3 college football teams in Kentucky are going to a 2021 bowl game. How fans are reacting
The commonwealth of Kentucky is going bowling!
With announcements made by the College Football Playoff committee on Sunday, Kentucky has three teams heading to bowl games in December.
The Louisville Cardinals (6-6) are headed to the First Responders Bowl where they'll face Air Force on Dec. 2, the Kentucky Wildcats (9-3) will face Iowa in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (8-5) will take on Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 18.
As fans of the three schools learned their respective teams' fate, they took to Twitter voice their excitement — and for some, disappointment — about where their teams landed.
Louisville fans have mixed emotions
UL v AF I'm torn.....
No I'm not!#GoCards pic.twitter.com/YcNCy2YxG3— Big D (@DDFJ77) December 5, 2021
Sooo we may end with a 7-6 record. That's over .500... then again we might get boat raced. Guess we'll see #GoCards https://t.co/Kw4OixB6Ae
— Corito (@OyyyeeeCorito86) December 5, 2021
If Louisville loses to Air Force I may blow a gasket. https://t.co/NoqSbQVtSd
— Hot Carl (@Rip_Rope) December 5, 2021
Louisville plays in the 1st Responder Bowl against a military team that is led by a dude named Brad
Do with this information what you will pic.twitter.com/RVwNoA4ftv— From The Pink Seats (@PinkSeatsPod) December 5, 2021
Anyone wanna go to Texas? 👀 #gocards
— Tiger Cara 🐅 (@CaratheExplorer) December 5, 2021
Kentucky fans are elated
Cats to the Citrus Bowl, baby!! Let’s show the Big Ten what real Football looks like!
— JJ Hawkins (@JamesJay2) December 5, 2021
Can’t wait to see my Wildcats vs the Iowa Buckeyes in the Citrus Bowl!
— Doug Bush Boooooooosted! (@DougBush2) December 5, 2021
LET'S ROLLLLLLLLLL Big Blue Nation!! 💙🏈💙🏈@CitrusBowl@UKFootball @SEC @BBN #WeAreUK #BBN #CitrusBowl https://t.co/4dnwSknViF
— LaurenD.McMahon (@LaurenDanner_UK) December 5, 2021
Meanwhile, Arkansas fans aren't too happy
We deserved the Citrus Bowl over Kentucky, but I will gladly take the Outback Bowl! Booking my flight asap! HOGS BY 90! #WPS
— HogWildHogFan (@Hog_Wild_Fan) December 5, 2021
#Kentucky lost to Mississippi State and Tennessee but the @CitrusBowl considered them better than #Arkansas 🤣 K have fun with that. Arkansas will sell out @outbackbowl instead.
— Cecil (@Wyldewood89) December 5, 2021
WKU and its athletic director are all in
We are excited to accept an invitation from the @BocaBowl and play App State December 18 on ESPN! This marks @WKUFootball’s 8th bowl appearance in the last 10 years! #GoTops
— Todd Stewart (@ToddStewartWKU) December 5, 2021
The Boca Raton Bowl seems to have a good match in App State & WKU pic.twitter.com/WUy5eV5058
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 5, 2021
Western Kentucky QB Bailey Zappe needs 289 passing yards and 5 TDs to become the FBS single-season leader in both categories.
Boca Raton Bowl opponent Appalachian State allows only 206.6 passing yards per game and 12 passing TDs all season.— Brian Pedersen (@realBJP) December 5, 2021
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Bowl selections 2021: How Louisville, Kentucky, WKU fans are reacting
