Re: College Football - Bowl Discussion

[ELCABALLO45]

can anyone give me a scouting report on Minnesota?

 

They won alot of games early do to turnovers. And alot of those teams were not that good.

 

QB Adam Weber is pretty decent. He is only a soph. but under pressure he usually does not play that well. Get pressure on him and you will have a field day on him.

 

Im not sure if he is playing but WR Eric Decker is a beast when healthy.

 

You should not have a problem scoring the ball.

[dew1679666265]

i like the bowl games around christmas because im usually out of town at familys and its a good excuse to do something else for awhile, not that i dont love taking my cousins skating or something.

 

I don't have any extended family, so I'm usually at home throughout the bowls. Thus, I sit around at home (or at a buddy's house) and watch lots of college football.

 

They're usually interesting matchups you don't get to see too often - which is a bonus.

[Mephistopheles]

thats what i do on january first. man, college football wise 12/31 and 1/1 are consecutive days of great matchups. waiting until the 8th is such a drag though

[dew1679666265]

thats what i do on january first. man, college football wise 12/31 and 1/1 are consecutive days of great matchups. waiting until the 8th is such a drag though

 

I hate that I work both of those days because I'd love to sit around and watch games.

 

Work actually prohibits me from watching many of the games I want to. It sucks.

[Mephistopheles]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

[dew1679666265]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

 

One of many things I keep planning on getting.

 

Does it cost a monthly fee, or can I just buy it and hook it up?

[Mephistopheles]

unfortunately, being a graduate student, im not in a position to afford one. my parents have one though

 

 

and on the fourth day, Tim Tebow created bitorrent.

[E.J.]

I have a HD Tivo and they just did a software update that allows me to watch Netflix movies streaming on my TV. I'm super excited about it. :yahoo:

[B]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

 

One of many things I keep planning on getting.

 

Does it cost a monthly fee, or can I just buy it and hook it up?

If you get a DVR through your cable/satellite providor there is a monthly fee, but it is well worth it. I'm pretty much lost without it now.

[dew1679666265]

unfortunately, being a graduate student, im not in a position to afford one. my parents have one though

 

 

and on the fourth day, Tim Tebow created bitorrent.

 

I'm not computer savvy enough to know what that is, much less how to use it.

[dew1679666265]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

 

One of many things I keep planning on getting.

 

Does it cost a monthly fee, or can I just buy it and hook it up?

If you get a DVR through your cable/satellite providor there is a monthly fee, but it is well worth it. I'm pretty much lost without it now.

 

Well, crap. I hate monthly fees.

[ELCABALLO45]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

 

One of many things I keep planning on getting.

 

Does it cost a monthly fee, or can I just buy it and hook it up?

If you get a DVR through your cable/satellite providor there is a monthly fee, but it is well worth it. I'm pretty much lost without it now.

 

Well, crap. I hate monthly fees.

 

I think you can also buy it for one price. I know we did with our Dish DVR. We are getting a HDDVR now and that costs about 10 bucks a month.

[EhDubya]

There are not enough numbers in the world to tell me that the ACC was the #2 conference in the country this year. I actually watched the teams.

 

USC, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Penn State, Texas Tech, and Ohio State all probably go undefeated if they were in that conference.

[Mephistopheles]

no ones saying they have a team as good as those teams...

[Mephistopheles]

but florida lost to ole miss, penn state to iowa and usc to oregon state and the acc has teams as good as those teams, so they could lose in it.

[dew1679666265]

and on the third day, Tim Tebow created Tivo.

 

One of many things I keep planning on getting.

 

Does it cost a monthly fee, or can I just buy it and hook it up?

If you get a DVR through your cable/satellite providor there is a monthly fee, but it is well worth it. I'm pretty much lost without it now.

 

Well, crap. I hate monthly fees.

 

I think you can also buy it for one price. I know we did with our Dish DVR. We are getting a HDDVR now and that costs about 10 bucks a month.

 

If I get one, it'll have to be without monthly fees.

[Mephistopheles]

hopefully playtv comes to the us. i have a huge hd in my ps3 and would love to turn it into a dvr

[Andy]

I usually try to watch a lot of the bowls too. I think last year I at least watched 10 minutes of all but about 3 or 4 bowls. Like dew, it's more about loving college football than anything.

