Re: College Football - Bowl Discussion

[dew1679666265]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

[Andy]

The full bowl schedule:

 

EagleBank Bowl in Washington, DC – 12/20, 11 am (ESPN)

Wake Forest vs Navy

 

New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/20, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Colorado State vs Fresno State

 

magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/20, 4:30 pm (ESPN2)

Memphis vs South Florida

 

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/20, 8 pm (ESPN)

(17) BYU vs Arizona

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/21, 8:15 pm (ESPN)

Southern Mississippi vs Troy

 

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/23, 8 pm (ESPN)

(9) Boise State vs (11) TCU

 

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 8 pm (ESPN)

Hawaii vs Notre Dame

 

Motor City Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 8 pm (ESPN)

Florida Atlantic vs Central Michigan

 

Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/27, 1 pm (ESPN)

West Virginia vs North Carolina

 

Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/27, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Wisconsin vs Florida State

 

Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, CA – 12/27, 8 pm (ESPN)

California vs Miami

 

Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/28, 8:15 pm (ESPN)

Northern Illinois vs Louisiana Tech

 

Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 12/29, 3 pm (ESPN)

NC State vs Rutgers

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/29, 8 pm (ESPN)

(25) Missouri vs Northwestern

 

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/30, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Maryland vs Nevada

 

Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/30, 8 pm (NFL Network)

Rice vs Western Michigan

 

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/30, 8 pm (ESPN)

(13) Oklahoma State vs (15) Oregon

 

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

Houston vs Air Force

 

Brut Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS)

(24) Oregon State vs (18) Pittsburgh

 

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Boston College vs Vanderbilt

 

Insight Bowl in Tempe, AZ – 12/31, 5:30 pm (NFL Network)

Kansas vs Minnesota

 

Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, GA – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

LSU vs (14) Georgia Tech

 

Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/1, 11 am (ESPN)

South Carolina vs Iowa

 

Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC)

(16) Georgia vs (19) Michigan State

 

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (CBS)

Clemson vs Nebraska

 

AT&T Cotton Bowl – 1/2, 2 pm (FOX)

(20) Ole Miss vs (8) Texas Tech

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 1/2, 5 pm (ESPN)

Kentucky vs East Carolina

 

International Bowl in Toronto, ON – 1/3, 12 pm (ESPN2)

Connecticut vs Buffalo

 

GMAC Bowl in Mobile, AL – 1/6, 8 pm (ESPN)

Tulsa vs (23) Ball State

 

BCS Games:

 

Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA – 1/1, 4:30 pm (ABC)

(6) Penn State vs (5) USC

 

FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 1/1, 8 pm (FOX)

(21) Virginia Tech vs (12) Cincinnati

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/2, 8 pm (FOX)

(4) Alabama vs (7) Utah

 

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ – 1/5, 8 pm (FOX)

(3) Texas vs (10) Ohio State

 

FedEx National Championship Game in Miami, FL – 1/8, 8 pm (FOX)

(1) Florida vs (2) Oklahoma

[Mephistopheles]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

and i quote: "Sorry guys, Florida's not jumping Texas if Texas can stay ahead of Oklahoma in half the polls."

 

in fact my computer projections were completely spot on, i got them exact.

[Hosak8]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

Believe it or not, I was about to say the exact same thing.

 

Meph covered his own rear in the sense that he never made an absolute declaration. He knows how to exude arrogance, while not painting himself into a corner. You might call it a gift.

 

"It's gonna be OU-Texas... well, unless this small thing that has to happen, happens." If it's OU-Texas, he's right. If that small thing happens which had to happen, then he's right. Either way he's right and he can continue his autopornography. I suspect he knew what he was doing. He was trying to get as much response as he could, and he guaranteed it by making a post that could be true regardless of outcome. As big a prick as he can be, it was actually quite a brilliant move for someone who derives so much pleasure from ruffling feathers.

Edited December 8, 2008 by Hosak8

[imb]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

and i quote: "Sorry guys, Florida's not jumping Texas if Texas can stay ahead of Oklahoma in half the polls."

