College Football Bowl Discussion

[chuckywang]

Boise State over OU was 43-42 as well.

 

That's some poetry right there.

 

What does Boise State have anything to do with this game?

 

Really?

 

They won their most famous game by the same score, same ballsy 2 point conversion call, and their biggest rival just happened to do the same thing on its field?

 

I think there's some symmetry here.

 

They're playing on Boise State's home field?

[SpongeWorthy]

Boise State over OU was 43-42 as well.

 

That's some poetry right there.

 

What does Boise State have anything to do with this game?

 

Really?

 

They won their most famous game by the same score, same ballsy 2 point conversion call, and their biggest rival just happened to do the same thing on its field?

 

I think there's some symmetry here.

 

They're playing on Boise State's home field?

 

Um, yeah. The Humantarian Bowl is held in Boise State's stadium on the smurf turf.

[Flames24Rulz]

Idaho coach is the anti-Lovie Smith in terms of guts

At the very least he has a much cooler voice.

 

Lovie's voice is cool.

 

I think Barnes is going to be a player comparable to Wes Welker. Not the tallest or fastest guy, but a possession guy who gets it done. The guy's a legitimate NFL player, for sure.

 

It's sad how games that feature little defense at all are usually the most exciting to watch. The MAC definitely doesn't feature premiere defensive teams and the WAC usually doesn't either. I figured this would be one of the more entertaining games of the bowl season because of that reason and sure enough, it didn't really disappoint. Even if Idaho didn't convert the two pointer, that would have still been the right decision. There's no way Idaho's defense was going to stop Bowling Green in OT.

[shnsajax]

Nebraska dominating Arizona s far. Hopefully a good sign for the Big 12, though the Pac 10 showing how weak they are this year.

[TruffleShuffle]

yeah i thought the pac 10 might have been the best conference top to bottom; so far they have one win against friggin temple.

[dew1679666265]

so is this Freddie Barnes kid a 1st rounder in the NFL?

 

Mid-round pick due to speed I guess..

 

Yeah, from the little I've heard on him draft-wise, it appears he's looking at mid-rounds. He can be a productive NFL receiver, but he doesn't have the speed or overall athleticism to be a #1 guy (which you're looking for with a first rounder).

[SpongeWorthy]

Another good showing by a Stoops coached team in a bowl game.

[Guest]

yeah i thought the pac 10 might have been the best conference top to bottom; so far they have one win against friggin temple.

 

2 - USC also beat BC.

[GlassCow]

This was probably the most enjoyable 4 quarters of NU football I've seen since the 96 Fiesta Bowl when we destroyed Steve Spurrier's life. Absolute domination by my boys. Go Big Red!

[TheVolCub08]

This was probably the most enjoyable 4 quarters of NU football I've seen since the 96 Fiesta Bowl when we destroyed Steve Spurrier's life. Absolute domination by my boys. Go Big Red!

 

I think Pellini has Nebraska headed in an excellent direction. I could see him winning the North 75% of the time he's at Nebraska.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I faintly remember the discussion, but I didn't remember the bet until today. While drunk over the weekend, I was the only one in my group of 6 who said Wisconsin stood a chance against Miami. Apparently I took on bets of $20 each and took no points while being offered anywhere between 3 and 14. Payments are slowly rolling in.

[jaydee]

the pac 10 was awful this year. the refs are trying to give the game to stanford but they still will likely lose to oklahoma.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Missouri is going to lose to Navy. Good [expletive] riddance.

[shnsajax]

the pac 10 was awful this year. the refs are trying to give the game to stanford but they still will likely lose to oklahoma.

 

Looking at the boxscore, I'm trying to figure out how OU is only up by 4.

[jaydee]

the pac 10 was awful this year. the refs are trying to give the game to stanford but they still will likely lose to oklahoma.

 

Looking at the boxscore, I'm trying to figure out how OU is only up by 4.

 

 

Yah...they just got bad bounces the first half. Second half they have rolled so far. Dominating though.

[Formerly Snayke]

Great showing by Missouri. They get a whole month to prepare for the triple option and still get run over.

[TruffleShuffle]

so far, the bowl results, with the point spreads in parentheses:

 

wyoming beat fresno state by 7 (fresno -11) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 18

rutgers beat ucf by 21 (rutgers -3) - favorite wins, covers by 18

middle tenn beat so. miss by 10 (usm -4) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 14

byu beat oregon st by 24 (osu -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 27

utah beat cal by 10 (cal -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 13

smu beat nevada by 35 (nevada -14.5) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 49.5

marshall beat ohio by 4 (ohio -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 7

pitt beat unc by 2 (pitt -3) - favorite wins, underdog beats spread by 1

usc beat bc by 11 (usc -9) - favorite wins, covers by 2

clemson beat kentucky by 8 (clemson -7) - favorite wins, covers by 1

georgia beat aTm by 24 (georgia -7) - favorite wins, covers by 17

ucla beat temple by 9 (ucla -7) - favorite wins, covers by 2

wisconsin beat miami by 6 (miami -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 9

idaho beat bowling green by 1 (bgsu -1) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 2

nebraska beat arizona by 33 (arizona -2) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 35

air force beat houston by 27 (houston -4.5) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 31.5

oklahoma beat stanford by 4 (ou -8) - favorite wins, underdog beats spread by 4

navy beat missouri by 22 (mizzou -7) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 39

iowa st beat minnesota by 1 (minnesota -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 4

 

so overall:

5 favorites have won and covered the spread by a combined 40 points

2 favorites have won but not covered the spread; underdogs have beaten the spread by 5 points in these games.

