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Bowl Game Blowout! - Open Thread for 12/19/09

Where we endeavor to get you as pumped as possible for football games that you couldn't pay me to watch in person.

Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) vs. Wyoming Cowboys (6-6)
12/19/09 at 4:30 PM
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Initial Thoughts: What's a better indicator that we have too many bowls at this point: two teams that have no national profile playing in New Mexico, or a bowl being sponsored by a county credit union?
Most Awesome Player: Ryan Mathews, Fresno State RB (245 attempts for 1,664 yards and 17 touchdowns)
Most Awesome Sponsor: The U.S. New Mexico Federal Credit Union. We have too many bowls at this point.
Accuscore says: Fresno State 35.3, Wyoming 22.8
ESPN says: Fresno State 38, Wyoming 24
Who you should be rooting for: Fresno State. So Tedford's in a good mood.

University of Central Florida Knights (8-4) vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-4)
12/19/09 at 8:00 PM
St. Petersburg, Florida

Initial Thoughts: I'm really quite embarrassed that my grad school alma mater only managed a 8-4 record against this schedule:

2009 Schedule/Results
DATE OPPONENT W-L (CONF) RESULT
9/07 Cincinnati 0-1 (0-1) L 47-15
9/12 Howard 1-1 (0-1) W 45-7
9/19 FIU 2-1 (0-1) W 23-15
9/26 @ Maryland 3-1 (0-1) W 34-13
10/10 Texas Southern 4-1 (0-1) W 42-0
10/16 Pittsburgh 4-2 (0-2) L 24-17
10/23 @ Army 5-2 (0-2) W 27-10
10/31 @ Connecticut 6-2 (1-2) W 28-24
11/12 No. 24 South Florida 7-2 (2-2) W 31-0
11/21 @ Syracuse 7-3 (2-3) L 31-13
11/27 @ Louisville 8-3 (3-3) W 34-14
12/05 No. 23 West Virginia 8-4 (3-4) L 24-21

Realistically, Syracuse was the team's only inexplicable loss. But man, that was truly inexplicable.

Most Awesome Player: Anthony Davis, Rutgers LT - though I'd expect to see a healthy dose of Mohamed Sanu out of the wildcat formation since the team can't run out of standard formations.
Most Awesome Sponsor: Beef O'Brady's!
Accuscore says: Rutgers 23.8, UCF 21.8
ESPN says: Rutgers 27, UCF 17
Who you should be rooting for: Rutgers. If not for me, then because the Scarlet Knights were the last team that Cal defeated during the Holmoecaust.