 

[LA Vol]

Isn't the cotton still a NY6 bowl?

Yes. But UT is ranked too high to be bumped to the Cotton Bowl. Unless the committee drops UT for lesser quality sitting-home this weekend, then the Vols should be up the pecking order.

 

[volinbama256]

The higher the bowl, the fewer the opt-outs. We should want the highest bowl. The team worked hard for it, they earned it and they should get it.

Oh certainly agree--- if our guys won't opt out and we are as close to a full roster as possible then yes, I'd love to go whip anyone's tail -- Just don't want to be given the nod and then we're missing a bunch of guys and lay another egg primetime. These kids had an absolutely amazing year and deserve the best.

 

[bignewt]

Oh certainly agree--- if our guys won't opt out and we are as close to a full roster as possible then yes, I'd love to go whip anyone's tail -- Just don't want to be given the nod and then we're missing a bunch of guys and lay another egg primetime. These kids had an absolutely amazing year and deserve the best.

The opponent will have to deal with the exact same thing.

 

[Glitch]

Hey you survived! HBD

It was touch and go. Slept like a big pile of @Weezer droppings. Trying to take it easy today.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Welp Happy Birthday! You share the same birthday with my dad who turns 94 today. Taking him to lunch later today with his 70 something girlfriend.

Sugar-daddy?

 

[LA Vol]

Oh certainly agree--- if our guys won't opt out and we are as close to a full roster as possible then yes, I'd love to go whip anyone's tail -- Just don't want to be given the nod and then we're missing a bunch of guys and lay another egg primetime. These kids had an absolutely amazing year and deserve the best.

Every team will have opt-outs, especially for the lower bowls. Nobody wants to lose, but getting the team amped to play in a higher bowl will be good for the program and recruiting. But... we'll play where we're sent-- and I expect that will be UT's public message.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

The higher the bowl, the fewer the opt-outs. We should want the highest bowl. The team worked hard for it, they earned it and they should get it.

Yeah, if osu opts out of the Rose, they should just switch spots with State Pen

 

[Nash_Vol97]

From the Orange Bowl Conference Tie Ins rule:

“… Also, should a highest-ranked team create a rematch with the ACC team, the Orange Bowl has the option of passing over that team for the next-highest ranked team among the Big10, SEC, and Norte Dame..”

While Clemson and Ohio State didn’t play this year, or last year, the Clemson vs Ohio State matchup was played the two prior years in the CFB. It’s still a matchup that viewers and attendees may be apathetic to. This wouldn’t technically be a rematch.. but if Clemson wins the ACC then it at least gives the Orange Bowl a little bit of a leg to stand on if they don’t want to accept Ohio State. Not sure it’s enough though. Depends on how much wiggle room they would have and if the Orange Bowl even cares.

 

[MarcoVol]

lol what. There must be some real baggage with Chadwell because his trajectory makes 0 sense. A school like USF should be on their hands and knees begging for his services.

You’re just now figuring out nobody wants to hire Chadwell?