RollTideRandy said:
No I think he means that the second best bowl bid MUST go to the loser of the SEC Championship Game. That’s the mandate. Not what is a mandate.
Cap One has the second selection. After that, if the SECCG losing team isn't in a BCS game or the Cap One it has to pick the loser, in this case UT. If the West loses, they would go Cotton. If the East loses, they go Outback.
In a different scenario...if LSU would have lost the SECCG UT and Georgia would be in the BCS. Say the Cap One keeps the same pick with UF, the Cotton would have to pick LSU.
Last year, the Cap One chose Arkansas...