McCavebear said:
What I like about bowl season is it affords interesting match ups that you obviously wouldn't see otherwise. Baylor has not played Vandy for instance since the 1950s.
True. With the exception of 1983/85/86 bowl games against OkSt, LSU and Colorado which we had played numerous times even before the Big XII, all of our bowl games since Teaff have been against opponents we have never or rarely seen:
1974: PennSt (only meeting)
1979: Clemson (only meeting)
1980: Alabama (met once before in 1979)
1991: Indiana (home & home in 1968 and 1971)
1992: Arizona (only meeting)
1994: Washington St ( home & home in 1966-67 and again in 2006/2008)
2010: Illinois (met once before in 1976)
2011: Washington (home & home in 1964-65)
2012: UCLA (only meeting)
2013: UCF (only meeting)
2014: Mich St (met once before in 1968)
2015: UNC (only meeting)
2016: Boise St (only meeting)
2018: Vandy (home & home in 1953-54)
Compare and contrast that to Florida & Michigan, which meet for the 2nd year in a row and the 3rd time in 4 years.