Sugar Bowl is a disgrace no

[OrangeAfroMan]

So you think Texas with four losses would be better than Central Florida? Central Florida is what Hawaii was ten years ago or Boise 7-8 years ago. I disagree. Because Texas has a helmet name to me doesn't mean a thing. They are not very good.

FWIW I hate it that Florida drew an opponent that they have no chance against. Again it's a four loss team against a two loss Michigan. To me it would have made infinitely more sense to match Georgia and Michigan and then Florida and Texas. We would have had two much more competitive games. I do understand why we can't.

A - Florida has 3 losses
B - Florida and Texas are underdogs, they don't have "no chance"
C - Yes, UCF is the flash-in-the-pan G5 team of the moment.  Hooray!  Yawn.  It'll be someone else in 2 years.  Thus, 30 years down the road, it will sound better to say "We beat Texas in the Sugar Bowl that year" than "We beat that directional school in the Sugar" - because the particulars would have faded over time.

[OrangeAfroMan]

The NY6 "contracts" basically prevent us from having better match ups, obviously.  When UGA played Hawaii in the SB, a very good USC team was available and played, and crushed, a mediocre Illinois squad.  Cincinnati I believe played in the Orange, not Sugar, back when.

I think UCF is a very dangerous team, like an Oklahoma but with faster play.  They could well beat LSU.

Cincinnati played in the 2010 Sugar Bowl vs Florida (2009 season).

[OrangeAfroMan]

I did find it odd when the Big XII agreed to send their champ to the Sugar...pairing us off with them a la the Rose with the B10 and PAC.
But then the playoff happened shortly after, and so I guess I thought, well that agreement didn't last long...yet here we are, sort of with the remnant of the agreement showing this year.



I, too, would have liked to see UGA vs Michigan.  

[Cincydawg]

That 2010 Sugar Bowl was so "memorable" that I forgot all about it.

Some rumors Harbaugh wants to return to the League.

[rolltidefan]

A - Florida has 3 losses
B - Florida and Texas are underdogs, they don't have "no chance"
C - Yes, UCF is the flash-in-the-pan G5 team of the moment.  Hooray!  Yawn.  It'll be someone else in 2 years.  Thus, 30 years down the road, it will sound better to say "We beat Texas in the Sugar Bowl that year" than "We beat that directional school in the Sugar" - because the particulars would have faded over time.

tbh, i don't care all that much what it'll look like in 20-30 years. i want the best match-ups today so we can enjoy them while we watch them. and i'll remember boise's crazy upset over ou much more than the sugar and rose that year, despite their match-ups being traditional.
having said that, i have no issues with texas being in the sugar. imo, texas is a good team. the played a cfp team twice, winning once and tacking them tied through 3 qtrs the other time.

[Cincydawg]

Of teams UGA has played, Texas is close to equal to all of them, at least, save one, I suspect.  They might well be a notch better than Florida and UK.

It's not as if the Dawgs can roll into town and expect to win easily.  Well, they CAN do that, but ...

[longhorn320]

So whats the over/under on how many seconds this thread will last before its deleted

anyway nice game dogs

good luck next year

[longhorn320]

I did find it odd when the Big XII agreed to send their champ to the Sugar...pairing us off with them a la the Rose with the B10 and PAC.
But then the playoff happened shortly after, and so I guess I thought, well that agreement didn't last long...yet here we are, sort of with the remnant of the agreement showing this year.



I, too, would have liked to see UGA vs Michigan.  

they would have lost that game too

[OrangeAfroMan]

Actually, if UGA had played Michigan, no one would have won, because they were the 2 letdown teams this year.  Both lost their last games of the season with a trip to the playoff on the line.  I predicted both would have motivation problems and both did.  If they had played, the universe would have imploded.

[CharleyHorse46]

Has the Sugar Bowl ever had a four loss team in it before? I am not arbitrarily beating on Texas, but with four losses they should be in the Liberty Bowl or Gator Bowl. Doubly bad they take one of our two best teams and deny us a competitive game against a Michigan or Penn State. It's a shame.

Yeah, you're right.  It wasn't VERY competitive but Georgia made it close in the end thanks to a couple of Texas targeting penalties.

[utee94]

Has the Sugar Bowl ever had a four loss team in it before? I am not arbitrarily beating on Texas, but with four losses they should be in the Liberty Bowl or Gator Bowl. Doubly bad they take one of our two best teams and deny us a competitive game against a Michigan or Penn State. It's a shame.

Bwahahahahaah.
This post has not aged well.

[utee94]

Texas is really good.  The Horns' defense might be relieved to face a straight-up "normal" offense for once, too.  

OAM definitely nailed it here.  Georgia's offense played to Texas' strengths much  better than the more spread-based, mobile QB offenses of the B12.  Worked out well for the bowl game, but causes the Horns plenty of problems in-conference.
Anyway, condolences to CD (and any other Georgia fans around, are there any?) and best of luck next season!

[Cincydawg]

Georgia next year is going to be loaded.  They were very young this year and only a couple really key players are departing.

[utee94]

Georgia next year is going to be loaded.  They were very young this year and only a couple really key players are departing.

Sounds pretty similar to Texas.  Perhaps our two teams will meet again, in the CFP.