December 5th, 2008
Pre-SEC Championship Bowl Selections
NATIONAL TITLE- Florida Gators
FLORIDA- The Gators are going to a BCS Bowl regardless of what occurs in the SEC Championship game. With the dominant play Florida has shown for the past few months, the Gators should have NO PROBLEMS with the Crimson Tide. A win in the SEC title game will put the Gators in the National Title for the second time in 3 years.
SUGAR BOWL- Alabama Crimson Tide
ALABAMA- After a blow out first half over the then #1 Georgia Bulldogs, the Crimson Tide have not looked all that great. They have won all their games, but by too narrow of a margin to have any confidence in them against Florida. Since they are unbeaten to this point and the National Title taking the Top SEC school, the Sugar Bowl will select the Alabama Crimson Tide to represent the SEC in their bowl game.
CAPITAL ONE BOWL- GEORGIA BULLDOGS
GEORGIA- Although the Bulldogs have looked less than impressive in the last month of the season, they get the next best SEC bowl selection because of only having three losses. This is NOT what the Bulldogs expected this season, however they must make due because this should be the last game for so many Bulldog players: Mathew Stafford and Knowshown Moreno are as good as gone and next season will be a rebuilding year for Georgia.
COTTON BOWL- Ole Miss Rebels
Ole Miss- What an amazing story for college football. First year coach Houston Nutt led his Rebels to 2nd in the SEC west by beating Florida and LSU. Since the Cotton Bowl will take the best available SEC West school, the Ole Miss Rebels should be heading to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. This will be the Rebels first bowl appearance since 2003 when they again played in the Cotton Bowl.
OUTBACK BOWL- SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS
SOUTH CAROLINA- Although the Gamecocks have been embarrassed back-to-back weeks by both the Florida Gators and rival Clemson, the Gamecocks will reach their first New Year’s Day bowl in the Steve Spurrier era.
CHIC-FIL-A BOWL- LSU TIGERS
LSU- A year removed from the National Title, the Tigers fell to 7-5 and have lost 3 straight games and land in the Chic-Fil-A Bowl. This will not be the first appearance in the bowl, as they did face Miami a few years back in a memorable beat down(via score and they actually fought before the game) 40-3. A step back for the Tigers? No, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year and next year, they should rise to the top of the Western Conference again…But for this year, Chic-Fil-A representatives will be ecstatic to get such a top notch program in its bowl.
MUSIC CITY BOWL- VANDERBILT COMMADORES
VANDERBILT- Vanderbilt’s first bowl appearance since 1982 and they won’t even take a trip out of their city. If Kentucky hadn’t been here for the past two years, I would put the Cats to Nashville and the Commodores to the Liberty Bowl, but with the economy the way it is, it might be better to have a hometown team playing in the Music City Bowl.
AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL- KENTUCKY WILDCATS
KENTUCKY- In college athletics it is ALL ABOUT PROGRESS. Kentucky has been to the Music City Bowl two years in a row and a third year shows no progress to recruits, fans, and the nation. ALSO, during the game with Tennessee I spoke with someone from the Liberty Bowl selection committee. He told me that Kentucky has been to the Music City Bowl for the past two years and given the choice, which they likely will get, they will choose Memphis over Nashville. Nothing is final and in the end it comes down to the pay out, but early indications are Cats to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis….it is the 50th Anniversary of the bowl don’t ya know? At least that’s what I was informed of…
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