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Benny.sixpack

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If we were to win two more games, and Houston goes on to win the CUSA, would we play them in the Liberty Bowl again? Is there some type of rule against this that would send us to possibly a better bowl? Is there a way we could screwed and sent to Shreveport instead?
 
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Benny.sixpack

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If we were to win two more games, and Houston goes on to win the CUSA, would we play them in the Liberty Bowl again? Is there some type of rule against this that would send us to possibly a better bowl? Is there a way we could screwed and sent to Shreveport instead?
 
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Todd4State

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It's not likely that two teams play each other again in a bowl, but it has happened before. I don't think that there's a rule against it.

I think if we win two more games and Houston wins C-USA, the Liberty Bowl will probably end up taking someone like Auburn, Arkansas, or Ole Miss should they be bowl eligible in all likelihood.

Six wins could get us to Nashville aGAIN, as well as Shreveport, or Birmingham.

The only other possibility is that Houston could technically accept another bowl bid somewhere else if they wanted to, I'm not sure how likely that is- I would think not very.

Of course, I would be happy to go to any bowl, even if it meant playing Houston again.
 
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Benny.sixpack

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It may work out this year.</p>

BCS games - Florida and 'Bama</p>

Outback - Carolina?</p>

Cotton - LSU?</p>

Music City - Georgia?</p>

Peach - UT?</p>

I bet Liberty comes down to us, Ole Miss, and Kentucky. Surely they take us if we beat them both. Who knows if either team will even be eligible? Ole Miss does need seven victories to go bowling.</p>
 
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Todd4State

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Auburn and Arkansas, both of which would bring a ton of fans, and would be attractive.

I hate to say it, but six wins might not be enough. If we do get a bowl, it might very well be some remote location like Boise.
 
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Hotel Roosevelt

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but I assume if we get a bowl we'll be headed to Shreveport or Birmingham. Is this the Indy Bowl's last year with the SEC? I wouldn't mind going back there one last time. But the Liberty Bowl has Memphis. Always a good time.
 
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ScoobaDawg

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Thats still a VERY tall task so calm that wool guys.

Dont forget about the PapaJohns bowl in Birmingham or New Orleans Bowls as possibly locations..usually looking for opponents.
 
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ScoobaDawg

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woohoo..
only team to ever make a bowl with a losing season.

But indeed that would be a good end to the season..on bourbon st.
 
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Todd4State

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but if the SEC fill all of their slots, and a bowl like the NOLA bowl can't fill theirs, then we could get invited.

That's all we're saying.
 
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cowbell88

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Bulldawg faithful, let's just keep taking em one game at a time. After our team wins out or 2 of next 3 then we hype up the bowl talk. Don't want to set ourselves up for disapointment (remember what hype did to the fans of that team up north).
 
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There are currently 11 SEC teams with a shot of winning 6 games. Even f Florida or Bama is in the BCS Championship game, we still have one team with no slot. If for some reason neither of them make it to the championship game, we have two teams with no slot. Seeeing as how that is unlikely, here is a realistic situation.

BCS Champ Game - Florida
Sugar Bowl - Bama
Capital One (SEC 3/4) - LSU
Outback (SEC 3/4) - UT (possibly on a 6-1 streak heading into bowl)
Cotton - Auburn
Chick Fil A - South Carolina
Liberty - Arkansas
Music City - Georgia
Independence - Ole Miss
PapaJohn's - Kentucky

MSU?????????????
 
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AzzurriDawg4

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Florida, Bama, LSU, Auburn and South Carolina are in.

Kentucky (4) will probably get to 6 with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Vandy.

Georgia (4) gets Tenn. Tech and Kentucky to get to 6. Auburn and Ga. Tech to improve bowl status.

Tennessee (4) gets Memphis, Ole Miss, Vandy, Kentucky

Arkansas (4) they are a real wild card...they get SCar, Troy, State and LSU. If they don't beat Carolina, their game against us will be HUGE.

State (4) has to run the gauntlet.

Ole Miss (5) since N. Arizona doesn't really count, they have to win one out of UT/LSU/State

There is no doubt we have the toughest road to a bowl game, but since N. Arizona is nullified, you could make an argument for Ole Miss..hell, they have to play us in Starkville, I promise they aren't counting that as a win yet.
 
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Todd4State

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and good bowl projection run down Dawg@Auburn.

Our game against Arkansas is huge- a lot bigger than people think right now. And unfortunately it's in Little Rock.
 
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SLUdog

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playing Ga Tech (most likely ACC Champ), Houston (most likely c-usa champ), top 3 SEC teams (all three could finish in top 10) and not make it to bowl game ahead of UK (whom we beat on the road) and UM (whom we'd probably need to beat for the 6th win) then something is wrong. If we had scheduled intelligently with games against Tulane/UAB/Memphis and ULL/ULM we'd have 6 wins right now. Most likely we'll finish 5-7 and the Houston or LSU almost wins will cost us.
 
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That we could go over Kentucky, Arkansas and Ole Miss, being that we would probably have beaten all three teams en route to 6-6. There is no rule that states that, but it would be nearly impossible for us to be left out and those three included. We would have a better SEC record than all three of those teams as well.

If we beat Ark and Ole Miss and ended up 6-6, this is the way I see it.

BCS Champ Game - Florida
Sugar - Alabama
Capital One - LSU
Outback - Tennessee
Cotton - Georgia
Chick fil A - South Carolina
Liberty - Arkansas
Music City - Auburn
Independence - MSU
Papa Johns - Ole Miss

Left hoping for a obscure bowl not to make their slot - Kentucky.
 
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dpaul798

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screwed??? after the decade we have had would anywhere be considered screwed?? be happy we have a bowl chance this year, and easy on shreveport pal
Benny said:
If we were to win two more games, and Houston goes on to win the CUSA, would we play them in the Liberty Bowl again? Is there some type of rule against this that would send us to possibly a better bowl? Is there a way we could screwed and sent to Shreveport instead?
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FlabLoser

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SLUdog said:
playing Ga Tech (most likely ACC Champ), Houston (most likely c-usa champ), top 3 SEC teams (all three could finish in top 10) and not make it to bowl game ahead of UK (whom we beat on the road) and UM (whom we'd probably need to beat for the 6th win) then something is wrong. If we had scheduled intelligently with games against Tulane/UAB/Memphis and ULL/ULM we'd have 6 wins right now. Most likely we'll finish 5-7 and the Houston or LSU almost wins will cost us.
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Once a team qualifies for a bowl - seeding, ranking, SOS, power rankings, or just plain opinion of how good a team is all have no bearing on who goes where. The bowls pick teams based on their own criteria which is what they think makes the most money for the bowl. That's it.

That said, given our record-setting crowd at the last Liberty Bowl we played in, I think any bowl in our region (western half of SEC region) would prefer bowl-hungry Bulldog Nation over a team with a down year like Ole Miss.
 
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MSUCostanza

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over UK if we both finish 6-6? Also, if OM finished 5-5 (vs I-A) and lost to us, I'm not sure we wouldn't jump them too. You're also leaving out bowls that don't fill their tie-ins.

Regardless, even talking about a bowl game after 9 games have been played is a miracle in and of itself.
 
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