NCAA Football Bowl Games

[Sam]

The Southeastern Conference placed 13 of its 14 members in bowl games, with Vandy being the only team left out.

 

Texas A&M had to withdraw from the Gator Bowl due to their Wuhan virus situation, leaving 12 SEC teams to compete this bowl season and giving Wake Forest a great shot at an 11-win season if they defeat the Big Ten's Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

 

Let us know how your favorite conference and team is doing regarding the bowl games and who do you like for the National Championship.

 

I will vote for Alabama to win it all by defeating Michigan after Michigan upsets Georgia.

 

Then, it could be Alabama over Georgia again, which is what was not supposed to happen with the NCAA National Championship game after LSU and Alabama played in the past and the NCAA wanted to avoid having two of the same conference teams in the finals.

 

Of course, as long as the trophy ends up in the SEC it can't get better than that!

 

Be sure to watch the last bowl game, the Texas Bowl, featuring the powerful LSU Fighting Tigers and the hapless Kansas State Wildcats on January 4th. Only problem is that LSU's top draft choices are going to sit this one out and another bunch of guys are going to take a pass on the game. This is probably why the Las Vegas oddsmakers have K-State as a 3.5 point favorite after the game opened with LSU being a 2.5 point favorite.

 

We have some fun college games, along with some excellent NFL contests so we can set up two 8-foot tables in our den, front room, or man's cave and organize your plastics and hard baits as you watch the games!

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!

Sam

 

 

 

[Tennessee Boy]

I'm going with Georgia over Alabama in the championship game.

[N Florida Mike]

1 hour ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I'm going with Georgia over Alabama in the championship game.

I just heard JT Daniels has the virus, so it’s doubtful he’ll play against Michigan. Kirby hasn’t been playing him much anyway, but I thought he would after the loss to bama.

 

The Gators play UCF. UCF has always wanted to beat us, and I’d say this year is the best chance they’ve had at it…?

[OldManLure]

1 hour ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I'm going with Georgia over Alabama in the championship game.

Alabama by 16 over Michigan.

[Sam]

4 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

I just heard JT Daniels has the virus, so it’s doubtful he’ll play against Michigan. Kirby hasn’t been playing him much anyway, but I thought he would after the loss to bama.

 

The Gators play UCF. UCF has always wanted to beat us, and I’d say this year is the best chance they’ve had at it…?

Did you know that Florida and UCF finally agreed to a home-away-home series?

 

I think it starts in 2032 but you can double check it.

 

UCF wants to play with the big boys and they always have a good team. Add in Malzahn and you have a formiable opponent.

 

LSU defeated the Knights 40-32 on January 1, 2020 in the Fiesta Bowl, stopping the UCF win streak. And LSU had Joe Burrows at quarterback that year.

 

Should be a good game tonight and of course, I have to pull for the Gators as an SEC team.

[padlin]

If it can't be the Cornhuskers, I'll go with Georgia to win it all.

 

 

[jbsoonerfan]

UCF vs Florida-----these are 2 bad teams

[gim]

I think there’s too many bowl games. Being .500 doesn’t mean you had a very good season, yet you still qualify for a free oil change if you win the Meineke car care bowl or a free chicken sandwich if you win the chik fil a bowl.

 

Don’t get me wrong here. I think there are some fine bowl games. But the majority of them are money and marketing grabs that feature very mediocre teams.

[N Florida Mike]

17 hours ago, Sam said:

Did you know that Florida and UCF finally agreed to a home-away-home series?

 

I think it starts in 2032 but you can double check it.

 

UCF wants to play with the big boys and they always have a good team. Add in Malzahn and you have a formiable opponent.

 

LSU defeated the Knights 40-32 on January 1, 2020 in the Fiesta Bowl, stopping the UCF win streak. And LSU had Joe Burrows at quarterback that year.

 

Should be a good game tonight and of course, I have to pull for the Gators as an SEC team.

The game was a train wreck for the Gators. I think this is only the 2nd year that I’m actually relieved and glad our season is over. 

13 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

UCF vs Florida-----these are 2 bad teams

No argument here. The Gators have largely become almost completely undisciplined. They lost every close game they played this year, which was most of them. Way too many stupid penalties. Terrible play calling. No execution of plays that would have worked. Sigh…..

Hopefully Billy Napier can change things.

Losing to UCF is about as bad as it gets…then theres always the “win “ at Samford that comes pretty close. 

At least we beat FSU again , lol.

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[volzfan59]

Go SEC and of course, GO VOLS!!! Bama wins it all.

[Bird]

SEC is the elite conference, has been for quite awhile. 

Bulldogs and Tide in a rematch, Tide wins ( Saban factor ) but will root for GA.

What's the chances of a Cincinnati vs Michigan championship game ?.....none. lol

[TnRiver46]

On 12/23/2021 at 10:44 AM, Tennessee Boy said:

I'm going with Georgia over Alabama in the championship game.

? 

[jbsoonerfan]

Will you guys be mad that I don't root for the best team in the SEC when OU joins the conference? I just don't get it.....I really don't. Why would you want the best to keep getting better? I have NEVER, and would NEVER root for Texas to win any game. I don't care if they are playing the Taliban. Who knows though, maybe some teams are just so used to being middle of the pack that they know they don't have a chance so they might as well cheer for big brother????

