New ESPN Bowl Projections have Cats to.....

[PikeCat15]

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. This may have some traction folks. I sure hope so. Huge for our program if this is the case.

http://www.espn.com/blog/sec/post/_...rojections-add-mississippi-state-to-the-party

 

[UKvisitor_rivals101449]

Weather forecast for Jacksonville on Dec. 31, 2016: Heavy Big Blue Mist near the Gator Bowl. Do not breathe the air. It could change your life.

 

[LawCat1989_rivals]

Pretty remarkable, would be the best bowl we've had in quite some time.

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

So the Tax Slayer is the Gator Bowl?

 

[AdamWebberGBB]

So the Tax Slayer is the Gator Bowl?

Correct

 

[CatJustice]

And Matt Jones says Belk is more likely.

 

[UKCatNnc]

New Year's Eve Bowl Game!! We are moving up! Go Cats!!

 

[PikeCat15]

Would really prefer TaxSlayer to Belk.
However, happy either way to be in a bowl.

 

[Gene1864]

And Matt Jones says Belk is more likely.

Okay

 

[UKvisitor_rivals101449]

And Matt Jones says Belk is more likely.

He is just in the stream of bowl info and is probably wrong.

A players tweet would be more telling.

 

[ORCAT]

For selfish reasons, I would prefer MCB or Liberty cuz I'll be closest to either of them at the time and could make it. Doubt I would be able to get to Gator Bowl although I realize it would be the better bowl for our program to be in. I'll be happy no matter with any of those bowl games for the Cats this year. Definitely appears we are on the rise right now, pretty exciting times.

 

[mrhotdice]

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. This may have some traction folks. I sure hope so. Huge for our program if this is the case.

http://www.espn.com/blog/sec/post/_...rojections-add-mississippi-state-to-the-party

The Gator Bowl has been around for a long time. Far from the toilet bowl many predicted. History going back to 1946. I would say that it ranks pretty high.

 

[PikeCat15]

We have all seen Larry Vaught's tweet. Here is the article following:

http://vaughtsviews.com/2016/11/taxslayer-bowl-for-cats-it-could-be-new-years-eve-in-florida/

 

[UKvisitor_rivals101449]

Follow the money.

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

It will be the Gator Bowl's 70th Anniversary and that's how many points we will drop on Tech.

 

[CB3UK]

And Matt Jones says Belk is more likely.

So you're saying it's the Gator Bowl?

 

[KendallCat]

Heard from someone high up in the athletic dept it is down to 3 bowls for us. Hearing Belk, Music City, or Taxslayer. IMO any of the 3 would be good - all 3 in NFL stadiums, MCB would be closest, Belk in Charlotte for recruiting, and Taxslayer in Florida would draw Fla/GA recruits.

 

[red rage 2016]

If UK gets the Gator Bowl and UofL gets the Citrus Bowl it will be the first time both teams get a Florida Bowl in the same year. Both bowls are on the same day at the same time Citrus on ABC and Gator on ESPN.

 

[ORCAT]

If UK gets the Gator Bowl and UofL gets the Citrus Bowl it will be the first time both teams get a Florida Bowl in the same year. Both bowls are on the same day at the same time Citrus on ABC and Gator on ESPN.

Hmmm, odds for which one draws the higher ratings. :cool2:

 

[red rage 2016]

Hmmm, odds for which one draws the higher ratings. :cool2:

I would say depends on the match ups.

 

[Gene1864]

If UK gets the Gator Bowl and UofL gets the Citrus Bowl it will be the first time both teams get a Florida Bowl in the same year. Both bowls are on the same day at the same time Citrus on ABC and Gator on ESPN.

Go away

 

[UKvisitor_rivals101449]

I would say depends on the match ups.

I would say it depends on what bowl game UK is playing in.

 

[KyCatFan1]

And Matt Jones says Belk is more likely.

I have no sources at all, but I almost guarantee we will not be in the Belk. Mitch will not let them put us in a bowl that is going on at the same time as our basketball team. If he does he fails as an AD.

 

[Michigan Fan]

If UK gets the Gator Bowl and UofL gets the Citrus Bowl it will be the first time both teams get a Florida Bowl in the same year. Both bowls are on the same day at the same time Citrus on ABC and Gator on ESPN.

Taxslayer Gator Bowl might be Kentucky vs. Georgia Tech
Citrus Bowl Louisville vs. LSU...Florida played in the Citrus Bowl last year against Michigan and now some have the Gators going to the Outback Bowl.

 

[Pike 96]

Taxslayer Gator Bowl might be Kentucky vs. Georgia Tech
Citrus Bowl Louisville vs. LSU...Florida played in the Citrus Bowl last year against Michigan and now some have the Gators going to the Outback Bowl.

I would like to see LSU's D and running game against Jackson and UL's D

 

[DACats86]

I have no sources at all, but I almost guarantee we will not be in the Belk. Mitch will not let them put us in a bowl that is going on at the same time as our basketball team. If he does he fails as an AD.

Go away...

 

[KyCatFan1]

Go away...

