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Tennessee has accepted an invitation to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl!

In a refreshing turnaround from last year, UT gets an opportunity to prove themselves in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, presumably against Virginia Tech.  It's official on the Bowl's website.

Use this thread to celebrate and discuss the rest of the bowl selections tonight!

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Hooray!

this will be a good one!

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 7:00 PM EST reply actions  

Tickets go on sale at 9:00 PM tonight

Mike Hamilton says the Vols have already sold 11k thru season ticket holders…if you want to go to this game, and you should, the public onsale will be at uttix.com tonight.

Trust me – the Hokies are going to come in full force. We need to match them.

by Will on Dec 6, 2009 7:01 PM EST reply actions  

You can also

just click here – upper levels are available for $60.00 apiece

by Will on Dec 6, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions  

so

for the regular season, my seats are 25 yard line 8 rows up. But I didn’t want to do the season ticket holder deal, because they just assign tickets, and you don’t know where they are going to be. does anyone know where the teams allotted tickets are?

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 7:10 PM EST reply actions  

Unfortunately, their seating chart isn't up yet.

Hopefully it’ll come online here, but no guarantees.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:17 PM EST up reply actions  

With this and the Cotton Bowl, Boise's in the BCS.

There just aren’t enough other teams.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions  

Everything I've read today

has said the Fiesta is going to pull the trigger on the TCU-Boise matchup. It’s bad for both programs, but I will definitely watch it

by Will on Dec 6, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions  

I was afraid of that.

The Mid-Major Sideshow Fiesta Bowl! Way to marginalize, y’all.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 7:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Rumors are TCU-Boise in the Fiesta, but I just can't see that happening.

The Fiesta knows nobody else will pick up Boise, so I’d bet they’ll pick up PSU (over Iowa, too) with their first selection for the guaranteed fanbase and national interest.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions  

The Fiesta has the last pick of all BCS teams. And the Sugar and Orange definitely will not pick Boise before then.

So if the Fiesta took TCU with their first pick (right after Florida goes to the Sugar), they’ll get the midmajor petting zoo.

That would likely send PSU to the Orange and Cincy to the Sugar.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions  

Kentucky and Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Not a good matchup for Kentucky.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:40 PM EST reply actions  

which means

Florida State, the Gator Bowl and the ACC just gave Clemson, Boston College, Miami and North Carolina the finger

by Will on Dec 6, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah

Florida state was 6-6!

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 7:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Arky and ECU in the Liberty Bowl.

And yes, I know some of these are not news. Just summarizing.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:42 PM EST reply actions  

The Capital One bowl isn’t showing yet because of the Big 10 tie-in and BCS implications. But it’s LSU and somebody.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 7:46 PM EST reply actions  

Sweet

any idea where UT student tickets will be in the GA dome?

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions  

Aw, crap.

That sucks for both TCU and Boise.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:03 PM EST reply actions  

it really does

its part of the BCS conspiracy so no big schools have to get embarrassed this year

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 8:06 PM EST up reply actions  

But Jim Delaney made it happen.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Of course he did.

I wonder what kind of kickback the Fiesta got for falling on that sword.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

They get to take financial buoy Ohio State at the next opportunity.

It’s a win-win scenario for them.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions  

The Big Ten commissioner.

I’ve just decided to blame him for everything that’s wrong with the BCS.

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by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:12 PM EST up reply actions  

same

TCU-Boise is kinda a meh match-up. Won’t be a Cinderella story no matter who ends up winning.

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 8:05 PM EST up reply actions  

It was the Poinsettia Bowl last year, too.

And will be a regular matchup starting in 2012 during the regular season.

A HUGE whiff by the selection committee.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:06 PM EST up reply actions  

seriously

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions  

the big 10 is awful

i think LSU or Oregon State would be better than PSU or Iowa

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Ok, my rooting interests are set.

Alabama OBLITERATE Texas.

Cincy beat Florida.

Tech crush Big10.

And, I guess TCU over Boise, though this game upsets me the most. But this would leave three undefeateds, including two teams who can rightly say they weren’t given a fair shake.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions  

Iowa

ticket sales, come on down!

by Will on Dec 6, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

Say it with me:

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by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

wow

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Whoa. Iowa / Georgia Tech in the Orange.

WOO!

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by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

Eh, WOO! for a couple of reasons:

1 – GT can beat Iowa.
2 – the BCS actually respected head-to-head.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

If only BYU had beaten Florida State.

That would have solved so many problems.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't think they had a choice, oddly.

LSU couldn’t go. I don’t know if there was a limit on non-Big Six teams at 2 or not, but if there was a limit on them, then the only choices were B10 teams. Otherwise it’s B10 vs. BYU (which: what?).

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions  

all those rules are stupid.

they should put the best teams in. Iowa isn’t among them. put in a 2nd big 12, acc, or pac 10 team in

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions  

That, at least, is good.

Iowa will get crushed. But at least PSU isn’t in it.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Iowa SUCKS!

GT might run all over them

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

I gotta go.

But wow, do we have some stuff to discuss this week.

Congrats, BCS. You may convert this bowl fanatic die-hard into a playoff guy yet.

by Hooper on Dec 6, 2009 8:18 PM EST reply actions  

The best system has the highest bus factor.

As in, the number of people you want to hit with a bus to fix the friggin’ thing after you see the final result.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Fox just recognized

Alabama as having 8 national championships…

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 8:23 PM EST reply actions  

By the way, the women are destroying Texas right now.

It’s 65-38 with 10 minutes to go in the 2nd half (on ESPN2).

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Graysnail on Dec 6, 2009 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

wow

so Cincinnati actually had a better shot at the NC than TCU did. Cincy was ranked #2 by the computers

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 8:41 PM EST reply actions  

cincy power

excellent. i will watch my vols beat the hokies on new years eve, and the day after i will watch flawda lose to el gatos. what a way to spend new years

by cincyvol6198 on Dec 6, 2009 9:43 PM EST reply actions  

Anyone see the bowl selection special on espn?

they discussed the Tennessee game but their graphic was VT vs the Lady Vols. Lou Holtz said Tennessee is a weak SEC team vs a strong ACC team. I think Rece Davis mentioned USC beating Clemson and Georgia beating Georgia Tech.

by golfballs03 on Dec 6, 2009 10:10 PM EST reply actions  

Holtz actually said...

“This is a match up of one of the best teams of the ACC against one of the worst in the SEC”

One of the worst, 2nd in the east…whatever.

So Sayth King Zach I

by kingofzachland on Dec 6, 2009 10:53 PM EST up reply actions  

they've pulled that lady vols logo stunt a couple times

makes me think it is no longer a simple accident. Knowing the history UT and ESPN have you never know…

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Dec 6, 2009 11:37 PM EST up reply actions  

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