re: Bowl Projections : Looks like LSU vs. Iowa in Outback

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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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