TCU vs Cal

Cheez It Bowl

(12-02-2018 04:43 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  The Belk Bowl can take a long walk off a short pier and I hope if they are ever forced to select GT due to no other teams south of the Potomac being available that GT declines the bid and plays elsewhere. The Belk has picked around GT a half dozen times or so but when given a chance to pair GT against Auburn they instead opt for Missouri vs Virginia. That's the most galling Belk Bowl pick of all.

Belk Bowl is actually South Carolina vs Virginia

USC-E vs GT would have been a better matchup and better attendance. Auburn vs GT in the Music City that's a sell out.

There will be some fallout from this.

With all the horse trading...

B1G, Big XII and Pac-12 all play every bowl game vs. other P5 opponents. Plus, the SEC only plays P5 except for the Fiesta (where they were forced to play the highest ranked G5 champ). Only the ACC manages to play some bowl games vs. the unwashed heathens of college football (3 vs. AAC, 1 vs. MWC).

Thank God we're protecting the sanctity of the bowl games...



USFFan

(12-02-2018 04:49 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:43 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  The Belk Bowl can take a long walk off a short pier and I hope if they are ever forced to select GT due to no other teams south of the Potomac being available that GT declines the bid and plays elsewhere. The Belk has picked around GT a half dozen times or so but when given a chance to pair GT against Auburn they instead opt for Missouri vs Virginia. That's the most galling Belk Bowl pick of all.

Belk Bowl is actually South Carolina vs Virginia

USC-E vs GT would have been a better matchup and better attendance. Auburn vs GT in the Music City that's a sell out.

There will be some fallout from this.

@GTAthletics and @GeorgiaTechFB knows that they dropped the ball. Other teams and programs are tweeting out their bowl announcements and there is nothing but crickets from our administration. I don't blame Coach Paul Johnson for retiring from this crap.

Swofford and the ACC got tired of Paul calling them out for the crappy scheduling. This is payback pure and simple. Swofford a UNC guy right? The conference is a ******* joke.

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Boston College Vs Boise State

I thought Cheez It Bowl was for MWC. SERVPRO was a Big 12. I wonder if the 2 bowls decided to trade teams to play in them?

Frisco Bowl had no tie in or conditional for a MWC team.

Idaho Potato Bowl was for MWC.

BYU was rumored to play against an AAC school in Frisco Bowl.

UNR still showing not playing in a bowl yet.

(12-02-2018 04:48 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  TCU vs Cal

Cheez It Bowl

Probably the best matchup the Bears could have hoped for, given that they have no offense. At least we have a chance of seeing a win.

Detroit is actually a really good host for the MACC and bowl. Lots of bars, restaurants, dog parks, monuments, intricate X-Mas displays, and a casino in between my hotel and Ford Field/Comerica. Looked really nice. Ford Field is an amazing venue.

With the season GT had, Paul Johnson’s final game should not be the day after X-Mas against Minnesota. That’s absolutely terrible on the ACC’s end.

Wish GT/Clemson/FSU could go to the SEC (with Mizzou returning home). Sounds like the 3 fan bases desperately want it.

(12-02-2018 05:00 PM)usffan Wrote:  With all the horse trading...

B1G, Big XII and Pac-12 all play every bowl game vs. other P5 opponents. Plus, the SEC only plays P5 except for the Fiesta (where they were forced to play the highest ranked G5 champ). Only the ACC manages to play some bowl games vs. the unwashed heathens of college football (3 vs. AAC, 1 vs. MWC).

Thank God we're protecting the sanctity of the bowl games...



USFFan

Arizona State versus Fresno State?

(12-02-2018 05:26 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:48 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  TCU vs Cal

Cheez It Bowl

Probably the best matchup the Bears could have hoped for, given that they have no offense. At least we have a chance of seeing a win.

Fresno fans would have much preferred Cal instead of ASU. It’s a good year if you can kick the snot out of both UC PAC-12 schools.

Wow .... Everyone knows that some bowl destinations are lousy, with Detroit being close to the top of the list, but everyone also knows if you are even loosely linked to an invited university, you are supposed to heap praise on the bowl that invited you and act like spending four days in Shreveport or Birmingham is like a trip to the Riviera.

But the GT community is really gushing bile over Detroit, eh? Not even trying to hide it, LOL.

(12-03-2018 08:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Wow .... Everyone knows that some bowl destinations are lousy, with Detroit being close to the top of the list, but everyone also knows if you are even loosely linked to an invited university, you are supposed to heap praise on the bowl that invited you and act like spending four days in Shreveport or Birmingham is like a trip to the Riviera.

But the GT community is really gushing bile over Detroit, eh? Not even trying to hide it, LOL.

I do not know why people don't like Detroit. They revitalized their downtown and have great hotel casinos close to the stadium. I am not much of a night owl these days, but the nightlife there would be perfectly fine for me.

(12-03-2018 12:09 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Detroit is actually a really good host for the MACC and bowl. Lots of bars, restaurants, dog parks, monuments, intricate X-Mas displays, and a casino in between my hotel and Ford Field/Comerica. Looked really nice. Ford Field is an amazing venue.

With the season GT had, Paul Johnson’s final game should not be the day after X-Mas against Minnesota. That’s absolutely terrible on the ACC’s end.

Wish GT/Clemson/FSU could go to the SEC (with Mizzou returning home). Sounds like the 3 fan bases desperately want it.