[NCCubFan]

now that most teams play a 12 game schedule, they need to bump the # of wins for bowl eligibility to 7. it's crazy that a team like Notre Dame can go to a bowl but end the year with a losing record

They'd need to reduce the number of bowl games for that to happen (I'm not saying that would be a bad thing). There just aren't enough teams with winning records to fill all the slots. I remember when playing in a bowl game was a reward for a GOOD season, not a mediocre season. My first year in college (1978) Ball State went 10-1 overall and undefeated in the MAC, but didn't go bowling because back then there were fewer than 20 bowl games and the MAC didn't even have one bowl tie-in.

[TruffleShuffle]

now that most teams play a 12 game schedule, they need to bump the # of wins for bowl eligibility to 7. it's crazy that a team like Notre Dame can go to a bowl but end the year with a losing record

They'd need to reduce the number of bowl games for that to happen (I'm not saying that would be a bad thing). There just aren't enough teams with winning records to fill all the slots. I remember when playing in a bowl game was a reward for a GOOD season, not a mediocre season. My first year in college (1978) Ball State went 10-1 overall and undefeated in the MAC, but didn't go bowling because back then there were fewer than 20 bowl games and the MAC didn't even have one bowl tie-in.

 

yeah if there are .500 teams from the sun belt, wac and mac going to bowl games, then there is no way they can require teams to have 7 wins without dumping bowl games. i mean, THREE 6-6 teams got left out this year - you'd have to get rid of 4 or 5 bowl games simply because not enough teams would be eligible (i think there are 8 or 9 6-6 teams playing in bowls this year).

[EhDubya]

but florida lost to ole miss, penn state to iowa and usc to oregon state and the acc has teams as good as those teams, so they could lose in it.

 

Note where I wrote: "probably". Of course its a relative argument.

 

Still, those teams that lost to the teams you mentioned could've happened due to looking ahead to other tough games (Florida) or just looking past a good team after beating tough teams (Penn State, USC).

 

At any rate, just because you rank all of the ACC teams as mediocre (or barely above mediocre), that shouldn't mean its a tougher conference than the SEC or Big Ten because they have a (small) handful of below average teams.

 

Its just my opinion (and the rest of the straight thinking world) that you are wrong.

[Mephistopheles]

sure it does. it means the average quality of play in the league is higher than the average quality of play in other leagues. im pretty sure im not the only one with my point of view.

 

Sagarin:

1. Atlantic Coast

2. Big 12

3. Southeastern

4. Big East

5. Big Ten

6. Pac 10

7. Mountain West

 

Colley:

1. Big 12

2. Atlantic Coast

3. Southeastern

4. Big East

5. Big Ten

6. Mountain West

7. Pac 10

 

Anderson & Hester:

1. ACC

2. Big 12

3. Big East

4. SEC

5. Big Ten

6. Pac 10

7. MWC

 

Massey

1. ACC

2. Big 12

3. SEC

4. Big East

5. MWC

6. Big Ten

7. Pac 10

 

Wolfe:

1. Big 12

2. Big East

3. ACC

4. SEC

5. Big Ten

6. MWC

7. Pac 10

 

Bill Trocchi, Sports Illustrated

1. Big 12

2. ACC

3. SEC

4. Big Ten

5. MWC

6. Pac 10

 

I dont care for looking up more. My point is done.

[Mephistopheles]

I picked a random ACC team. Wake Forest.

 

The probability of x losses if certain teams faced their schedule.

 

Oklahoma

0 34.84%

1 40.02%

2 19.18%

3+ 5.96%

 

Texas

0 23.56%

1 38.55%

2 25.38%

3+ 12.51%

 

Florida

0 44.84%

1 38.30%

2 13.93%

3+ 2.93%

 

USC

0 42.16%

1 38.99%

2 15.28%

3+ 3.57%

 

Texas Tech

0 5.61%

1 21.99%

2 28.18%

3+ 44.22%

 

Penn State

0 22.05%

1 37.99%

2 26.16%

3+ 13.79%

 

Alabama

0 7.47%

1 25.26%

2 29.42%

3+ 37.86%

 

 

Ohio State

0 4.68%

1 20.08%

2 27.17%

3+ 48.07%

[snoodmonger]

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/60900

 

Bowl gift packages

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Every Bowl Game in 10 words (NSFW language)

 

A couple of my favorites:

 

Capital One Bowl: Dantonio suspends EVERYONE for not wearing top hats. LOSS, Spartans.

 

Rose Bowl: JoePa says “I haven’t seen that much blood since Antietam.”