The Music City Sports Council does not want Vandy. No hotel revenue or downtown revenus withthe home town ream. MCB will do anything it can to stay away from VandyI'm not sure if Vandy getting bowl eligible will have any ramifications. I could see MCB taking the home town team. I'll be happy with any bowl game. If I could get tickets to the Ole Miss basketball game the Liberty Bowl would be a blast.
Most people already assume that. We should be in the 6 bowl pool regardless. The question is, which bowl will choose us and will we get picked over teams with 1 or 2 more wins? Unless Auburn beats Alabama, I think it is potentially in this order.
Playoff - Alabama
Sugar - Florida
Citrus - Auburn
Texas -A&M
I think those 4 might be set. After that it is hard to tell. I am guessing it ends up something like this.
Outback - Tennessee
TaxSlayer - LSU
MCB - Kentucky
Belk - Georgia
Liberty - Arkansas
B-ham - USC
Indy - Vandy
At Large - Miss St (APR)
It could change, but I think this might be the most logical setup for butts in seats.
Would love the Belk Bowl, a match up with Boston College who beat Wake Forest would be very interesting. MCB would be OK, but we have played in it 4 times.I just want something other than Music City or Liberty Bowl. That's all we ever go to if we are bowl eligible and want something new.
Guys,
I need some help. Everything I read shows the Belk Bowl being played on Thursday but some on this site say it's a Friday game. Espn has it on their tv schedule for Thursday at 5:00 last I looked. When is the game played?
Why would we ever want anything but Nashville?
Boring? Um no!
It's close to home and on New Years it's extremely reasonable pricing. Also it's a perfect small get away during basketball season.
Unless we are ever in the CFP give me Nashville every year.
Here are the Bowl lineups listed in order based on payout with the SEC teams listed in each according to current standings. Funny how it works out geographically for the most part. BTW - the Music City has not picked an SEC team with fewer than 8 wins since the playoff format was initiated. Don't expect that to change this year.
Fiesale, AZ
$18,000,000
12/31/16ta - Playoff Semifinal
Glend
3 or 7pm
ESPN
Alabama
12-0
8-0
Sugar
New Orleans, LA
$4,500,000
1/2/17
8:30pm
ESPN
Florida vs Big 12 or Group of 5 at-large
8-3
6-2
Citrus
Orlando, FL
$4,250,000
12/31/16
11:00am
ABC
Auburn vs Big 10 or ACC
8-4
5-3
Outback
Tampa, FL
$3,500,000
1/2/17
1:00pm
ABC
LSU vs Big 10
7-4
5-3
Texas
Houston, TX
$3,000,000
12/28/16
9:00pm
ESPN
Texas A&M vs Big 12
8-4
4-4
Music City
Nashville, TN
$2,750,000
12/30/16
3:30pm
ESPN
Tennessee vs Big 10 or ACC
8-4
4-4
TaxSlayer
Jacksonville, FL
$2,750,000
12/31/16
11:00am
ESPN
Georgia vs Big 10 or ACC
7-5
4-4
Belk
Charlotte, NC
$1,700,000
12/29/16
5:30pm
ESPN
Kentucky vs ACC
7-5
4-4
Liberty
Memphis, TN
$1,437,500
12/30/16
12:00pm
ESPN
Arkansas vs Big 12
7-5
3-5
Independence
Shreveport, LA
$1,200,000
12/26/16
5:00pm
ESPN-2
South Carolina vs ACC
6-6
3-5
Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
$1,100,000
12/29/16
2:00pm
ESPN
Vanderbilt vs American Conference
6-6
3-5