[NU Sports] Re: New ESPN bowl pojections

[Christopher Bailey]

Well, my two cents: New Year's Day would be preferred, but if they can't play on New Year's Day, then I would prefer to see the 'Cats play a winnable match-up.

My preferences ranked.

1 Rose
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2 any other BCS game INCLUDING the BCS Championship Game
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3 Capital One
4 Outback
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5 Alamo
6 Champs
7 Insight
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8 Motor City


I admit, this is hardly original thinking, but the line breaks represent significant jumps.  Frankly, to me it's a cliff after Outback, but really, any bowl is better than no bowl, for the program, for the University, for the players and for the fans.

And while I personally have little use for anything BCS I give it a high ranking because of what it would mean for the program.

GO 'CATS!

Christopher Bailey
christopher_bailey at yahoo.com




From: CHerron604 at aol.com

All of this 'screwing' talk raises a question.

We all have likes and dislikes on bowl sites

The program needs a bowl for practices, recruiting, visibility, a reward for the players/coaches

But, from a program standpoint, is it better for the program to get

- the highest possible bowl in the pecking order ?

- A winnable match-up ?

- Some other consideration ?

If we eliminate our likes/dislikes, which bowl should we be rooting for entirely from the standpoint of the program ?

Chuck Herron   Tech '85