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re: Do the Gamecocks get the Chick-fil-a Bowl?
Posted on 12/4/13 at 3:52 pm to scrooster
Posted on 12/4/13 at 3:52 pm to scrooster
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What I do know, as of about an hour ago, is that things have changed drastically in terms of the SEC home office now advocating for us to go to the Cotton ... so I do believe we're now looking good for the Cotton and that Ray Tanner, earlier this afternoon, told someone that it would be nice not to have to leave to go bowling until after Christmas, without rushing, and that everyone would be able to travel home for Christmas this year for a change ... and he seemed positive and excited that it was going to happen. (Since the Cotton is not played until the 3rd.)
Why would the SEC home office push hard for USCe in the Cotton Bowl? Your AD may be pushing hard to avoid another trip to Tampa, but I'm sure that LSU is pushing just as hard not to have to play Wisconsin in January and then again in August. LSU would bring more fans to Dallas than USCe, if only because of the geographic proximity and the large LSU alumni bases in both Dallas and Houston. I doubt that Tiger fans would travel well to Tampa for a morning bowl game, so LSU is looking at having to eat the cost of unpurchased tickets for the 2nd straight year. I would think they'd want to avoid that if at all possible.
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Posted on 12/4/13 at 3:57 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
Yes, but everybody knows the SEC Offices hate LSU right?
LSU makes a LOT more sense for the Cotton than USC outside of the difference in records.
LSU makes a LOT more sense for the Cotton than USC outside of the difference in records.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 4:01 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
We're not going back to Tampa though. It'd be the third time in the past 6 years and the 5th time since 2000.
And I'm guessing the SEC office would push for USC to go to the Cotton because it'd be a better matchup than LSU
And I'm guessing the SEC office would push for USC to go to the Cotton because it'd be a better matchup than LSU
Posted on 12/4/13 at 4:03 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
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Why would the SEC home office push hard for USCe in the Cotton Bowl? Your AD may be pushing hard to avoid another trip to Tampa, but I'm sure that LSU is pushing just as hard not to have to play Wisconsin in January and then again in August. LSU would bring more fans to Dallas than USCe, if only because of the geographic proximity and the large LSU alumni bases in both Dallas and Houston. I doubt that Tiger fans would travel well to Tampa for a morning bowl game, so LSU is looking at having to eat the cost of unpurchased tickets for the 2nd straight year. I would think they'd want to avoid that if at all possible.
Why? Because evidently he is pissed that the SEC home office assumed, up until this past Saturday, that we were going to lose to Clemson and that they were going to be able to shove the Peach down our throats regardless of the outcome.
I'll give him this, at least he waited until yesterday morning to start raising hell and letting it be known that the BoTs and he were going to pitch a fricking fit if we got knocked-down to the Peach this bowl season.
SCAR finished overall 4th in the league regular season and it will stay that way after Saturday ...
Auburn/Mizzou
Bama
SCAR
Order of picks according to the SEC by-laws and bowl agreements:
BCS
BCS at large
Cap One
Outback
Cotton
The first three are taken. That leaves the Outback's pick and then the Cotton.
The Outback does not want SCAR back there this year, and we don't wanna go back to Tampa this year. So the Outback is going to trade picks with the Cotton ... and rightfully so, Ray Tanner, as our AD, has every right to use his connections to sway the Cotton and B-ham towards the Gamecocks.
Besides, we've got the most famous kicker in Texas, the Frisco Kid, kicking for us and we're going to try to parlay that into some recruiting while we're down there.
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