Cal-Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl + Bowl Selection Sunday Open Thread
by Avinash on Dec 6, 2009 1:21 PM PST
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David Seawright says Cal to the Poinsettia Bowl. (HT Berkelium) And they will be facing Utah, since ESPN confirmed a BYU-Oregon State Vegas Bowl (HT gigglingone).
UPDATE: Sources are saying BYU to Vegas, Utah to Poinsettia.
Official press release, although Utah has not yet been announced: (HT calgbear)
California, which will continue is school-record run of bowl appearances with its seventh consecutive postseason invitation, has accepted a bid to the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl against a to-be-named opponent from the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. Kickoff will be at 5 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN...
Overall, Cal will be making its 20th bowl appearance, with the Bears owning a 10-8-1 postseason record. Cal has twice played in bowl games in San Diego in recent years, having participated in the Holiday Bowl in 2004 and '06.
"We are looking forward to going to San Diego and playing in the Poinsettia Bowl," Tedford said. "We've had great experiences in bowl games in San Diego in the past. We've always been treated very well, and the hospitality has been outstanding. We are looking forward to playing a quality opponent from the Mountain West Conference."
Regardless what you think of the current system, bowl selection night is always a fun one. It's a great day to pick out games you'll want to watch, other games that you can probably skip out on, and many college football alumni finally figure out whether they're making one last pilgrimage this Christmas to a final football showcase.
We have a pretty good idea of who's getting picked where. So ponder these questions in the comments:
Which bowl games are you looking forward the most to? Which games look like total duds? Do you have any big gripes with some of the selections? And what do you feel about Cal's bowl matchup?
Official BCS matchups announced on FOX around 8 PM EST/5 PM PST; ESPN selection show runs at the same time. Updates on all the Pac-10 teams after the jump, and discuss Cal's official announcement. (including BIG NEWS coming from Arizona)
2:20 PM PST/5:20 PM EST
USC to the Emerald Bowl and Oregon State to the Vegas Bowl. So to the final matchups are (tentatively)
Rose: Oregon-Ohio State
Holiday: Arizona-Nebraska
Sun: Furd-Oklahoma
Vegas: Oregon State-BYU
Emerald: USC-Boston College
Poinsettia: Cal-Utah
Humanitarian (IF Navy beats Army): UCLA-Idaho
1:35 PM PST/4:35 PM EST
The Furd-Oklahoma Sun Bowl has been confirmed.
1 PM PST/4 PM EST
Sources are saying the Furd will be in the Sun Bowl against Oklahoma.
According to Ted Miller, big changes happening in Arizona, along with the expected bowl invite to San Diego.
- Arizona has been invited to the Holiday Bowl, as expected.
- Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood may be headed to the same post at UNLV.
- And defensive coordinator Mark Stoops is a hot head coaching candidate. He may be headed to Youngstown State. Or following Livengood to UNLV.
UCLA will earn an invite to the Humanitarian Bowl if Navy beats Army this Saturday.
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Via Greg Wrubell, BYU play-by-play voice…
“If the Las Vegas Bowl is able to pick Oregon State, and then opts for BYU, that bowl would be one of the few lower-tier bowls featuring a matchup of Top 20 teams. More notably, the Las Vegas Bowl could end up with a higher-ranked Pac-10 team than both Holiday and Sun Bowls, which would be quite the coup.
Not knowing the particular logistics of the Emerald Bowl/Las Vegas Bowl bargaining and selection negotiations between the #4 and #5 picks, it will be interesting to see how the two bowls state their respective priorities. To me, the biggest question is, who wants USC more: the Emerald Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl? While a matchup of two Top 20 teams would be intriguing, does Las Vegas instead want to tap into the nearby L.A. fan base?
Another question: Is it possible the Emerald could opt for the regional ticket sales potential of Cal, and leave USC to the Poinsettia Bowl?"
Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation
An announcement on Cal should be coming soon
According to Okanes, there is supposed to be a 1:30 news conference: http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/
"It's going to be a long season" - Old Blues from 1868-present
that's awesome
NOT!
