Official Bowls Today 2 Thread

ThisIsAtlanta said:
Now you ööööin did it.

In all seriousness though, are we going to hear "extra prep time is an advantage" for Minnesota ITT? This Mike Leach guy is essentially bizarro Paul Johnson IIUC.
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The thing is, old school and new school are more than simple terms for distinguishing between smashmouth and air raid football. These schools are separated by more than simple play calling tendencies, they're separated by dimensions. Greene touched on this briefly in The Elegant Universe, though fortunately he had the decency to admit that he was largely under-qualified for explaining even the basics. But I digress, the relevance here is that while extra prep time for opponents is devastating and insurmountable for run-based systems, it actually has the opposite effect for pass-heavy offenses. I don't have the time (or the keyboard characters) to explain it properly here, but the important part is that the better your team and the better their preparedness, the worse they will perform against offenses which pass the ball. John Heisman understood this.
 
This is the biggest, most ten-filled football game I have seen in a long time. The announcers are lit like the olympic torch, currently halfway around the globe in their quest to announce to all people the coming festivities, because the golden gophers just doinked a kick through the uprights to tie the game at 3 all at near the half.
 
That actually looks like a fumble. He had already lost the ball by the time the dude hit his arm. It was going forward, which I assume will save him, but that looked like a fumble.

edit: Nevermind, they made the right call.
 
I am genuinely interested to see how the ACC does on the home stretch of bowls, and more interested to see its effect on next year's rankings. I know bowls "don't matter" but a strong, possibly undefeated bowl season combined with dominating the SEC, sending another team to the NY6 and another team to the playoff - all this could help result in a better starting position for us next year. Assuming we handle business this weekend.
 
Have we had one solid game from a referee crew this bowl season? This is going to cause delicious drama in the playoffs.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
Have we had one solid game from a referee crew this bowl season? This is going to cause delicious drama in the playoffs.
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Each one I've seen has involved a great deal of zebra bumbling.

You know, I really don't understand why it's so rare - even in the endzone where you would think that this would be much easier - to see corners/safeties who, upon seeing that their man has turned and is obviously waiting for the ball, put their arms up in an attempt to deflect the pass. Even if they can't see the ball, you can see where the receiver is, you know where the ball is coming from, you'll at least have a chance of disrupting the pass.
 
The halftime report still has it at 3 all. :lol:

Nobody, absolutely nobody gives a damn.

EDIT: They fixed it. Man, that was funny.
 
That bit was actually pretty clever. Right before the half starts, ESPN reminds us that this could be worse - we could be watching First Take instead of this sorrowful football game.
 
Making fun of Neckbrace Pollack right there. Made my night.
 
Who is this woman? "His mother lost her battle with cancer, and just days after saying s- ..so long to her." Dude said "So long!" to his dying mother?
 
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