New Year's Day College Football Game Day Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King on Jan 1, 2010 10:00 AM EST
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PrintHappy new year! This worked pretty well the last time we did it, so we're going to make this our New Year's Day game day open comment thread. Although there will be nine bowl games left after today and there will be as many bowl games played on January 2 as on January 1, today is the traditional day for major college football bowls, and the lineup is as follows:
- 11:00 a.m.: Outback Bowl (Auburn Tigers v. Northwestern Wildcats)
- 1:00 p.m.: Capital One Bowl (LSU Tigers v. Penn St. Nittany Lions)
- 1:00 p.m.: Gator Bowl (Florida St. Seminoles v. West Virginia Mountaineers)
- 4:30 p.m.: Rose Bowl (Ohio St. Buckeyes v. Oregon Ducks)
- 8:30 p.m.: Sugar Bowl (Cincinnati Bearcats v. Florida Gators)
Feel free to share your thoughts, reactions, new year's resolutions, and predictions in the comments below.
Go 'Dawgs!
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Outback Bowl
100-yard interception return for touchdown with a nice classless bit of showboating in the final fifteen yards of the runback.
I hate Auburn.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm still jet lagged
And hungover…but I am watching American football, thank God!
Oh, and nice push off by Carr. I hate Auburn.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 12:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I sure could use a brownie
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 12:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Sorry guys - I'm on vacation
near both UNC and Duke. Apparently Women’s Basketball is a big deal at UNC. I’ll be home in a few days and ready with the brownies for the MNC game :)
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Auburn with 4th interception
Looks like I’m in the minority. I am rooting for all the SEC teams, not because I like them, just want the SEC to look strong!
It's much easier to just not care...
what people in other parts of the country think than to pull for Auburn and Tennessee, n’est-ce pas? I sure wasn’t rooting for Miami.
I tried to pull for Auburn just because those Iowa fans have been such jerks, but I couldn’t do it.
Exactly, CraigT
Because bowl pairings (Rose Bowl and BCS Championship Game excepted) rarely claim to pair equals (instead, it’s the No. 2 pick from this conference against the No. 4 pick from that conference), there’s really very little reliable data to be taken away from any one game or even one bowl season. Folks in the Midwest would think what they thought of the SEC regardless of whether Northwestern had scored on the fake field goal in overtime, LSU hadn’t incurred the penalty that cost them a shot at a one-point win, or both games had played out exactly as they did.
I am annoyed by the Big Ten, but I hate Auburn and I can’t stand Lane Kiffin.
Go 'Dawgs!
Wow
Dunsmore for NW’ern looked like he was covered in butter.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 1:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Penn ST just scored a TD, now up 7-0 over LSU
The field is a mess from rain, hurting LSU’s running game.
I am pulling all SEC minus UT
The outback is on way early here – but I am enjoying it.
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 2:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Auburn TD should give a small buffer with 7:32 to go
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 2:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions
How does Auburn let this happen?
This is the “I don’t want the ball here, you have it” Bowl.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 2:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
whatever...
at least the Aub/NW game was fun to watch. And Kafka with over 500 passing yards? Dude.
Now we have the “Who runs out of QBs first” bowl with WfVU/FSU. Was at the Clemson/FSU game when Clem’s safety bitchmade Christian Ponder. That was…wow.
Capital One Bowl
Needs a new sponsor. I’m thinking Scott’s Turf Builder…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 4:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions
LSU working on losing now
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 4:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions
LSU has to just be lucky now - they should lose
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 4:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Penn States kicker should be theMVP
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 4:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That personal foul call on LSU was crap...
Those must be SEC refs.
I think Erk Russell could have kicked Clint Eastwood and John Wayne's butts with a corn cob and one hand tied behind his back. GATA!
+1
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 4:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No, they were the only refs in the country worse than SEC refs
Pacific 10 Conference Referees. They’re also officiating the Sugar Bowl tonight, in which they blew a phantom whistle and missed a facemask call.
This, of course – says nothing of the five minute delay that the Pac-10 referees had to take in the Cap One Bowl because they forgot how to count.
The Pac-10 should frankly be embarrassed that they continue to provide the worst officials in all of major college football. They. Are. Pathetic.
I agree with it being Karma...
but it was a crap call
I think Erk Russell could have kicked Clint Eastwood and John Wayne's butts with a corn cob and one hand tied behind his back. GATA!
Well well well....
I see UT is representin’ again. About half their basketball team arrested on weapons\drug charges.
The “plan” is even more masterful than first thought.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 4:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
PF calls with minutes to go in a close game really need to thought through. It's horrible game awareness by the refs.
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 4:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The only way I will watch an Ohio St game...
is if they are playing UGA. They are the sweater vest of college football. It’s okay if you wear it, but its not for me.
I think Erk Russell could have kicked Clint Eastwood and John Wayne's butts with a corn cob and one hand tied behind his back. GATA!
