Bored

First big play to a wideout all night.

And it would blow for everyone on the west coast with a 2 pm start in the middle of the week. Of course they could just keep all these games on January 1st and wouldn't have to worry about that. I hate the way they spread the games out now.

USC is going to need a near perfect second half. Texas played like shit for the first 20 minutes and yet they are up 16-10.

That would have been called incomplete 99% of the time. The Texas player didn't even dispute it.

This could be the ballgame on this next possession. Bush is definently the goat if USC loses as that was by far the turning point at this point. Everything was going USC's way before that play. Hell it could rank up there with Chris Webber's "timeout."

Big possession for USC's defense. A Texas touchdown could be demoralizing especially after all the blown opportunities by the offense.

Leinart looks really bad out there.

What a joke. USC HAS to score now.

Now 1 for 4 tonight in scoring opportunities. You can point to these first half failures if Texas wins.

Texas has just shut down the USC wideouts so far. Uh oh that's a pick, Texas ball although is it at the 1 or touchback?

Trivia Question Answer: Charles White and Ron Dayne.

No it didn't. His arm was under it the whole time.

This is one sloppy title game so far.

That's two blown chances to score for USC tonight. Very dangerous for them to do.

WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING??????????????????????????

And Pete Carroll decides to match Mack Brown for being stupid. Seriously no reason not to kick the field goal and get an early two score lead. They just handed Texas some momentum after everything was going there way.

Or have a murderous hatred for them. I'd like to beat Mickey Hatcher to death just for his Game 1 homerun where he ran around the bases like an idiot.

Recent Rose Bowl History 2005: #4 Texas 38, #13 Michigan 37 2004: #3 USC 28, #4 Michigan 14 2003: #7 Oklahoma 34, #6 Washington State 14 2002: #1 Miami 37, #2 Nebraska 14 2001: #4 Washington 34, #17 Purdue 24 2000: #7 Wisconsin 17, #22 Stanford 9 1999: #9 Wisconsin 38, #5 UCLA 31 USC Bowl History 1923 Rose Bowl: def. Penn State 14-3 1924 Los Angeles Christmas Festival: def. Missouri 20-7 1930 Rose Bowl: def. Pittsburgh 47-14 1932 Rose Bowl: def. Tulane 21-12 1939 Rose Bowl: def. #3 Duke 7-3 1940 Rose Bowl: def. #2 Tennessee 14-0 1944 Rose Bowl: def. #12 Washington 29-0 1945 Rose Bowl: def. #12 Tennessee 25-0 1946 Rose Bowl: lost to #3 Alabama 14-34 1948 Rose Bowl: lost to #2 Michigan 0-49 1953 Rose Bowl: def. #11 Wisconsin 7-0 1955 Rose Bowl: lost to #1 Ohio State 7-20 1963 Rose Bowl: def. #2 Wisconsin 42-37 1967 Rose Bowl: lost to #7 Purdue 13-14 1968 Rose Bowl: def. #4 Indiana 14-3 1969 Rose Bowl: lost to #1 Ohio State 16-27 1973 Rose Bowl: def. #3 Ohio State 42-17 1974 Rose Bowl: lost to #4 Ohio State 21-42 1975 Rose Bowl: def. #3 Ohio State 18-17 1975 Liberty Bowl: def. #2 Texas A&M 20-0 1977 Rose Bowl: def. #2 Michigan 14-6 1977 Bluebonnet Bowl: def. #18 Texas A&M 47-28 1979 Rose Bowl: def. #5 Michigan 17-10 1980 Rose Bowl: def. #1 Ohio State 17-16 1982 Fiesta Bowl: lost to #7 Penn State 10-26 1985 Rose Bowl: def. #6 Ohio State 20-17 1985 Aloha Bowl: lost to #15 Alabama 3-24 1987 Citrus Bowl: lost to #10 Auburn 7-16 1988 Rose Bowl: lost to #8 Michigan State 17-20 1989 Rose Bowl: lost to #11 Michigan 14-22 1990 Rose Bowl: def. #3 Michigan 17-10 1990 Sun Bowl: lost to #22 Michigan State 16-17 1992 Freedom Bowl: lost to Fresno State 7-24 1993 Freedom Bowl: def. Utah 28-21 1995 Cotton Bowl: def. Texas Tech 55-14 1996 Rose Bowl: def. #3 Northwestern 41-32 1998 Sun Bowl: lost to TCU 19-28 2001 Las Vegas Bowl: lost to Utah 6-10 2003 Orange Bowl: def. #5 Iowa 38-17 2004 Rose Bowl: def. #4 Michigan 28-14 2005 Orange Bowl: def. #2 Oklahoma 55-19 Texas Bowl History 1943 Cotton Bowl: def. #5 Georgia Tech 14-7 1944 Cotton Bowl: tied Randolph Field 7-7 1946 Cotton Bowl: def. Missouri 40-27 1948 Sugar Bowl: def. #6 Alabama 27-7 1949 Orange Bowl: def. #8 Georgia 41-28 1951 Cotton Bowl: lost to #4 Tennessee 14-20 1953 Cotton Bowl: def. #8 Tennessee 16-0 1958 Sugar Bowl: lost to #7 Mississippi 7-39 1960 Cotton Bowl: lost to #1 Syracuse 14-23 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl: tied #9 Alabama 3-3 1962 Cotton Bowl: def. #5 Mississippi 12-7 1963 Cotton Bowl: lost to #7 LSU 0-13 1964 Cotton Bowl: def. #2 Navy 28-6 1965 Orange Bowl: def. #1 Alabama 21-17 1966 Bluebonnet Bowl: def. Mississippi 19-0 1969 Cotton Bowl: def. #8 Tennessee 36-13 1970 Cotton Bowl: def. #9 Notre Dame 21-17 1971 Cotton Bowl: lost to #6 Notre Dame 11-24 1972 Cotton Bowl: lost to #10 Penn State 6-30 1973 Cotton Bowl: def. #4 Alabama 17-13 1974 Cotton Bowl: lost to #12 Nebraska 3-19 1974 Gator Bowl: lost to #6 Auburn 3-27 1975 Bluebonnet Bowl: def. #10 Colorado 38-21 1978 Cotton Bowl: lost to #5 Notre Dame 10-38 1978 Sun Bowl: def. #13 Maryland 42-0 1979 Sun Bowl: lost to #13 Washington 7-14 1980 Bluebonnet Bowl: lost to #13 North Carolina 7-16 1982 Cotton Bowl: def. #3 Alabama 14-12 1982 Sun Bowl: lost to North Carolina 10-26 1984 Cotton Bowl: lost to #7 Georgia 9-10 1984 Freedom Bowl: lost to Iowa 17-55 1985 Bluebonnet Bowl: lost to #10 Air Force 16-24 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl: def. #19 Pittsburgh 32-27 1991 Cotton Bowl: lost to #4 Miami 3-46 1994 Sun Bowl: def. #19 North Carolina 35-31 1995 Sugar Bowl: lost to #13 Virginia Tech 10-28 1997 Fiesta Bowl: lost to #7 Penn State 15-38 1999 Cotton Bowl: def. Mississippi State 38-11 2000 Cotton Bowl: lost to Arkansas 6-27 2000 Holiday Bowl: lost to #10 Oregon 30-35 2001 Holiday Bowl: def. #15 Washington 47-43 2003 Cotton Bowl: def. LSU 35-20 2003 Holiday Bowl: lost to #16 Washington State 20-28 2005 Rose Bowl: def. #13 Michigan 38-37