SEC only want Florida State and Clemson. Georgia Tech's fans have the reputation that they are not easy to be pleased.

(12-02-2018 05:18 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Boston College Vs Boise State

I thought Cheez It Bowl was for MWC. SERVPRO was a Big 12. I wonder if the 2 bowls decided to trade teams to play in them?

Frisco Bowl had no tie in or conditional for a MWC team.

Idaho Potato Bowl was for MWC.

BYU was rumored to play against an AAC school in Frisco Bowl.

UNR still showing not playing in a bowl yet.

The MWC is a backup for the Cheez-It Bowl if the Pac 12 or Big 12 can't fill their spots.

(12-03-2018 09:24 AM)otown Wrote:  

(12-03-2018 08:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Wow .... Everyone knows that some bowl destinations are lousy, with Detroit being close to the top of the list, but everyone also knows if you are even loosely linked to an invited university, you are supposed to heap praise on the bowl that invited you and act like spending four days in Shreveport or Birmingham is like a trip to the Riviera.

But the GT community is really gushing bile over Detroit, eh? Not even trying to hide it, LOL.

I do not know why people don't like Detroit. They revitalized their downtown and have great hotel casinos close to the stadium. I am not much of a night owl these days, but the nightlife there would be perfectly fine for me.

I think it's probably the weather thing. And yeah, some misconceptions about Detroit as a bombed-out Fallujah or something.

(12-03-2018 08:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  But the GT community is really gushing bile over Detroit, eh? Not even trying to hide it, LOL.

From the top:
- The bowl is held on Boxing Day ... this means you'd need to travel on Christmas or be there over Christmas.
- It's in Detroit.
- For your ticket to count towards "GT ticket sales" you must purchase through the GTAA at the bowl rate of $100. Meanwhile the bowl itself is giving away tickets for free ( https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...108643002/ ), and the secondary market is all the way down to $10 already.
- The Belk Bowl passed on having Auburn vs GT or South Carolina vs GT to instead field Cavman against South Carolina..... for reasons nobody outside of Charlottesville understands.
- Had GT declined the bid they would have instead been sent to better destinations like Birmingham or Dallas.
- The fan base actually wanted to travel to give a proper ending to the CPJ era ... this bowl game is the least travel-able game in the ACC's inventory
- This makes obvious a little gotcha in the ACC's one-wine rule (you can only bypass the team with the highest number of wins when selecting as a bowl if the team you select is within one win of that team's record) ... it is applied to overall record, not conference record. So Duke (3-5 ACC) got selected over GT (5-3 ACC). This also means if you schedule a bunch of nobodies in the OOC you'll be rewarded come bowl time. Going back to Cavman and the Belk ... UVA played @Indiana, Ohio, Richmond, and William & Mary OOC. GT played Alcorn State, @UGA, @USF, and BGSU. Give GT the UVA OOC schedule and they finish 9-3 instead of 7-5. So remember kids ... schedule all the paycheck games you can afford ... it pays off come bowl season. When you add Notre Dame to the bowl mix and consider GT will be playing UGA every year .... GT needs to finish THREE WINS better than somebody in conference play to be guaranteed to be selected prior come bowl time.

(12-03-2018 11:32 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I think it's probably the weather thing. And yeah, some misconceptions about Detroit as a bombed-out Fallujah or something.

Per CBS:
Detroit has the highest violent crime rate in the nation, with 2,047 incidents per 100,000 residents. In 2016, 303 people were murdered in Detroit.

That's a higher casualty rate than the US had in Iraq at the height of the troop surge. Also, Detroit does well with vermin too: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/m...020374001/

The best part about Detroit is that it is close to Windsor.

(12-03-2018 09:49 AM)Big Frog II Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 05:18 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Boston College Vs Boise State

I thought Cheez It Bowl was for MWC. SERVPRO was a Big 12. I wonder if the 2 bowls decided to trade teams to play in them?

Frisco Bowl had no tie in or conditional for a MWC team.

Idaho Potato Bowl was for MWC.

BYU was rumored to play against an AAC school in Frisco Bowl.

UNR still showing not playing in a bowl yet.

The MWC is a backup for the Cheez-It Bowl if the Pac 12 or Big 12 can't fill their spots.

The Big 12 came a team short. They could not fulfilled their slots because Oklahoma went to the playoffs. So the Cheez It Bowl was supposed to go to the MWC.

(12-03-2018 09:24 AM)otown Wrote:  

(12-03-2018 08:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Wow .... Everyone knows that some bowl destinations are lousy, with Detroit being close to the top of the list, but everyone also knows if you are even loosely linked to an invited university, you are supposed to heap praise on the bowl that invited you and act like spending four days in Shreveport or Birmingham is like a trip to the Riviera.

But the GT community is really gushing bile over Detroit, eh? Not even trying to hide it, LOL.

I do not know why people don't like Detroit. They revitalized their downtown and have great hotel casinos close to the stadium. I am not much of a night owl these days, but the nightlife there would be perfectly fine for me.

(12-03-2018 11:45 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  - This makes obvious a little gotcha in the ACC's one-wine rule (you can only bypass the team with the highest number of wins when selecting as a bowl if the team you select is within one win of that team's record) ... it is applied to overall record, not conference record.

Is the ACC the only conference that does it that way? The Pac-12 uses conference record for that.