If Alabama beats Florida in the SEC Championship on Saturday, there's a decent chance that the Gators will drop below Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff rankings and, by extension, the Sugar Bowl pecking order. If that happens, we get an excuse to go down to New Orleans and spend New Years Eve getting hammered on Hand Grenades in the Quarter.
As it turns out, there's a lot of uncertainty among fans about how exactly the selection process for the Sugar Bowl functions. The process actually differs between the bowl's two contract conferences, the SEC and the Big 12, which leads to a healthy amount of confusion among those trying to make their New Years plans.