Running college bowls thread

[Oz]

Just because I didn't see one started already, and I know most of these games deserve to be lumped into the same thread because we will quickly forget them all just the same once we hit New Year's.

And it began with TCU whipping Northern Illinois 37-7. Horned Frogs held Garrett Wolfe to 28 yards on 20 carries.

Overall, NIU finished with minus-21 yards on 29 attempts. Ouch.

 

[doubledown68]

and my $10 bowl pool pick 'em against the spread starts off on the right foot.. woo-hoo.

 

[da man]

Wake me up when someone plays a bowl that anyone other than gamblers and the participants gives a crap about (and I'm not too sure about some of the participants). There are, what, four or five of those?

 

[HoopsMcCann]

i enjoy bowl season -- i like seeing teams i don't get to see all the time

 

[Chi City 81]

I was busy watching the Illini beat Mizzou for the seventh straight season.

ILL-INI!

And Muck Fizzou. That is all.

 

[DyePack]

Had to catch that one on the radio. Sounded like a foulfest.

Northern Illinois with the turd on national TV.

 

[doubledown68]

I was busy watching the Illini beat Mizzou for the seventh straight season.

ILL-INI!

And Muck Fizzou. That is all.

I was particularly fond of how Chester Frazier got to shoot the front end of a 1-and-1 over again in a 3-point game with 56 seconds to play because "the ball wasn't put in play properly." Even though he had the ****ing thing in his hand and shot it, it wasn't put in play properly. At least that's what the report on the KC Star said. Just fantastic stuff.

Not saying the outcome would've been different... but the final minute is a hell of a whole lot more interesting if it stayed a 3-point game instead of jumping to five. Illinois' rise to national prominence, annoying as it has been, should be over soon. Enjoy sixth place in the Big Ten.

Rant and threadjack over.

Edit: The Star's story now says it was a lane violation with 56 seconds left. Whatever.

 

[DyePack]

On the radio, they said that was a lane violation.

And yes, college basketball would be so much better if Duke, North Carolina and UConn were the only teams to do well. Yeesh.

 

[doubledown68]

On the radio, they said that was a lane violation.

And yes, college basketball would be so much better if Duke, North Carolina and UConn were the only teams to do well. Yeesh.

Nothing to do with that. More of my personal dislike of Illinois, what with me being an MU fanboy and all.

 

[Oz]

Muck Fizzou ... even though I picked them to beat Oregon State in their bowl next week, sadly.

 

[doubledown68]

Muck Fizzou ... even though I picked them to beat Oregon State in their bowl next week, sadly.

The 42-17 ass-whooping must have had a profound effect.

 

[Oz]

Not really, I just don't trust Oregon State. Big thing is that I got my 32 confidence points tonight via TCU.

 

[Ledbetter]

According to AP story: The Poinsettia Bowl, sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union, drew only 29,709 to 70,000-seat Qualcomm Stadium on a cold night.

On TV, it didn't look like there was 10,000 people there.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

That's probably because the 29,709 were what the industry likes to call "paid attendance." There probably were only 10,000 there.

Don't get me started.

 

[D-Backs Hack]

There are too many bowl games, and the Poinsettia Bowl is Exhibit A as to why. TCU is ranked 25th in the country and deserved an opponent at least in the same neighborhood in terms of stature -- that would have been a good matchup. Because of the proliferation of bowls and the stupid tie-ins that go with them, the Frogs were stuck with a scrimmage against NIU because that was basically the only team available.

Texas against Iowa in the Alamo is another case of a team that deserved a better opponent. Yeah, the Horns bit it late in the season, but why should they be facing a 6-6 team?

That's something the "Too many bowls? Just don't watch them" crowd doesn't understand. The detriment to too many bowls isn't that there's too much football. It's that the matchups are too watered down, and the result is more and more bad games, even in the more "traditional" non-BCS bowls that I typically enjoy watching every year.

There are 32 bowls. At least 20 (a conservative estimate) of them, were they to take place during the regular season, wouldn't even merit the early ESPN2 Saturday time slot with Pam Ward and Chris Speilman.

 

[shotglass]

Just filled out my bowl pool (starts Friday).

My 30-point game: Western Michigan +8 against Cincinnati. I just cannot see Cincy doing much in this with a stranger on the sidelines.

29: LSU -10.5 over Notre Dame.
28: Michigan pick over USC.
27: Clemson -10.5 over Kentucky.

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

Ga Tech QB Reggie Ball ruled academically ineligible for Gator Bowl.

 

[Chi City 81]

Ga Tech QB Reggie Ball ruled academically ineligible for Gator Bowl.

Is that a bad thing?

 

[beefncheddar]

Ga Tech QB Reggie Ball ruled academically ineligible for Gator Bowl.

Is that a bad thing?

Yes.
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For West Virginia.

 

[Chi City 81]

Ga Tech QB Reggie Ball ruled academically ineligible for Gator Bowl.

Is that a bad thing?

Yes.
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For West ****in' Virginia.

Fixed.