re: LSU to the Cotton Bowl???

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Do you think it matters if we finish second?

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As far as bowls are concerned, yes I do. If Bama beats Auburn, Bama will win the west and play UGA for the SEC championship.

Our head to head victory over them means something. Particularly being in the same side of the same conference. This has to be taken into consideration. That's part of

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what decides what bowl you go to.

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Auburn will still get a good bowl as well but my point is our head to head victory counts, just like their's counted last year which sent them to the Sugar Bowl. Sugar Bowl is part of the playoffs this year so that's out but the committee would have to recognize our head to head.

It is confusing, I will admit though. Consider if Auburn beats Alabama, then Auburn wins the west and goes to Atlanta. Bama would finish 2nd and we would finish 3rd.

But our win over Auburn will still count in that scenario too, making our win look that much better, so it does get confusing.