Georgia Bulldogs to Meet Central Florida Knights in Liberty Bowl: Who Are These Guys, Anyway?
by T Kyle King on Dec 6, 2010 12:15 AM EST
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PrintOur mindset going into the Liberty Bowl, and you can see that from the season we've had, is we're going to win it. We're not just going to a bowl game and going to play an SEC school. We're going to win this game.
Central Florida Knights defensive end Bruce Miller (December 4, 2010)
Miller seems rather sure of himself in the wake of UCF’s Conference USA championship campaign, in which the Knights tied a school record with ten wins in a single season. I can’t help but admire the young man’s confidence, especially since Central Florida has never in its history won a bowl game and the SEC has gone 4-0 against Conference USA since the Liberty Bowl began pairing representatives of the two leagues.
In 2010, the Knights have gone 10-1 against teams from Division I-AA, Conference USA, and the MAC while posting a ledger of 0-2 against teams from automatically-qualifying BCS conferences. George O’Leary’s club fell to the N.C. State Wolfpack by a 28-21 margin in Orlando and dropped a 17-13 decision to the Kansas St. Wildcats on the road. However, Central Florida outgained N.C. State but finished at minus-five in turnover margin, and Kansas State needed a go-ahead touchdown with 24 seconds to play to beat UCF in a game featuring a weather delay of almost 90 minutes.
In short, the Knights are no pushovers, but they have gone 0-11 against major conference opposition since upending N.C. State by a two-point margin to start the 2007 season. Since moving up to Division I-A status in 1996, Central Florida has gone 1-13 against the Southeastern Conference, falling to the South Carolina Gamecocks in 1996, 1997, and 2005, to the Mississippi Rebels in 1997, to the Auburn Tigers in 1997, 1998, and 1999, to the Mississippi St. Bulldogs in 1997 and 2007, to the Florida Gators in 1999 and 2006, to the Georgia Bulldogs in 1999, and to the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2001, but beating the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2000, when the defending SEC champions went 3-8 in Mike DuBose’s final season at the Capstone.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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For what its worth
The LA Times claims the Liberty Bowl has a watchability rating of 5 out of 5… which is a pretty scant occurence amongst its bowl rankings.
BTW… perhaps Mr. Miller should be less worried about Georgia and more worried about the fact that his head coach lies and cheats.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Dec 6, 2010 12:43 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Really??
What reasons do they give for that?
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Dec 6, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
They don't really say...
But I can’t take the piece seriously, for they also have the Fiesta Bowl as a 5 out of 5.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
You say that....
But I’m still waiting for Willie’s brilliance to blow up in the Sooners’ face. Clearly the LA Times has an imbedded reporter that caught CWM teaching the secondary his patented 20 foot buffer defense (this was the first time he was able to get ahold of them outside the watch of Big Game Bob).
Also, OU is 1-3 all-time in the Fiesta Bowl including 2 losses in the last 4 years.
Now say it with me!!! Big East! Big East! Big East!
Can’t you just feel the excitement rising??? Ok, maybe not.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Huh
so winning the CUSA Conference gets the winner a trip to the Liberty Bowl to get whipped by the SEC for the last four years. Wow what a prize for them.
I can bake like a demon.
George O'Leary will have his guys up for this game.
I know he won’t be bringing in Joe Hamilton for this one, but the Dawgs better make sure none of the refs for this game had anything to do with the 98 and 99 games…
My point was merely
that this isn’t much of a bowl game prize for a conference champion.
I can bake like a demon.
Well, it kind of is.
We all know the Conference USA champion is never going to play for a national championship, but winning the conference gets you a chance to knock of “one of the big boys.” Now, granted this is the 8th-best team from that “big boy” conference… but still.
It’s a chance to test your mettle against a team (that you might be able to beat) from the best conference in the country at a neutral site, and you get a payout, just like you would if you had scheduled a regular-season game at their place. I can see how it would be attractive to a CUSA team.
by vineyarddawg on Dec 6, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
Also, all four Liberty Bowls between the SEC and the Conference USA champion . . .
. . . have been competitive, so, clearly, there is an equivalency between being a mediocre SEC team and being a Conference USA champion.
Go 'Dawgs!
So what you're saying is...
If we win this game, we can end all this talk of Mark Richt not winning a conference championship for 5 years???
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Well, not to be overly technical, but . . .
. . . I’m pretty sure he won the 2009 ACC championship by beating Georgia Tech (division champion and eventual winner of the ACC Championship Game) and South Carolina (which beat the other division champion, Clemson).
Go 'Dawgs!
Ah true...
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Tread lightly. It’s been a season of firsts for Georgia. We would all hate for it to continue apace in Memphis.
Also, as posted earlier, based on Sagarin rankings, UCF would qualify as UGA’s best win of ’10.
"I don't wear no Stetson..."
by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 6, 2010 10:01 AM EST reply actions
Listen,
O’Leary’s resume is unbelievable.
I’ll be here all week! Maybe next week, too.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Is it true that the Music City Bowl selected UT before the Liberty Bowl selected
UGA? I.e., does the Music City Bowl select before the Liberty?
According to what podunkdawg put together, . . .
. . . the Liberty Bowl selects eighth and the Music City Bowl selects ninth.
I somehow had gotten the impression that the Music City Bowl picked ahead of the Liberty Bowl and preferred Tennessee (despite the head-to-head result) because Georgia fans didn’t travel well to Nashville when the Bulldogs went to the Music City Bowl in 2001 and because the Music City Bowl wanted an in-state team. Evidently, I was mistaken about that, though.
Go 'Dawgs!
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