Vanderbilt Bowl Outlook

Finally, the long wait is over. Soon it'll be time to go bowling again and this kind of bowling doesn't have pins. VandyMania takes a look at the bowls that the SEC is affiliated with and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Bowl Location Driving Dist.*	Conference matchup	Date time	Day	TV	Payout	Remarks
Capital One Orlando, Fla. 688 miles	Big Ten v SEC	January 1/noon CT	Thurs.	ABC	$4.25 million	Network TV, great location and payout, but very unlikely VU will play in this one. LSU or Georgia likely.
Outback Tampa, Fla. 705 miles	Big Ten v SEC	January 1/10 am CT	Thurs.	ESPN	$3 million	Nice payout and location. Longshot for Vandy. LSU or Georgia likely.
Chick-fil-A Atlanta, Ga. 248 miles	ACC v SEC	December 31/6:30 pm CT	Wed.	ESPN	ACC $3.25 million SEC $2.4 million	Good payout and location. Possible bowl for Vandy.
Cotton Dallas, Texas 666 miles	Big 12 v SEC	January 2/TBA	Fri.	FOX	$3 million	Prestigous bowl. Good payout and nice day to play. This bowl would likely be worried about how many fans VU would bring.
Liberty Memphis, Tenn. 213 miles	C-USA Champ v SEC	January 2/4 pm CT	Fri.	ESPN	$1.7 million	Okay payout. Easy driving distance but cold weather bowl game.
Music City Nashville, Tenn. 0 miles	ACC v SEC	December 31/2:30 pm CT	Wed.	ESPN	$1.6 million	Okay payout. Very close driving distance but cold weather bowl game. SEC may not be able to fill this one.
Independence Shreveport, La. 559 miles	SEC v Big 12	December 28/7 pm CT	Sun.	ESPN	$1.1 million	Okay payout. Good day. Long driving distance but warmer bowl game. SEC may not be able to fill this one.
PapaJohns.com Birmingham, Ala. 193 miles	SEC v Big East	December 29/2 pm CT	Mon.	ESPN	$300,000	Terrible payout. Easy driving distance. SEC very likely will not be able to fill this one.

Source: Football-Bowl.com
* Distance from Nashville to bowl city.