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Hawaii Warriors (7-5, Tied for 4th in WAC) Last Bowl Apperance: 2003 Hawaii Bowl (Def. Houston 54-48) Last Bowl Loss: 2002 Hawaii Bowl (36-28 to Tulane) UAB Blazers (7-4, Tied for 2nd in Conference USA) First ever bowl appearance

Well that was before the first day of free agency when the Giants signed Omar Vizquel to a 3-year, $12.25 million deal thus ensuring everyone was going to be overpaid this offseason.

That just tells you the Angels overpaid Cabrera by at least $3.5 million a year as he's worth $1 million more a year at the most over Eckstein.

Texans - 17 points Green Bay Oakland Denver New Orleans Pittsburgh Carolina Chicago Houston N.Y. Giants Indianapolis San Francisco New England Arizona Washington Miami Philadelphia

Wow this turned into a surprising blow out after the super competitive first half. When will we get our first close bowl game? First double header day tommorrow but probably two of the least interesting bowl match-ups. Marshall Thundering Herd (6-5, Tied for 2nd in MAC East) Last Bowl Apperance: 2002 GMAC Bowl (Def. Louisville 38-15) Last Bowl Loss: 1997 Motor City Bowl (34-31 to Mississippi) Cincinnati Bearcts (6-5, Tied for 2nd in Conference USA) Last Bowl Apperance: 2002 New Orleans Bowl (Lost to North Texas 24-19) Last Bowl Win: 1997 Humanitarian Bowl (34-19 over Utah State) Wyoming Cowboys (6-5, Tied for 4th in the Mountain West) Last Bowl Appearance: 1993 Copper Bowl (Lost to Kansas State 52-17) Last Bowl Win: 1966 Sun Bowl (28-20 over Florida State) UCLA Bruins (6-5, Tied for 5th in the Pac-10) Last Bowl Apperance: 2003 Silicon Valley Bowl (Lost to Fresno State 17-9) Last Bowl Win: 2002 Las Vegas Bowl (27-13 over New Mexico)

Maybe they won't have that Bonds guy in left. Still wouldn't rule out him retiring after the BALCO fall out. Anyways Alou will give new meaning to "splash hits." "That's not water kids!"

For Kiko Calero, Danny Haren, and Daric Barton. A's projected attendance next year: 1.4 million.

Sacramento isn't considered an option and the Giants hold territorial rights to San Jose so the A's can't move there. They will end up in Vegas or Portland. And no I've never completely put my finger on why Selig hates the idea of the A's in Oakland beyond that he knows the city can't afford to build them a new stadium.

The GMAC Bowl is where defenses go to die. It had the 64-61 Marshall/East Carolina game a couple of years again and right now it's 28-28 still in the 2nd quarter.

Since this thread was bumped, about the rumor the A's are about to be sold, Lewis Wolff was Bud Selig's fraternity buddy in college. The A's are screwed either way with Schott or without him. Selig wants the A's out of Oakland so looks like he'll get his buddy to do the job.

Guess you could argue their currently is with the Hawaii Bowl seeing how Hawaii goes to it every year. Here's all the defunct bowl games, many of these were played pre-1950: Alamo Bowl (the original in 1947) Aloha Bowl (now the Hawaii Bowl All-American Bowl Aviation Bowl Bicardi Bowl (in Cuba) Blockbuster Bowl (one of the many incarnations of the current Tangerine Bowl) Blue Bonnet Bowl (lasted 28 years) Bluegrass Bowl California Bowl Carquest Bowl (another Tangerine Bowl connection) Cherry Bowl Cigar Bowl Citrus Bowl (Capital One Bowl now but of course many still call it the Citrus) Copper Bowl (now the Insight Bowl) Delta Bowl Dixie Bowl Dixie Classic Forth Worth Classic (no relation to the current Forth Worth Bowl) Freedom Bowl GalleryFurniture.com Bowl (now the Houston Bowl, thank god) Garden State Bowl Gotham Bowl Grantland Rice Bowl Great Lakes Bowl Hall of Fame Bowl (now the Outback Bowl) Harbor Bowl Los Angeles Christmas Festival Mercy Bowl MicronPC Bowl (another Tangerine Bowl connection) Oil Bowl O'Ahu Bowl Pasadena Bowl (the Junior Rose Bowl) Presidential Cup Salad Bowl (my favorite) San Diego X-Mas Classic Seattle Bowl (recent defunct lasting a whole two years) Shrine Bowl

It's still around, sorta...it became the Las Vegas Bowl in 1992. California Bowl History 12/19/1981 Toledo 27, San Jose State 25 12/18/1982 Fresno State 29, Bowling Green 28 12/17/1983 Northern Illinois 20, Cal State-Fullerton 13 12/15/1984 Nevada-Las Vegas 30, Toledo 13 12/14/1985 Fresno State 51, Bowling Green 7 12/13/1986 San Jose State 37, Miami-Ohio 7 12/12/1987 Eastern Michigan 30, San Jose State 27 12/10/1988 Fresno State 35, Western Michigan 30 12/09/1989 Fresno State 27, Ball State 6 12/08/1990 San Jose State 48, Central Michigan 24 12/14/1991 Bowling Green 28, Fresno State 21 As you can imagine the game was played in Fresno.

