Bowl Projections: Week 6

[00Dawg]

ESPN (David Hale): Independence Bowl vs Wake Forest
ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Citrus Bowl vs Michigan State
CBS: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan State
SBNation: Texas Bowl vs Texas Tech (has a number of SEC schools finishing 7-5, and one of them making the Citrus Bowl)
CollegeFootballNews.com: Music City Bowl vs Wake Forest
DieHards.com: Outback Bowl vs Michigan State
CollegeSportsMadness.com: Texas Bowl vs WVU
Orlando Sentinel (Brant Parsons): Music City Bowl vs Michigan State
Saturday Down South: Belk Bowl vs GT
247 Sports: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan State
Sporting News: Gator Bowl vs Michigan State
Sports Illustrated: Texas Bowl vs Texas
USA Today: Texas Bowl vs WVU
Brett McMurphy: Music City Bowl vs VT


Week 6 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl
Week 5 Plurality Prediction: Gator Bowl
Week 4 Plurality Prediction: Gator Bowl
Week 3 Plurality Prediction: Citrus Bowl
Week 2 Plurality Prediction: Liberty Bowl
Week 1 Plurality Prediction: Music City Bowl
Week 0 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl

 

[Dawg1976]

Right now Independence looks about right. Hopefully we finish better than I think and get a better bowl.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

A game against Michigan State would be fun. Just for the entertainment value of hearing the tv announcers screw up the MSUs.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Independence, liberty, or Birmingham....that's all we ever really want. So exciting.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

And no military school, Indiana, Illinois.

I don't really care where we go as long as it's not a WForest, Duke, NC St, WVirginia, etc.
Give me Miami, FSU, Penn St, the MI teams, TX, -- a name power 5 school.
I hate the bowl tie ins too BTW

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Independence, liberty, or Birmingham....that's all we ever really want. So exciting.

For the 10 trillionth time, Liberty does not belong in the same sentence with Independence and Birmingham.

For the 4th year now, Texas = Liberty = Music City = Belk = Gator = Outback. Above that set is the Citrus, and below those are Independence and Birmingham.

We could be 9-3 and end up in the Liberty if the Georgia/Auburn loser doesn't make the NY6 and takes the Citrus, especially if the Big 12 had an appropriate opponent to match up with us in that game.

 

[00Dawg]

Right on about the bowl bid structure, but man....

I would hope they'd never send a 9-3 team to Memphis. On a related note, I would like to see the SEC put some contracts in place similar to those that most of the Big 10 bowls have....5 different teams in 6 years kind of stuff.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

I would like to play Michigan State. That would be a fun matchup. We haven’t had played a sexy program in a bowl game since Michigan 6 years ago.

 

[mcdawg22]

Independence, liberty, or Birmingham....that's all we ever really want. So exciting.

What truly sucks is we used to consider the Gator Bowl as an echelon above the others, but as 2013 showed us we find that pedantic. As someone else stated the perception of a bowl game is all that matters once you are under new year six or above ******** bowls. Problem is we aren't a draw for the tie breaker because we are bored with going to bowls 7 years in a row. Honestly our Orange Bowl showing was terrible so why should we be considered for "higher profile" bowls.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

For the 10 trillionth time, Liberty does not belong in the same sentence with Independence and Birmingham.

For the 4th year now, Texas = Liberty = Music City = Belk = Gator = Outback. Above that set is the Citrus, and below those are Independence and Birmingham.

We could be 9-3 and end up in the Liberty if the Georgia/Auburn loser doesn't make the NY6 and takes the Citrus, especially if the Big 12 had an appropriate opponent to match up with us in that game.

The Liberty is the shittiest bowl on the list bc of location, city, stadium, etc. I know the committee considers them all even but I don’t. It’s there with the independence and Birmingham as far as a toilet bowl.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Fair enough, but when we're 8-4 and play an 8-4 Texas team in the Liberty Bowl this year, I hope the board recognizes that it's not an insult to us and that's just how the SEC bowls work now.

 

[hatfieldms]

I would take the liberty over Independence or Birmingham...

....all day every day, but that’s just me

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

No kidding.

 

[Moe Cabelle]

The liberty bowl is actually a pretty cool trip for a lot of dawgs.
Now, I’m not saying it’s where we want to end up, but it’s far from the worst... and an easy trip.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

The liberty bowl is actually a pretty cool trip for a lot of dawgs.
Now, I’m not saying it’s where we want to end up, but it’s far from the worst... and an easy trip.

And the area around the stadium is a lot better than it used to be. I really liked the liberty bowl in 2013.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Tiger Lane is great for tailgating

 

[Faustdog]

If you’d rather go to Birmingham or Shreveport than Memphis, I really don’t know what to tell you. I think some of you are trying too hard.

 

[mcdawg22]

If you’d rather go to Birmingham or Shreveport than Memphis, I really don’t know what to tell you. I think some of you are trying too hard.

You're crazy, there is a certain charm about almost getting bit by a Rottweiler in the yard you paid $10 to park in while walking to Legion Field.

 

[missouridawg]

If you’d rather go to Birmingham or Shreveport than Memphis, I really don’t know what to tell you. I think some of you are trying too hard.

SHREVEPORT HAS A RALPH AND KACOOS. GAME OVER.