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re: Realistic Bowl Opportunities: Best and Worst
Posted on 12/6/13 at 3:28 pm to Fighting Texas Aggie
Posted on 12/6/13 at 3:28 pm to Fighting Texas Aggie
1) Gator Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Michigan. This is actually Saturday Down South's projection. I personally like it. How funny would it be for Vandy to beat a team who lost to the mighty OSU by 1? It also gets Vandy out of state and away from Birmingham.
2) BBVA Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Rutgers. It's Birmingham. Even the typically calm Vandy fanbase would have to tone down cheering and excitement to avoid having Legion Field crumble beneath our feet. Ok, but seriously, it's out of state, but I'd rather go to the Liberty Bowl than this. Music City does have more prestige, but I'd rather not be able to walk from bowl stadium to Vandy's campus. Still, MCB>BBVA.
3) BBVA Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Rutgers. Sadly, it seems most likely. MCB will NOT take Vandy. They would almost breach SEC contract before taking us. It's just a bad situation to take the home team, especially one who has been to your bowl twice in 5 years. The Gator Bowl is a stretch pick that jumps us over UGA in the rankings requiring Gator Bowl selectors to take the rising Commodores over the sullen and disappointed Bulldogs. I think we're the better choice because Vandy fans would flock in droves for the upgrade while UGA fans view it almost as a slap in the face participation medal. Finally, the Liberty seems hell bent on having MSU, even using their last trip as their cover photo on facebook. So...Birmingham, woohoo. (When did you ever think a Vandy fan would actually be disappointed by a bowl trip?)
2) BBVA Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Rutgers. It's Birmingham. Even the typically calm Vandy fanbase would have to tone down cheering and excitement to avoid having Legion Field crumble beneath our feet. Ok, but seriously, it's out of state, but I'd rather go to the Liberty Bowl than this. Music City does have more prestige, but I'd rather not be able to walk from bowl stadium to Vandy's campus. Still, MCB>BBVA.
3) BBVA Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Rutgers. Sadly, it seems most likely. MCB will NOT take Vandy. They would almost breach SEC contract before taking us. It's just a bad situation to take the home team, especially one who has been to your bowl twice in 5 years. The Gator Bowl is a stretch pick that jumps us over UGA in the rankings requiring Gator Bowl selectors to take the rising Commodores over the sullen and disappointed Bulldogs. I think we're the better choice because Vandy fans would flock in droves for the upgrade while UGA fans view it almost as a slap in the face participation medal. Finally, the Liberty seems hell bent on having MSU, even using their last trip as their cover photo on facebook. So...Birmingham, woohoo. (When did you ever think a Vandy fan would actually be disappointed by a bowl trip?)
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 3:43 pm to DoreonthePlains
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the Liberty seems hell bent on having MSU, even using their last trip as their cover photo on facebook.
I don't get this, and I'm a State fan. Our stupid fans seem to think that changing a Facebook photo means they are going to pick us. Does it occur to anyone else that they might be using that because its the most recent big sellout crowd that they had.
I won't be surprised if we end up in Birmingham, and rightfully so. We were a 6-6 team.
If I were in charge, Vandy would go to the Gator, Georgia to Music City, Ole Miss to Liberty and MSU to Compass.
MSU fans bitched in '99 when we went 10-2 and were jumped by an 8-4 Georgia team in the bowl pecking order. Vandy deserves a better bowl than we do this year. Slive, do the right thing and send UGA to Nashville.
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