Vereening off into the future....
am i the only one who actually prefers poinsettia to emerald?
granted i will be home in socal for the holidays so that would make more travel sense. but a possible matchup with a ranked utah team is much more interesting than facing BC.
I am Ted Miller
i am actually rather nonplussed about both matchups. although considering the grapevine just ate the clutch on my car not two weeks ago, i’m less excited about a return to san diego.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I’m totes plussed. I’ll be in SoCal then and am going to the game.
Done and done.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I have mixed opinions
For the purposes of media coverage, I’d rather Cal be in a primetime, Saturday night matchup on ESPN than a Wednesday evening match. That and I’m a little concerned about how well Utah will be able to plan against Ludwig’s offense, given that he was just there a year ago (see Washington-USC, though Corp’s incompetence didn’t help things). I’d rather face Utah than BC, though, because we’ll play a ranked team instead of an ACC team no one cares about.
It will be nice only having to drive an hour to the bowl, though. That makes travel easier and much less expensive.
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I think Ludwig called plays out of a spread formation mostly last year, no?
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
What I don’t like about the Poinsettia is that the game is in, like, four hours from now.
Praise be to Tedford!
Oh shit, I missed it?? DID WE WIN????
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Still not official
but the ESPN report was confirmed by Greg Wrubell…
Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation
Matchups/personal preferences
A worknight matchup is not great for me, as I’ll miss the first half. I don’t know a lot about Utah, other than my assumption that they score a lot and have apparently won a million bowl games in a row. But they’re a stronger matchup than Boston College.
The Las Vegas Bowl is lucking out, and Oregon State – probably the second-best team in the conference – gets no respect. That should be one of the best matchups, and one I would actually watch.
On the other hand, an unmotivated USC team against Boston College doesn’t interest me at all. I understand why the Emerald Bowl folks are taking USC, because how many times will they be able to get the Trojans in their game? But on merit, it’s pretty lame.
Stanford against Oklahoma is an interesting matchup. I’m not going to lie and pretend I don’t care about the Sun Bowl.
Arizona against Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl? Is that right? I’ll watch, but I don’t know how much Nebraska offense I want to see.
San Diego's 2 Bowls...
…seem a bit much. I guess my issue with the Poinsetta Bowl is that it is the “2nd” of the 2 Bowls played in the same stadium. It’s the Holiday Bowl but not the Holiday Bowl; it is, as Charlie Brown once noted, “like wetting your pants while wearing a dark suit: a warm feeling that no one notices…”
How the hell does San Diego get 2 bowl games?
It’s odd that this never seems to get questioned. I guess it sells enough tickets to be worthwhile for their city, but it makes you wonder why LA doesn’t try to put something around the same time into the Coliseum, or why the City of Anaheim doesn’t go the ATT Park route and try to put something back into Angel Stadium.
Oh well, I’m disappointed, but it’s our own damn fault for letting this happen. It’s that time of year where we eat our own guts and then ask for seconds. :oP
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People like to go to San Diego in December
There’s really no better place to be going. Going to LA for anything but Roses would REALLY make people feel second class.
They used to have the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, but that died sometime in the 90s.
Praise be to Tedford!
I remember that game, especially when it ended Larry Smith’s reign at $c…and I suppose it’s better than going to the California Raisin Bowl.
Still, I’ve always felt that the City of Los Angeles could handle a second game, especially given the lack of use by the Coliseum after $c’s season, and the fact that the Rose Bowl is Pasadena’s game really, not LA’s.
I’m guessing that if/when the new stadium gets built over in Walnut to try to lure an NFL franchise, someone recommends a bowl game for it…
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
That is the only bowl game for SC that I have attended in person. I don’t dare go to any of the others, just in case.
He’s not coming to the Emerald Bowl. He doesn’t want to see us.
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Twist must be devastated! The Old Honk will remain in mothballs
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A single tear rolls down my cheek.
