thwg
Damn Good Rat
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- Sep 10, 2003
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Guys, whether you hate him or are neutral can we please quit the ridiculous comments about WHERE georgaphically we go to a bowl. You guys let Ugagers influence your opinion of our teams and this is a prime example.
In 1997, we were 6-5 and went to the Carjack bowl. Was that a good bowl? In 2001 with on paper the second best GT team in the last 30 years we went to Seattle and beat a top 15 Stanford team.
The bowl location has 100% to do with the suckiness of the ACC and its bowl tie-ins and zero to do with whether we had a successful season or not. BC will likely go to the Champs bowl this year and play a joke Big 10 team. they still had a great year but in bowl terms they'll be behind 8 SEC schools.
If we had the same years as Miss State, UK, Bama, Auburn, SoCar, Arkansas, etc. no one would feel one iota better about this team but gosh darn it they all go to name bowls east of the MS. Why? because they are in the SEC.
If you want better bowls, then we need to join the SEC because the ACC bowl tie-ins are pathetic. The Chichk-fil-A would love a 7-5 GT team right now over their SEC choices but they have no choice.
It doesn't matter how bad we were or are or what we'll be like next year, our bowl options are basically a BCS bowl, beg into the Gator, or no name bowl vs. top 40 team. It's what the ACC has but it is no way an indicator of the strength of a GT team year in and year out.
In 1997, we were 6-5 and went to the Carjack bowl. Was that a good bowl? In 2001 with on paper the second best GT team in the last 30 years we went to Seattle and beat a top 15 Stanford team.
The bowl location has 100% to do with the suckiness of the ACC and its bowl tie-ins and zero to do with whether we had a successful season or not. BC will likely go to the Champs bowl this year and play a joke Big 10 team. they still had a great year but in bowl terms they'll be behind 8 SEC schools.
If we had the same years as Miss State, UK, Bama, Auburn, SoCar, Arkansas, etc. no one would feel one iota better about this team but gosh darn it they all go to name bowls east of the MS. Why? because they are in the SEC.
If you want better bowls, then we need to join the SEC because the ACC bowl tie-ins are pathetic. The Chichk-fil-A would love a 7-5 GT team right now over their SEC choices but they have no choice.
It doesn't matter how bad we were or are or what we'll be like next year, our bowl options are basically a BCS bowl, beg into the Gator, or no name bowl vs. top 40 team. It's what the ACC has but it is no way an indicator of the strength of a GT team year in and year out.
