Bowl Options

#51
#51
If the SEC places three teams in the top bowls, I think Liberty and Music City will somehow split Tennessee and Arkansas. Birmingham and Shreveport would be left with Florida and South Carolina. This presumes that Dave Hart is not successful in lobbying our 6-6 Vols into the Belk Bowl. If the SEC only places two teams in the top bowls, then the Hogs would probably fall to either Birmingham or Shreveport, with either the Gators or Cocks getting picked up elsewhere.
 
#53
#53
Us ending the season relatively flat I could see has an effect un us dropping from more desirable bowls.
 
#54
#54
I'd like Bham for personal reasons, but I don't see any way we slip past Liberty if Bama is in the playoffs. My guess is Liberty vs Texas.
 
#55
#55
Using record for placement, assuming Bama wins SEC, here would be shakedown...just for discussion:

CFP - Bama

NY Six & Cap One - Mizzou & Miss St (unsure of which team in which bowl)

Group of Six - UGA, Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn, A&M, FLA

Other Two - Vols & SC

Non-SEC Tie-In - Arky
 
#57
#57
2014 SEC Bowl Tie Ins
Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) vs. Big Ten/ACC Miss St
Outback Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) vs. Big Ten Georgia
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.) vs. ACC/Big Ten Tennessee
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) vs. ACC/Big Ten Auburn
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.) vs. Big 12 Arkansas
Texas Bowl (Houston, Texas) vs. Big 12 Texas A&M
Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) vs. ACC LSU
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) vs. TBA USCe
Advocare V100 Bowl (Shreveport, La.) vs. ACC Florida
as well as
Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.) or Discover Orange Bowl (Miami, Fla.) Missouri

Bama plays in the playoff
 
#59
#59
jlovevols said:
I'd like Bham for personal reasons, but I don't see any way we slip past Liberty if Bama is in the playoffs. My guess is Liberty vs Texas.
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I think Texas goes to the Texas Bowl, and WVU goes to the Liberty Bowl. WVU has won one more game overall, but I think they'd put Texas into the Texas Bowl to sell tickets, unless the Big 12 has a rule against a 6-6 team jumping over a 7-5 team. Texas having beaten WVU should help with that though.
 
#60
#60
JohnMcA60 said:
2014 SEC Bowl Tie Ins
Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) vs. Big Ten/ACC Miss St
Outback Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) vs. Big Ten Georgia
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.) vs. ACC/Big Ten Tennessee
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) vs. ACC/Big Ten Auburn
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.) vs. Big 12 Arkansas
Texas Bowl (Houston, Texas) vs. Big 12 Texas A&M
Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) vs. ACC LSU
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) vs. TBA USCe
Advocare V100 Bowl (Shreveport, La.) vs. ACC Florida
as well as
Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.) or Discover Orange Bowl (Miami, Fla.) Missouri

Bama plays in the playoff
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Not bad, except that you left out the Rebels. And, word is that the SEC will hold Texas A&M out of the Texas Bowl if the Longhorns are playing there.
 
#61
#61
RockyTop1384 said:
Using record for placement, assuming Bama wins SEC, here would be shakedown...just for discussion:

CFP - Bama

NY Six & Cap One - Mizzou & Miss St (unsure of which team in which bowl)

Group of Six - UGA, Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn, A&M, FLA

Other Two - Vols & SC

Non-SEC Tie-In - Arky
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Arky will get picked up by an SEC bowl. They're like us - they have a lot of fans ready to travel to a bowl after going without a bowl for a while.
 
#65
#65
chatt-townVOL said:
There are four 6-win SEC teams.

IMO we would get in over Arky due to our having 3 conference wins, they only have 2. And we would get in over SC since we beat them.

That leaves us and head coach-less Florida. I like our chances.
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I don't agree on our 3 vs Arky's 2. They are a much better team than we are right now... And we must look at the 3 we beat vs their 2.
 
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#70
#70
I think Tennessee goes to the Music City or Liberty Bowls while Arkansas goes to the Duck Dynasty Independence Bowl.
 
#71
#71
All of you forget that there will be politics in play. Conferences desperately want to maintain these bowl tie-ins. So, if say a Liberty Bowl dearly wants Tennessee, and Tennessee isn't selected for a bowl higher in the pecking order, that bowl likely will get what it wants, especially if the competing teams all have the same or similar records.

Maybe it doesn't play out this way, but I would be surprised if that is the case.
 
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#72
#72
We've looked awful the last two games, and people remember what they've seen lately. The SEC will factor that in. Birmingham seems likely. It's still a bowl.
 
#73
#73
LA Vol said:
We've looked awful the last two games, and people remember what they've seen lately. The SEC will factor that in. Birmingham seems likely. It's still a bowl.
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What a bowl game committee will remember is that we filled Vandy's stadium and we haven't been to a bowl in four years. We likely will fill their stadium, too.
 
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#74
#74
EZE said:
What a bowl game committee will remember is that we filled Vandy's stadium and we haven't been to a bowl in four years. We likely will fill their stadium, too.
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I get that this is your narrative, and you're right. But the SEC realizes that other bowl-eligible teams are higher-ranked, and their fanbases travel, too. It will all factor in.
 
#75
#75
Bowl projections have Vols in Belk Bowl against Louisville!

Looks like all those eligible in the SEC will go bowling. Hogs expected to play Memphis in Birmingham, Gamecocks to play BC in Tax Slayer, Gators to play VPI in Independence, LSU in Liberty vs. West VA, Aggies vs. Longhorns in Texas Bowl, Auburn vs. Gophers in Outback, Missouri vs. Wisconsin in Citrus, Georgia vs. Terps in Nashville, Rebels vs. Bears in Cotton, Miss St. vs. Ohio St. in Peach and Bama vs. TCU in Sugar.:good!:
 
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