I just love college football, if the Dawgs were playing I would be watching them, but when they are not playing
I find another college game to watch, just sayin’
Ditto
There are ten and a half football games remaining in the season.
It’s football or not football. Not a tough call.
Go 'Dawgs!
I will watch the other games as well...
Just not ohio state. They are just…vanilla.
I think Erk Russell could have kicked Clint Eastwood and John Wayne's butts with a corn cob and one hand tied behind his back. GATA!
I just said forget it and went on vacation
back home in time for the MNC which I may not be blogging for since I may be drinking bourbon at my bosses house instead.
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
What is the point of interviewing Tim McGraw at a bowl game, by the way?
“Hey, here’s a famous celebrity [whom I couldn’t distinguish from Kenny Chesney or Toby Keith, but maybe that’s just me] who’s at a bowl game because he’s rich and famous. Let’s go talk to him without mentioning any deals between our network and his record label!”
Go 'Dawgs!
I tried to find a picture of him crying - but I am no Vineyarddawg
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 7:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't remember ever being enthralled by the Rose Bowl
They need to let the SEC back there sometime. They could just rename it the USC / Ohio State Bowl and you wouldn’t be far off.
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 7:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Sugar Bowl nuggets...
It sucks not to be there with UGA.
Jimmy Johnson confirmed Timmy is no pro QB prospect…love it.
Cincy has lost the game with those ridiculous all-white uniform. Black helmet and pants are standard and look better. I despise this trend.
Timmy not on field for coin flip…too busy giving Urban CPR on sideline. That was CPR he was doing, right?
Fox should not do college games. No practice during season…feel of broadcast is just all wrong.
Cincy needs to score in a hurry and find some type of defense.
Pike will go much higher in draft than Tebow.
I hate Florida…
Run Lindsay Run!
Good points all the way around . . .
. . . especially regarding Fox’s inability to step in at the end of the season and do a competent college broadcast.
The other problem with Fox Sports is that it brings more special effects to a football game than J.J. Abrams brought to “Star Trek.”
Go 'Dawgs!
Gimmick uniforms = loss
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 9:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
well, it's too bad this isn't an NFL game then.
and unfortunately for Pike, there are no Big East defenses in the NFL.
Hate on Tebow all you want – he’s played a ridiculous game tonight.
Saving some face for the SEC after UT and LSU wet the bed.
+1
I think Erk Russell could have kicked Clint Eastwood and John Wayne's butts with a corn cob and one hand tied behind his back. GATA!
Well
I really tried to hang in there and watch this last New Year’s Day game, but I’m going to try and catch up on some sleep. And in the immortal words of Winston Churchill upon hearing the news that Roosevelt had declared war on Japan, “Tonight I shall sleep the sleep of the saved and the thankful.”
Since this is Tim Tebow’s last game (and apparantly half the coaching staff and junior class), I, too, feel that a good night’s sleep is in order.
Indeed; our long National nightmare is over.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2010 9:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I like how...
the refs are calling holding on Cincy and not Florida…arguable but…blowing the whistle and then letting Jeff Demps run for 15 is not arguable.
refs are horrible - missing calls both ways
Did you miss the facemask tackle that was waived off. His head almost spun around.
Cincy proving they are not quite ready for Prime Time
Pike is good, but easily rattled as in first half of Pitt game. With no Kelly to calm him down, wonder if he’ll recover.
Demps is tough…I’d have passed-out with an arm break like that.
Gators won’t need to do much other than run the fullback…errr…Tebow up the middle every 3rd play.
This will probably end like UGA v. Hawaii
Run Lindsay Run!
I had the exact same injury when I was 10.
I was taken by ambulance from the field to the ER and they knocked me out to put my elbow back in place and cast it – from my wrist to my shoulder. It really sucked and hurt a ton. Demps is obviously alot tougher that I am!
True Cincy fact
Chili in the "Nati is an acquired taste. Based on Greek receipies, it contains no beans (though they can be added if desired) and contains both cinimmon and chocolate. Best served either over spaghetti noodles or on small hot dog as their version of a Coney.
You didn’t know or care about this, but it’s always a great conversation starter when you are stuck in a corner at a holiday party with tech nerds who don’t follow football or golf.
Run Lindsay Run!
I thought Skyline has the coneys
while Gold Star has corn dogs.
I was also told, by an employee at Skyline, that one of the chains uses cinnamon and the other uses cocoa, not that either uses both. What neither use is anything with taste or heat in their chili.
There are a couple of Skylines here, so I should go this weekend to confirm my facts. I’ll get the three way.
What is with the disjointed pictures of product placements?
First Reese Pieces in a still photo…someone’s idea of art? Then a Dodge Ram truck showroom. WTF??
Run Lindsay Run!
For what it's worth . . .
. . . if the Gators’ 16-0 lead holds up, the Big East will fall to 2-2 in bowl games, with two games to go. The ACC is 3-3, with one game to go. The Mountain West is 4-0 by margins of seven, 24, ten, and 27 points, with TCU’s Fiesta Bowl date remaining.
