The Oxford Square

A post came up on Rivals today about the clause in the SEC’s contract with the Liberty Bowl, which says that SEC teams have the right to refuse to play an in-state team from CUSA. Now, I understand a lot of people are adamant against us playing USM during the season. While I don’t necessarily agree with all of the reasons for this belief, I understand them. I can see the logic behind it. But in a bowl game, this flies out the window. I see no good reason to not play them in a bowl. It would truly look like we are scared. Sure, there isn’t much to gain. But hell, is there anything to gain by playing UAB in a bowl game? If we were to enforce this clause one year, and refuse to play USM, it would be incredibly petty and weak, and would give us a totally justified reputation of being complete wusses.