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Did you know? Sugar Bowl edition

Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:46 pm
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
26525 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:46 pm
Greetings, tRant.

Here are some interesting facts about the SEC's favorite bowl game: the Sugar Bowl.

- Alabama has appeared in the most Sugar Bowls, with 16 appearances, and LSU is second with 13.
- On January 1, 2022, Ole Miss will be appearing in its 10th Sugar Bowl, and Baylor will be appearing in its 3rd.
- Alabama has the most Sugar Bowl victories, with 9. LSU, Georgia, and Ole Miss are tied in second place with 6 victories. If Ole Miss beats Baylor at this season's Sugar Bowl, it will be in sole possession of the second most Sugar Bowl wins in history.
- Tulsa, Tulane, Santa Clara, Boston College, Fordham, Navy, Air Force, Carnegie Tech, Cincinnati, Hawai'i, Illinois, Saint Mary's, Temple, and Wyoming have all played in the Sugar Bowl.
- Mississippi State has never played in the Sugar Bowl, nor has South Carolina or Vanderbilt. Every other current or former SEC team has.
- Despite being the second-winningest program in SEC history, Tennessee hasn't played in a Sugar Bowl in 30 years.
- LSU, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, and Arkansas have losing records in the Sugar Bowl. Notably, Arkansas is 1-5 in the Sugar Bowl. Yikes.
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
Member since Sep 2019
11136 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:47 pm to
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Mississippi State has never played in the Sugar Bowl
Oof.
Posted by TMRebel
Oxford, MS
Member since Feb 2013
5413 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:50 pm to
Cowbells in a dome sounds fricking miserable, so maybe it's for the best.
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
11661 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:51 pm to
Did you know

1963 season Coach Bryant booted Joe Willie from the team with Bama headed to the Sugar Bowl to play Ole Miss.

Steve Sloan guided the Tide to a victory 12-7 victory in the snow in New Orleans.
Posted by cajun berry
Member since Jul 2021
172 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 1:59 pm to
Note: all 5 of LSU national championship appearances was in the sugar bowl
Posted by panhandlebama
Member since Oct 2021
1307 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 2:20 pm to
Weird that Wyoming has played in the Sugar Bowl.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68508 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 2:27 pm to
I can’t imagine they’d be allowed in the dome. Were they able to take them in the Orange Bowl in 2014?
Posted by cbi8
Nashville
Member since Mar 2012
6801 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:08 pm to
quote:

I can’t imagine they’d be allowed in the dome. Were they able to take them in the Orange Bowl in 2014?


I can’t even imagine how loud that would be.

But, yes, we were allowed to bring them to the orange bowl.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

Weird that Wyoming has played in the Sugar Bowl.



Pretty interesting

"Sugar picks Wyoming"

Top 10 heading into the bowls

1. Southern Cal (9-1)
2. Tennessee (7-1)
3. Purdue (8-1)
4. UCLA (7-1-1)
5. Oklahoma (7-1)
6. Notre Dame (7-2)
7. Wyoming (10-0)
8. Oregon State (7-2-1)
9. Alabama (7-1-1)
10. Miami (6-2)

The Sugar Bowl didn't get the SEC champion at that point. LSU finished 6th in the SEC behind Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and Georgia.

- #2 Tennessee went to the Orange Bowl against #3 Oklahoma
- #8 Alabama went to the Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M
- Ole Miss went to the Sun Bowl against UTEP
- Georgia went to the Liberty Bowl against NC State
- Florida did not go to a bowl game
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:22 pm to
3 of the four bowls, Sugar,Rose and Orange were on NBC. The Cotton was on CBS. ABC didn't pick up the Sugar until the Ole Miss-Arkansas game following the '69 regular season.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:24 pm to
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I-59 Tiger




The GOAT
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:27 pm to
thanks
Posted by WRhodesTider
Birmingham, Al
Member since Nov 2005
868 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:31 pm to
quote:

Note: all 5 of LSU national championship appearances was in the sugar bowl


Nope. The BCS championship games for the 2007 and 2011 seasons as well as the CFP Championship game for the 2019 season were not Sugar Bowl games.
Posted by cajun berry
Member since Jul 2021
172 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:47 pm to
shite my mistake, you right. I didnt realize they stop calling the championships by the known bowl game.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65721 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 3:52 pm to
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Arkansas have losing records in the Sugar Bowl. Notably, Arkansas is 1-5 in the Sugar Bowl. Yikes.


Bowls are just exhibitions and aren't taken seriously.



- Bear Bryant '64
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 4:13 pm to
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shite my mistake, you right. I didnt realize they stop calling the championships by the known bowl game.

And LSU had already been voted #1 in both the AP and Coaches before the Jan 59 Sugar Bowl.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

Pretty interesting

"Sugar picks Wyoming"

Top 10 heading into the bowls

1. Southern Cal (9-1)
2. Tennessee (7-1)
3. Purdue (8-1)
4. UCLA (7-1-1)
5. Oklahoma (7-1)
6. Notre Dame (7-2)
7. Wyoming (10-0)
8. Oregon State (7-2-1)
9. Alabama (7-1-1)
10. Miami (6-2)

The Sugar Bowl didn't get the SEC champion at that point. LSU finished 6th in the SEC behind Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and Georgia.

- #2 Tennessee went to the Orange Bowl against #3 Oklahoma
- #8 Alabama went to the Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M
- Ole Miss went to the Sun Bowl against UTEP
- Georgia went to the Liberty Bowl against NC State
- Florida did not go to a bowl game

69 season was weird. Tenner won the SEC but played in the Gator. And the Sugar chose 5th place Ole Miss over 2nd place LSU.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
3661 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 9:26 pm to
Snowed day before New Years Eve 12/31/63.
Posted by Afish85
Member since Apr 2021
562 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 9:47 pm to
I learned today that ole miss is wearing oilers themed unis to pay respects to all the sugar bowls played in Houston
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47506 posts
Posted on 12/21/21 at 9:49 pm to
Funniest Sugar Bowl ever.


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