You know it's the truth. You don't sacrifice one sport (your best one at that) for another one. I don't see any AD doing that and that's why I think Mitch will do the right thing and that may end up being a big reason we might end up at the TaxSlayer Bowl. That and buying up a ton of tickets. You don't force the fans to choose between the two.

 

[CB3UK]

You know it's the truth. You don't sacrifice one sport (your best one at that) for another one. I don't see any AD doing that and that's why I think Mitch will do the right thing and that may end up being a big reason we might end up at the TaxSlayer Bowl. That and buying up a ton of tickets. You don't force the fans to choose between the two.

One brings in a boatload of money, is on national TV, and is the culmination of a successful season for the bread and butter of our athletics department; the other is a few hundred UK fans in Oxford, MS for a conference cupcake. You're right, he'd be a failure of an AD if that was our best bowl invite and he turned it down over a road conference basketball game. DVR the damn basketball game......dear Lord what is wrong with our fanbase. Hmmmmm...bowl game or watch UK play Ole Miss. You can't be serious.

 

[weezul]

One brings in a boatload of money, is on national TV, and is the culmination of a successful season for the bread and butter of our athletics department; the other is a few hundred UK fans in Oxford, MS for a conference cupcake. You're right, he'd be a failure of an AD if that was our best bowl invite and he turned it down over a road conference basketball game. DVR the damn basketball game......dear Lord what is wrong with our fanbase. Hmmmmm...bowl game or watch UK play Ole Miss. You can't be serious.

Unfortunately I believe that person is along with many others. It is yet another of the many obstacles this football program has to over come..there truly is an attitude that basketball comes first, period. Its crazy

 

[DACats86]

If you are picking watching an away basketball game over going to a bowl game, you aren't going to attend the bowl game regardless. You would just find another reason to not attend the bowl even if it didn't conflict with your precious basketball game. Go away...

 

[JW PRPcoach]

"Sorry Coach - you won 7 games and deserved to play in the Belk Bowl, but we play basketball that day so we decided to send you to Birmingham instead"
Give me a break - if a "responsible" AD acted in this manner, give me a un-responsible one

 

[DACats86]

Also, Mitch doesn't pick the bowl game, they pick us. You can damn well bet if UK only gets "picked" by a bowl game that conflicts with a basketball game he will act totally irresponsible and gladly accept it. Sheer Matt Jones ignorance on full display here folks.

 

[Nuke99m.]

I'd prefer a Friday or Sat. bowl for selfish reasons. Easier to take off work one day rather than two.

 

[Shavers48]

I have no sources at all, but I almost guarantee we will not be in the Belk. Mitch will not let them put us in a bowl that is going on at the same time as our basketball team. If he does he fails as an AD.

yes, let's let baskeball dictate football decisions. it helps football so much

 

[Shavers48]

You know it's the truth. You don't sacrifice one sport (your best one at that) for another one. I don't see any AD doing that and that's why I think Mitch will do the right thing and that may end up being a big reason we might end up at the TaxSlayer Bowl. That and buying up a ton of tickets. You don't force the fans to choose between the two.

sacrifice? that's a moronic position

 

[allabouttheUK]

I heard from a couple guys pretty close to the athletic department (message boards/twitter) that it's down to three options. Belk, TaxSlayer, MC...I'm hoping for the TaxSlayer myself. I want nothing to do with the state of North Carolina for many reasons.

 

[UKUGA]

Whether it's Charlotte, or Jacksonville, I think the biggest positive is that we are no longer looking at the MCB as our best or most likely option.

 

[ringoky]

Unfortunately I believe that person is along with many others. It is yet another of the many obstacles this football program has to over come..there truly is an attitude that basketball comes first, period. Its crazy

Bear Bryant knows this all too well.

 

[PhattyJ4UK_rivals309166]

Whether it's Charlotte, or Jacksonville, I think the biggest positive is that we are no longer looking at the MCB as our best or most likely option.

MCB is better than belk for a million or so reasons

 

[KyCatFan1]

The bowls in this pool—the Outback Bowl, TaxSlayer Bowl, Music City Bowl, Texas Bowl, Belk Bowl and Liberty—are filled by the SEC in conjuncture with the individual bowls and schools.

All I'm saying is according to that above, the SEC, bowls, and schools all work together in selecting where the school goes. Mitch represents the school and he cares about all sports. That is why I've maintained that I believe the basketball game and the football game being on the same day might eliminate a bowl from consideration. You know Mitch will go into these talks using that to help with our bowl selection. Who's to say that isn't the reason the Belk Bowl talk has died down some and the TaxSlayer has picked up?

You football first people take it as a slight when I said I don't want to sacrifice one sport for the other. That is because I enjoy them equally and want to watch them both live and some of us don't have DVRs. I might even try to go to the bowl if I can, but I'm not missing the basketball game to do it. I'm sure there are plenty of other fans that feel the same way. That is why I said Mitch would have failed in considering this and that is also why I don't think he did and we will get a better bowl because of it.

Football and basketball have to coexist here unlike most SEC schools. That is why I think that will be one of the deciding factors in our bowl destination. We are the flagship of the conference in basketball and I think that is still worth something to the SEC.