Bowl scenarios: It’s anywhere from Sugar Bowl to Chick-fil-A for Dogs
Where is Georgia going to play in a bowl game?
Excellent question, and one that’s impossible to answer at this point. Now if you couch it to ask, where might the Bulldogs go bowling?, we can give that one a go.
Much is going to depend on the outcome of today’s game between Georgia and Georgia Tech, and other rivalry games as well. Suffice it to say, a Bulldogs’ win — which would be their 10th in a row – puts them in a very favorable position. However, a loss to the Jackets followed by another one to LSU makes Georgia a bit of a problem for the bowl bosses.
Regardless, Georgia should end up in one of these five bowl games:
- Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Jan. 3: The Bulldogs get here only if they beat LSU in the SEC Championship Game. They would be representing the league as SEC champion, then could hang around six days in New Orleans to catch LSU and/or Alabama play in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 9.
- Capital One Bowl, Orlando, Jan. 2: The Cap One folks have a tough decision — take a 10-2, top-10-ranked Arkansas team or a Georgia team that will be coming off a loss in the SEC championship game. Go ahead and cross off this option if the Dogs lose to Georgia Tech. And even if Georgia beats the Jackets, it still might look like an easy choice for the Razorbacks based on record and ranking. However, economic factors such as travel and attendance make it less obvious. The majority of the fanbase being within easy driving distance could work in UGA’s favor.
- Outback Bowl, Tampa, Jan. 2: This would seem the most likely destination if the Cap One passes on the SEC loser. But you never know what this volatile bowl selection group might do. They could decide to pick South Carolina on the argument the Gamecocks won head-to-head against Georgia, especially if they can beat Clemson. Auburn could enter the picture with a win over Alabama or Florida with a win over FSU.
- AT&T Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Jan. 6: Expect a real tug-of-war between the Cotton Bowl and the Cap One for Arkansas. Dallas is a traditional destination for the former Southwest Conference-dwelling Hogs and their fans will certainly travel well there, especially not having been back since 2007. Then again, Georgia hasn’t played there since beating Texas 10-9 in 1984 and a lot of Bulldog fans have expressed interest in going back.
- Chick-fil-A Bowl, Atlanta, Dec. 31: Lopsided losses to Tech and/or LSU could seriously jeopardize the Bulldogs cachet in the bowl hierarchy. But the SEC now has a “protection system” designed to keep the loser of the SEC title game from slipping too far. By contract, Commissioner Mike Slive can call on any of the non-BCS bowls in the SEC’s alliance and ask them to protect the SEC loser. It’s unlikely Slive would let Georgia slip past the Outback or Cotton. Nevertheless, Chick-fil-A Bowl President Gary Stokan told me himself he would protect Georgia from getting past them.
As you can see, the outcomes of today’s rivalry games will have a profound effect on the bowl scenario as we know it. So you might as well settle in and watch. By Saturday night, the picture should sharpen considerably.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
293 comments Add your comment
Destin Dawg
November 26th, 2011
11:19 am
UGA 52 GT 28… FSU 31 Fla. 21
The truth hurts
November 26th, 2011
11:19 am
@ Tampa Gator..We beat Coastal Carolina, New Mexico State and a Florida Gator team that is on a downward spiral. Must suck to be a Gator fan!
UGA
November 26th, 2011
11:24 am
Keep it classy dawg fans. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. Just ignore the foolishness of people, who get their “kicks” on stirring-up UGA fans. Why respond to a foolish man, you become him. Hope for a dawg win today. Hunker down hairy dawg’s.
Sam
November 26th, 2011
11:24 am
Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team.
Watch for yourself…it is unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
Destin Dawg
November 26th, 2011
11:24 am
we did beat S.C. all over the field.. Spurrier said so.. just not on the score board.. UGA and FSU will feast on the Gators as long as Muschamp and Weis are there you should have hired winning coaches !!
roughrider
November 26th, 2011
11:31 am
Is anyone old enough to remember when Tech won a bowl game?
SEC Observer
November 26th, 2011
11:41 am
Corso and Herbstreit are picking Tech.
I’m not so sure but I do think it will be a close game.
Dawg fans better worry about today and not LSU.