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I’m pretty sure he’s waaaay too young to have any idea what you are talking about.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Oh sure, come rushing back over here and rat me out.
I’m not going because the source of my free accommodations for the Emerald Bowl will be here in the greater Washington area visiting their grandchildren. And my brother and sister in law will be here also.
Which is not to say that I couldn’t bail on Christmas Day for the cheap flight to the west, but I’ve already started getting in the liquid supplies for a gathering of the clan and I’m not letting them drink the lot without me.
Yeah! “Look at me, never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut…” – Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas.
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It’s the same reason Florida has 5 bowls (including two in Orlando). It’s a nice, warm place to visit during the holidays.
I’d rather go to San Diego for a bowl than the Coliseum in South Central. Angel Stadium could be a nice bowl venue, though.
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Along the lines of Angel Stadium going the ATT Park route, would be for Petco Park to do that sort of thing, then at least we weren’t getting Arizona’s sloppy seconds—which would logically follow to have a game in Petco, given how much of a “dog” of a game we played last night. :oP
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
In terms of postgame atmosphere, I’d MUCH rather go to a game at Petco.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I just have too many bad memories of those 2 trips we took to SD in the mid-1990s to watch Cal get embarrassed by San Diego State in that Stadium. 2006 aside, it made the 2004 Holiday Bowl even that much more painful.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
I attended the 1995 debacle. Season opener of what would turn out to be Gilby’s last season. That was a brutal night.
Praise be to Tedford!
San Diego Stinkin’ State!
I was also there.
Gah. I’d like to stick a pencil in my eye now, thanks for bringing up long repressed memories of being taunted by SDSU “students”
I remember a group of about 4 guys who were taunting our section, beers in hand. A group of Cal fans (who looked like students) started to go after them. Were you one of those?
Praise be to Tedford!
I don’t remember picking fights. I do remember throwing green apple jolly ranchers at SDSU taunters.
For some odd reason my friends and I would bring Jolly Ranchers to games and throw them in the air after touchdowns.
33-9…that was the blowout year. The 1994 loss was in the final minute IIRC…didn’t they kick the field goal or did we miss ours? If the latter was the case, then I guess I thought Longwell was actually better than he really was. :oP
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
I still can’t figure out which was worse to watch, losing that game or the fiasco of watching Todd Bozeman getting into a fight with the fans at Cal State Northridge at around the same time.
Anyway, I’m digressing. In the end, I hope the Chargers move to the new LA Stadium, Qualcomm is demolished, and Cal never, ever, has to set foot in SD after this year again. I’m sorry, but one nice win against a sad sack Texas A&M team can’t make up for the 2004 debacle or those mid-1990s nightmares…
This is all Mack Brown’s fault.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
This might be a dumb question.
So who’s going?
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Probably not me. I’m flying to San Jose just a few days prior and I don’t really want to fly down to SD. Probably can’t drive as my car is still up in Seattle.
In other words, Go Bears!
Count me in.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 7, 2009 12:20 AM PST up reply actions
So stanfurd is going to a "better" bowl then we
Beating them to retain The Axe still trumps that for bragging rights / mental health, right?
Praise be to Tedford!
Even though Stoops is their coach and he’s been so spectacular in bowls lately…and will have all kinds of Notre Dame coaching b.s. surrounding him?
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 6, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
(Furd has an absolutely horrible match up on the field, as their main strength in the OL and RB will be going up a strength of Oklahoma’s in its DL + the Furd will not be able to cover their WRs. Furd only has a chance if they can rush the passer, but their DL was not impressive down the stretch)
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Agreed. It’s not as much about Stanford being really good as it is Chokelahoma not being that great, coupled with how spoiled they are with BCS bowls so they might not get “up” for that game. Furd will be excited. You clearly know the matchup better than I do. My first inclination was that Stanford would be a favorite. It’ll be interesting to see, probably tomorrow, when the lines start coming out for the non-BCS bowls.
