SEC is overrated. (Besides LSU and Bama)
I would take Oklahoma/Okie State over Piggy/Georgia.
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SEC is overrated. (Besides LSU and Bama)
I would take Oklahoma/Okie State over Piggy/Georgia.
Pac-12 Holiday Bowl invitees look to be Cal, Washington, or Utah... all beatable. I'd love another shot at Utah but Cal may be the biggest name on that list for us to claim victory over... As Lee Corso would say "Ah, f*** it," I don't really care, I just think it'd be a great venue and a very winnable game for CPR to take this program to yet another level. National ESPN audience, only game in the nation during that time, just a perfect setup. Make the Holiday Bowl happen!!!
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You really think KU will beat Missouri? (not a slam...I'm just asking.) I'm not saying it COULDN'T happen, or it WON'T happen...but I haven't seen anything from Kansas this year that would indicate they're ready to pull off the upset...especially on the road.
Even at 7-5, it's still possible Missouri gets relegated to a crap bowl. (I know...they're ALL crap bowls after the Cotton. You know what I mean.) No way A&M falls past the Car Care Bowl.
I don't think it matters. I'd bet Mizzou is headed to New York regardless of how the KU game turns out.
I'm talking about the bowl selections. And yes, Mizzou will most likely be the last B12 team selected.
Now, go furk yourself.
I know that the bowl projections put out there aren't always the best indicator, but I have yet to find one that has ISU picked by any bowl above the Pinstripe. I haven't done a deep analysis or anything, but most of the sites I've seen (ESPN, SI, CBS Sports, CFN, SportNation, etc.) have Iowa State in the Military Bowl, the BBVA Compass Bowl, the TicketCity Bowl, or the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Obviously if they win out, that will change, but it's interesting that nobody has even mentioned it.
Maybe they haven't heard Missouri is moving to the SEC... :smile:
Don't be fooled by those sites. Just remember 2009. You guys were 8-4 while we were 6-6 and were selected ahead of you guys. If it was ever going to happen again, it'd surely be this year.
^^This. Most bowl projection sites are about as accurate as Taylor Martinez in a tornado. ISU will be picked before Mizzou.
To each his own, I guess. But if we're comparing losses, there's really no question.
Ark. lost to Alabama and LSU
UGA lost to Boise St. and South Carolina (in the first 2 games)
OU lost to Texas Tech and Baylor
OKSt. lost to Iowa St.
It's strange to throw out the TOP TWO teams in the nation, and then claim the SEC is "overrated." That's like saying, other than Minnesota, Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Northwestern, and Illinois, the Big Ten is an underrated conference.
Texas would go to the Insight and Baylor to the Alamo...otherwise right on.
Baylor doesn't travel at all.
Define "disappoint." If the season ended today, the SEC would be assured of having the SIXTH straight national champion.
As for the other bowls, does it matter? They don't usually match up according to conference rank (for example, the #2 Big 12 selection plays the #4 SEC team in the Cotton Bowl). And I don't think bowls like the Independence, Holiday, or Motor City are a good determination of conference strength.
The SEC is a great conference.......at the top. The addition of Mizzou and aTm will not add to the overall strength of the conference but should make for some good competitive games for Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Ole Miss. Those will be tossup and possible winnable games for those teams. Big 12 will really be stacked by adding even better teams in WVU and TCU than the teams that left.
That's true...except that the top of the SEC rotates around quite a bit. LSU and Bama are on top this year. Florida, Georgia, Auburn, and Tennessee have had their time in recent years. The top of the Big 12 doesn't really change: you have UT and OU consistently, with OKSt, KSU, and TTU capable of challenging once in a while.
Certainly the Big 12 will be stronger next year, after 4 teams representing nearly half of the CCG participants have moved elsewhere. And MU and TAMU, that have had a decent amount of success in the Big 12, will definitely struggle to beat Vandy (with no athletic dept.), UK (a basketball school like Duke or KU), and Ole Miss (0-2 vs. MU in the last 5 yrs.)
At least you'll have ISU's share of the "negligable" exit fees to celebrate with. If the Big 12 shares them.
Texas hasn't been at the top of the Big 12 for a couple of years now. Mizzou and aTm are a couple of average football teams. Perhaps Pinkel could go out on the road and stop your recruits from decommitting............if he isn't too drunk. The recruits leaving is probably why he is drowning his sorrows in the bottle.
