Bored 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Okay on to the the second half of what has been a surprisingly entertaining bowl season to this point although there's still plenty of time for disappointment. While Utah/Ohio State and Texas/Alabama would have been far better match-ups, this year's BCS games are at least much more intriguing than last year. It seemed last season the BCS bowls went out of their way to come up with the least compelling slate of games as they possibly could. Thank God for the Rose Bowl as the January 1st line-up looks atrocious this year outside the GOTA. I'll post a thread for MNC game sometime this weekend. WEDNESDAY Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs. Air Force, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Sun Bowl: Oregon State vs. #20 Pittsburgh, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS Music City Bowl: #24 Boston College vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN Insight Bowl: Kansas vs. Minnesota, 6:00/3:00 PM, NFLN Chick-Fil-A Bowl: LSU vs. #14 Georgia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN THURSDAY Outback Bowl: South Carolina vs. Iowa, 11:00/8:00 AM, ESPN Gator Bowl: Nebraska vs. Clemson, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, CBS Capital One Bowl: #15 Georgia vs. #18 Michigan State, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC Rose Bowl: #8 Penn State vs. #5 USC, 4:30/1:30 PM, ABC Orange Bowl: #12 Cincinnati vs. #19 Virginia Tech, 8:30/5:30 PM, FOX FRIDAY Cotton Bowl: #25 Mississippi vs. #7 Texas Tech, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, FOX Liberty Bowl: Kentucky vs. East Carolina, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN Sugar Bowl: #6 Utah vs. #4 Alabama, 8:00/5:00 PM, FOX SATURDAY International Bowl: Buffalo vs. Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN MONDAY Fiesta Bowl: #10 Ohio State vs. #3 Texas, 8:00/5:00 PM, FOX TUESDAY GMAC Bowl: #22 Ball State vs. Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Seems like most of the bowl games I was interested in already happened. I'm looking forward to Pittsburgh/Oregon State, Cincinnati/Virginia Tech, Ole Miss/Texas Tech, and Buffalo/UConn, but outside of that, nothing jumps out of me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Honestly, I didn't even know Cincinnati had a team. I never know which Big East schools actually do field football teams these days. I thought West Virginia automatically won the Big East every year because there was nobody else for them to play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 lol. Cincy had quite a turnaround this year. I think they only lost 1 conference game. They are pretty good (10-3) and their coach is a big name ticket on the carousel, although it seems he is staying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 I'm stuck at work, am I reading the Sun Bowl final score right? 3-0!? Did they play in a monsoon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Nope. Just a completely awful game that both teams appeared to not care about in the slightest bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 It was windy pretty bad, but some of the offensive playcalling was seriously bad. Bill Stull went SEVEN FOR 24 FOR 42 YARDS or some nonsense. I did like Pitt trying a 58 yard field goal with 2 minutes to go. Guess it was a better chance of going in than an offensive play working. VANDY JUST WON A BOWL GAME. That fucked up a lot of bowl manias I bet. Including mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 That OSU-Pitt game was an abomination. I want those three hours back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Are Bob Griese and Brad Nessler going to a New Yars party right after the game or something? Griese is wearing a black suit and BOWTIE. I don't think this game will be as bad as people think. LSU's main weakness seemed to be pass defense, and GT doesn't pass. I do think GT will win but it probably won't be a blowout. Has a national champion fallen quicker in terms of public perspective as this LSU team has? Sheesh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Man I did a great job betting on LSU in this one. GT was favored by 4.5! And LSU is leading by 18 here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Man I did a great job betting on LSU in this one. GT was favored by 4.5! And LSU is leading by 18 here. Make that "LSU is leading by 31 here". I thought LSU would be good tonight and possibly win, as they had time to heal up, but this is re-goddamn-diculous. I guess this proves that a very talented D-Line can stop the triple option with enough time to gameplan it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 1, 2009 32 actually, but yeah. I just had a feeling about GT being kind of overrated after looking at the two teams and their wins and losses. LSU also traditionally does pretty well in bowl games, and I thought they had some bad luck this season, and of course lost their confidence with that Florida game. They finished the season on a bad note, but all of their losses were to good teams for the most part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 LSU + Georgia Dome bowl game = assrape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 LSU + Georgia Dome bowl game = assrape. Not always... IIRC, the Peach Bowl games against Clemson and Georgia Tech in the 90s / early 2000s were something like 14-10 and 28-10, with LSU being down at the half for both. The one against Miami and this one are fucking insane, though, as the combined total of the last 6 quarters for LSU in the Peach Bowl is around 78-6. