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Is it possible for LSU to make the Sugar Bowl?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:28 pm to lee2499
I didnt think so but I read that as well. I think the Sugar might takes us over Auburn if Auburn gets destroyed and we handle Arkansas convincingly. Id say unlikely but those two things will have to happen to have a chance.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:36 pm to Tiger Stadium 11
What about Missouri?
If they win out the regular season and lose to BAMA in the SECCG, they'll go. They'll probably go win or lose to BAMA
If they win out the regular season and lose to BAMA in the SECCG, they'll go. They'll probably go win or lose to BAMA
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:38 pm to BhamBengal
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How would that be possible
LSU destroys Arkansas
Alabama destroys Auburn
Missouri destroys A&M
Alabama destroys Missouri
Orange Bowl picks a team not named UCF or Fresno St/NIU.
All these things happen, LSU has a better than 50/50 chance of making the Sugar Bowl IMO.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:38 pm to BhamBengal
quote:
How would that be possible
It's not.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:39 pm to lee2499
LSU is 3rd in the western division. Not sure how this would be possible.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:40 pm to TX Tiger
A Missouri loss to A&M at home might help.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:41 pm to dbbuilder79
quote:Cap One
What about Missouri?
If they win out the regular season and lose to BAMA in the SECCG, they'll go.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:43 pm to valpeaux
quote:Nope.
A Missouri loss to A&M at home might help.
Then A&M could go Sugar instead of LSU.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:43 pm to lee2499
Not gonna happen. The iron bowl would have to be a historic beatdown, along with Mizzou beating AtM and then Mizzou gets beat like a drum in Black Hollywood.
Just not in the cards this year.
Just not in the cards this year.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:43 pm to lee2499
It is possible, but super unlikely. If I were handicapping the possibility of it happening, I would put it between 5 and 10% and that is only because we still have the uncertainty of future results. It will be much more clear after this weekend if LSU even has a 5% chance.
For the dozen or so people who don't know how it could happen, losses don't matter. BCS bowls are allowed to select any AQ team in the top 14 for their slot that isn't contractually spoken for. Generally speaking, the bowls pick the highest ranked BCS team they can, but they are not obligated to do so.
For the dozen or so people who don't know how it could happen, losses don't matter. BCS bowls are allowed to select any AQ team in the top 14 for their slot that isn't contractually spoken for. Generally speaking, the bowls pick the highest ranked BCS team they can, but they are not obligated to do so.
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At-Large Eligibility
If there are fewer than 10 automatic qualifiers, then the bowls will select at-large participants to fill the remaining berths. An at-large team is any Football Bowl Subdivision team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:
A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings.
No more than two teams from a conference may be selected, regardless of whether they are automatic qualifiers or at-large selections, unless two non-champions from the same conference are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the final BCS Standings.
If fewer than 10 teams are eligible for selection, then the Bowls can select as an at-large team any Football Bowl Subdivision team that is bowl-eligible, has won at least nine regular-season games and is among the top 18 teams in the final BCS Standings, subject to the two-team limit noted above and also subject to the following: (1) If any conference has two or more teams in the top 14, then two of those teams must be selected, and (2) from the teams ranked 15-18, a bowl can select only a team from a conference that has fewer than two teams in the top 14.
If expansion of the pool to 18 teams does not result in 10 teams eligible for selection, then the pool shall be expanded by blocks of 4 teams until 10 eligible teams are available, subject to the two-teams-per-conference limit noted above and also subject to the following: (1) If any conference has two or more teams in the top 14, then two of those teams must be selected, and (2) from the teams ranked 15 or lower, a bowl can select only a team from a conference that has fewer than two teams in the top 14.
Relative to the two preceding paragraphs, all teams ranked in the top 14, other than those from conferences that already have had two teams selected, must be included in the bowl selections.
Note: In order to participate in a BCS Bowl game, a team (1) must be eligible for post-season play under the rules of the NCAA and, if it not an independent, under the rules of its conference, and (2) must not have imposed sanctions upon itself prohibiting participation in a post-season game for infractions of the rules of the NCAA or the rules of its conference.
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:48 pm to therick711
quote:I'd say 40%. My biggest concern is what team the Orange Bowl selects. If the Sugar Bowl is down to selecting either UCF or Fresno/NIU, it will need LSU to sell tickets.
I would put it between 5 and 10%
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:51 pm to TX Tiger
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Then A&M could go Sugar instead of LSU.
Not over a team ranked higher in BCS and SEC. Especially one that beat them 34-10
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:52 pm to TX Tiger
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I'd say 40%. My biggest concern is what team the Orange Bowl selects. If the Sugar Bowl is down to selecting either UCF or Fresno/NIU, it will need LSU to sell tickets.
40% is awfully high given the amount of dominoes that need to fall before it can even happen. We are talking about several game results that have to come down the right way. There is no way, just to get to that point, that I would put a 40% likelihood of all of those things happening. That is just the prerequisite to the selection show down which the conference will inevitably be thrusting its nasty hands in. That's just me though.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 4:52 pm to dbbuilder79
quote:
What about Missouri?
If they win out the regular season and lose to BAMA in the SECCG, they'll go. They'll probably go win or lose to BAMA
the SEC champ loser playing in the Sugar is uncommon (2 times in the past decade).
2012, 2011: Georgia lost the SEC champ game the past 2 years, never went to the Sugar.
2010: Carolina lost the SEC champ and Arkansas went to the Sugar
2009: Florida did lose the SEC champ and went to the Sugar
2008: Alabama lost the SEC champ and went to the Sugar
2007: Tennessee lost the SEC champ and UGA went to the Sugar
2006: Arkansas lost the SEC champ and LSU went to the Sugar
2005: LSU lost the SEC champ game and UGA went to the Sugar (however last time the SEC champ wasnt in BCS title)
2004: Tennessee lost SEC Champ and Auburn played in Sugar (same situation as previous year)
2003: Georgia lost SEC champ game and LSU went to Sugar bowl.
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