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Starting in 2014, bowls will be assigned by each conference commish
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:44 pm
The bowls themselves will no longer make the call. This according to LSU AD Joe Alleva.
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Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
So I'm the only one who finds this interesting? 
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:56 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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So I'm the only one who finds this interesting?
No just haven't thought about it enough to form an opinion yet
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:56 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Hopefully Alleva isn't around to see that 2014 bow season at LSU ... he needs to move on.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:57 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Does this mean Finebaum will be able to leak which bowl each SEC is going to ahead of time so we can all buy tix?
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:57 pm to Draconian Sanctions
This is interesting, but correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Slive already pretty much do that? I've read stuff about not letting the SEC champ game loser drop below a certain bowl game, etc.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 12:59 pm to Draconian Sanctions
what state does the conference commish work in?
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:01 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Dumb. I prefer the old corrupt method.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:02 pm to Draconian Sanctions
In other words, ESPN with the SEC network will make most of those decisions. Corso will throw darts at a board and then the matchups will be announced.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:03 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Not sure I understand but if it is as you note it makes sense- Gumps will benefit heavily and when they are not in the playoffs they will get redo's, priorities whatever
Has to be more to it than this
Has to be more to it than this
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:07 pm to 756
When we aren't in the playoffs, what difference does it make.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:08 pm to Draconian Sanctions
The league office issued a press release on this in August:
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the bowl selection authority
Relevant text:
"Under the new SEC bowl system, the Capital One Bowl in Orlando (vs. Big Ten/ACC), a long-time SEC bowl, will have the first selection of available SEC teams after any conference schools have qualified for the College Football Playoff, the Allstate Sugar Bowl or the Discover Orange Bowl.
Following the Capital One Bowl, there will be a pool of six bowls comprised of renewals with the Outback Bowl in Tampa (vs. Big Ten), Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville (vs. ACC/Big Ten), TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in Jacksonville (vs. ACC/Big Ten) and AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis (vs. Big 12), as well as new agreements with the Texas Bowl in Houston (vs. Big 12) and Belk Bowl in Charlotte (vs. ACC).
In consultation with SEC member institutions, as well as these six bowls, the conference will make the assignments for the bowl games in this newly created pool system.
“This bowl process gives us the best opportunity to address several issues that impact SEC fans, including the creation of intriguing matchups, the accommodation of travel for fans, reduced ticket obligations for our schools and a variety of assignments to help prevent repetitive postseason destinations,” said Slive.
The SEC has also renewed its relationship with both the Birmingham Bowl (vs. TBA) and the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport (vs. ACC). The Birmingham Bowl will have the first selection of available teams following the pool of six bowls. The Advocare V100 Bowl will have the next selection of available teams following the Birmingham Bowl."
So the SEC controls who goes where among the Gator, Outback, Music City, Belk, Texas and Liberty Bowls.
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the bowl selection authority
Relevant text:
"Under the new SEC bowl system, the Capital One Bowl in Orlando (vs. Big Ten/ACC), a long-time SEC bowl, will have the first selection of available SEC teams after any conference schools have qualified for the College Football Playoff, the Allstate Sugar Bowl or the Discover Orange Bowl.
Following the Capital One Bowl, there will be a pool of six bowls comprised of renewals with the Outback Bowl in Tampa (vs. Big Ten), Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville (vs. ACC/Big Ten), TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in Jacksonville (vs. ACC/Big Ten) and AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis (vs. Big 12), as well as new agreements with the Texas Bowl in Houston (vs. Big 12) and Belk Bowl in Charlotte (vs. ACC).
In consultation with SEC member institutions, as well as these six bowls, the conference will make the assignments for the bowl games in this newly created pool system.
“This bowl process gives us the best opportunity to address several issues that impact SEC fans, including the creation of intriguing matchups, the accommodation of travel for fans, reduced ticket obligations for our schools and a variety of assignments to help prevent repetitive postseason destinations,” said Slive.
The SEC has also renewed its relationship with both the Birmingham Bowl (vs. TBA) and the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport (vs. ACC). The Birmingham Bowl will have the first selection of available teams following the pool of six bowls. The Advocare V100 Bowl will have the next selection of available teams following the Birmingham Bowl."
So the SEC controls who goes where among the Gator, Outback, Music City, Belk, Texas and Liberty Bowls.
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:11 pm to Draconian Sanctions
REC will be able to do some serious work in the new format
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:11 pm to Draconian Sanctions
This would be an improvement if you have an ethical, sensible commish. Does anybody have one of those?
Posted on 12/9/13 at 1:14 pm to GoldenFlakes
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So the SEC controls who goes where among the Gator, Outback, Music City, Belk, Texas and Liberty Bowls.
I don't see much of a problem with that.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:50 pm to pvilleguru
as a Bama fan with your man running the office I am sure you and every other gump does not have a problem with it! 
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:52 pm to Draconian Sanctions
That's really interesting, and I'm not just being sarcastic because of what you said. I wonder what it would've looked like this year.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:56 pm to Bama Bird
So the SEC will no longer be tied to the Cotton Bowl?
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:57 pm to semotruman
I don't think so. I haven't really looked at it yet, but I don't think the bowls participating in the playoff rotation are going to have official tie-ins. I could be very wrong, I think I just heard that somewhere
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:58 pm to Bama Bird
Ah, that makes sense. 
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