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Tumblr_lx1hpdd3yx1r2a42bo1_250_tiny by Chris Pendley on in College Football

Not to mince words here, but: the early bowl games are kinda bad. That being said, I know y'all are watching them anyway, so we may as well just use an open thread for all the games. (Except for the Independence Bowl, which received special treatment.) All games should be on ESPN3*, and hey look, a bowl schedule! We'll hold this thread for:

  • Motor City-turned-Little Caesar's Bowl (Western Michigan / Purdue, 12/27, 4:30 EDT)
  • Belk Bowl (Fightin' Charlie Strongs vs. Notorious T.O.B., 12/27, 8:00 EDT)
  • Military Bowl (Toledo vs. Air Force, 12/28, 4:30 EDT)
  • Holiday Bowl, aka the only decent game of the lot wait WHAT (Cal v. Texas, 12/28, 8 PM EDT and a complete downer compared to what's normally going on here)
  • Champs Sports Bowl (FSU vs. Notre Dame vs. national relevance vs. echoes in a four-way death match, 12/29, 5:30 PM EDT)
  • Alamo Bowl (CREAM! and the rest of Baylor vs. Washington, 12/29, 9 PM EDT)
  • Pinstripe Bowl (currently in progress - Rutgers vs Iowa State, 12/30)
  • Music City Bowl (Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest, 12/30, 6 PM EDT - hide the children)
  • Insight Bowl (iowa vs. Oklahoma, so because this game is before January Stoops should be okay, 12/30, 9:30 PM EDT or so)
  • Meineke Car Care Bowl (HOT NEW SEC TEAM Texas A&M vs. Persa Strong, 12/31, 12 PM EDT)
  • Sun Bowl (Georgia Tech vs. Utah, 12/31, 2 PM EDT)
  • Fight Hunger Bowl (...let's not talk about this, 12/31, 3:30 PM EDT)
  • Liberty Bowl (Cincinnati vs. HEY YOU GUYS JAMES FRANKLIN IS REALLY TURNING VANDERBILT AROUND, 12/31, 3:30 PM EDT, come decked in red and black plzkthx)
  • Peach Bowl (Virginia vs. Auburn, 12/31, 7:30 PM EDT)
Hey you guys, real football! Live football!

Star-divide

Will, if you get a chance can you update with the percentages from FOP? I can't find them.

*Yeah, I know it's called something else now. Don't care. This is the D 1-A bowl season.

Also: LOL MAN UNITED (yeah, I know nobody else cares).

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wait, ESPN3 isn't called ESPN3 anymore? They just became ESPN3 like 15 months ago

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:45 PM EST reply actions  

remember when they were ESPN360?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Presumably the other two numbers took too long to type.

And that’s why they changed names and wait hang on that doesn’t work either.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions  

so what are they now?

do they even have a name?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I think it's Watch ESPN.

Sounds like they have a competing / complimentary app, if their constantly shoving it down my throat is any indication.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 5:48 PM EST up reply actions  

hypothetical on WMU would be going better if they'd stop throwing INTs and screwing up special teams

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:45 PM EST reply actions  

Purdue has run two onside kicks and recovered both of them

[ANGRY EYEBROWS HERE]

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:47 PM EST reply actions  

Full disclosure:

I have 3 on Purdue and 11 on Louisville tonight.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I have 16 on WMU and 24 on Louisville

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I get LOLB1G

but what do you have against Louisville?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Nothing.

I just want to miss all my picks below 19 and nail everything 20 and above.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions  

ah, right

forgot about that

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions  

I feel like WMU has actually outplayed them

but Purdue is 2/2 on onside kicks and had a 99 yard kick return

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:02 PM EST up reply actions  

figgie

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:08 PM EST up reply actions  

then onside kick to start the 2nd half

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:08 PM EST up reply actions  

well Purdue also has an additional two possessions

halftime line is WMU -2, FWIW

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I think this ends up a one score game

so I like WMU, but I’m not sure I want to dig myself in a deeper hole

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:20 PM EST reply actions  

reply fail

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Purdue team total: 15.5

WMU team total: 17
O/U: 32

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Hmmmm.

