I think SC would bring a bigger crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
I think SC would bring a bigger crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
The guy's quote was basically picking between them, SC is not a far drive but A&M has the largest alumni in the SEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
I want to play an interesting opponent more than I care about what bowl we're in. Playing Northwestern would suck, it sucked last time we played them. They play in a horrible division, and according to S&P+, were incredibly lucky to win their horrible division.Quote:
Originally Posted by msudawg1200
Playing Pitt would suck too.
In order for my interest vs opp that I've actually heard or seen listed as a possibility, regardless of location.
Penn State
Mich state
Wisconsin
Iowa
Miami
Iowa State
Oklahoma state
Northwestern
Pitt
Ga Tech
Is that who's being projected to the Music City? God, everything I just said about Northwestern can just be replaced with Pitt except that we haven't played them in recent memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by klong-dog
I see Belk Bowl for USCe. They could draw a decent crowd there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
They wouldn not. A&M would not pick them over the Outback though, and the Outback would not pick USC over ATM either. It is like Tinder dating, both of them have to want the other for a match. A&M is not matching with the gator bowl (a soft 6) when the Outback bowl (a firm 7) is available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
They may feel the same about the Houston Bowl as we do the Liberty. Hell..there are more A&M alums in Houston than anywhere else, including College Station.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezsoil
Well then the playoff committee should rank them ahead of us. But since they are not, then the CFP must think we are better than them. So I figure we deserve the better bowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Would actually be surprised if Northwestern is in the Outback. Big Ten has a rule for its bowl tie-ins of five different teams in six years if possible, and NW just went there three years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by msudawg1200
We had the talent to beat ky; uf & LSU but shit the bed instead.
After the NY6, when selecting the pool of 6 bowls, CFP rankings doesn’t have to have a big bearing. For the SEC the league standings, school and bowl requests (each make 3 requests of where to go or what team they want), location, prior selection (both the Gator and Us have scratched the other off this year because of being there so much), etc weigh just as much or more than the rankings. Jumping over a team 2 spots ahead of you in the standings was going to be an issue. Can’t think of that happening since they have gone to this new format. But we also have to wait to everything shakes out over the weekend. What happens if we have upsets and it drops LSU down to the Citrus (they are the only one who has direct pick of who they get)? And agree or disagree, the Pool of 6 is suppose considered equal bowls and that’s what the league is going to tell fans (of all of the schools that think they got screwed). Music City I think is in lead over Liberty right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bdawg
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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
What exactly are you doing to "stand for something"? Taking it to a MSU message board? Hahaha, get a grip.
All you are doing is bitching at other MSU fans. You talk so much like you are going door to door or something. You would be laughed out of the door if you actually had the opportunity to present a case to some one that actually mattered with all of this.
No doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Did Bo say that the Chairman of the Gator Bowl say on radio yesterday that Miss State will be in the Outback Bowl playing either North Western or Penn State? Guy here at my work heard it.
That was where I got the quote about A&M and SC. It was a tweet by an A&M fan so they could have left out the part about us. I didn't actually hear the interview.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Don’t know about Bo but on another station he statedQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
https://mobile.twitter.com/trumaroon...592471559?s=21
I have heard for the past week from several different sources that we are headed to Outback for Penn st. Matchup. They want it bad. Now, all that could change and you have to understand that these bowl reps have to court several different schools and the SEC. No bowl rep is going to say “we only want this certain team”. So all of this “we are hearing this bowl likes that team” and “this team has been told they are headed here” is all just part of the wheeling and dealing. End of the day I would love to go to the Outback Bowl for a Penn St matchup. It would be really interesting. But I’m also fine with the Music City if it comes to that. Six/half-a-dozen as they say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Why would citrus pass on penn st?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgology
This is such an awesome response to this guy. Kudos, you get rep!Quote:
Originally Posted by StateDawg44
I read this last night as well. Catlett has been doing this a long time and he's definitely "in the loop". Also heard from some players that it's Outback(fwiw), but who knows a lot can happen between now and Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Really Clark?
