Most early bowl projections have Kentucky (6-5, 2-5 SEC) headed to either the Birmingham Bowl, the Liberty Bowl or back to the Music City Bowl for the fourth time in five years. But if UK can beat Tennessee for the first time since 1984, and assuming the SEC gets two teams into the BCS, the Wildcats would be at least on the radar to play on New Year’s Day at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. The Gator Bowl is in the first year of affiliation with the Southeastern Conference and pits the No. 6 SEC team against the No. 4 or No. 5 team from the Big Ten. The game kicks off at 1:30 and will be televised by ESPN2.
Gator Bowl president Rick Catlett said three teams are currently under heavy consideration: Florida, Mississippi State and Kentucky. All three teams wrap-up the regular season against arch-rivals, and Catlett said the selection could come to which of the three teams have the most momentum going into the game.
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