Bowl Projections: Week 2

[00Dawg]

Sporting News: Belk Bowl vs GT
SEC Country: Liberty Bowl vs WVU
CollegeFootballNews.com: Independence Bowl vs Pitt
CBS: Independence Bowl vs Duke
SBNation: Music City Bowl vs Minnesota
USA Today: Music City Bowl vs Louisville
ESPN (David Hale): Liberty Bowl vs WVU
ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Liberty Bowl vs WVU
Saturday Down South: Texas Bowl vs Texas
247 Sports: Belk Bowl vs GT
Orlando Sentinel (Brant Parsons): No bowl
Sports Illustrated - Gator Bowl vs Virginia Tech
Brett McMurphy - Heart of Dallas Bowl vs Indiana

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

The Liberty Bowl would be damn disappointing for many reasons.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

The Liberty Bowl would be damn disappointing for many reasons.

Texas = Liberty = Music City = Belk = Gator = Outback, as far as the SEC is concerned.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Playing against Louisville in the Music City Bowl would be fantastic. We could put up 60 points on Sirmon's defense as some payback for his crappy coaching last year.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Texas = Liberty = Music City = Belk = Gator = Outback, as far as the SEC is concerned.

Yeah but Memphis is a **** hole. I'd rather go to Nashville or anywhere else.

I love the downvotes with this comment. I would love anyone to provide evidence to the contrary. I go to Memphis all of the time. The last time I stayed in a hotel there I walked outside on my way to dinner to find a pool of blood outside on the sidewalk. Apparently there was a stabbing outside the hotel. A supposed 4 star hotel where the Houston Rockets were staying that night. The only cities I've encountered those issues are Memphis and NOLA.

 

[Go Budaw]

Texas = Liberty = Music City = Belk = Gator = Outback, as far as the SEC is concerned.

Yep. All the same. There are the CFP, NY6, and then non-NY6 bowls. That's as far as the tiers go. No difference within each tier as to which game you go to.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

The SEC needs to renegotiate some of its Bowl tie ins...

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I would be fine with anything but the Gator. Just too far away and wasn't that great of an experience.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Regardless of what the SEC says about it, I think in the minds of most fans there is a preferred order of those games. Something along the lines of:

Outback
Gator
Music City/Belk
Texas
Liberty

There may be some exceptions. Arkansas, LSU and TAMU might prefer the Texas Bowl over the Belk for example. But for the most part, I think that's sort of how most fan bases view those "equal" bowls.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

I keep thinking we are due for a trip to Texas Bowl

Sporting News: Belk Bowl vs GT
SEC Country: Liberty Bowl vs WVU
CollegeFootballNews.com: Independence Bowl vs Pitt
CBS: Independence Bowl vs Duke
SBNation: Music City Bowl vs Minnesota
USA Today: Music City Bowl vs Louisville
ESPN (David Hale): Liberty Bowl vs WVU
ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Liberty Bowl vs WVU
Saturday Down South: Texas Bowl vs Texas
247 Sports: Belk Bowl vs GT
Orlando Sentinel (Brant Parsons): No bowl

Sports Illustrated (Eric Single) - Due Tuesday

With our base in Houston, somewhat easy to drive or fly there from MS..........

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

You're forgetting citrus

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

My preferences: citrus/outback/Texas/music city

 

[patdog]

I think the #1 priority for the SEC for these mid-tier bowls is location. The money's going to be about the same no matter what, so they just want local bowls fans can drive to relatively easily.

 

[Shamoan]

i havent had a blooming onion in 20 years...

 

[BulldogBlitz]

i havent had a blooming onion in 20 years...

+1

 

[johnson86-1]

Regardless of what the SEC says about it, I think in the minds of most fans there is a preferred order of those games. Something along the lines of:

Outback
Gator
Music City/Belk
Texas
Liberty

There may be some exceptions. Arkansas, LSU and TAMU might prefer the Texas Bowl over the Belk for example. But for the most part, I think that's sort of how most fan bases view those "equal" bowls.

I think that's about right except I think opinions of the Belk bowl would be all over the map because it's so new to the SEC. I think over time, the prestige of those bowls will start to equalize as the tie-ins indicate that they really are equivalent. And the Big 10 does something similar to us as far as having a group of bowls, but they are actually mandated to send different teams from year to year, so even if they viewed certain bowls as more prestigious they wouldn't be able to assign teams to reflect that.

I actually don't think this is a good approach. If basically the 4th-9th place teams go to the same type bowl (or 5th through 10th when we get two teams into top six bowls), I'm not sure fan bases will travel as consistently for those bowls, especially ones that are inconvenient to get to (like the Gator for SECW teams).

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

i havent had a blooming onion in 20 years...

I'm still pissed at the Outback Bowl. Got sent to the damn peach when we deserved the Outback.

 

[patdog]

The Peach was the better bowl. I'm glad we got sent there. Only $100,000 difference in the payouts, and the Peach was a much better stadium, starting time, attendance, TV ratings, and easier to get to.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Citrus is in a tier by itself. First choice after the NY6 bowls are set. Then after Citrus, this six team tier starts. Then after it finishes, it's Bham and Independence together as a tier. Then after that is the APR Bowl. haha

 

[willi13]

I'm praying for Outback. Maybe by then we will have power back up and running!!!

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

The Peach was the better bowl. I'm glad we got sent there. Only $100,000 difference in the payouts, and the Peach was a much better stadium, starting time, attendance, TV ratings, and easier to get to.

Thats debateable. Outback at the time was arguably viewed as more prestigious. Not by much but slightly. As evidenced by State being 10-2 and playing a 7-5 Clemson team. The SEC #2 playing the ACC #5? Come on man