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 6, 2009 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh Poinsettia. I’m depressed. I still have a depression hangover from our horrible play yesterday. I should be happy that we get a bowl. ::sigh::. If it wasn’t so early in the bowl season i’d go. Do we have to take Ludwig with us?
is Ludwig staying another year, or will he leave us too?
and does anyone understand why Alamar doesn’t get fired? Is it out of pity??
by EchoOfSilence on Dec 6, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Pre-Christmas bowls suck. Best part about getting a bowl game is the extra weeks of practice. But with finals coming up, can’t imagine we are going to get more than a week of practices in. That is lame.
Are we allowed to practice after the game? You know, for shits and giggles?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Cal women are going down to the wire against Texas A&M – down 4 with a minute left
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wow free throw shooting has killed us! we outrebounded them 42-27… but they have 10 steals
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
I forgot about this until just a few minutes ago. Too bad it’s not on tv…
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Looks like Lexi couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn in this one
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Her shooting has been really disappointing this year. She’s had one…maybe two +.500 games all season?
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It is what it is.
If it becomes a pattern that Cal gets blown out multiple times a year, then it’s that. If not, then we’re where we ought to be. Unfortunately Cal has to play by the same rules as the majority of BCS teams: domination is not in the cards and if you finish the season with more wins than you have losses you’ve done something right.
It’s often pointed out that Cal fans need to move past comparing the Tedford era to the Holmoe years, but so too must it stop comparing itself to the dynasty at USC.
A dispassionate observer would say that a team is successful when they’ve won significantly more games than they’ve lost. We’ve won more games than we’ve lost this year. QED motherfuckers.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yup exactly. I repeat what I wrote in an e-mail and I think posted on this blog following the Oregon/USC losses:
Of course the type of loss matters….the reason the 1-10 team in 2001 was so bad wasn’t just that we lost games, we lost 6 games by 30+ points!
I think one of the more amazing things about Tedford is that other than the 2005 USC game, we had never really been blown out until that Oregon game. (Say what you want about Texas Tech, Tennessee, and Maryland, but those games were ultimately 14, 17 and 8 point losses.)
7 years with only one 20 point loss! (I am pretty sure that over the same period, only USC could claim the same thing – and guess what, they got rocked twice this year too.)
Do you know how many games we won by 20 points in that time period? 32! (35 including Maryland and E. Washington and Washington State.)
And now we have back-to-back terrible, horrible, no good, very bad losses. I think we might have lost the part of our brains that can accept such a thing.
So, yes, how you lose matters, but it is worth remembering that Tedford is incredibly good at that, not incredibly bad at it. And he also is really good at winning games by lots of points.
by Tedfordisgod on Dec 6, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Huh, I didn’t really realize this was the wrong thread for this.
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It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Alright...here come bowl announcements....Here's what we know...
Rose – Oregon-Ohio St.
Holiday- Arizona-Nebraska
Sun – Furd-Oklahoma
Vegas – Oregon State-BYU
Emerald – USC-Boston College
Poinsettia – Cal-Utah
Gator – West Virginia- Florida St.
Hawaii – SMU-Nevada
New Mexico – Fresno St-Wyoming
International – South Florida vs. Northern Illinois
GMAC – Central Michigan vs. Troy
Little Caesars – Ohio vs. Marshall
New Orleans – Middle Tennessee vs. Southern Miss
Humanitarian – Bowling Green vs. Idaho
Meineke Car Care – Pitt vs. North Carolina
Cotton – Oklahoma St vs Ole Miss
Capital One – Penn St vs….LSU I think
Insight – Iowa St vs Minnesota
Outback – Northwestern vs …
New Orleans – Southern Miss vs …
St. Petersburg – Rutgers vs UCF
Alamo – Michigan St. vs Texas Tech
Texas – Missouri vs Navy
Independence – Texas A&M vs Georgia
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EagleBank apparently, if Navy beats Army
Hmm, I thought it was Humanitarian, looks like that’s changed up.
UCLA’s bowl future is in the hands of the Navy.
