re: I consider cotton bowl more prestigious now that its in JerryWorld

I understand it's a bigger payout and that there's new turf but I don't want the Tigers to go back to that shite stain of a stadium in Orlando. I hated driving by that place when I lived in Orlando. It couldn't be in a worse area.
I called in sick to go to the '04 game when we played Iowa and it was so crappy I turned around and went home. I didn't want to get anywhere near it.

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I lived in Texas for a little while, the drive to Dallas isn't any easier than the one to Orlando

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Umm, it's 6.5 hours drive time from BR to Dallas, and over 10 hours from BR to Orlando. Do the math

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To me, playing against a # 18 Aggies in our bowl game, and being happy about it shows the true regression of this program, despite the current record. I was proud of our season, until I clearly see just how ugly our ten wins were to be playing who we are playing in the cotton bowl. There are other years where I think the cotton bowl would be a good match up. It's a throw away game this year, and they've put us in it. That should tell you something.

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Sombody call the whambulance. Cotton will be the next BCS bowl. This is not a sign of any "regression". Oh no, 10-2, here comes the Hallman years pt. 2.

Playing the only game that day > playing the 6am bowl on a stacked tv sched

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I was proud of our season, until I clearly see just how ugly our ten wins were to be playing who we are playing in the cotton bowl.

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Dude, stop crying. We had a 10 win season but the way that the SEC shook down this year resulted in us being the #3 SEC West team. Some years a 10 win season will get you into the Sugar Bowl. Once it got us into the NCCG. This year, it didn't work out too well. Why are you even bringing up DiNardo? Do you realize how ridiculous and inapplicable that parallel is? We had 10 freaking wins. The team who is going to the Cap One Bowl isn't ranked as highly as we are, and we beat them. I don't think that accepting the Cotton bid has anything to do with lower expectations, rather, it's about the proximity to the University, the stadium in which it will be played, and our fans being sick of going to Orlando. Not to mention, the old timers respect the Cotton Bowl more. It has been going on since 1937 without changing names. Further, playing Texas A&M is cool just because we don't really play them anymore and they are one state over. I know people from A&M and I will undoubtedly phone them up and start the smack flowing. I don't know anyone who went to Michigan State.

To sum everything up: you need to take a chill pill because you are looking for something to complain about when you have no justified reason to do so, much like a spoiled child. The Cotton Bowl and the Capital One Bowl are not that different. I would rather play Texas A&M than Michigan State. I don't care about Michigan State.

So where would you rather see a game?
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So LSU can play Jan 1 and be one of 4 games playing, start at 12 pm after parting on New Years Eve, play on a crappy field, be on cable, and get over shadowed by bigger games.

OR...they can have a stand alone game, start at 7 pm, play in a cathedral, on network TV, and lead that network into the wild card round of the NFl Playoffs.

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So, the NET to LSU is $0 in both cases. The players can go play in the finest damn stadium in the country or a shithole they played in last year.

Okay I get your rationale. As an example: You would rather play in the Chicken Bowl in Atlanta rather than the Orange or Rose since Atlanta has a nicer stadium.

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Okay I get your rationale. As an example: You would rather play in the Chicken Bowl in Atlanta rather than the Orange or Rose since Atlanta has a nicer stadium.

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well that's a stupid comparison. Cotton and Capital One aint that different.

Playing in a BCS bowl then New Years Day bowl then everything else. The Cotton is just a glorified GMAC Bowl

Dear Mr. Jester,

If the Cotton Bowl is more prestigous than the Cap 1 Bowl then how come the payout is less??

If the Cotton Bowl is more prestigous than the Cap 1 Bowl then how come they pick after the Cap 1 Bowl???