Bowl Game

[Fader21]

Listening to Head2Head today, they mentioned that MSU could possibly go bowling even with losing the next two. Even over a 10-1 Liberty team. What is the real chances of this happening ?

[confucius say]

High

[msstate7]

Us getting a bowl over freeze would be hilarious, and it would also be inexcusable toward the liberty players.

[R2Dawg]

Us getting a bowl over freeze would be hilarious, and it would also be inexcusable toward the liberty players.

Yes it would; Liberty has to be a shoe in somewhere. We shouldn't go before them but I'll take it. The everybody gets a trophy bowl streak could continue.

[Johnson85]

Yes it would; Liberty has to be a shoe in somewhere. We shouldn't go before them but I'll take it. The everybody gets a trophy bowl streak could continue.

Bowls are basically rewards for conference finishes now because of all the tie-ins. This year, they're not even that. They're more or less purely exhibition games for certain conferences.

[ShotgunDawg]

Birmingham seems to be a high probability.

I don't care where we go. We just need to keep playing. Keep building chemistry & timing.

[Commercecomet24]

The streak will live on 😂

[BeardoMSU]

The streak will live on ��

We would likely be a 6-6 team had this been a normal year, so it makes sense.

[Jack Lambert]

We would likely be a 6-6 team had this been a normal year, so it makes sense.

four wins this season is like having a 8 win normal season.

[BeardoMSU]

four wins this season is like having a 8 win normal season.

Agreed.

To that point, decent chance OM finishes 5-5, which would be like a 9 win season in Kiffin's first year.

[Captain Falcon]

four wins this season is like having a 8 win normal season.

Eh, it really depends on what your two extra SEC games were and what your nonconference schedule would have been.

We added a win against Vandy but added a loss against Georgia. So it's reasonable to think that 4-6 in this schedule would've meant 3-5 against a normal conference schedule. We probably would've beaten New Mexico, Tulane, and Alabama State, but NC State was very much a toss-up. So even if we win our remaining games and go 4-6, the closest translation for us is 7-5 or 6-6.

In OM's case, they added two wins in Kentucky and South Carolina. So 5-5 for them would've been 3-5 against a normal schedule, and probably 7-5 overall.

[Captain Falcon]

ESPN and CBS both have us in the Birmingham Bowl as of today. You'll see either 12 or 13 SEC teams in bowl games this year. Vandy is the only team who for sure won't go to one. Georgia, A&M, and Florida all staying in the NY6 makes a bowl game for us almost a near certainty thanks to the SEC tie-ins. Solid chance we get in even at 2-8, but 3-7 makes it almost a certainty (assuming that all the SEC bowl games happen).

If it's not Birmingham then the other most likely option right now is St. Petersburg. I'd prefer Birmingham solely based on the date (New Year's Day in B'ham vs. December 26th in St. Pete).

[Todd4State]

ESPN and CBS both have us in the Birmingham Bowl as of today. You'll see either 12 or 13 SEC teams in bowl games this year. Vandy is the only team who for sure won't go to one. Georgia, A&M, and Florida all staying in the NY6 makes a bowl game for us almost a near certainty thanks to the SEC tie-ins. Solid chance we get in even at 2-8, but 3-7 makes it almost a certainty (assuming that all the SEC bowl games happen).

If it's not Birmingham then the other most likely option right now is St. Petersburg. I'd prefer Birmingham solely based on the date (New Year's Day in B'ham vs. December 26th in St. Pete).

I agree. We'll go bowling. As you mentioned Vandy is toast. South Carolina has no coach. We have Leach who has a lot of fans throughout the country. It will be Birmingham or St. Pete. I prefer Birmingham because it works out better for me personally.

[Commercecomet24]

We would likely be a 6-6 team had this been a normal year, so it makes sense.

I agree and in this crazy year I'll take it, and it keeps our streak alive. The bowl streak may not mean a lot to some but i think it's pretty cool.

[Todd4State]

I agree and in this crazy year I'll take it, and it keeps our streak alive. The bowl streak may not mean a lot to some but i think it's pretty cool.

The BIGGEST thing is the reps and the payout.

We need both.

[Johnson85]

The BIGGEST thing is the reps and the payout.

We need both.

For reps, we're not going to get that many more reps. I think bowl games typically allow for 15 more practices??? If we play Dec. 19th and go to tampa on Dec. 26th, we'd have to practice on Christmas Eve and CHristmas day to get a normal week of practice in. If we play in the liberty, we could probably get in a few more practices, but no where near a normal bowl.

FOr payout, I would assume the payout for Birmingham and Tampa will barely cover expenses. We'll get the normal big payout from all the bowl money, but I don't think us going to Birmingham or Tampa will move the needle either way.

I want this team to play in a bowl game and get reps, it's just not going to be as important or as beneficial as in normal years, where not going bowling means you are losing significant ground against other teams that basically get an extra spring.

[Todd4State]

For reps, we're not going to get that many more reps. I think bowl games typically allow for 15 more practices??? If we play Dec. 19th and go to tampa on Dec. 26th, we'd have to practice on Christmas Eve and CHristmas day to get a normal week of practice in. If we play in the liberty, we could probably get in a few more practices, but no where near a normal bowl.

FOr payout, I would assume the payout for Birmingham and Tampa will barely cover expenses. We'll get the normal big payout from all the bowl money, but I don't think us going to Birmingham or Tampa will move the needle either way.

I want this team to play in a bowl game and get reps, it's just not going to be as important or as beneficial as in normal years, where not going bowling means you are losing significant ground against other teams that basically get an extra spring.

I'll take as many reps as we can get.

[BuckyIsAB****]

If they have balls and want some money they would schedule an egg rematch. And we would win it.

[Hambone]

Agreed! I know it would have never happened but I was secretly hoping Cohen and the Ole Miss AD propositioned the SEC to let us play again since we are both off this weekend.

[msbulldog]

Agreed! I know it would have never happened but I was secretly hoping Cohen and the Ole Miss AD propositioned the SEC to let us play again since we are both off this weekend.

TSUN ain't gonna take that chance.