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Holee shit. I was wrong. This is a blowout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Here's hoping Penn State can at least keep it close or beat SC tomorrow so I can win a whole lot of money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 GT's fake punt inside their twenty down by 18 has to be one of the worst play calls of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Not to mention the guy running the ball on that play was a 6'4", 270-pound D-lineman. Looks like Iowa's on their way to getting the Big Ten's first (and maybe last) bowl win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho Penguin 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 What a shitty day of bowl games right now. At least I am looking forward to the 2 BCS games tonight, but I don't care about any of the six teams on the TV right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Clemson is looking like people thought they would at the start of the season. Isn't there anyone on Nebraska who can tackle? Of course, the minute I post that, everything goes all to hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Warfare 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 "Michigan State keeps pulling a Plaxico-- shooting themselves" Gotta love Mike Patrick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 OH NO JOE PATERNO BROKE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATED PREGAME INTERVIEW WITH ESABCPN! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Clemson is looking like people thought they would at the start of the season. Isn't there anyone on Nebraska who can tackle? Of course, the minute I post that, everything goes all to hell. They reverted back to form in the second half apparently. It's funny that the team from the conference with no D won a game with D. I like Pelini, so good for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Since the board is acting weird I'm going to create an AIM chat for the game in a test run to see about having a chat for the MNC game. Invite yourself to TSMRoseBowlChat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 I hadn't watched a college football game all season, but I'm watching the Rose Bowl now. I dislike USC and prefer UCLA, but as an Illinois fan, I'm rooting against Penn State. Should be a good game, anyway. I'll watch just about any sports now with my new high def receiver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Warfare 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 USC blowing out another overrated Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl, gets hailed as the 'real' best team in the country, which leads to a top 3 ranking next year. Where have I seen this before? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 I don't understand why everyone gets so excited about the Rose Bowl these days. It's always USC vs. some Big 10 team that doesn't have a chance. I know they always say "Well that's why they play the games" but fuck, you don't need to play the Rose Bowl. The score is always going to be USC a lot and slow Big 10 team not a lot. Probably the worst of the BCS bowls since the USC/Texas game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 USC blowing out a overrated Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl and is hailed as the 'real' best team in the country which will lead to a top 3 ranking next season. Where have I seen this before? Well according to Musburger USC should be in the national title game. Because the Pac 10 won all their bowl games and USC is obviously better than OU and Florida. Did I mention Mark Sanchez was robbed of the Heisman? That's where this commentary is leading towards at this moment. I'm sure the USC lovers in the media will use the Pac 10 being undefeated in bowl games as a reason to prop USC up and say they should've been in the national title game discussion. I don't think bowl games are a good way to judge conference strength. You have so many bowl games and a lot of average teams playing bowl games and a lot of unmotivated teams. You could get a barn-burner like Texas/USC or you could get a game like last years Cotton Bowl where Mizzou wanted to play and Arkansas didn't even want to be there. Did that mean the SEC wasn't that good because one of their teams got blown out in a bowl game? No, it had nothing to do with the SEC or the conference strength or anything else. Hell it really didn't even have to do with how good Arkansas was and it really wasn't a reflection on their season at all. Bowl games are just a fun thing to watch, and it's awesome when both teams try. But it's not a good judge of conference over conference or even a good reflection on someone's season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Warfare 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Probably the worst of the BCS bowls since the USC/Texas game. Just wait until tonight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Wow, this is just a clinic. A USC intrasquad game would have had more intrigue. If Penn State fumbles again, USC would probably score another TD before halftime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
