Today’s articles. Good discussion topics.

The slow downfall of the Gator Bowl:
http://www.southernpigskin.com/ACC/view/gator-bowl-losing-prestige

The SEC’s Biggest Question Marks:
http://www.southernpigskin.com/SEC/view/the-secs-biggest-question-marks

Regarding the GB, go back to ‘98 when they had Heisman Finalist Joe Hamilton and Georgia Tech taking on 9-2 Notre Dame who had just missed a BCS bowl. This past year they had a pair of 6-6 teams. Would like to see ACC #3 vs. Big East #2 back there instead of in Orlando. Cincinnati vs. FSU would’ve been a nice little game this year.

Matt…Keep posting the article in the forum.  I like it.  BTW:  Are you the Doctor? (If you don’t know what I am talking about then check out the BBC sometimes)

Anyway, good articles, but I hope the Gator Bowl goes bankrupt for the way they did the ACC.  As I recall, since they knew they we done with the ACC, they used a little loophole and screwed Miami and a few other ACC schools to put a 6-6 FSU in to play WVU. 

I don’t blame the nole’s at all, but the GB was pathetic for doing this.

Since the Gator Bowl doesn’t mean crap in the big scheme of things… And it was Bobby B’s last game… It made sense… Especially with his history with West Virginia… and FSU won… couldn’t have scripted it any better… but FSU has a little bit of clout in Florida, especially with JAX so it made sense… West Virginia woulda beat everybody else’s ass anyway.

garnet_gold - 18 June 2012 06:40 PM

Since the Gator Bowl doesn’t mean crap in the big scheme of things… And it was Bobby B’s last game… It made sense… Especially with his history with West Virginia… and FSU won… couldn’t have scripted it any better… but FSU has a little bit of clout in Florida, especially with JAX so it made sense… West Virginia woulda beat everybody else’s ass anyway.

A I said, I don’t Blame the Noles or WVU..it was a good swansong for BB….but other ACC schools got hosed and that event is what cause the ACC to change their deal with the bowls about how far down a team can drop.  For example, the ACC runner-Up cannot drop farther than the 4th pick which is the Sun Bowl.

Next up on the bowl death list, the Orange bowl.

Clemson took FSU’s spot in 2008 and FSU took Clemson’s spot in 2009, fair is fair, but it would have been better if the Gator bowl would have stayed connected to the ACC some how. One thing i’m starting to notice is how important tradition is tied to the bowl games and the ACC had a long history with them though it’s been a little off and on.

I hope this relationship is repaired one day with both sides reconciling. I think it would be great if the Gator bowl could work out something with the ACC, SEC and Big East, taking 2 from these conferences in 3 years. Examples:

2013 USF vs UGA
2014 Miami vs Rutgers
2015 Clem vs UTenn

The idea is to always have 1 team within a 5-6 hour drive and always have 2 teams with a winning record. The ACC and SEC will have 14 schools, if the Gator bowl can work out getting the #3 ACC (after BCS picks), #5 SEC (after BCS picks) and #2 Big East (after BCS picks), I think most years there will be at least 1 top 25 team involved and occassionally a top 25 matchup.

Garrett_TD23 - 18 June 2012 07:00 PM

Clemson took FSU’s spot in 2008 and FSU took Clemson’s spot in 2009, fair is fair, but it would have been better if the Gator bowl would have stayed connected to the ACC some how. One thing i’m starting to notice is how important tradition is tied to the bowl games and the ACC had a long history with them though it’s been a little off and on.

I hope this relationship is repaired one day with both sides reconciling. I think it would be great if the Gator bowl could work out something with the ACC, SEC and Big East, taking 2 from these conferences in 3 years. Examples:

2013 USF vs UGA
2014 Miami vs Rutgers
2015 Clem vs UTenn

The idea is to always have 1 team within a 5-6 hour drive and always have 2 teams with a winning record. The ACC and SEC will have 14 schools, if the Gator bowl can work out getting the #3 ACC (after BCS picks), #5 SEC (after BCS picks) and #2 Big East (after BCS picks), I think most years there will be at least 1 top 25 team involved and occassionally a top 25 matchup.

The problem with the GB IMO is they made a poor decision based on how a few small ACC teams had good runs in a small period of time and that caused them to make a poor decision….

Wake and Boston College both had a few years of good runs in the ACC….Unfortunately, their fans travel poorly and nobody cares about them nationally….. That situation has corrected itself and the creme is starting to rise to the top again….

With that said, I doubt Syracuse or Pitt will add much to future bowl in TV of ticket sales….It still rests with Clemson, VT, FSU, UNC, Miami,NC State and maybe GT to play well and out asses in the stands and keep the small schools in the little bowls