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PROTEST PLAYOFF '08: Elite Eight
THREE DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF! Rose Bowl: With both Penn State and USC advancing to the Elite Eight, the north side of the bracket was the obvious pick for the "Granddaddy of 'em All." Fiesta Bowl: That l...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '07: Elite Eight
17 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF! Orange Bowl: The Orange Bowl chose the north side of the bracket in order to be guaranteed either its tie-in, ACC champion Virginia Tech, or home-state team Florida. Rose Bowl:...
More on the SEC and Bowl Contracts
Last Thursday I wrote a post on The SEC and Bowl Contracts, seeing as how every bowl contract runs up at the end of the season and negotiations are underway for the next fout-year cycle. For the ...
Why the SEC Should Scrap the Outback to Get the Gator Back On Board
It was first brought to my attention by Dr. Saturday, and later noted at Team Speed Kills, that the Gator Bowl may become one of the SEC’s automatic postseason tie-ins. Significant logistical hurdl...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '06 REVISITED: Elite Eight
ONE MONTH UNTIL KICKOFF! Sugar Bowl: The Sugar Bowl had a choice between Florida's region and LSU's region, but since LSU would have to get through USC to get there while Florida only has to play Wis...
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The potential (and still very much speculative) shuffle in regards to the Big Ten and their Florida bowl tie-ins wasn't much of an issue for me me until this came through the reader, emph mine: ...
Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #7 -- Georgia v Purdue, 2000 Outback Bowl
There are two kinds of great games. One is the kind you see coming, an epic matchup between titanic powers with great athletes, a national championship game or a game with title implications pitting e...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '05: Elite Eight
Fiesta Bowl: The Fiesta Bowl took the south side of the bracket in order to try and get the only Big 12 team in the entire field - Texas. Sugar Bowl: That left the Sugar Bowl with some mixture of G...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '04: Elite Eight
Rose Bowl: The Rose Bowl chose first and selected the north side of the bracket because it is guaranteed either Iowa or USC. Texas or Utah is just a bonus. Fiesta Bowl: The Fiesta Bowl was left wit...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '03 REVISITED: Elite Eight
Orange Bowl: The Orange Bowl, host of next season's title game, had first pick. It chose the north side of the bracket, hoping for another round of Florida State-Oklahoma, which has been a pretty he...
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