Bowl news

[msudawg1200]

Looking more and more like Pitt in the Gator, if Ohio State is not in the CFP. The Rose looks like they are going to pick Penn State over Ohio State. This puts Ohio State in the Orange, and according to the contract if a Big 10 teams goes to the Orange, they forfeit their spot in the ReliaQuest to the ACC. This sets up SCar vs Notre Dame in Tampa. Pitt is 8-4 and gets the Gator vs us. I've seen this mentioned by 3 different outlets today. North Carolina, should they lose to Clemson has also been mentioned.

[Cooterpoot]

State vs NC would be a fun game. They play zero defense but their offense is insane. Pitt is pretty meh.

[Jack Lambert]

I am not going to Jacksonville for Pitt.

[Mjoelner34]

All I've been hearing people say is that USCe is tired of Tampa and that they wanted the Gator. I guess the possibility of ND in Tampa makes them less tired of it.

[TheLostDawg]

All I've been hearing people say is that USCe is tired of Tampa and that they wanted the Gator. I guess the possibility of ND in Tampa makes them less tired of it.

I remember a time we felt that way with the Gator bowl

[Bothrops]

I'd rather go to Vegas than back to Gator

[Lord McBuckethead]

Not on December 17, interrupting our recruiting cycle and having less time to practice, which our offense needs.

[Coach34]

Yeah the Vegas Bowl being so early kills it for us.

[Goldendawg]

ESPN just dropped the Frisco Bowl, (41 bowls before drop), as only 79 teams have reached 6 wins including New Mexico at 5-7, which was granted a waiver due to cancelling a game due to the death of a player. Buffalo can reach 6 wins if they defeat that 2-9 JoMo powerhouse, Akron, Sat.

[Offshore Dawg]

I remember a time we felt that way with the Gator bowl

I remember when we were happy with any bowl !!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheLostDawg]

I remember when we were happy with any bowl !!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. When we made the liberty that time with Sylvester, I was thrilled. Then we got there and froze.

[Goldendawg]

I remember when we were happy with any bowl !!!!!!!!!!!!

That's back when there were far fewer bowls and they used to mean something more. Heck, one of the Kang's teams got left out one year at 7-4.

[SpaceBully]

Me neither. Would have gone to Vegas versus any PAC12 team before vs Pitt. Besides. have been to the Gator 3 times already. Time for new horizons.

[SpaceBully]

Yeah. When we made the liberty that time with Sylvester, I was thrilled. Then we got there and froze.

Yeah, you never know what you're gonna get in Memphis this time of year. I have been to 0 deg. Liberty Bowls and of course last year vs TTech it turned out 72+ degrees and everybody wearing shorts. Too bad the end result left a terrible taste in my mouth.

[SpaceBully]

Yeah the Vegas Bowl being so early kills it for us.

I kinda liked the early date. Gets everything over with so we can be with family and friends for a normal Christmas/New Years gathering. Plus, you get to see all the other games on tv since we're not traveling.

[BulldogBear]

That's back when there were far fewer bowls and they used to mean something more. Heck, one of the Kang's teams got left out one year at 7-4.

1997

We beat SEC Champions Auburn 20-0 on their own field and still didn't go to a bowl. There was.literally nowhere to go. All Pitt had to do was lose, but they won.

[sleepy dawg]

I'll take Pitt all day long. I'd love to show the difference between SEC 8-4 vs ACC 8-4.

[DownwardDawg]

I'll take Pitt all day long. I'd love to show the difference between SEC 8-4 vs ACC 8-4.

Me too!! And get that 9th win. That's all people seem to point out as time passes.

[Johnson85]

I am not going to Jacksonville for Pitt.

I feel like Jacksonville gets a bad rap. I don't really have a preference between Nashville, Jacksonville, and Tampa except that Tampa is the easiest to fly to.

[msudawg1200]

I don't know if Jerry Palm from CBS has any inside info, but he just updated his projections to us against Louisville in the Gator. I'd rather play another team than one we've played twice in bowls the last five years. I believe we'd blast the Linebeards into oblivion. He now has SCar playing FSU in Tampa, and Notre Dame going to the Cheeze-It vs Texas Tech. I don't see any of this happening. Brett McMurphy seems more tuned in. He said sources told him Missouri and Kansas will not play in the Liberty or any bowl. He has us in the Gator vs UNC. I can deal with that.

[DownwardDawg]

I feel like Jacksonville gets a bad rap. I don't really have a preference between Nashville, Jacksonville, and Tampa except that Tampa is the easiest to fly to.

Nashville is great, and I'd to see a bunch of State fans up here for a few days, but man it's cold up here this time of year!!! Already getting flurries and freezing rain a few times. It's just cold!!!!

[Johnson85]

Nashville is great, and I'd to see a bunch of State fans up here for a few days, but man it's cold up here this time of year!!! Already getting flurries and freezing rain a few times. It's just cold!!!!

