ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach
Music City Bowl v. Clemson
ESPN.com's Bruce Feldman
Papajohns.com Bowl v. Pitt
Scout.com
Liberty Bowl v. Tulsa
CBS Sportsline
Pizza Web Site Bowl v. Cincinnati
NBC Sports
Music City v. Maryland
Here are my current Bowl Projections for the SEC, based on play to date and the teams' schedules going forward. I recognize that some teams that are playing well may fade and some may improve. In other words, yes I concede that Tennessee might pull ahead of Vandy and/or UK in the pecking order. By the way, I did not consult other Internet picks before doing this.
National Championship
LSU (Almost a coin flip with Alabama at this point. Deciding factor is that Alabama goes to LSU this year.)
Sugar
Alabama
Capital One
Georgia (preference here could go to Florida, with UGA heading to Outback)
Cotton
Auburn
Outback
Florida
Chick-Fil-A
Vandy (If the records are close or identical, Ole Miss may edge Vandy for this spot. They'll travel better.)
Liberty
Ole Miss
Music City
UK (Liberty and Music City pick simultaneously in consultation with league office. This arrangement makes far more sense geographically.)
Independence
South Carolina (October 11th could tell the tale of who falls to here. By the way, this game just got moved to 12:30, which is not good news for the home team.)
Papajohns.com
Tennessee (If UT gets to seven wins, it will assuredly go higher. They have their work cut out for them between now and then.)
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You should know that I read your post before doing my bowl predictions, but I did not consult it. Here are my picks:
BCS - 'Bama
Sugar - LSU
Cap.1 - Fla.
Cotton - Aub.
Peach - UK
Outback - Ga.
Liberty - Vandy
Music City - USC
Ind. - Ole Miss
pizzawebsitebowl - non-SEC
My picks considered the following:
-9 bowl-eligible teams (UT won't make it).
-Conference bowl tie-ins and preferences haven't changed recently
-Ala. beats Ga. in the SEC Championship game.
I guess you were "missing something" last week as you know also have Ole Miss going to a better bowl than UK. (I'm guessing that something missing was knowing that Ole Miss was going to beat Fla. in the swamp. Maybe the espn guys were predicting that win.)
Big Z's picks appear predicated on an assumption that UK will sweep USC, Arkansas, Vandy and Miss. St. I cannot knock to optimism or the hustle.
I'd argue that putting Ole Miss in the Liberty is not a flip flop because it and the Music City are on equal footing. I did say in this very space that they probably would not get to 6 wins. Come Sunday morning, that looked like a pretty stupid thing to say.
I actually had UK beating those teams and UT. I almost put UK in the Outback. For a complete list of my game by game analysis, see my msnbc.com.
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