Rivals was Cyclone Illustrated back then as they tried transitioning to internet. Took their charter flight to Waco to watch the MBB clinch the conference title. Met a bunch of folks on the flight I only knew from the message board.
Bowl Game Projections
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Rivals was Cyclone Illustrated back then as they tried transitioning to internet. Took their charter flight to Waco to watch the MBB clinch the conference title. Met a bunch of folks on the flight I only knew from the message board.
Would be kind of a disappointing finish to the season if we end up in the Liberty Bowl
I agree. We played them in the 1977 Peach Bowl and that did not turn out well (I was there). While their fans were "Southern nice" they were condescending and gave the impression that they thought all Iowans were farmers (that's not a bad thing, just not true).
I’m kinda hoping to play a big name SEC team that struggled like Ole Miss, LSU, or South Carolina, a team that we never get to play or never used to play.
If we get to 8 wins I don't see us in the Liberty Bowl
IMO, the Alamo Bowl would be a good bowl game. I don’t understand the love for the Liberty Bowl here.
Isn’t the Liberty Bowl 4th in the pecking order? If so we definitely could. Heart of Dallas and Cactus bowl are below the Liberty. The Liberty is a little better now than when we played Tulsa as a 6-6 team in 2012.
Because it’s the 4th best Big 12 Bowl, in a fun city, somewhat close, against an SEC team.
Not super excited about this either but @aauummm 's post on the Peach Bowl reminded me of the Liberty Bowl of 1972. We lost 31-30 to Georgia Tech but other than the 2000 Insight it was the best bowl game we have played. Super fun and entertaining game to watch. We went for two and the win with around a minute left but failed. No OT back then and Majors wasn't taking a tie. We had a 23-23 tie with Nebraska that season and I guess one tie was enough.
Here are the 2017-18 Bowls for the Big 12 (contracted with each bowl):
Listed by the committee's selection order.
#1: Automatic for the Big 12 Champ
#2: Alamo Dec 28th San Antonio
#3: Camping World Dec 28th Orlando
#4: Texas Dec 27 Houston
#5: Liberty Dec 30 Memphis
#6: Cactus Dec 26th Phoenix
#7: Dallas Dec 26 Dallas
However, if the Big 12 gets two teams into the CFP/New Years Six games then all bowls move down a notch. For example, the Alamo Bowl would then get the third selection instead of the second selection.
Listed by the committee's selection order.
#1: Automatic for the Big 12 Champ
#2: Alamo Dec 28th San Antonio
#3: Camping World Dec 28th Orlando
#4: Texas Dec 27 Houston
#5: Liberty Dec 30 Memphis
#6: Cactus Dec 26th Phoenix
#7: Dallas Dec 26 Dallas
However, if the Big 12 gets two teams into the CFP/New Years Six games then all bowls move down a notch. For example, the Alamo Bowl would then get the third selection instead of the second selection.
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Hopefully we don't end up in a Dec. 26th bowl. Think that would hurt the travel party quite a bit.
I would love Liberty vs Mizzou.
Memphis is a vastly superior destination than Orlando for my taste. A city with some actual culture vs Disney World is a no brainer
Memphis is a vastly superior destination than Orlando for my taste. A city with some actual culture vs Disney World is a no brainer
Ideally we could get 1 in the playoff and another in the NY 6 bowl
Apparently two people know you better than you know yourself. Just accept it now that you didn't really have a good time there after all.
The Texas Bowl is intriguing would be a good SEC opponent...anybody know if there are rules on team selection like if we finish 8-4 can they take a 6-6 Texas team over us?
They made that rule a few years ago I’m pretty sure that you can’t jump a team with 2 more wins. I remember when we did it to Mizzou in 2009.
Orlando? Watch your step, Florida is covered in pythons, 100s of thousands. They range as far north as Pensacola, reports National Geographic magazine.
Off-topic, but I like when scientists pronounce it "PITH-on."
Similar with "ZEBB-rah."
And, as Attenborough would say, "The Po-lah Beah."
