Bowl Predictions for MSU 2010

[dbs125]

If we are bowl eligible, where do u think we will go?

 

[dbs125]

If we are bowl eligible, where do u think we will go?

 

[patdog]

Liberty Bowl is probably out since Houston and USM are favored to play in the CUSA title game and we can't be asked to play either of them (USM because it's an in-state school and Houston because we play them in the regular season).

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

this true?
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/11/1618536/papa-johns-bowl-com-sponsorship-birmingham

 

[Maron Whit]

i could see an msu southern matchup in the liberty or papajohns bowl as a pretty good revenue maker for those two bowls because of location. I wouldnt like it, but itd be great for southern.

 

[patdog]

But if they don't find a new sponsor, I doubt they'll last much longer.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Papa Johns is simply not the title sponsor any more. The bowl game is still there, and until they find a new one it will be known as the Birmingham Bowl.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

I'm sure they're corral someone into dropping some cash on it in exchange for a 30 for 30 episode on that company's highlights.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

UT vs Memphis, Aub or Bama vs UAB, OM or MSU vs USM etc.. aren't allowed per the Liberty bowl's contract with the SEC

 

[GABully24]

The U played UF the 2001 orange bowl I beleive. </p>

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Yea, SEC teams are gonna refuse BCS games vs opponents they've already played.

The rule pertains to the Liberty bowl, the SEC, and the CUSA

 

[patdog]

You're comparing apples to oranges, or in this case Liberty to Orange. The SEC's contract with the Liberty has a clause that says no SEC team can be asked to play against an in-state school </p>

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

it's lack of attention span for an article on abowl that will likely never come on my radar (as a bama guy)...

thanks for your concern, though.

 

[Maron Whit]

ggg

 

[opusdawg]

nm

 

[Hanmudog]

It seems like some of the SEC bowls are getting stale with the same teams playing in them. I don't like the East/West tie ins. It would be nice to see an more East teams in the Peach or Cotton andmore West teams in the Music City or Outback.

PS: That is just my perception because I am too lazy to see who actually played in those bowls.</p>

 

[opieT]

Either Sugar or Cotton, Just depends how we fair in the SEC Champ game.

 

[ckDOG]

Your last 10 bowls included 3 Independence and 2 Music City Bowls. A few decades have passed since you guys were routinely dominant, remember?

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

it's still not the Pizza Bowl, though...

besides, he started it.....

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

but I did see an equitibly crappy game when we narrowly defeated ISU there...gawd, that bowl sucks...</p>

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

nm

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

second-to-last in the pecking order behind Music City. Although since the Liberty started doing the CUSA-SEC matchup I don't think an SEC team has lost.

 

[rebelrouseri]

w/ a better record and LSU did go to the Cap One w/ that horrible field. I think its proximity and the bowl's desire to sell out. They don't seem to realize we can buy airline tickets in the south.

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

South Florida and East Carolina played before an "announced"
crowd of 32,023. Perhaps half that many were actually in the stands.
ESPN, in an attempt to deceive viewers into thinking the crowd was
bigger than it was, asked fans to sit on one side of the stadium — the
one facing the cameras.

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Then came the crushing reality check to those in
attendance: no pizza at concession stands! Papa John's and the vendor
failed to work out a deal before kickoff, leaving fans to other options
like delivery. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option either. Papa John's
refused to deliver to the stadium or its grounds because of the rough
and tumble Smithfield community surrounding Legion Field.

 

[shutterdawg]

</p>

 

[GABully24]

I thought you were just saying that in state teams coudln't/ wouldn't play eachother in bowl games. calm down.

 

[Dinkle]

Rose Bowl

 

[ckDOG]

In that 30 year span, you averaged a Conference Championship almost every other year and a NC every 5. That's routinely dominant.

In the 1925-1949 span (25 seasons, going back further is pointless), you averaged a Conference Championship once every 3-4 seasons and a NC every 5*. That's routinely dominant.

From 1980-2009 (30 seasons), you averaged a Conference Championship once every 6 seasons and a NC every 15. And you can thank the 80's and 90's for that stat being as good as it is - more recent history is less kind as far as "routine dominance" goes. Don't get me wrong, I'd trade spots with you, but the 'Bama of today isn't my grandfather's 'Bama.



*Includes the 1941 NC. Which is ********. Look up top.

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

however, very, very, very few teams will ever be that dominate again....save, of course, my 2 year old niece's 'Bama team....

 

[JxnDawg39211]

we win 6 we are in Birmingham
we win 7 we are in Nashville
we win 8 we are in Atlanta

I agree about us not going to the Liberty again for the fact it will most likely be Houston. However, I dont think we will go to a bowl if we dont beat Houston

 

[bbqbully]

Now we've got to deal with the Bammer sidewalk alumni too? We must really have some people worried.

 

[jackstefano]

Damn I've looked at that schedule and I don't see a bowl. Money where your mouth is ladies. Understand that if you lose, you lose $50 per.</p>

 

[BiscuitEater]

will mean we did better this year than last and shows progress. Me, I'm hoping for Atlanta. Now, that would be 'real' progress. 8-4 + win over GA Tech in the Dome.

Cheers,
Biscuit

 

[Todd4State]

which is a reasonable non-wooly prediction, I think Birmingham. ESPN or whoever sponsors that bowl knows that we travel well and we are going to be a fairly entertaining team to watch because of our offensive and defensive schemes.

I actually think the Liberty will take Ole Miss this year unless USM goes. No way that Ole Miss will go to the Cotton Bowl three years in a row- because bowls don't like to do that.

I think that if we win seven, we could very well go to Nashville, possibly Memphis if SMU wins C-USA or someone other than Houston and USM. Eight wins probably means that we would either go to Nashville, Dallas or Atlanta depending on what happens to the other teams in the SEC.

The Egg Bowl could very well be to decide who goes to Memphis and who goes to Birmingham this year. I really think Memphis would take us if they could, unless they have an opportunity to take UT, which could be very possible this year.

 

[opusdawg]

it is a sure bet. <div>
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[TR.sixpack]

The question was if we're bowl eligible, which bowl.

read more, post less.

 

[Msudawg985]

I wouldn't mind going to Orlando agian. I went with a friend to the LSU/Penn State game and had a blast. I was really pulling for Penn State because of Ole JoePA. but that would be a treat going back down there for new years. Went to universal for the day then that night went to a dueling piano bar to ring in the new year and the game the next morning. AWESOME time.

 

[uptowndawg]

Would be nice to have a non-respect the bell game in me planner... but other than that, Liberty Bowl would be nice. Pretty sure we (or at least I) drank enough beer last time to where they would welcome back our out of state dollars. Good venue and we have a decent alumni base there (which mean places to crash).