Yea, I had fun at the Music City Bowl in 2011, but it was cold. Gator Bowl in 2010 it was actually pretty cold the night before the game, but by game time I think we were in short sleeve shirts. Even the night before, not sure it was really cold or if it was just colder than we were prepared for.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Pitt fans at my work are already thinking they are playing us in the Gator Bowl. They seem to think it’s a done deal with some people I know who work at Pitt. I wouldn’t mind playing them I just can’t get real excited about an 8-4 ACC team. Would rather play Purdue or Notre Dame or UCLA

[Johnson85]

Pitt fans at my work are already thinking they are playing us in the Gator Bowl. They seem to think it’s a done deal with some people I know who work at Pitt. I wouldn’t mind playing them I just can’t get real excited about an 8-4 ACC team. Would rather play Purdue or Notre Dame or UCLA

Not pumped about Pitt, but would rather play them than Louisville. Best case scenario would be to play an overrated, big name team, but assuming that's not going to happen, the biggest thing is we just need to win. Be the first season we've really finished with any momentum since 2013.

[Desoto1967]

Just saw Louisville will play in Fenway

[Goldendawg]

Yea, I had fun at the Music City Bowl in 2011, but it was cold. Gator Bowl in 2010 it was actually pretty cold the night before the game, but by game time I think we were in short sleeve shirts. Even the night before, not sure it was really cold or if it was just colder than we were prepared for.

Yeah, moved down from my next to the top row, Bob Uecker seats bought through the Bulldog Club at Nashville to 8 of the 20K or more empty seats below us to keep from freezing in the cold wind. Bowl seating is like our problems with men's BB in the Hump. Corporations buy good seats and no one shows up. Can't see buying tickets through Bulldog Club for Bowls again unless this has changed. Some sort of change needed.

[BulldogBear]

Yeah, moved down from my next to the top row, Bob Uecker seats bought through the Bulldog Club at Nashville to 8 of the 20K or more empty seats below us to keep from freezing in the cold win. Bowl seating is like our problems with men's BB in the Hump. Corporations buy good seats and no one shows up. Can't see buying tickets through Bulldog Club for Bowls again unless this has changed. Some sort of change needed.

I quit buying crappy bowl and road game seats thru BDC ages ago. I can often sit in better seats for half the price.

[Goldendawg]

I quit buying crappy bowl and road game seats thru BDC ages ago. I can often sit in better seats for half the price.

Last bowl game I have been to for this reason and most of the bowls being meaningless except for reward for the team, $ for school and extra practice for the young players. Twelve team playoff will bring more interest and I hope we can make it in my now more limited lifetime. Am in the 4th quarter, but hoping for some OT! Hail State!

[msudawg1200]

Looks about set. We are most likely going to get the loser of the ACC Championship game in the Gator. Please be Clemson. Please be Clemson. Please be Clemson.

[RocketDawg]

Nashville is great, and I'd to see a bunch of State fans up here for a few days, but man it's cold up here this time of year!!! Already getting flurries and freezing rain a few times. It's just cold!!!!

They'll have a domed stadium in a few years.

[RocketDawg]

Yeah, moved down from my next to the top row, Bob Uecker seats bought through the Bulldog Club at Nashville to 8 of the 20K or more empty seats below us to keep from freezing in the cold wind. Bowl seating is like our problems with men's BB in the Hump. Corporations buy good seats and no one shows up. Can't see buying tickets through Bulldog Club for Bowls again unless this has changed. Some sort of change needed.

We bought fairly expensive club level seats through MSU for that game (Wake Forest - didn't realize it was as far back as '11 though, so maybe that was another game), well inside the goal line. So not a value to say the least. And yes, it was pretty cold but not as miserable as the "Snow Bowl".

[RocketDawg]

Last bowl game I have been to for this reason and most of the bowls being meaningless except for reward for the team, $ for school and extra practice for the young players. Twelve team playoff will bring more interest and I hope we can make it in my now more limited lifetime. Am in the 4th quarter, but hoping for some OT! Hail State!

I'm not convinced that extra practice means much. They've been practicing since spring and all during the season. What's a few more days?

[Goldendawg]

They'll have a domed stadium in a few years.

My brother in law and his dad, ( both retired now) figured all the structural steel in the current stadium. When I told him at church that I new domed stadium was in the works, he was shocked and said that we worked on that thing for over a year. State Folks.

[lastmajordog]

My brother in law and his dad, ( both retired now) figured all the structural steel in the current stadium. When I told him at church that I new domed stadium was in the works, he was shocked and said that we worked on that thing for over a year. State Folks.

All I know is State luckily avoided disaster after the upper deck and outside stairwells were built. Don’t remember the game but I remember coming down the stairs and telling my other half to shut up and keep moving. The stairs were doing what happens if a cat runs on a bridge. I knew what was happening but after the game I was laughed at. Next week the engineers were making adjustments and reinforcing the stairs......It was scary as H***.

[Jarius]

Utah beating USC basically locked us in to the Tampa bowl.

[msudawg1200]

Utah beating USC basically locked us in to the Tampa bowl.