I predicted an 0-5 bowl season for the Big East as well. 51-14 is your final. Tommorrow night though we should have the first great game of the bowl season. Bowling Green Falcons (8-3, 3rd in MAC West) Last Bowl Appearance: 2003 Motor City Bowl (Def. Northwestern 28-24) Last Bowl Loss: 1985 California Rasin Bowl (51-7 to Fresno State) All-MAC Players First Team QB Omar Jacobs (MAC Offensive POY) -3637 Passing Yards, 67.7% Completion Pct., 36 TD, 3 INT G Rob Warren LB Jovon Burkes -80 Tackles, 6 Tackles for Loss CB Keon Newson -5 Interceptions, 7 Pass Break Ups Second Team RB P.J. Pope -974 Yards Rushing, 477 Yards Receiving, 18 TD C Scott Mruczkowski G Kory Lichtensteiger DE Mitch Crossley -37 Tackles, 5.5 Tackles for Loss K Shaun Suisham 13/19 FG, Long 52 Memphis Tigers (8-3, Tied for 2nd in Conference USA) Last Bowl Apperance: 2003 New Orleans Bowl (Def. North Texas 27-17) All-Conference USA Players First Team RB D'Angelo Williams (3rd Team All-American, Conferece USA Co-Offensive POY) -1893 Yards Rushing, 21 TD C Gene Frederic S Wesley Smith -81 Tackles K Stephen Gostkowski 20/24 FG, Long 49 Second Team QB Danny Wimprine -2568 Yards Passing, 55.4 % Completion Pct., 18 TD, 13 INT WR Tavares Gideon -48 Catches, 627 Yards, 11 TD T Jeremy Rone DE Marcus West -46 Tackles, 9.5 Tackles for Loss, 5 Sacks DT Albert Means -36 Tackles, 7.5 Tackles for Loss, 3.5 Sacks

Odalis Perez's most similar pitcher through age 27 is Denny Neagle so he's very likely to get his dick sucked by some filthy whore at age 36.

Georgia Tech is pummeling Syracuse, 28-6. 35-6 at the half, Calvin Johnson can't be stopped.

I say we unban Anglesault just for one day later this week when the Yankees sign Milton.

In the great scheme of things this doesn't mean much because the AP already has its own seperate national champion and really has no reason to be part of the BCS. The BCS decides the Coaches Poll national champ only.

I'm loving this. Awwwww poor little Bud might have to find another city to extort. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Dec14.html

Fun news time of the day from rotoworld.com:

Thank you grasshopper. Actually I'd take Cabrera over Eckstein as well but it proves how incredibly overrated Cabrera became just by playing on the World Champs. Angels could have signed a decent starting pitcher at what they are paying Cabrera.

FUN WITH NUMBERS! Cabrera's 2004 OPS+: 79 Eckstein's 2004 OPS+: 77 Cabrera's Career OPS+: 83 Eckstein's Career OPS+: 87 Wow what a steal by the Angels at a cool $32 million!

Okay now I can finally post teke's picks December 14th New Orleans: North Texas vs. Southern Miss December 21st Champ Sports: Georgia Tech vs. Syracuse December 22nd GMAC: Memphis vs. Bowling Green December 23rd Fort Worth: Cincinnati vs. Marshall Las Vegas: Wyoming vs. UCLA December 24th Hawaii: UAB vs. Hawaii December 27th MPC Computers: Virginia vs. Fresno State Motor City: Connecticut vs. Toledo December 28th Independence: Iowa State vs. Miami University Insight: Notre Dame vs. Oregon State December 29th Houston: UTEP vs. Colorado Alamo: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma State December 30th Continental Tire: North Carolina vs. Boston College Emerald: Navy vs. New Mexico Holiday: California vs. Texas Tech Silicon Valley: Northern Illinois vs. Troy December 31st Music City: Minnesota vs. Alabama Sun: Purdue vs. Arizona State Liberty: Louisville vs. Boise State Peach: Florida vs. Miami January 1st Outback: Wisconsin vs. Georgia Cotton: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M Gator: West Virginia vs. Florida State Capital One: Iowa vs. LSU Rose: Michigan vs. Texas Fiesta: Utah vs. Pittsburgh January 3rd Sugar: Auburn vs. Virginia Tech January 4th Orange: USC vs. Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Orange Bowl? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards of offense will there be in the Liberty Bowl? 875

Bowl season finally starts back up again (they really should move the New Orleans Bowl up a few days) so time to bump this thread for the first of four straight nights with a bowl game starting tommorrow. Syracuse Orange (6-5, Big East Co-Champions) Last Bowl Appearance: 2001 Insight.com Bowl (Def. Kansas State 26-3) Last Bowl Loss: 1998/99 Orange Bowl (31-10 to Florida) All-Big East Players First Team RB Walter Reyes -822 Yards Rushing (8 games), 7 TD T Adam Terry C Matt Tarullo S Diamond Ferri -4 Interceptions, 5 Forced Fumbles, 1 TD Second Team RB Damien Rhodes -932 Yard Rushing, 205 Yards Receiving, 11 TD DE James Wyche -15 Tackles for Loss S Anthony Smith -3 Interceptions, 1 TD P Brendan Carney -43.1 AVG, Long 65 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-5, Tied for 6th in ACC) Last Bowl Appearance: 2003/04 Humanitarian Bowl (Def. Tulsa 55-10) Last Bowl Loss: 2002 Silicon Valley Bowl (30-21 to Fresno State) All-ACC Players First Team WR Calvin Johnson -46 Receptions, 776 Yards, 6 TD S James Butler -85 Tackles, 2 Interceptions Second Team DE Eric Henderson -39 Tackles, 10 Tackles for Loss, 3 Sacks (8 games) LB Gerris Wilkinson -113 Tackles, 14.5 Tackles for Loss, 3.5 Sacks K Travis Bell -15/16 FG, Long 47

Looks like I'll hold on to the best record in the horrible AFC but I'm not even sure I've clinched a playoff spot yet.

Niiiiiiiiiiiice lariat.