 

in fact my computer projections were completely spot on, i got them exact.

 

during the game on saturday you said, matter of fact that it would be ou-texas, without a doubt.

 

the way it actually played out was exactly how everyone else said it would

 

you were miserably wrong again

[Hosak8]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

and i quote: "Sorry guys, Florida's not jumping Texas if Texas can stay ahead of Oklahoma in half the polls."

 

in fact my computer projections were completely spot on, i got them exact.

 

during the game on saturday you said, matter of fact that it would be ou-texas, without a doubt.

 

the way it actually played out was exactly how everyone else said it would

 

you were miserably wrong again

 

This is actually not true. Believe me, I wish it were, but it isn't. He always left open the "if this happens" door.

[Mephistopheles]

your damn right it's a gift. its like khalil next year. my thoughts are that his true talent level is a 280 or so eqa, but i am not expecting him to be much more than 265 next season. ive got all my bases covered. its quite brilliant and the reason im hardly ever wrong.

[imb]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

and i quote: "Sorry guys, Florida's not jumping Texas if Texas can stay ahead of Oklahoma in half the polls."

 

in fact my computer projections were completely spot on, i got them exact.

 

during the game on saturday you said, matter of fact that it would be ou-texas, without a doubt.

 

the way it actually played out was exactly how everyone else said it would

 

you were miserably wrong again

 

This is actually not true. Believe me, I wish it were, but it isn't. He always left open the "if this happens" door.

 

OU is good. Really good. OU vs Florida is going to be an awesome game.

 

Its going to be Texas and Oklahoma.

[Mephistopheles]

Hosak: "[Meph] is quite ... brilliant"

[ConstableRabbit]

they had the same conference records. iowa finished much stronger. iowa beat penn state, northwestern lost to freaking indiana. this isn't some outrageous injustice here.

Iowa finished strong, beating up on Minnesota and squeaking by Penn State, but I don't think that means that they finished "much stronger". Iowa lost to Illinois in the month of November.

 

Yes, Northwestern lost a close game to Indiana (which they should NOT have lost), but lost Bacher and Sutton (starting Qb and RB, respectively) to injury during the game. They also beat Iowa on the road and have won their last 4 games with their 3rd string RB and a backup QB for a win at Minnesota. By bowl time, they should have Sutton back.

[TruffleShuffle]

well looks like the title game matchup is decided im kind of a god with numbers you know so its ou-texas

 

In fairness to Meph (I'm sure I'll get toasted for defending him), but he did say that it would be OU/Texas unless the human polls went extremely heavily toward Florida and away from Texas.

 

And they did just that. Not defending the "i'm a bit of a god" thing, though.

 

and i quote: "Sorry guys, Florida's not jumping Texas if Texas can stay ahead of Oklahoma in half the polls."

 

in fact my computer projections were completely spot on, i got them exact.

 

don't strain your neck trying to get down there.

[abuck1220]

your damn right it's a gift. its like khalil next year. my thoughts are that his true talent level is a 280 or so eqa, but i am not expecting him to be much more than 265 next season. ive got all my bases covered. its quite brilliant and the reason im hardly ever wrong.

 

 

81.2 JR Towles

...

45.4 Geovany Soto

[Hosak8]

Hosak: "[Meph] is quite ... brilliant"

 

Congrats. You know how to make yourself look like an ass regardless of outcome. That is a gift. You're also good at math. I'd rather be good at being a human, but whatever.

[imb]

Hosak: "[Meph] is quite ... brilliant"

 

Congrats. You know how to make yourself look like an ass regardless of outcome. That is a gift. You're also good at math. I'd rather be good at being a human, but whatever.

 

hey at least nsbb is getting a lot of great articles on the front page out of this deal

 

hey meph, can you copy and paste some more baseball america profiles on the guys we drafted

[TruffleShuffle]

Hosak: "[Meph] is quite ... brilliant"

 

Congrats. You know how to make yourself look like an ass regardless of outcome. That is a gift. You're also good at math. I'd rather be good at being a human, but whatever.