Poor kid. Time to drop out and transfer to Division I-AA because if they lose this he'll never hear the end of it.

Wide left. This will be interesting considering that figure the offenses may have to rely on field goals in the overtime. Safe to say Penn State won't be jumping the Rose Bowl loser even if they win here.

The '79 Rams were probably the worst team ever to make it to the Super Bowl although they came within in a quarter of pulling off the greatest upset ever as they led the Steelers 19-17 after three. One thing about the '88 49ers is they were a completely different team the second half of the year and the postseason as Montana was in and out of the line-up and Steve Young wasn't the quarterback he'd become at that point (although did have that incredible game winning run against the Vikings). After a humiliating loss to the Cardinals to fall to 6-5 they won their next four games 128-51. They lost their regular season finale against the Rams 38-16 but they pulled all their regulars for that game as they couldn't improve their playoff spot. Then they got revenge on the Vikings 34-9 after being upset the previous year when they had a better team and then had one of the best performances I've ever seen when they crushed the Bears in Soldier Field 28-3. Their late season performance and playoff wins were impressive enough where they were actually heavy favorites over the Bengals even though Cincinnati was the best team in the NFL for most of the year.

1988 had to be one of the weakest quarterback classes ever as not only was there none selected until the 3rd round, there were none taken in the 4th & 5th rounds. Here's all the qb's drafted that year: 3rd Round 68. Tom Tupa, Ohio State (Cardinals) 76. Chris Chandler, Washington (Colts) 6th Round 149. Don McPherson, Syracuse (Eagles) 151. Scott Secules, Virginia (Cowboys) 159. Stan Humphries, NE Louisiana (Redskins) 7th Round 175. Mike Perez, San Jose State (Giants) 180. Kerwin Bell, Florida (Dolphins) 10th Round 256. Bud Keyes, Wisconsin (Packers) 274. Todd Santos, San Diego State (Saints) 11th Round 281. Danny McCoin, Cincinnati (Lions) 282. Danny McManus, Florida State (Chiefs) 283. David Weber, Carroll College (Raiders) 12th Round 328. Steve Slayden, Duke (Browns) So only two quarterbacks in Chandler and Humphries that had success in the NFL. Danny McManus had success in the CFL and is still limping around there. Tupa actually would be 3rd in NFL passing attempts of that list as he was the Cardinals regular starter in 1991 and didn't convert to punter until 1994 with the Browns (he played both positions at Ohio State). Guess who was one of Tupa's back up in 1991? Chris Chandler.

I found this photo of Vermeil a little while back from 1975. He's always been crying. I think he cries after he finishes a box of cereal. Oh the memories of Count Chocula.

Standings 1. Will Scarlet 233 2. teke184 224 3. Edwin MacPhisto 213 4. Secret Agent 211 5. CanadianChris 209 6. therealworldschampion 206 7. Kingofthe909 203 8. DragonLordKaiba 199 9. benoitrulz4life 196 10. iggymcfly 195 11. phoenixrising 189 AlwaysPissedOff 189 13. Cuban Linx 186 14. Hawk 34 183 15. the pinjockey 178 16. Spaceman Spiff 177 17. Gert T 176 18. keith6601 172 19. MarvinisaLunatic 165 20. Bored 164 21. hockey fan 163 22. Culloden Hastings 156 23. Agent of Oblivion 154 Agent Bond34 154 25. Rrrsh 147 Kotzenjunge 147 27. KingPK 136 28. bravesfan 133 29. Lando Griffin 132 30. Spicy McHaggis 109 Wednesday's Game Rose Bowl worth 28 points, 25 out of 30 people picked USC. Here's who picked Texas: teke184, Secret Agent, MarvinisaLunatic, hockey fan, Lando Griffin.

Hey did you know A.J. Hawk's girlfriend is Brady Quinn's sister? Just thought you guys would want to know in case you didn't already...