Not sure - maybe you can reject a bowl entirely, but you can't try to pick your bowl or get into another bowl from my understanding. Agreed - that would be pretty ridiculous. I think A&M is more likely than Texas. SEC will get 2 into the BCS, and then the next team goes to Cap One. Then the Cotton Bowl and Outback bowls split the next two, based on where the SEC wants to send them. I would think you'd push A&M to the Cotton, but I dunno. Texas is a bit trickier. KSU goes to the BCS. OU probably goes to the BCS. Then the next team would be Cotton Bowl bound - but that could be a mix of OkieState, Texas, or Tech depending on how they all finish.
Hello Aggies. Cheers to an injury free game. Is anybody making the the trip up to Tuscaloosa this weekend?
I guess the Aggies aren't the doormat of the SEC like all my UT buddies told me they would be. #eatcrowhorns
I thought the Cotton Bowl simply chose the most enticing Big 12 team left available? Didn't TAMU make the Cotton Bowl over... man, memory is cloudy... Missouri, Nebraska and/or someone else that was deserving when they played LSU? Or maybe it was Tennessee? I'm getting old.
Absolutely - after the BCS teams, the Cotton Bowl has the next choice. But is a Texas team that, say, loses to TCU and then gets obliterated by K-State in the finale, going to be that appealing, especially if everyone wants Mack Brown fired? There's just a lack of clarity with the Big12 who might be most appealing for the Cotton Bowl, depending on how the rest of the season plays out. The top tier in the SEC seems a little more concrete and predictable.
I guess the definition of "appealing" is what's in play here then. In my mind, a TAMU/UT matchup trumps all. I'm imagining money is the driving force? Wouldn't that matchup drive the most fans and garner the most media coverage? Or is quality of the teams involved the driving force? And if so, when did college football change their mantra in favor of competition instead of money?
The long runs are what make highlights, but Manziel is so good at making something out of nothing. Scampering out of sacks like he does keeps the offense on schedule. Things are going well for the Aggies, but they have to get points every time they drive into the red zone. That's what killed them against LSU. I seriously doubt Bama is going away in this game.
If A&M can pull this off, they may be working on positioning themselves for a BCS bid if Florida loses to FSU.
I had to drive somewhere right after McCarron's pick. Texas A&M's play-by-play guy is hilarious. He will be totally calm and suddenly explode loudly with enthusiam. His calls of A&M's 2nd and 3rd touchdowns had me LOLing.
This may be premature, but it looks like A&M's offense is falling apart again in the 2nd half after defenses adjust.
