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1. Nebraska is not winning 7 next year :)

2. If I had a choice I'd much rather a PHX game was played in SunDevil Stadium than Chase Field. (Shouldn't fall to AZ this year I hope.
 
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Thought I saw something about the probability of so many 5-7 teams this year that the bowl picture could get muddied. Either way, we’re going to the Alamo or Sugar if we keep playing well and Super Mevis stays healthy and/or doesn’t get burned out doing everything.
 
SolarGarlic said:
This is just an insanely incorrect take. New Orleans is amazing and an American treasure. I've had some of the best weekends of my life in New Orleans, and it had nothing to do with Bourbon St.
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Or it's just his opinion, and he had a terrible time when he visited. I've been to New Orleans too, and while it's not awful, I found it to be severely overrated in my opinion too. However, everyone likes different things. You can absolutely love New Orleans, and that's great!
 
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RonBurgundy said:
(3) Anyway, I see the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix is a B1G v Big 12 matchup. No interest in it this year, but if the team takes a step back next year due to extensive player losses, a 7-5 ISU v 7-5 Nebby matchup in 2022 in Phoenix would be fun.
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Currently, NU has no quarterback for next year. They have about 8 or 9 games they should win, but it will all depend on getting a good QB through the portal. Assuming they will, then yes, they could realistically go 7-5.
 
JM4CY said:
Semi-hot take: I absolutely want to go to the Sugar. No question. But New Orleans is one of the most overrated tourist towns ever. It’s awful and unless ISU plays there you could not pay me enough to go back to that craphole.
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ForbinsAscynt said:
Big 12 bowl tie-ins are a joke. Memphis + 5 in Texas is unacceptable
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Liberty Bowl vs. Memphis is one of my favorite ISU bowl games (been to 5-6). Love Memphis food and bars with all of the ISU fans. I’d go back in a heartbeat.

Sugar Bowl would be amazing. Although not sure my liver would love a Vegas AND New Orleans trip in the same season.
 
cyIclSoneU said:
Alamo Bowl has been Big 12 vs. Pac-12 since 2010. Every game since then has involved those two conferences.

Big 12's pecking order is:

1. Sugar (vs. SEC, New Orleans - Saints stadium)
2. Alamo (Pac-12, San Antonio - Alamodome)
3. Cheez-It (ACC, Orlando - Camping World Stadium)
4. Texas (SEC, Houston - Texans stadium)
5. Liberty (SEC, Memphis)
6. Guaranteed Rate (Big Ten, Phoenix - Diamondbacks stadium)

The Sugar is required to take the winner of the Big 12 championship game, unless that team makes the CFP, in which case the Sugar is required to take the loser of the Big 12 CCG - there is no room for discretion or for the Sugar to make its own choice.

Armed Forces (American/C-USA, Fort Worth - TCU stadium) and First Responder (ACC/American/C-USA, Dallas - SMU stadium) are flex bowls that I understand are required to take a Big 12 team every now and then and would do so when the Big 12 has too many bowl eligible teams.

Iowa State has actually played in all of these bowls or their predecessors in the last 20 or so years, other than the Sugar Bowl:

*Alamo Bowl vs. Washington State
*Cheez-It Bowl vs. Notre Dame when it was Camping World Bowl
*Texas Bowl vs. TCU in 2005 when it was Houston Bowl
*Liberty Bowls vs. Memphis and Tulsa
*Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Pitt in 2000 when it was Insight.com Bowl
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Question, could we get the Fiesta again as an at large?

Thinking if OU makes the sugar bowl and is denied the playoff again..... isn't that possible? We would bring a gazillion fans to Phoenix obviously.
 
cyclone1209 said:
Question, could we get the Fiesta again as an at large?

Thinking if OU makes the sugar bowl and is denied the playoff again..... isn't that possible? We would bring a gazillion fans to Phoenix obviously.
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Sure it’s possible. Just win.
 
cyclone1209 said:
Question, could we get the Fiesta again as an at large?

Thinking if OU makes the sugar bowl and is denied the playoff again..... isn't that possible? We would bring a gazillion fans to Phoenix obviously.
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It is possible. The NY6 bowls this year are Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Peach (the Orange and Cotton are CFP semifinals). Rose will be B1G-Pac and Sugar will be Big 12-SEC. Fiesta and Peach are open. The ACC winner and top G5 will get two of those four spots, unless they make the CFP. The remaining spots will go the highest ranked teams by CFP committee rankings - that’s how we got Fiesta.
 
cyclone1209 said:
Question, could we get the Fiesta again as an at large?

Thinking if OU makes the sugar bowl and is denied the playoff again..... isn't that possible? We would bring a gazillion fans to Phoenix obviously.
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Run out the regular season then lose the CCG. I'd say that would get us to 50/50.
 
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cyIclSoneU said:
It is possible. The NY6 bowls this year are Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Peach (the Orange and Cotton are CFP semifinals). Rose will be B1G-Pac and Sugar will be Big 12-SEC. Fiesta and Peach are open. The ACC winner and top G5 will get two of those four spots, unless they make the CFP. The remaining spots will go the highest ranked teams by CFP committee rankings - that’s how we got Fiesta.
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I think we might go to the Peach in that case, just because we went to the Fiesta last year. If it came down to that I could see them wanting to switch us. But that is just a guess.

Lot of season left though to try to guess. I just really hope we are in a position to have a shot at a NY6 at the end of the season.
 
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