If the Horned Frogs emerge victorious on the big stage, the MWC’s argument for a guaranteed spot in the BCS becomes very strong.
Go 'Dawgs!
If it shuts um up - all for it
And when they get trounced – not feeling bad about it
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 9:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
So far, the Mountain West has acquitted itself well in the BCS
Utah is 2-0 in major bowl games, one of which was against legitimate competition. There’s certainly no reason to think the MWC champion would be less competitive against the big boys than the ACC and Big East champs.
Go 'Dawgs!
Good point
I don’t think TCU could beat Florida, but I don’t think the Horned Frogs would be down 30-3 to the Gators at halftime, either . . . and, when you compare Florida’s and Utah’s wins over Alabama last year, it’s tough to say Urban Meyer’s former team in Salt Lake City beat the Crimson Tide less impressively than Urban Meyer’s temporarily former current but soon to be possibly former maybe already former but not publicly former until after signing day current team in Gainesville.
Go 'Dawgs!
If this bowl season plays out any more...
it may be teams from the Pac-10 asking to join the MWC, not the other way around. The Pac-10, apart from UCLA and USC, have looked just absolutely brutal in their bowl games – and neither the Trojans nor Bruins were particularly impressive in their victories.
BYU absolutely smoked Oregon State, Utah pretty easily dispensed with Cal, and Air Force really took it to Houston. That’s pretty damn impressive.
Does Cincy really want to puss off UF right now?
Meyer will turn on the full machine all game.
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 10:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
More 'Nati nuggets
Jerry Springer was mayor. Seriously. Better still, he was caught visiting a “house of ill repute” across the river in Covington Kentucky (a sad little hell hole) because he…wait for it…wrote her a check! And it bounced!!!
Johnny Bench hates Pete Rose…they had competing steakhouses for a few years.
Chris Collingsworth owned the nightlife scene while playing WR for the Bengals. Best bar/restaurant to sight the groupies was a converted firestation.
Kings Island is the major amusement park north of the city…think Six Flags. Best ride is the all wooden roller coaster “The Beast”. College FB Hall of Fame is (was?) there…not clear on what is supposedly moving to Atlanta (and too lazy to research right now).
The ’Nati airport is actually 15 miles away in….Kentucky.
Great to see SEC dominance over another “pretender”…one who I rated over TCU all season. Too bad it’s the damn gators….
Run Lindsay Run!
Currently, the College Football Hall of Fame is located in South Bend, Indiana
It will move to Atlanta in 2012, I believe.
If Erk makes it in this year, I’m going to be kicking myself for not waiting until the induction could be held here in a more hospitable clime.
Go 'Dawgs!
This is going to get bad for Cincy
FU doesn’t have a running game to go to to slow down the beating and Corch and Tebow are too driven to call off the dogs.
What's a bearcat?
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 10:48 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Great gameday thread...with photos!...about the Bearcats
Find the week of the Big East Championship game when the dawgs were off.
Run Lindsay Run!
I just wondered if it is a magical mythical creature related to the liger
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
by tankertoad on Jan 1, 2010 10:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
http://www.uc.edu/info-services/bearcat.htm
Dang it…not sure how to post web links.
Run Lindsay Run!
I still think a bearcat is the wild woman Tennessee fans . . .
. . . sing about in “Rocky Top.”
Go 'Dawgs!
"Who can imagine a college football season without those two together?"
Well, Fox Sports, I can. Why doesn’t the media just go prostrate themselves at Tebow’s feet and declare him their diety?.
"Sometimes, you just can't get rid of a bomb." - batman
Meyer Broadcasts To Recruits
Guess everyone noticed that when Meyer was asked during the trophy ceremony what his future held, he said, “Coaching the Gators!” Maybe the indefinite LOA ends next week.
Have to say, though, I winced when he got the Gatorade bath. Is that what you do to a coach with a heart condition?
Agreed on the Gatorade bath
I really hate that traditiion in general, but to a coach who has been in the hospital and just doesn’t look well?!?
BTW, there has still not been any confirmation of any heart condition whatsoever. The “heart thing” was pure speculation by the media and just took off to the point that everyone assumes now that it is fact. UF President Bernie Machen claims there is no heart problem.
Here’s the excerpt:
Machen also wanted to quell any rumors that Meyer is suffering from a specific ailment. “You guys have been on a bit of a wild-goose chase looking for some illness or something that’s wrong with him,” Machen said. “He just gave all of himself to his job, and he’s exhausted mentally and physically. He doesn’t, as far as I know, have any serious medical problem. There’s no heart deal.”
Not sure what a “heart deal” is – or if you can believe Machen, but just wanted to point out that Meyer isn’t ignoring a bad heart as some may think.
Hey guys...
… sorry I missed the gameday thread today (had late-Christmas celebrations with the in-laws), but I appreciate the shout-outs. It’s nice to know my google-fu is noticed and appreciated by others. :-)
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