College Football Bowl Discussion

[RedFlash]

Wow, what a INT by Northwestern. :shock:

[Andy]

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.

I'm going to use this to explain my poor record this year.

[RedFlash]

What an effort for Dunsmore, and an incredibly pathetic "tackling" showcase by Auburn.

[Smack]

What an effort for Dunsmore, and an incredibly pathetic "tackling" showcase by Auburn.

 

That was crazy, if it weren't for some poor decisions by Kafka, Northwestern would be winning by 2 TDs right now.

[Guest]

What an effort for Dunsmore, and an incredibly pathetic "tackling" showcase by Auburn.

 

That was crazy, if it weren't for some poor decisions by Kafka, Northwestern would be winning by 2 TDs right now.

 

Agreed.

[imb]

What an effort for Dunsmore, and an incredibly pathetic "tackling" showcase by Auburn.

 

more pathetic sec defense

[Smack]

Northwestern still alive!

[Guest]

Wow, that Auburn defender was an idiot.

 

Touchdown NU!

[Smack]

Wow.

[woodchip2153]

Go for 2!

 

edit: didn't realize they were down 8. Tie game!

Edited January 1, 2010 by woodchip2153

[Guest]

Woo hoo!

[Smack]

Haha! Keeping me from watching Purdue / West Virginia, but what a great comeback.

[Guest]

Hot damn! Fumble!!

[woodchip2153]

this is nuts

[UMFan83]

Holy crap...NW recovers a fumble after a long runback by Auburn. What an amazingly entertaining game.

[UMFan83]

Please win this in regulation NW. This game will be on ESPN Classic/B10 Network for years if NW can pull this off.

[UMFan83]

That play call on 3rd down was stupid IMO. You can't feel secure with that guy kicking a 40+ yard FG.

[SpongeWorthy]

I can't get over the field conditions in the PSU/LSU game. Distracting as hell.

[woodchip2153]

wow

[Guest]

Auburn shooting itself in the foot.

[jaydee]

classy auburn

[E.J.]

HAHAHAHA. What the hell was that Northwestern? Ridiculous. A backup kicker should be able to kick a PAT.

[UMFan83]

Yeah, pretty sad that NW doesn't have anyone else that can kick a 22 yard FG on their team. Well based on how the other kicker was doing, I don't know if they have one.

 

That's heartbreaking. I'm not a NW fan, but I probably root for them over every Big 10 team besides Michigan and maybe Illinois. I really wanted them to win their second bowl game ever. They've had some heartbreaking bowl losses in recent years. 2nd straight bowl loss in OT.

[SpongeWorthy]

LOL

[NewUserName]

Yeah, pretty sad that NW doesn't have anyone else that can kick a 22 yard FG on their team. Well based on how the other kicker was doing, I don't know if they have one.

 

That's heartbreaking. I'm not a NW fan, but I probably root for them over every Big 10 team besides Michigan and maybe Illinois. I really wanted them to win their second bowl game ever. They've had some heartbreaking bowl losses in recent years. 2nd straight bowl loss in OT.

 

I cheer for all Big Ten teams in bowl games even Michigan and OSU, dont understand why fans of Big Ten teams cheer against conference rivals in bowl games. The whole ending to the Nwestern/Auburn game was just a comedy of errors. It was almost like the other team was saying, "here you win"