Pretty much. You can tear up all those projections from yesterday. Most likely Illinois.

[Reason2succeed]

I'm not convinced that extra practice means much. They've been practicing since spring and all during the season. What's a few more days?

Coaches totally disagree. During the season the two deep gets most of the work but bowl practice is like an extra spring that allows redshirts and younger players time to practice since will likely be counted on more next year. Bowl game practices are probably more important for programs like ours than programs that get nothing but blue chips. We have to develop players and that requires as much practice as possible.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I'm not convinced that extra practice means much. They've been practicing since spring and all during the season. What's a few more days?
Especially in these NIL days.

[basedog]

Coaches totally disagree. During the season the two deep gets most of the work but bowl practice is like an extra spring that allows redshirts and younger players time to practice since will likely be counted on more next year. Bowl game practices are probably more important for programs like ours than programs that get nothing but blue chips. We have to develop players and that requires as much practice as possible.

Helps in more ways than one. Keeps players off the street, gets players ready for next year, builds better team chemistry for next year and helps players in conditioning. Playing sports now days is an all-year thing now days.

[bulldawg28]

Not on December 17, interrupting our recruiting cycle and having less time to practice, which our offense needs.

Our offense isn't changing from our 5 plays.

[Maroonthirteen]

That's back when there were far fewer bowls and they used to mean something more. Heck, one of the Kang's teams got left out one year at 7-4.

Bowls didn't mean any more then than they do now. The other thing that has changed is people and their entitlements. People have more entertainment options now and just aren't as interested.

[PikeDawg15]

Bowls didn't mean any more then than they do now. The other thing that has changed is people and their entitlements. People have more entertainment options now and just aren't as interested.

Just saw where brent mcmurphy said that because USC lost

That somehow means that Notre Dame cannot go to the reliaquest bowl

That means there will have to be in either 2 bowls vs pac 12 teams or the gator bowl

[PikeDawg15]

Utah beating USC basically locked us in to the Tampa bowl.

Reliaquest?

[msudawg1200]

Just saw where brent mcmurphy said that because USC lost

That somehow means that Notre Dame cannot go to the reliaquest bowl

That means there will have to be in either 2 bowls vs pac 12 teams or the gator bowl

That is correct. Ohio State will now go to a CFP bowl, and Tennessee will go to the Orange. If USC had won Ohio St was headed to the Orange which under the terms of the contract would put an ACC team in the ReliaQuest to replace the Big 10 team. That looked to be the case until USC lost. Now, it's a Big 10 team again. Notre Dame is in the ACC Bowl rotation, so they can go to the Gator, Cheez-It, Holiday, or Mayo. Last night loss by USC changed a bunch of bowls projected teams.

[schddog72]

Reliaquest?

Used to be the Outback (aka screw Miss. State) Bowl.

[SpaceBully]

Why would Mizzou and Kansas not play in the Liberty Bowl or any bowl? Mizzou barely got eligible and should take anything they could get.

[SpaceBully]

Why would Mizzou and Kansas not play in the Liberty Bowl or any bowl? Mizzou barely got eligible and should take anything they could get.

[CaptainObvious]

Rumors are flying that we about to get screwed on our Bowl destination. Bigger Bowls don?t want us because our fans don?t buy tickets and travel. SEC not fighting for us because we don?t have a true AD negotiating.

Whether you gambling degenerates care or not, The Las Vegas Bowl is a slap in our face and has our coaches and players and recruiting staff in Las Vegas a weekend before signing day.

The worst possible outcome for State with Ole Miss possibly getting Notre Dame in Jacksonville.

[Quaoarsking]

Rumors are flying that we about to get screwed on our Bowl destination. Bigger Bowls don?t want us because our fans don?t buy tickets and travel. SEC not fighting for us because we don?t have a true AD negotiating.

Whether you gambling degenerates care or not, The Las Vegas Bowl is a slap in our face and has our coaches and players and recruiting staff in Las Vegas a weekend before signing day.

The worst possible outcome for State with Ole Miss possibly getting Notre Dame in Jacksonville.

The Las Vegas bowl probably matches us up with a team ranked in the teens and lines us up for the highest possible postseason ranking, so I'm OK with it.

I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN and the Pac-12 were demanding the SEC send either South Carolina or us out there to get more ranked-vs-ranked matchups.

[CaptainObvious]

The Las Vegas bowl probably matches us up with a team ranked in the teens and lines us up for the highest possible postseason ranking, so I'm OK with it.

I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN and the Pac-12 were demanding the SEC send either South Carolina or us out there to get more ranked-vs-ranked matchups.

It is still a bad idea. 6-6 teams getting better bowl destinations in the Holiday week, while we get a Bowl Game 1 week after the Army-Navy Regular Season Game. It sucks and has no value what so ever for us. Not in our recruiting footprint like Florida, Texas or Tennessee is. I?d rather go to the Orange Mound Bowl Game than Vegas. At least it is during the Holiday week.