Over seems like a decent bet, especially if you like WMU.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 6:26 PM EST up reply actions  

and I'm on WMU over 30

for the game.

Just sorta figured that Purdue hadn’t faced much in the way of competent passing all season.

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 6:34 PM EST up reply actions  

well, you have good value right now

I don’t with WMU ML

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:35 PM EST up reply actions  

So today's Tyler Bray's birthday!

I was going to get him a tattoo, but in retrospect that’s probably not the best idea.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 6:22 PM EST reply actions  

SEC baseball tournament is just 8 teams

moving to 10 as the conference expands. we didn’t make the SEC tournament during all of Raleigh’s tenure

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:37 PM EST up reply actions  

WOW, what a grab!

we’ve seen a few of those tonight

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:38 PM EST reply actions  

should've caught that one

GO FOR IT

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:43 PM EST reply actions  

That DUI commercial would be very irresponsible of police...

hiding until the drunk gets behind the wheel… great idea.

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 6:45 PM EST reply actions  

I was thinking the same thing

could’ve gotten somebody killed

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:46 PM EST up reply actions  

My commercial idea...

just have a shot of a scrawny college student stuck sitting between two 350lbs Aryan Brotherhood looking guys on a metal bench.

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 6:47 PM EST up reply actions  

we all know there's going to be 37 more points scored though

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:47 PM EST up reply actions  

This is going to overtime

no matter what the score is going into the 4th

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 6:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I've never been so unenthused for OT in my life.

That being said, this statement will be topped when Illinois and UCLA are tied at 9 at the end of regulation next week.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 6:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Illinois gets three figgies, UCLA with a touchdown and a safety?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:50 PM EST up reply actions  

no, wait, I've got it

UCLA gets a touchdown, missed XP, and figgie

Illinois gets four regular safeties and a one-point safety

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:55 PM EST up reply actions  

WMU is evidently bad at 4th and 1

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 6:57 PM EST reply actions  

Purdue looks like they're starting to take over

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:00 PM EST reply actions  

how does no one get him?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:00 PM EST reply actions  

it's MAC vs mid-level B36

don’t they always in this bowl?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Man...

both of these teams are flat out bad.

Purdue is so mediocre in the athleticism and size department, but they make WMU look like a High School team at nearly every position. WMU’s QB is obviously pretty good, but he’s not getting much consistent help.

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 7:03 PM EST reply actions  

which one is that?

Temple/Wyoming?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Illinois/UCLA.

I’m gonna need multiple days to make fun of that game.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions  

oh right

forgot that one

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Only in the Little Caesar's Bowl

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:07 PM EST reply actions  

Welp...

Inside the 20, time to stall out

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 7:07 PM EST reply actions  

or INT/fumble

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I feel like we've been here before

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:10 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah...

if that got pushed back out to the three, WMU might as well kick the FG.

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 7:12 PM EST reply actions  

yep

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:16 PM EST up reply actions  

really, WR?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

So I'm always a fan of the:

total yardage – penalty yardage – (TO x70) yardage as a metric of if a game is truly bad. This game needs to step it up; it’s at 297 total yards. Need more TO, stat.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 7:36 PM EST reply actions  

Announcer is dumb...

doesn’t realize the clock no longer stops with this much time left

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 7:38 PM EST reply actions  

moving to hockey

looks like it’s my teams vs Pennsylvania tonight

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:38 PM EST reply actions  

Bolts playing the Flyers as well

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions  

2nd time today

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:53 PM EST reply actions  

wow

that was pretty cool

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:54 PM EST reply actions  

you watching the Flyers game too?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions  

touchdown!

too bad Purdue is the team that’s good at onside kicks

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 7:57 PM EST reply actions  

We're at 30 points for the second half, btw.

Root for Purdue to get it and hit a figgie? Or WMU for the win?