Here is the link to story from Gator Bowl prez:
https://247sports.com/college/texas-...ups-125520598/
You don't get it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Outback would look for any reason to want A&M over us because they have a bigger alumni base and travel better for bowl games. Plus, their name is more attractive for TV ratings. Sure we beat them head-to-head. Sure we are above them in the rankings (by one spot). But they also beat two teams that we lost to, finished higher in the conference than we did, and had a more difficult OOC schedule than we did.
It doesn't have to be a convincing argument for the Outback. They just need a valid reason. They have several. Getting upset about it is not going to change it.
It's sad that its up to the SEC. If you look at the CFP rankings, Mississippi State has always been considered the best of its grouping. When we had 2 losses, we were the highest ranked 2 loss team. Same can be said when we had 3 losses and then 4 losses. We are considered the best of the 4 loss teams in the nation. I hate that we had the fight during the Egg Bowl. That fight along with the SEC having to rule on the players and set up a meeting with our AD's...may very well influence the decision to send A&M to the Outback over us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubb Rubb
No kidding. State didn?t even have a great showing of fans for the Egg Bowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
It’s been going on since at least 94. We beat Tennessee that year and had a better overall record than them in regular season. State went to the Peach. Tennessee went to the Gator bowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubb Rubb
That's just what I'm being told. My folks are pretty locked in with MSU athletics....not so much on Penn St. All I know is that Outback wants a MSU/Penn St. matchup badly. DOn't know if they will get it but that is just what I've been told on multiple occassions by three difference people.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
- they lost to us and Auburn. So your "they beat two teams we lost to" doesn't fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubb Rubb
- They played South Carolina and we played Florida. There is your conference record difference.
There isn't a penny's worth of difference between the resumes other than we beat them and we are ranked higher by the most important poll.
Right on par with our shitty fan base to vouch for other schools over your own. It's a Mississippi tradition that's held this state back for 150 years.
You are correct. Our fan support is horrible. We should probably not even be given a bowl bid at all. Good call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen
You act like what we post here matter to outback officials. They don't give a sheet if we mad or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Agreed. And they will couch it with "I'm just telling the truth" or "the truth hurts". I hate this type of fan. I'm not saying to follow blindly like a sheep but for the love of god don't throw your team under the bus when it isn't really even warranted.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
May not impact what the bowl decides but it does in a way impact perception. There are plenty of analysts, media folks, recruits, and fans that read these boards.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Yeah, this is the first winning season I can remember I'm glad is just about over. The ridiculous bitching got out of hand (me included) and is still lingering. We got crazy. But that didn't affect the Outback unless it was with our own people.
That isn’t what i was saying at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgology
My point, is that if State wants to get Florida NYD bowl bids, then our attendance needs to be better.
The egg bowl is a rivalry game in our own state. We didn’t fill up either of our designated sections. So why would someone on the outside think we would fill up their stadium many more miles away?
I'm hearing Citrus from a pretty good source, so there's that.Quote:
Originally Posted by klong-dog
Personally, it really doesnt matter to me. It's the bowl practices that matter. Like a 2nd Spring training and that is what we need the most.
I think everyone needs to chill. This just isnt worth getting bent out of shape over.
If you arent playing for the championship, it's just another game.
We always travel well to Bowl games, always have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen
We've really only travelled well to 4 bowl games this entire century. 07 Liberty, 10 Gator, 12 Music City, and 13 Liberty. The other bowls have been very sparsely attended. We'll always have a decent number, but we've just about used up all our good publicity from the 10 Gator Bowl with how well we travelled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Bowl games in general have had sparse attendance but we've always held our end up better than most. Just look at the crowds outside of the big bowl games, there's always been plenty of maroon and white at ours.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
The SEC front office is who you should be upset with. With the new rules, the SEC is supposed to make sure teams do not get screwed. A&M and MSU deserve Florida bowls and South Carolina deserves to go to some type of cold weather bowl. South Carolina getting to go to a Florida bowl at 7-5 instead of a shitty bowl is what is wrong with this entire scenario. The SEC should send A&M to the Gator Bowl and State to the Outback. They are the same level bowl, but one team has been to the Gator 3 times in a decade and one team has not. Put South Carolina in a bowl game that a 7-5 team deserves. The bowl games are always going to look out for their best interests and you can not blame them. It is the SECs job to look out for their member institutions, and they are allowing a 7-5 USC team to go to Florida and sending an 8-4 MSU team to 20 degree weather.