Erk Russell's Dog
November 26th, 2011
11:43 am
ESPN ’s talking heads are all Big ten homers,at least they brought David Pollack out for the Munson tribute.
SEC Observer
November 26th, 2011
11:45 am
Destin Dawg,
Richt was not a “winning” coach either when Georgia hired him. Like Muschamp, he had never been a head coach either.
Erk Russell's Dog
November 26th, 2011
11:50 am
It must kill Herbie ,Desmond and Corso that the Ohio State Michigan game has no impact on the national title or even the Big Ten title. Did not keep them from wasting 10 minutes talking about it though.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 26th, 2011
12:00 pm
Coach Corso just picked Ga Tech! Get ready to celebrate a BIG BULLDAWG WIN!
Bowl scenarios: It’s anywhere from Sugar Bowl to Chick-fil-A for Dogs – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - My Best Dogs
November 26th, 2011
1:22 pm
[...] Nov, 2011 Dog News webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick [...]
Supes
November 26th, 2011
1:36 pm
Dream scenario which is very likely….UGA beats Tech and FSU beats FLA…leaving Gator fans to go crawl back into their trailers so they can wash their jorts and trim their mullets!
Supes
November 26th, 2011
1:37 pm
Hey hope I didn’t offend ya Tampa Gator…JUST having fun man, college football you know! Just daym…even in a down year we have suffer the chatter from Gator fans on our own blogs….
ARdawg
November 26th, 2011
1:43 pm
The idea that Georgia is looking past GT to next week is BS. The espn talking heads haven’t even taken the time to honestly analyze the game. Fugg’em. UGA defense is looking a little slow today though
ARdawg
November 26th, 2011
1:45 pm
UGA
agreed. Don’t feed the trolls
TXDawg
November 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
The Alabama situation this year is exactly the situation that the dawgs were in a few years back. If baffles me that ESPN is pushing for Alabama to play in the NC game when the opinion when it was GA in this sitation was you can’t play for the NC if you do not even win your owm conference.
TXDawg
November 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
*it*
ARdawg
November 26th, 2011
1:51 pm
TxDawg
Oh the hipocracy of it all. Bama is a darling
TXDawg
November 26th, 2011
1:53 pm
I know, the lova affair that ESPN has with Saban and Bama makes we just want to throw-up in the grass!
Bobby Dodd
November 26th, 2011
2:35 pm
Congratulations Dawgs!! Forget our hs offense, it’s been replaced with Al Groans middle school defense, he calls it “bend and then break”. Pathetic. Pitiful.
Just the facts, ma'am
November 26th, 2011
2:40 pm
A few facts about your UGA that you might consider:
1. UGA is the nation’s #1 party school. That means that UGA has the highest number of drunks on campus of all the colleges and universities in the U.S. These drunks keep the Athens-Clarke County jail full, and provide full employment to law enforcement personnel, bail bondsmen, and attorneys. Really something to be proud of, isn’t it.
2. UGA athletes are some of the most illiterate morons in the country. Most of them take remedial studies, which is the stuff that most kids learn by the seventh grade. But not your dummies, who you laughingly call student-athletes. The very few who actually graduate have worthless diplomas in worthless studies that no employer is looking for.
3. Even your fans are trashy, stupid drunks. Take a look at what your campus looks like after a home game, and check the number of DUIs the police issue between Athens and Atlanta after a game.
4. UGA athletes must think that ankle monitoring bracelets are bling, they see so many of them in the locker room.
A really miserable, sorry place, and a huge embarrassment to all Georgians.
Bobby Dodd
November 26th, 2011
2:43 pm
roughrider
November 26th, 2011
11:31 am
Is anyone old enough to remember when Tech won a bowl game?
Hey Roughrider, Tech ranks 9th in history with 22 bowl wins, even though it’s been since 2004 with a victory. But at least we didn’t lose to a “directional school” last year! HA HA HA, with a former Tech coach at that.
Remarkable
November 26th, 2011
2:52 pm
Who will Georgia Play is a better question? I want Boise State.
ARdawg
November 26th, 2011
2:54 pm
Suckit Nerds. This is the point in the annual game where you declare football doesn’t matter. How pathetic. You are the same nerds that troll the blogs bad mouthing at every opportunity. Just remember “We run this state”
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
November 26th, 2011
3:12 pm
So what is the morale victory of GT nerds now??? LOL
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
November 26th, 2011
3:16 pm
Hey, CPJ this is a victory for all those with mental disabilities at WalMart.