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Think you really need WMU to get that...

although that TD run that Purdue almost just broke woulda worked

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions  

IDIOT ANNOUNCER

Save that timeout in case Purdue pulls a derp and runs OOB or tries a pass

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 8:02 PM EST reply actions  

meant on 3rd down...

re: just running it to eat another WMU timeout vs trying to get 8 yards and a first down.

And I was wrong about WMU, yet another derp

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 8:07 PM EST up reply actions  

So, OT?

TD and a safety on the XP. Let’s do this.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 27, 2011 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

aaaaaand game

damnit

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

Yep...

WMU guys would be smart to incite a 15 yarder

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 8:07 PM EST reply actions  

Louisville...

Now boarding the Failboat

by Caban on Dec 27, 2011 8:12 PM EST reply actions  

Louisville -.5 in the 2nd half

might grab a bit

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 9:48 PM EST reply actions  

or maybe talk myself out of it by going back and watching hockey

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

should've grabbed it

State wins by 7

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 11:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Has everyone gone to bed? The second half has included

*a roughing the punter to extend a drive
*a TERRIBLE personal foul call on 4th down to extend the same drive
*a pick six
*a fake punt to extend a drive
*a ridiculous catch in the back of the end zone to cash in on that drive
*a successful onside kick on the ensuing kickoff. that the refs somehow missed, but got on review

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 10:39 PM EST reply actions  

I watched the Lightning/Flyers (Bolts won 5-1!!!!!!)

and missed the first half. but the second half has been exciting, if nothing else

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

and I didn't even know Belk advertized

I didn’t think they needed to. there’s gotta be one in every mall in the world

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

ball tipped to offensive lineman, who runs for 9 yards and then fumbles

it’s been that kind of day

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 27, 2011 10:49 PM EST reply actions  

I'm going to the Military Bowl

Quick ride on the orange line and box office prices (I assume it will not sell out) are worth it for MACtion, baby!

No homer.

by kidbourbon on Dec 27, 2011 11:54 PM EST reply actions  

I keep on forgetting you're up this way.

I’m not sure the Military Bowl is worth the cost of Metro, let alone the ticket.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2011 6:27 AM EST up reply actions  

I've been selective in the bowl games that I've taken and I've done quite well as a result.

5-1. FIU is my only loss.

Had I taken tonight’s games I would have lost both….but I didn’t take them so Woo! for that.

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by kidbourbon on Dec 27, 2011 11:57 PM EST reply actions  

I took one and lost it

so 1-2 overall. 2-1 in games that I was leaning hard to and didn’t pull the trigger on. damnit. Toledo tomorrow

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 12:20 AM EST up reply actions  

I'd lean Texas

but I feel pretty good about the Rockets. Always like fading option teams against extra prep time, unless there’s a huge motivation disparity

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 12:42 AM EST up reply actions  

MACTION!

anybody here?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 4:33 PM EST reply actions  

would have been...

But I was there.

I love MACtion. I had to go.

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by kidbourbon on Dec 29, 2011 1:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

nice

I’m mad at Air Force for ruining my hypothetical with a two point attempt though

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 29, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions  

does Toledo have any plays other than the bubble screen?

or are they just continuing to run this until it’s stopped?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 4:37 PM EST reply actions  

the PbP chick has no idea what "mountain out of a molehill" means

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 4:38 PM EST reply actions  

ROCKETS!

14-0

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 4:59 PM EST reply actions  

two TDs in 16 seconds. On consecutive offensive plays after Air Force fumbled the kickoff

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm here, but FYI:

Lady Vol game tonight. I’m gonna bump this, but I’ll be over there.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2011 6:14 PM EST reply actions  

well, I don't really care about Cal/Texas

have a hypothetical on Toledo though

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions  

missing Spani and Ariel?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 6:37 PM EST up reply actions  

No, Ariel's back.

ODU is 3-9, the Ladies won by 30 at ODU last year, this is a more complete team, and ODU is worse. I’ve got it pegged around a 40-point game.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2011 6:39 PM EST up reply actions  

ah, that kind of ugly

that’s the good kind

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Air Force ruined my hypothetical by going for it on a two point conversion

ensuring their loss and cover

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 7:53 PM EST reply actions  

I would have hypothetically made two bills had Toledo won in OT

Oh well. At least AFU failed to convert. An outright loss would have been a setback in an otherwise good night in college hoops action. Georgetown, baby!