12 underdogs have won outright, and beat the spread by a combined 249 points

 

 

this is insane... how is anyone supposed to pick this [expletive]? favorites are 7-12 outright and underdogs have beaten the spread by a combined 214 points!

[Guest]

the pac 10 was awful this year. the refs are trying to give the game to stanford but they still will likely lose to oklahoma.

 

Pretty good showing for Stanford seeing as Luck was out the whole game.

[dew1679666265]

Not a good showing by Tennessee today, though the game was much, much closer than the final score would indicate. Va Tech is simply a better team than us. The offense got off to a slow start and never really performed well, but it was good enough to keep us in the game for the most part. The special teams held up better than I expected against Beamer's team.

 

All in all a pretty good season. It's interesting, though, how Tennessee fans (myself included, to an extent) consider this year under Kiffin a mild success, while most would be lambasting the exact same performance were Fulmer still the coach.

[TheVolCub08]

Not a good showing by Tennessee today, though the game was much, much closer than the final score would indicate. Va Tech is simply a better team than us. The offense got off to a slow start and never really performed well, but it was good enough to keep us in the game for the most part. The special teams held up better than I expected against Beamer's team.

 

All in all a pretty good season. It's interesting, though, how Tennessee fans (myself included, to an extent) consider this year under Kiffin a mild success, while most would be lambasting the exact same performance were Fulmer still the coach.

 

Considering this team ended the year with 62 scholarship players, I don't see how any UT fan could consider this season a negative in any fashion. Fulmer deserved what he got from fans. He left the program much worse than he found it, and Kiffin is having to overcome the deficit that Fulmer left him. I see that, and I was actually sad that Fulmer left the way he did.

[dew1679666265]

Not a good showing by Tennessee today, though the game was much, much closer than the final score would indicate. Va Tech is simply a better team than us. The offense got off to a slow start and never really performed well, but it was good enough to keep us in the game for the most part. The special teams held up better than I expected against Beamer's team.

 

All in all a pretty good season. It's interesting, though, how Tennessee fans (myself included, to an extent) consider this year under Kiffin a mild success, while most would be lambasting the exact same performance were Fulmer still the coach.

 

Considering this team ended the year with 62 scholarship players, I don't see how any UT fan could consider this season a negative in any fashion. Fulmer deserved what he got from fans. He left the program much worse than he found it, and Kiffin is having to overcome the deficit that Fulmer left him. I see that, and I was actually sad that Fulmer left the way he did.

 

The team has definitely fallen off in the past few years, though I think the harsh criticism Fulmer has received since 2002 is a bit overboard. The program hasn't been what it can be consistently, but people too often gloss over legitimately good years like 2004 and 2007. I don't think Tennessee can be consistently what it was in the 90s barring the exact same circumstances (weak SEC overall, terrific recruiter willing to do the work nationally, etc), but it should have been better consistently than it has the past four years.

 

I wasn't really criticizing UT fans with that statement in my original post, simply pointing out something I've noticed.

[hawkeyecub]

so far, the bowl results, with the point spreads in parentheses:

 

wyoming beat fresno state by 7 (fresno -11) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 18

rutgers beat ucf by 21 (rutgers -3) - favorite wins, covers by 18

middle tenn beat so. miss by 10 (usm -4) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 14

byu beat oregon st by 24 (osu -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 27

utah beat cal by 10 (cal -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 13

smu beat nevada by 35 (nevada -14.5) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 49.5

marshall beat ohio by 4 (ohio -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 7

pitt beat unc by 2 (pitt -3) - favorite wins, underdog beats spread by 1

usc beat bc by 11 (usc -9) - favorite wins, covers by 2

clemson beat kentucky by 8 (clemson -7) - favorite wins, covers by 1

georgia beat aTm by 24 (georgia -7) - favorite wins, covers by 17

ucla beat temple by 9 (ucla -7) - favorite wins, covers by 2

wisconsin beat miami by 6 (miami -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 9

idaho beat bowling green by 1 (bgsu -1) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 2

nebraska beat arizona by 33 (arizona -2) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 35

air force beat houston by 27 (houston -4.5) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 31.5

oklahoma beat stanford by 4 (ou -8) - favorite wins, underdog beats spread by 4

navy beat missouri by 22 (mizzou -7) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 39

iowa st beat minnesota by 1 (minnesota -3) - underdog wins outright, beats spread by 4

 

so overall:

5 favorites have won and covered the spread by a combined 40 points

2 favorites have won but not covered the spread; underdogs have beaten the spread by 5 points in these games.

12 underdogs have won outright, and beat the spread by a combined 249 points

 

 

this is insane... how is anyone supposed to pick this [expletive]? favorites are 7-12 outright and underdogs have beaten the spread by a combined 214 points!

 

Unreal. Update that after today.

[Guest]

Kafka looks horrible.

[dew1679666265]

Kafka looks horrible.

 

He's forcing his passes too much. Other than the two interceptions at the goal line, it's been a very even game, I think.

[CDBears1259]

Love Joe Pa, but "Geaux Tigers!"

 

ETA: Holy hell the field is trashed.