re: Wanna know why we are going to chick-fil-a bowl?

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We are not a flashy team for tv offense is boring we barely beat ole miss and arkansas to end the season. Now im happy to be going to a great bowl but tv wants flashy like a and m and teams that sell big players.

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Small part.

1. Northern Illinois issue is major, which bumped Oklahoma to the Cotton.

2. SEC protecting Georgia. Having them slip to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl would have been unacceptable to Georgia, Altanta and the SEC. Capital One Bowl wanted TxAM, but SEC worked the bowl management enough to get Georgia in...which started the following domino effect:

- Could not put South Carolina in the CFBowl since they play Clemson every year. No TV draw and no bowl attendance draw. CFBowl has the #2 ACC team tie-in so the could not dump Clemson. Cotton did not want South Carolina but the Outback Bowl did.

- Cotton wanted TxAM as long as U of Texas was not there. Due to point 1 above, U of Okla drew the tie-in bid and allowed the Cotton to grab TxAM.

- The best course for the SEC was LSU being slotted in teh CF Bowl. Just how it worked out.


REGARDLESS, LSU has an excellent match-up. Flashing name and offense, ranked in top 15-20, and one of the better teams in the ACC. We have the ability and tools to blow them out the GA Dome.

If we do, expect a top 5 finish, maybe higher if some other bowls are upsets.