No homer.

by kidbourbon on Dec 29, 2011 1:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

or won in regulation by more than 3

they had 52 seconds and two timeouts. don’t tell me they couldn’t have made it down the field. but all I got was the consolation prize of not losing in FOP. in which I’m getting hammered this bowl season anyways

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 29, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

watching the Preds instead

whenever I visit family, I get FSTennessee

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 28, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

It just feels wrong

that Rutgers/Iowa State, and Miss st/Wake Forest all qualified for bowl games, and UT didn’t. Man, we sucked this year.

by falconnuke on Dec 30, 2011 6:44 PM EST reply actions  

Rutgers qualifying...

makes it mystifying to me why WVU jumped to the Big 12. There isn’t that much more stability in the Big 12, but its sooooooooo much harder to take on OU, Texas, OkState, and KSU than it is to beat Pitt, USF, Syracuse and whoever else comes in.

by Caban on Dec 30, 2011 7:27 PM EST up reply actions  

it's all about the Monnnnnaaaaayyyyyyy

seriously. At least in the Big 12 they’ll be able to play on Saturdays and only on Saturdays. Big Easy seems to play half their games on Thursday/Friday. That and in the Big 12, they’ll get a share of the BCS money that OU, Texas, OSU, etc. bring in for 2 teams, title game loss to the SEC, etc. Big East only is there to either lose to whichever non-AQ team goes or the SEC runner up

by falconnuke on Dec 30, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Except WVU obviously...

they have a hell of a BCS record.

by Caban on Dec 31, 2011 12:49 AM EST up reply actions  

Bolton draw

still in the drop zone. ugh

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope Cincy kicks the crap out of them

we beat them a lot worse. And @#$! James Franklin

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 3:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Fun fact:

with a loss today, Vandy will still have one .500+ season since 1982.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 31, 2011 3:43 PM EST up reply actions  

and we beat them that year

although I guess we’ve beaten them all but one year since 1982. But we were 5-7 that year and beat them

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Blind squirrels and acorns

seems like a good analogy for Vanderbilt football.

I can’t wait for Vanderbilt to fail to live up to expectations like they always do in year #2 of a new coach.

by Caban on Dec 31, 2011 4:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I always root for SEC in bowls...

but I really want to see Cincinatti wipe the floor with them.

by falconnuke on Dec 31, 2011 4:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Sorry, rootin' SEC for overall bowl record.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 31, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions  

I can understand that

I really can.

But after the way Vanderbilt acted during the game and afterwards (coming onto the field during the other team’s Alma Mater is the definition of classless), I just can’t root for them at all.

Though, do Missouri and TAMU count as SEC teams for the overall bowl record?

by falconnuke on Dec 31, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions  

swhat I'm talkin' about.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 31, 2011 7:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Hypotheticals this bowl season for me

*Toledo -3. Air Force misses conversion, Toledo sits on it ahead by 1.
*Tulsa +1. BYU scores in the last 15 seconds of each half, wins by 4.
*Iowa +14. Oklahoma scores a meaningless touchdown with 90 seconds left to win by 17.
*Northwestern +10. A&M kicks a field goal with 30 seconds left to win by 11
*GT/Utah under 49.5. Game goes to overtime at 48. Goes over in OT.

I am not making any of these up. Ladies and gentlemen, I hate my life.

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 6:08 PM EST reply actions  

yeah, those were my thoughts as well

also, my three favorite hockey teams have either their best defenseman (Shea Weber, Victor Hedman) or best forward (Jeff Skinner) out with a concussion right now. Just for good measure

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 6:53 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah, I suppose you would

I really hope you’re not one of the Pen fans cheering Hedman’s injury (I say this rhetorically, because I know you aren’t, but really?)

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions  

sooooooooooo bad

/TeenGirlSquad’d

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 31, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions  

So,bad, I'm sure

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

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