Previewing the Armed Forces Bowl
The Boneyard
Steve Robertson
4.4 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Mississippi State is set to travel to Ft. Worth, TX to take on Tulsa in the Armed Forces Bowl. The Bulldogs roster has rebounded and expected to be in better shape than it has been in the last few weeks.
Tulsa appears to be handling their COVID protocols well. If both teams can get through the final round of testing without a major issue, we will play football on Thursday.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Boneyard with Steve Robertson. As always, I am your good friend and host, Steve Robertson, here on the Wednesday edition of the yard. |
| 0:08.0 | By the time many of you hear this, I'll already be on my way to Fort Worth, Texas. Barring in late change, I can tell you that as of Tuesday evening, we are expected to play on Thursday in the Armed Forces Bowl against the University of Tulsa. |
| 0:24.5 | Now, many of you say, well, Steve, why would you say that? Well, I say that because every preceding |
| 0:30.7 | bowl, with the exception of the cotton bowl that involves an SEC team, has been either rescheduled or canceled or some reshuffling done, shall we say. |
| 0:40.3 | As you guys are well aware, Tennessee was expected to play West Virginia in the Liberty Bowl. |
| 0:46.2 | The day after the ball pairings are announced, they opt out due to, quote, COVID-related issues. |
| 0:51.0 | Now, I'm sure there may be some issues with that, but Tennessee has bigger issues |
| 0:54.5 | than the virus. I don't know that I fully appreciate their situation. Don't have all the information, |
| 1:02.1 | but I do know with all the NCAA buzz and all of the internal investigation it's going on about |
| 1:08.0 | improper benefits up there, probably not good for Tennessee to play in a a bowl game I'm sure that would lead to even more media scrutiny |
| 1:15.0 | So Tennessee ops out well then shortly or thereafter |
| 1:19.7 | The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa |
| 1:24.0 | Was canceled in Missouri of of course, you know, |
| 1:29.9 | Brown Tree opts in, says he's going to play |
| 1:32.7 | because he felt like that he was robbed of the opportunity last year |
| 1:36.0 | because you remember the NCAA upheld a postseason ball band for Missouri. |
| 1:40.5 | They did not make the ball picture last year. |
| 1:43.6 | So he wanted to have the opportunity to play in a bowl game |
| 1:45.9 | with his teammates. Well, two other |
| 1:48.0 | guys do opt out. They do have some COVID |
| 1:50.0 | issues. And they did |
| 1:52.0 | dip below the 53-man threshold, |
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