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re: Bowl Projections : Looks like LSU vs. Iowa in Outback
Posted on 12/2/13 at 9:03 am to gar90
Posted on 12/2/13 at 9:03 am to gar90
Guess we are pulling for Auburn if you want the Cotton Bowl
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Should Missouri beat Auburn in Atlanta and most likely snag the Sugar Bowl spot, and the Capital One swim upstream and select South Carolina, that would leave Alabama and Auburn in likely contention for an at-large BCS spot. Whichever team is left over would almost certainly get an invite from the Cotton Bowl over LSU.
The likelihood of the second part of the scenario seems negligible. The Capital One tends to invite the highest ranked SEC team not headed to a BCS game. The variable would be if current No. 3 Auburn or current No. 5 Mizzou would dip below current No. 8 South Carolina in the rankings.
Should Carolina be the pick for the Capital One and Alabama and Auburn remain on the table for the Cotton, the next bowl in the pecking order would the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Eve.
However, it's likely LSU officials would work with the SEC to avoid a second straight trip to Atlanta after a dismal turnout last season. Texas A&M would be a logical fit for the Chick-fil-A, and should that strange series of events come to fruition, the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville on Jan. 1 would be a perfect landing spot for the Tigers - potentially against Michigan or Nebraska.
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Posted on 12/2/13 at 10:20 am to TigerintheNO
From the Advocate, clearing up the "safety net" rule.
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In a rule put in place after a 10-2 LSU team was in danger of tumbling far down the SEC’s bowl pecking order after losing the 2005 SEC Championship Game, the SEC requires the Cap One, Cotton, Outback and Chick-fil-A to rotate being the so-called “safety-net” bowl for the championship game loser. This year, the Cotton Bowl is contractually obligated to fill that role. That means it would be required to take the Auburn-Missouri loser if that team is passed over by the BCS bowls, the Cap One and, in Missouri’s case, the Outback. Such a scenario would possibly send LSU to the Outback, the Gator (also Jan. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla.) or back to the Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A in Atlanta. It’s also possible the Cotton would pair Texas A&M against longtime rival Texas, but that also appears as unlikely as the SEC getting just one BCS bowl team. Texas could be one of several Big 12 teams in the Cotton mix, along with Baylor, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
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