Jan. 5 Bowl Thread

[Tom Petty]

Not many people in Ohio care too much about this game. No buzz at all. Meida hype = car dealers trying to unload SUVs. No one's buying it.

so OSU isn't trying? no wonder its not up by 14 by now.

****abunchabig12.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

OSU's effort has nothing to do with the fans attachment or detachment to the game.

I'm sure there's plenty of interest in this game in Columbus. But statewide, the shoe has become scuffed.

 

[Tom Petty]

OSU's effort has nothing to do with the fans attachment or detachment to the game.

I'm sure there's plenty of interest in this game in Columbus. But statewide, the shoe has become scuffed.

why? because OSU sucks?

 

[Tom Petty]

man-oh-man. why aren't these tough as ****ing nails longhorns playing for a national title?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

OSU's effort has nothing to do with the fans attachment or detachment to the game.

I'm sure there's plenty of interest in this game in Columbus. But statewide, the shoe has become scuffed.

why? because OSU sucks?

OSU does not suck. But the game doesn't mean anything. The team hasn't been that exciting to watch this year. And after the gatherings and letdowns from OSU football and basketball championships the past couple years, not much interest in more of the same. Fiesta took OSU b/c it expected a lot of Buckeye fans to travel; even that was subdued this year. Yes, the economy plays into it, but you betcha they would go if this were a big game.

Perhaps the inattention is helping the Buckeyes. Less pressure, better play?

 

[Tom Petty]

OSU's effort has nothing to do with the fans attachment or detachment to the game.

I'm sure there's plenty of interest in this game in Columbus. But statewide, the shoe has become scuffed.

why? because OSU sucks?

OSU does not suck. But the game doesn't mean anything. The team hasn't been that exciting to watch this year. And after the gatherings and letdowns from OSU football and basketball championships the past couple years, not much interest in more of the same. Fiesta took OSU b/c it expected a lot of Buckeye fans to travel; even that was subdued this year. Yes, the economy plays into it, but you betcha they would go if this were a big game.

Perhaps the inattention is helping the Buckeyes. Less pressure, better play?

don't let the recent talk of stupidity take over your mind.

does a postseason game really mean less than a game against michigan state in oct.?

if that's correct, that's one of the stupidest things i've ever read.

 

[Goldeaston]

Texas Tech had nothing to play for, which is what bowl games are about.

I'm so tired of this argument.

These guys are competitors. They get paid to win, in a sense. If they don't have any desire to win, just because they aren't playing who they thought they should, then they were failures to begin with.

If they have competitive fire, they should want to win everything they play, no matter if it is the Cotton Bowl (which I guarantee was a big deal to athletes who play in Texas) or a ****ing game of Uno.

You might be tired of it but it's an accurate argument. Smart betters have made a lot of money over the years on that theory.

Well, that wasn't quite my point.

My point was this: If these guys are competitors, which we assume they are, then they should want to win every time out, whether they are playing a bowl game a random game against a terrible Big 12 South team or playing Rook with the in-laws.

That's my point.

Teams don't get a pass from me because "they didn't want to be there, because they deserved better."

because it's an easy excuse for fanbois.

The only thing oozing more than the Pac-10 spunk from the corners of your mouth is the irony of you using the term "fanboi" to describe somebody else.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

 

[Tom Petty]

Texas Tech had nothing to play for, which is what bowl games are about.

I'm so tired of this argument.

These guys are competitors. They get paid to win, in a sense. If they don't have any desire to win, just because they aren't playing who they thought they should, then they were failures to begin with.

If they have competitive fire, they should want to win everything they play, no matter if it is the Cotton Bowl (which I guarantee was a big deal to athletes who play in Texas) or a ****ing game of Uno.

You might be tired of it but it's an accurate argument. Smart betters have made a lot of money over the years on that theory.

Well, that wasn't quite my point.

My point was this: If these guys are competitors, which we assume they are, then they should want to win every time out, whether they are playing a bowl game a random game against a terrible Big 12 South team or playing Rook with the in-laws.

That's my point.

Teams don't get a pass from me because "they didn't want to be there, because they deserved better."

because it's an easy excuse for fanbois.

The only thing oozing more than the Pac-10 spunk from the corners of your mouth is the irony of you using the term "fanboi" to describe somebody else.

jesus****ingchrist. do you bother to read or understand a point before you post on it?

ok, jackie, i'm a washington husky fan who can't stand USC. see if anyone here will disagree with that fact.

so, what was your ****ing point again, smart guy?

 

[Trey Beamon]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

Really?

 

[Tom Petty]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

and you are a librarian/blogger!

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

Most of the entire season for most of 117 (or 119, or whatever) teams in the country consists of glorified exhibition games.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

Really?

Yes, now that there is one game for the national title, the rest of the games are rendered meaningless. USC trounced Penn State -- so what? They get to yell the loudest about not playing for the title? Utah crushed Alabama. Irrelevent. They get nothing for it.

 

[Tom Petty]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

Really?

Yes, now that there is one game for the national title, the rest of the games are rendered meaningless. USC trounced Penn State -- so what? They get to yell the loudest about not playing for the title? Utah crushed Alabama. Irrelevent. They get nothing for it.

every game but one during the entire season is irrelevant? let's cancel the 2009 season.

and irrelevant is spelled with an A.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

every game but one during the entire season is irrelevant? let's cancel the 2009 season.

?

 

[93Devil]

If you listen closely, you can hear Texas actually losing AP votes.

 

[zagoshe]

Except for one, bowl games are glorified exhibition games.

Most of the entire season for most of 117 (or 119, or whatever) teams in the country consists of glorified exhibition games.

No, not actually because outside of the five or six independents they are all playing for a conference championship.

 

[Hammer Pants]

If I was an Ohio State fan, I'd be pissed at Pryor's consistent running out of bounds several yards before he should.

It's a BCS game, rookie. Sack up. Put your head down and run a little. You're one of the best athletes on the field.

What's he saving himself for? Spring practice?

 

[nmmetsfan]

If you listen closely, you can hear Texas actually losing AP votes.

This game has been a whole bunch of suck

 

[Tom Petty]

dear big 12 fans:


shut the **** up. your conference is pathetic once you actually play games, you know, outside your conference.

i don't care if the longhorns score 90 in the second half, your **** still is weak.


laughing at you, not with you,


tomas