(09-27-2022 01:04 PM)OKIcat Wrote: (09-27-2022 10:47 AM)doss2 Wrote: We will have more money, which allows us to keep better coaches, but NY6 path will be more difficult, but no more Birmingham Toilet Bowls.
Yep, as fans we should be most excited about the B12 bowl lineup; night and day difference from the American.
Big12
1. Sugar Bowl vs. SEC
Big 12 Champion goes here if not in the College Football Playoff, or highest-ranked Big 12 team
2. Valero Alamo Bowl vs. Pac-12
3. Cheez-It Bowl vs. ACC
4. Mercari Texas Bowl vs. SEC
5. AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. SEC
6. Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Big Ten
Potential other matchups
– Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. C-USA, Pac-12, or Army
– SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs. ACC, American Athletic, or Pac-12
The American Athletic will get teams in these bowl slots …
– Fenway Bowl vs. ACC Cold in December YUCK!
– Military Bowl vs. ACC (2021, 2023, 2025) Not 2022
– SoFi Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Too far on Christmas Eve
The AAC will get a chance at putting four teams in these bowls …
– Cure Bowl vs. Group of Five or Army YUCK
– Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. MAC or Sun Belt Yuck
– RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl vs. Group of Five or Army Yuck
– SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs. ACC, Big 12, or Pac-12
– TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC At least it is a new stadium
– Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl vs. Group of Five or Army Yuck
– Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl vs. ACC, Pac-12, or SEC
Also in the affiliation mix going forward …
– Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (2020, 2022, 2024)