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
November 26th, 2011
3:18 pm
AS USUAL. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yellow Jacket Fan
November 26th, 2011
3:21 pm
Congratulations on your win today, UGA! And good luck next week vs LSU.
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
November 26th, 2011
3:21 pm
IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOHOHOHOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOHO. Even SANTA is laughing at GT.
Niceville Dawg
November 26th, 2011
3:25 pm
And to H*LL with Georgia Tech…..enough said
TampaDawg
November 26th, 2011
3:33 pm
10-1 over GT .. Nice job CMR.
TampaDawg
November 26th, 2011
3:35 pm
Hey Bobby Dodd, you still lost. And Lord knows, your boys lost to the team that lost to that directional school. How did that taste?
TXDawg
November 26th, 2011
3:35 pm
Great game Dawgs! Now bring on LSU!
red&black
November 26th, 2011
3:37 pm
31-17 Go dawgs…..Who’s ya daddy????……..
Vampire Bill
November 26th, 2011
3:39 pm
Great day… beat those bugs. Johnson is such a loser. Did you see the ugly look he gave Washington after his last series? I truly can’t understand why any young athlete would want to play for him. Low class
red&black
November 26th, 2011
3:39 pm
Once again Tech is officially UGA’s b!#$*……
red&black
November 26th, 2011
3:41 pm
Where are all the Tech folks. I thought surely they would want to talk s#!^……
mark louis
November 26th, 2011
3:47 pm
How can you say that SC would be picked over UGA because of the head-to-head result, but then say that Florida or Auburn could be picked over UGA? Georgia isn’t falling past the Outback, & after beating Tech, they probably aren’t falling past the Cotton or Capital One.
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
November 26th, 2011
3:49 pm
Go Dawgs Oh Hell Yea. You beat Tech!!!!!!1
Bowl scenarios: It’s anywhere from Sugar Bowl to Chick-fil-A for Dogs – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) | Dog Blog Shop
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
[...] webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]
big jew
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
Okay.. uga just beat tech pretty easily.
Is this possible…
Uga edges out lsu in a close game.
Ok st. Loses to ok in big12 game.
Bans crushes auburn.
Could it still be lsu vs bans with uga in the sugar…
Unlikely.. but possible???
BG
November 26th, 2011
4:31 pm
GO DAWGS! 10 out of 11 against Tech!!!
DawgByte
November 26th, 2011
4:41 pm
(((31-17)))
Having beaten Florida, Tenn., Auburn and Tech in one season. I’m a happy camper!!!
DawgByte
November 26th, 2011
4:45 pm
Molto -
How pathetic are you? Your team keeps losing to Georgia, so you have to bring up Jan Kemp and Vince Dooley from 30 years ago!!! Are you deranged. Who’s team had the latest probation and had their ACC Championship taken away from them??? Uhhhhh, that would be Georgia Tech!
When your brain gets cramped just think of Reggie Ball!!!
veaserva
November 26th, 2011
4:58 pm
The Dawgs need to beat LSU next week to be guaranteed a BCS bowl games .This is what Ga.should be playing for not one of those lower rank bowl games .Go Dawgs
Scott
November 26th, 2011
5:11 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong, but if UGA beats LSU, wouldn’t it be impossible for LSU and Alabama to play for the NC? I think only two teams from one conference can make the BCS bowls and NC????
Niceville Dawg
November 26th, 2011
5:12 pm
There was more red and black in that stadium than yellow.And most everyone stayed.Proud of the crowd.All those stinger talkers…..funny,they were out-numbered.To HELL with tech.
krazydawg
November 26th, 2011
5:17 pm
I agree are x qb is a great player.But he can not stay out of trouble with the ladies.And as for lsu running the SEC for the next coming years i disagree.Georgia will be the team to beat for the next 3 years.LSU better get us this year because next three it is going to be good to be a dawg.And for everyone counting us out for LSU,even the sun shines on a dogs A@@ once a day.
Just the facts, ma'am
November 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
The fact is GT athletes have a lower graduation rate than UGA.
Also 34-17 BABY!