The Bruins (6-6) will likely play Temple in the EagleBank Bowl in Washington D.C., provided Army loses to Navy on Saturday. Army, with a 5-6 record, needs a victory to get bowl eligible. Navy has an 8-4 record this season, Coach Rick Neuheisel said.
"By all indications, if Navy wins, we play in D.C.," Neuheisel said.
The EagleBank Bowl will be played on Dec. 29 at RFK Stadium.
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Long overdue payback denied?
Darn…I want that bowl. I’m still sore about the Garden State Bowl loss! ;o)
Interesting…an outdoor bowl on the East Coast in December. Yuck.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
Schedule seems alright overall, nothing special (kinda like this year of college football). There are no games that really stick out, while there were 3 in particular last year (TCU-BSU, OkSt-Oregon, Florida-Oklahoma).
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
I would say that is the most intriguing, but it was nowhere near as intriguing as some of the ones last year (I was ridiculously excited about OkSt-Oregon. I was expecting 400 points).
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
and yet the one we thought would be a complete blowout ended up being one of the most memorable (Utah>Bama)
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
are you kidding? i’m sorta leaning toward ohio state in this one.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
many reasons, including on-field match-ups and the chip-on-the-shoulder for Ohio State — Oregon will get all the love
(and i bet you were saying the same thing about Texas-tOSU last year)
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Chip on the shoulder every year ohio state who can’t win any bowl game.
Ohio st. is fielding their weakest team in the past few years as well.
But that’s why you play the games.
Ohio st. is fielding their weakest team in the past few years as well.
I don’t know about this statement. The defense is every bit as good as it’s been during the Tressel era. The way they played in November, you could make the case that this year’s Buckeyes are better than last year’s.
Praise be to Tedford!
21 points against Michigan, which fields 6 or 7 cadavers in it’s base defensive formation.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Only 14 of them on offense!
Good point. They do a lot of self destructing (and punting) on offense. I do believe their defense is legit, very opportunistic, and extremely good at forcing turnovers. Oregon will have its hands full, but I think they’ll win – if Masoli takes care of the ball.
Praise be to Tedford!
Florida-Cincy is also interesting. But I am a giant fan of the small bowls. And they don’t really deliver this year.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
That just pisses me off. TCU deserves a chance to punch a BCS team in the mouth. This is just shoving the two non AQ teams in the corner.
At least one of these teams deserves better than the kind of no-win situation they’re being put in here.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Southern Miss
They are playing Nevada.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 6, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome. I am actually kinda excited for that one. The New Orleans Bowl may be my favorite.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Wait, there is some confusion. I think Southern Methodist is playing Nevada, and Southern Miss is playing Middle Tennessee as stated.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Sorry
That was my fault.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 6, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Wow Fox you dumbasses
Ohio State didn’t win the Big 10 title last year.
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I really can’t think of anything more disappointing. I’d much rather watch both of them face BCS conference opponents. So stupid.
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 6, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
BCS officials saw Alabama faceplant against Utah last year and now won’t let non-BCS teams have the opportunity to get more credit.
BTW, nobody’s going to watch this game. WTF was the Fiesta Bowl thinking?
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Get ready to be bored out of your mind by the tremendous amounts of SLOW. Just like last year…the Poinsettia was kinda unwatchable
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Too many tears? : (
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4719127&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Florida football coach Urban Meyer admitted himself into Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., early Sunday morning and was treated for dehydration, according to school spokesman Steve McClain.
Did anyone read his comments after the game last night? The guy is just a monstrous asshole.
“I don’t think there could be a better matchup than Texas and Alabama,” Brown said.
“We’re excited about being Big 12 champs, and we will see you in Pasadena,” he told the Cowboys Stadium crowd during the postgame trophy presentation.
And this is just delusional: “I think Colt played great,” Brown said. “We didn’t help him at times.”
Cincy-Florida in the Sugar Bowl
Pretty much wraps up Texas-Alabama as the title game.
