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SEC Related: Possible Citrus Bowl Hangup with Big Ten Opponent
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:32 pm
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The Citrus Bowl will take the highest non-rotation bowl SEC team. Likely Georgia or Missouri. But with contractual obligations, who will the Citrus Bowl get to replace the Big Ten team? What a total clusterfrick.
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Michigan State, ranked No. 8 in Tuesday's College Football Playoff rankings, likely will head to the Orange Bowl if No. 1 Alabama wins the SEC championship game Saturday. The next highest-rated SEC team behind Alabama is No. 10 Mississippi State, but neither Michigan State nor Mississippi State plays before the final rankings and bowl pairings are set. If a Big Ten team goes to the Orange Bowl, the league will not have a team in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl. If only one other Big Ten team -- the league champion -- makes a Playoff semifinal or another New Year's Six bowl, the league would have eight eligible teams for seven contracted bowl spots.
The Citrus Bowl will take the highest non-rotation bowl SEC team. Likely Georgia or Missouri. But with contractual obligations, who will the Citrus Bowl get to replace the Big Ten team? What a total clusterfrick.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:34 pm to anc
Buffalo wings and citrus. Just a weird combination that should be a clusterfrick enough.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:35 pm to anc
That doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't it just go to the next team in line? Its a much higher payout then the other bowls the have below it.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:37 pm to anc
How many times has UGA been the last 10 years ?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:38 pm to Farmer1906
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That doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't it just go to the next team in line? Its a much higher payout then the other bowls the have below it.
That's what I thought. The best I can find is that the contracts for the other bowls under the Citrus bowl explicitly say that the #3 team goes here, #4 team goes here, etc. and those bowls aren't willing to let the Citrus pick.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:47 pm to anc
They should just let us and LSU have rematch there. Georgia or Mizzou can have the peach
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:57 pm to anc
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That's what I thought. The best I can find is that the contracts for the other bowls under the Citrus bowl explicitly say that the #3 team goes here, #4 team goes here, etc. and those bowls aren't willing to let the Citrus pick.
Maybe that's why the SEC re-negotiated their bowl-selection process. Since every team gets the same cut, it doesn't matter who goes where financially, as long as every bowl gets filled.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:11 pm to anc
They have a deal with the ACC if this happens, so it would probably be Clemson. That most likely would rule Georgia out.
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