[TnRiver46]

14 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Will you guys be mad that I don't root for the best team in the SEC when OU joins the conference? I just don't get it.....I really don't. Why would you want the best to keep getting better? I have NEVER, and would NEVER root for Texas to win any game. I don't care if they are playing the Taliban. Who knows though, maybe some teams are just so used to being middle of the pack that they know they don't have a chance so they might as well cheer for big brother????

I’m with you. I never root for any other SEC teams. Go blue in the playoffs 

[gunsinger]

Roll Tide Roll!!!

[Tennessee Boy]

10 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Will you guys be mad that I don't root for the best team in the SEC when OU joins the conference? I just don't get it.....I really don't. Why would you want the best to keep getting better? I have NEVER, and would NEVER root for Texas to win any game. I don't care if they are playing the Taliban. Who knows though, maybe some teams are just so used to being middle of the pack that they know they don't have a chance so they might as well cheer for big brother????

I root for my team and my conference for several reasons.   Every team in the SEC except Vanderbilt is in a bowl game.  That’s a lot of bowl revenue and Vanderbilt get’s as much of it as any other team because the money is divided equally among all SEC schools.  A strong conference benefits the whole conference and is a big reason the SEC has been so dominant in recent years.  Georgia and Alabama proved on the field that they are better than Tennessee this year.  Them loosing to Michigan and Cincinnati would just makes Tennessee look worse and wouldn’t make me feel any better.  We need to step up and not hope that Alabama and Georgia will step down.  

[TnRiver46]

26 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I root for my team and my conference for several reasons.   Every team in the SEC except Vanderbilt is in a bowl game.  That’s a lot of bowl revenue and Vanderbilt get’s as much of it as any other team because the money is divided equally among all SEC schools.  A strong conference benefits the whole conference and is a big reason the SEC has been so dominant in recent years.  Georgia and Alabama proved on the field that they are better than Tennessee this year.  Them loosing to Michigan and Cincinnati would just makes Tennessee look worse and wouldn’t make me feel any better.  We need to step up and not hope that Alabama and Georgia will step down.  

Yea but we can’t step up without taking GA and Bama down 

[Tennessee Boy]

26 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Yea but we can’t step up without taking GA and Bama down 

I agree we need to take them down by beating them on the field and in recruiting.  I don’t think having Michigan and Cincinnati do it helps our cause.

[gim]

I’m neutral on the specific teams listed but I agree that it benefits the conference as a whole when someone from the conference does well nationally.  Beating up on cupcakes for half the schedule doesn’t prepare you as well as playing top competition for most of the season. This applies in pretty much every college sport.

[jbsoonerfan]

7 hours ago, gimruis said:

I’m neutral on the specific teams listed but I agree that it benefits the conference as a whole when someone from the conference does well nationally.  Beating up on cupcakes for half the schedule doesn’t prepare you as well as playing top competition for most of the season. This applies in pretty much every college sport.

Alabama, LSU and Georgia have won the conference the last 19 years, seems to be really benefitting the other schools. But as long as big brother has a good job and gives me money, I'm okay with it. That is the SEC fan mentality.

 

Sorry, forgot about Auburn. Throw them in the mix and it's 4 teams out of 14 that have won the conference in 22 years.

[OldManLure]

3 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

But as long as big brother has a good job and gives me money, I'm okay with it. That is the SEC fan mentality.

 

 

No, that is the mentality of college and university presidents and athletic directors which probably explains the Univ of Oklahoma’s successful campaign to join the SEC in 2025.  The average SEC fan’s mentality, like loyal fans of every other power conference, is school first and conference second.  SEC fans understand that a conference exists for the financial benefit of its members.

Oh yeah, Florida won SEC championships in 2000, 2006 and 2008.

 

 

[Tennessee Boy]

I agree most fans don’t care about the conference money other than it let’s them build better facilities and a stronger athletic program.  The only exception in the SEC is Vanderbilt which spends the money on academics.  That’s why they are last in the SEC in football and first in the SEC in academic reputation.  

[gim]

Does the SEC have revenue sharing?

 

I'm up in Big Ten country here and I know that they do.  So even if one team is raking in money, the other teams in the conference get some benefit from it.

7 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Alabama, LSU and Georgia have won the conference the last 19 years, seems to be really benefitting the other schools.

That's not really what I meant.  I'm talking about one conference against another as a whole.  Put a mid-tier team from the SEC against a mid-tier team from another conference and I would bet that the SEC team is going to come out on top.  Sure the SEC may have dominant teams right now.  So does other conferences.  Ohio State comes to mind in the Big Ten.  But how many times has Ohio State come out of the college football playoff with 2 wins?  None, that I can remember.

[Tennessee Boy]

12 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Does the SEC have revenue sharing?

The SEC shares equally all revenue from TV contracts,  bowls games,  proceeds from SEC and NCAA playoffs and championships.  It's was $43 million per school in 2019.

[PourMyOwn]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Does the SEC have revenue sharing?

 

I'm up in Big Ten country here and I know that they do.  So even if one team is raking in money, the other teams in the conference get some benefit from it.

That's not really what I meant.  I'm talking about one conference against another as a whole.  Put a mid-tier team from the SEC against a mid-tier team from another conference and I would bet that the SEC team is going to come out on top.  Sure the SEC may have dominant teams right now.  So does other conferences.  Ohio State comes to mind in the Big Ten.  But how many times has Ohio State come out of the college football playoff with 2 wins?  None, that I can remember.

You don't remember 2014-2015 when they beat Bama and Oregon to win it all?