Did Mizzou really avoid a bowl match up with Kansas? PowerMizzoucom has more on the situation:
Let’s say this first: The difference between the Liberty Bowl and the Gasparilla Bowl isn’t really all that much. Any online angst over it probably isn’t worth the energy it took to pound out on the keyboard.
“I’ll open it up to anybody that wants to ask me great questions about reports from Twitterverse that are related to a guy having a bowl projection,” Drinkwitz said. “If that’s what we’re going to talk about, let’s get those bowlSchools submit their order of bowl preference to the league prior to matchups being set. These serve as guidelines, with the SEC and television networks ultimately having the most say on the matchups.
The Mizzou basketball team also hosts Kentucky on December 28th at the same time the Liberty Bowl kicks off. That’s been mentioned by some as a factor in the Tigers’ bowl preference. Director of Athleticshas not been made available to the media since the McMurphy report or since the announcement of the bowl matchups.
It’s easy to argue that Missouri ended up in a situation every bit as good overall. Like I said at the beginning, there’s not that big a difference between the Liberty Bowl and the Gasparilla Bowl. Six months from now, the only people that are going to know who won either one are members of that fanbase.
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