Tennessee Bowl Game speculation (merged)

#127
#127
I hate puking before lunch! Not real excited about the 10 am kickoff either. Any chance of playing in Atlanta?
 
#130
#130
i can not comment on outback or not but i know for sure Arkansas is going to Liberty Bowl. the press conference is tomorrow at 3pm. If that is decided i would think the other teams would be coming out tomorrow as well.
 
#132
#132
ukvols said:
Chick-fil-A will not pass on either UK or UT. They were at the game on Saturday for a reason.
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Agreed. I think Chick-Fil-A is our worst case scenario. Cities hosting bowls make their money off hotel and restaurant revenues. I would think Atlanta would suffer from hosting UGA, because less fans would have to travel and stay in hotels.

If Cotton confirms Ole Miss, and Outback chooses UK, we'll be in Atlanta.
 
#133
#133
Doesn't Louisville and UK play BB the same time as UK in a bowl game? They're attendance will suck at the bowl game. Well, maybe another Music City bowl for them again.
 
#135
#135
Per Clarion Ledger -

UM officials: Cotton Bowl not yet official

OXFORD — So is Ole Miss headed to the Cotton Bowl?

Maybe so, but UM athletic director Pete Boone said the school has not accepted an invitation to any bowl as of this afternoon.


“Sometimes these rumors get a life of their own,” Boone said. “Certainly, the Cotton Bowl is a great bowl and a logical destination, but nothing has been decided.”


ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel sent out a Twitter message today that said Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt confirmed to him the Rebels would be returning to the Cotton Bowl for a second straight season. But in a text message to The Clarion-Ledger, Nutt said nothing was official.


Boone said he didn’t expect any official word on a bowl bid until the Bowl Championship Series releases more information on Tuesday. If Florida and Alabama are confirmed participants in the BCS, then the other bowls can make their SEC selections.


Ole Miss finished the regular season with an 8-4 overall record, 4-4 in the Southeastern Conference. If the Rebels had beaten Mississippi State in last Saturday’s Egg Bowl, they would have been in line for a spot in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, the bowl that usually takes the SEC’s third-best team. LSU (9-3) is likely to get that bid now, with the Outback, Cotton and Chick-fil-A bowls next in the choosing order.


Ole Miss has the fourth-best SEC record, behind Florida, Alabama and LSU, and speculation has been the Rebels would go to the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla., or the Cotton in Arlington, Texas. One hitch: Ole Miss is in the SEC’s Western Division and the Outback has taken an SEC East team each year since 1996.


“The official people in this matter are Rick Baker (Cotton Bowl president), Jim McVay (Outback Bowl president), Gary Stoken (Chick-Fil-A Bowl president) and myself,” Boone said. “Those are the only people that matter. And I can tell you that nothing has been done between us.”


Baker did not return phone messages today.


Boone said he spoke with the three bowl presidents on Sunday, and they discussed topics like fan interest and advance ticket sales. Boone said Ole Miss has already sold about 7,500 tickets, though he expects that number to take a big jump once a destination is officially decided.


Ole Miss beat Texas Tech 47-34 in last year’s Cotton Bowl in Dallas. This year’s game will be played on Jan. 2 at the Dallas Cowboys’ new $1.3 billion stadium in Arlington.
 
#141
#141
Shouldnt Northwesten get in over Wisconsin since they have the same conf record and they beat Wisky head2head?
 
#142
#142
AirVol said:
Doesn't Louisville and UK play BB the same time as UK in a bowl game? They're attendance will suck at the bowl game. Well, maybe another Music City bowl for them again.
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UK/UL play basketball 01/02/10

Not sure about the time yet.
 
#143
#143
Neyland Law Vol said:
Was he speculating or did he say he had a source?
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on 104.5 he said that he talked to someone in Tampa and it sounded like UK was going to the Outback. and he thought the chick fil a would go with georgia and that would leave the music city bowl with UT, South Car. and Auburn.
 
#145
#145
So I am hearing we are gonna get screwed and end up in Music or Liberty. Is this legit?

Outback is wanting that pile of blue crap Kentucky for reasons I cannot fathom.
 
#148
#148
checkerboard_charly said:
So I am hearing we are gonna get screwed and end up in Music or Liberty. Is this legit?

Outback is wanting that pile of blue crap Kentucky for reasons I cannot fathom.
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Going to the Peach wouldn't anger me too much. If we drop behind any further than that, I say we decline the invitation. We have to stop this crap.
 
#149
#149
We can stop this crap by boycotting. This is not fair to the program or the fans. The problem is that we are locked in by the SEC, but we do not have to go. If I were Kiffin I would accept the invitation for the practice time and play the scout team in the bowl.
 
#150
#150
We will not decline the invitation as to do so would not allow us the 2-3 weeks of practice we get with a bowl game. Peach is as far as we should fall. If UK gets the Outhouse bowl, then its purely political with the Outback CEO (Ky grad) pulling a powerplay. We played a tougher schedule than the mildcats and beat them head to head. We also have tradition and they have, well, basketball........
 
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