Lot of great beach bars in St Pete and Clearwater. Someone already mentioned great breweries as well.Love me some Ybor City. Not the safest place in the world but I've had a lot of fun there in the past.
Lot of great beach bars in St Pete and Clearwater. Someone already mentioned great breweries as well.Love me some Ybor City. Not the safest place in the world but I've had a lot of fun there in the past.
Anyone in that area should go to Mauhaffer's, it is a complete dump but a must see!Lot of great beach bars in St Pete and Clearwater. Someone already mentioned great breweries as well.
You make some good points, but I'm sure you also realize that teams evolve/develop over the season. 2001 LSU wasn't the best team in the SEC at the beginning of the season. SC has destroyed TN and defeated Clemson. They appear to be a better team than they were even a few weeks ago. They may indeed not be 2001 LSU, but they're a pretty hot team.Folks if you're scared about your team facing South Carolina, bowl games are not for you.
2022 South Carolina is miles worse than 2001 LSU. LSU was the SEC champ. They started 2-2 because they played two top-5 teams early in their schedule. FootballReference's rating system had the Tigers as the 8th best team in the country. FootballReference has South Carolina as the 31st best team this year (Illinois is 20th). South Carolina had two great wins to finish the year but they also lost to Missouri at home in late October and were destroyed against a 6-6 Florida team three weeks ago. Their OC just left for Nebraska. These are not the same things.
Their offensive line is pretty weak, which would be a problem against us. OTOH, Rattler really came into his own the last two games and their ST's are miles ahead of ours. All in all it would be a pretty good matchupYou make some good points, but I'm sure you also realize that teams evolve/develop over the season. 2001 LSU wasn't the best team in the SEC at the beginning of the season. SC has destroyed TN and defeated Clemson. They appear to be a better team than they were even a few weeks ago. They may indeed not be 2001 LSU, but they're a pretty hot team.
Might be a dumb question, but will Rattler play? Thought I saw in the other thread that he was following the OC to Nebraska (unless that poster was joking).Their offensive line is pretty weak, which would be a problem against us. OTOH, Rattler really came into his own the last two games and their ST's are miles ahead of ours. All in all it would be a pretty good matchup
You make some good points, but I'm sure you also realize that teams evolve/develop over the season. 2001 LSU wasn't the best team in the SEC at the beginning of the season. SC has destroyed TN and defeated Clemson. They appear to be a better team than they were even a few weeks ago. They may indeed not be 2001 LSU, but they're a pretty hot team.
They are playing well, no qualms there. It's a myth that Illinois ran into a really hot team in 2001 when the reality is LSU was an awesome team all year and was very underrated going into that Sugar Bowl game (tough to describe in the current CFB climate of an underrated LSU team). Playing in a bowl game means you are going to play against good teams. South Carolina isn't one of the very best teams in the country and most metrics have Illinois as better overall. Sign me up for playing an SEC school where Illinois could be a favorite.
Probably will face him next year at NebraskaRattler is a good q.b. Be nice to face him in a bowl.
He will play the bowl game. As to next year, who knows.Might be a dumb question, but will Rattler play? Thought I saw in the other thread that he was following the OC to Nebraska (unless that poster was joking).
Opposite for me. I'll take the best possible SEC match up to see how we stack up.Ugh, please don't match us up with South Carolina this year! That could be similar to playing LSU in 2001, one of the hottest teams in the country.
Yep. It's trite, but if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.Opposite for me. I'll take the best possible SEC match up to see how we stack up.
It’s like 95% Tampa or NashvilleAnyone hearing they might go to Duke's Mayo Bowl?
All the sports websites are projecting Tampa but as of late we've heard they're leaning towards Duke's.
It likely does nothing for us unless both Utah and Purdue win Friday and Saturday, respectively. Only way we get Citrus Bowl, without jumping Purdue, is if 4 B1G teams make NY6, which is highly unlikely. There is a better chance of us getting picked over Purdue than this scenario, IMO.Let's say, just for the sake of conversation, USC loses the PAC12 championship game. Does that put OSU back in the playoffs? If so, would we move up to the Citrus Bowl?
Purdue would have to beat Michigan and possibly TCU would have to lose than it’s possible chaos.Let's say, just for the sake of conversation, USC loses the PAC12 championship game. Does that put OSU back in the playoffs? If so, would we move up to the Citrus Bowl?
Assuming Michigan wins and USC loses then potentially 2 B1G are in the playoffs. How would that not help Illinois? I don't get your reasoning.It likely does nothing for us unless both Utah and Purdue win Friday and Saturday, respectively. Only way we get Citrus Bowl, without jumping Purdue, is if 4 B1G teams make NY6, which is highly unlikely. There is a better chance of us getting picked over Purdue than this scenario, IMO.
Because I think the B1G will have 3 teams in NY6 regardless of USC game. Purdue only makes NY6 if they win Saturday. In that case maybe 4 B1G teams make NY6 (only then will USC game matter, as only Utah would likely represent Pac 12 in NY6, which makes this a possibility). Having two B1G teams in playoff is only of interest for Penn St, who would go to Rose Bowl in that case.Assuming Michigan wins and USC loses then potentially 2 B1G are in the playoffs. How would that not help Illinois? I don't get your reasoning.
Some think this will effect Illinois and drop them down a notch to the Music City Bowl or the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. I don’t understand the logic because even in this scenario Purdue would go to the Citrus anyways and we are the next team after that. Unless the ReliaQuest selects Notre Dame ahead us because of the draw but most likely they’ll land in the Gator Bowl.