 

hey at least nsbb is getting a lot of great articles on the front page out of this deal

 

hey meph, can you copy and paste some more baseball america profiles on the guys we drafted

 

better be careful, if you goof on him too much he might, say, make a blog that rips on you and various other members of this board.

[laurens]

Hosak: "[Meph] is quite ... brilliant"

 

Congrats. You know how to make yourself look like an ass regardless of outcome. That is a gift. You're also good at math. I'd rather be good at being a human, but whatever.

 

hey at least nsbb is getting a lot of great articles on the front page out of this deal

 

hey meph, can you copy and paste some more baseball america profiles on the guys we drafted

 

better be careful, if you goof on him too much he might, say, make a blog that rips on you and various other members of this board.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4426/meph1am2.jpg

[ELCABALLO45]

The BCS Championship game is not for another month.......................

[hawkeyecub]

they had the same conference records. iowa finished much stronger. iowa beat penn state, northwestern lost to freaking indiana. this isn't some outrageous injustice here.

Iowa finished strong, beating up on Minnesota and squeaking by Penn State, but I don't think that means that they finished "much stronger". Iowa lost to Illinois in the month of November.

 

Yes, Northwestern lost a close game to Indiana (which they should NOT have lost), but lost Bacher and Sutton (starting Qb and RB, respectively) to injury during the game. They also beat Iowa on the road and have won their last 4 games with their 3rd string RB and a backup QB for a win at Minnesota. By bowl time, they should have Sutton back.

 

They won 5 of their last 6. Included in that were drubbings of Indiana and Minnesota on the road. They destroyed Wisconsin and beat #3 Penn State. They lost 4 games by a combined 12 points, 3 of them on the road and two of them to top 20 teams.

 

Northwestern won 4 of their last 6. They lost to a terrible Indiana team and were dismantled by Ohio State. They squeaked by Minnesota and Michigan. Their other loss was a 17 point loss at home to Michigan State.

 

As far as the injury stuff, I'm fairly confident Iowa beats Northwestern if the best back in the country isn't knocked out of the game. Think maybe with 4 plays from the 8 to win the game at the end he could have gotten it in? They handed Northwestern the game by repeatedly dropping the ball (5 turnovers), one of them when no one touched our KR. It was also our QB's second start.

 

As I said it stinks for Northwestern fans that you beat us h2h, tied in the conference and got jumped. But I think Iowa is definitely the better team and the fact that thousands more fans will come made it a no-brainer.

[Hosak8]

Phillip Fulmer has accepted a position at the University of Tennessee as a Special Assistant to the President, Dr. John Petersen.

[dew1679666265]

Phillip Fulmer has accepted a position at the University of Tennessee as a Special Assistant to the President, Dr. John Petersen.

 

Probably hold that for a year and then look at coaching openings next year.

 

Hopefully there won't be anything dramatic between him and Lane Kiffin.

[snoodmonger]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

[rchap24]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

 

They started off with a mediocre early schedule and started out good...Lost most of the rest of there games and finished off around .500...So I don't know...They've looked good against some teams and then lost to Iowa 54-0

[SouthSideRyan]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

 

You shoudl beat the crap out of them.

[snoodmonger]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

 

They started off with a mediocre early schedule and started out good...Lost most of the rest of there games and finished off around .500...So I don't know...They've looked good against some teams and then lost to Iowa 54-0

 

I think minnesotacubsfan and I should have some kind of avatar bet over this game.

[TruffleShuffle]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

 

They started off with a mediocre early schedule and started out good...Lost most of the rest of there games and finished off around .500...So I don't know...They've looked good against some teams and then lost to Iowa 54-0

 

if kansas played minnesota right now, it wouldn't be close. but bowl games are weird; sometimes teams that are playing horribly at the end of the regular season (minnesota) will get it out of their system and play really well in bowl games. momentum seems to have almost no impact after a month layoff.