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At least the Sugar Bowl should be fun…although Cinci’s D is so banged up, I can see Florida winning in a rout
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Well
that was a big letdown. I would’ve loved TCU-Flordia… Cinci-Boise
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Why do 2 non-BCS conferences end up playing each other in a BCS bowl? Don’t you want to see them play against the big dogs??
We do… but the BCS heads-up don’t want another embarrassment.
Let’s just repeat over and over that the SEC is ducking the MWC for the lulz
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Man, Saban on ESPN...that dude knows his football
He might’ve been a douche to Miami, but dude knows what he’s talking about.
Plus he doesn’t sell himself the way Mack does.
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Well
I’m going to watch the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez match on HBO that AERose described as “raw as fuck”
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Kelly Pavlik is even more shook by those two than the SEC is by Texas Christian.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I can just tell that Chris Arreola is about to smoke this meathead
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
Calling the opponent in a Chris Arreola fight a meathead seems a little unfair.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Meanwhile... in Bruinland
UCLA is headed to the EagleBank Bowl or whatever it’s called provided Army doesn’t beat Navy (pretty safe bet). Also, BN is once again attacking UCLA students for studying for finals instead of attending the basketball game and making up for the egregious lack of noise from the alumni.
On the flip-side. If UCLA goes to the EB Bowl, Nestor is probably going and we can have DC track him down and assassinate him.
They are always watching, GBB…
Basically you aren’t going to be waking up tomorrow morning. That sucks.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Okay dude, I know you guys like to poke fun and all, but this shit is not cool.
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I'm sorry
I can handle them, but they have for the second time in as many weeks attacked the student body. Their crime seems to be studying instead of attending a sports match.
I appreciate that, but lets stear clear of making explicit or even implied threats towards anybody over there. Nothing GOOD will come of that, I assure you. I don’t want to stand in your way to express you opinion, GBB, but, on the same wavelength, let’s just try to find some balance here.
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I look forward to the day when I have to testify in a court of law regarding comment #26715495. Should be fun.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Well, granpas gonna be pissed, then.
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Well, grandpa can deal. He put up with the harpie for so long now, what’s a few more years,
’Sides, I thought evicting grandmas was like your lawyerly specialty or something.
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I, for one, can’t wait for the “VH1’s Behind The Blog: CGB” All the secrets revealed are going to makef ro Must See TV.
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All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Let’s just all calm down here. No reason to yell.
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The only weapon I have is my rapier-like wit.
You’d have more luck throwing water balloons, in other words.
Does this now make the EBB
the greatest bowl since the creation of all bowls including the Rose Bowl which UCLA inhabits (for a fee) but never plays in during the month or January unless the Comet Kohoutek is scheduled to make its rounds?
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I'll root for Army...
If they wear those kickass urban/ACU camo uniforms.
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Bowl Games
The 10 games I am most interested in are the following (in no order):
- Utah v. California
- Oregon State v. Brigham Young
- Oklahoma v. Stanford
- Penn State v. LSU
- Ohio State v. Oregon
- Florida v. Cincinnati
- Oklahoma State v. Mississippi
- Boise State v. Texas Christian
- Iowa v. Georgia Tech
- Texas v. Alabama
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 6, 2009 7:48 PM PST reply actions
I honestly could not care less about LSU vs. Penn State. I’ll probably watch the other nine, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Wild Cards
I’ll go with Miami (FL) against Wisconsin and Southern California against Boston College.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 6, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
To get ready for next year, I’ll probably watch whatever bowl Nevada is in.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Colin Kaepernick
He’ll tear it up and Nevada will easily win their game.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 6, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’m having trouble getting excited about G. Tech and Iowa. I guess watching the triple option is always fun, but beyond that? Iowa has to be one of the most boring successful teams this year, in terms of style
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
“We are looking forward to going to San Diego and playing in the Poinsettia Bowl,” Tedford said. “We’ve had great experiences in bowl games in San Diego in the past. We’ve always been treated very well, and the hospitality has been outstanding. We are looking forward to playing a quality opponent from the Mountain West Conference.”
God, this man should teach a freaking class on Coachspeak 101
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
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