USC's Bowl Projections

Vs Miami in the Peach is the most fun matchup, IMO. The Big 10(12) is absolutely atrocious, and no one is going to get excited about playing Iowa again.

I know it's a longshot, but I'd love the Cotton vs a Texas, Oklahoma, or a Baylor.

How crazy is it that we used to celebrate going to the Independence Bowl, and now we're complaining about Cap 1/Outback??

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The Outback does not want us. They didn't come right out and say it, but you could tell ... they spent some time in our Cockaboose after the game. Even the Outback folks were saying they expect us to go to Atlanta.

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Meaning that the Outback excpected Mizzou to lose and us go to Atlanta for the SECCG, or that they expect us to fall to the Peach Bowl?

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Meaning that the Outback excpected Mizzou to lose and us go to Atlanta for the SECCG, or that they expect us to fall to the Peach Bowl?

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I just took it as they love us ... they appreciate us ... they like getting drunk with us ... but they didn't think we would travel back down to Tampa for another year considering the economy and the fact that we've seen everything there is to see down there and it would make it four outta the last six years.

But I honestly believe Spurrier doesn't want us back down there this year as well. There is such a thing as over exposure in a recruiting area ... and it could be used against us much like he used "you can't spell Citrus without UT" against the Vols.

Instead, Spurrier wants us in Atlanta, to finally get a win in Atlanta, another first, and for future experience ... to get the lid off the basket so-to-speak.

Our first ever bowl loss was in the '69 Peach Bowl to Bobby Bowden and WVA (with Jim Carlen as his OC), and we've never won there since. We need to get that monkey off our backs.

Spurrier is looking at it from that perspective IMHO.

I'm hearing buzz that we're going to Cotton Bowl if Auburn wins the SEC and the Capital One Bowl if Mizzou wins the SEC

Getting to play Oklahoma Baylor or Texas would be cool too

Agreed, a lot better than playing a lame big 10 or ACC team

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And, personally, I'm just not sure how ell our fans will travel to Dallas.

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I tend to agree with this, but, it is important to keep in mind that there are a surprising number of Carolina grads living in Texas. I can think of about 10 buddies from college just off the top of my head that went to USC from the Metroplex alone.

My wife and I are expecting our first any day now, but if we weren't, I can tell you I'd head to Dallas, if only for 36 hours. It's an easy flight for me; I wouldn't do the same for any other potential destination save (maybe) Atlanta. And even then, I really can't get excited about playing Duke.

It's a gamble for the Cotton Bowl folks, no doubt. And whoever we play in that game (likely Baylor), is also a bigger challenge than Wisconsin or Iowa. I think the risk may very well be worth the reward, though.

188 only out of Atlanta...hmmmmmmm

Well, as of this afternoon it does appear that we're maybe headed to the Cotton, thanks to some help from the SEC Offices, some heavy lobbying from Ray Tanner and from Charles Bloom (who now works for Tanner but worked for the SEC for 17 years), and for some promises that we would sell all of our tickets of course.

Also, Truitt Cathy seems to understand now.

Anyways, I went into a little more detail in this post: LINK