Peanut (post: 1274697) wrote:Not as painful as transition years that start with insanely high expectations only to be ruined in the second week...and you'd think I would have learned by now...
You would think you would have learned... the year you were born? XD There is a reason all my Dad's WVU stuff is ancient.
And for your amusement, select bits form SI.com on the bowl games.
1. BCS National Championship Game (Jan. 8): Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Florida (12-1). Two phenomenal QBs, Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow, could stage a championship duel for the ages. Or the Gators could pull off another 41-14 drubbing. Think we'd ever hear the end of that?
14. Hawaii (Dec. 24): Hawaii (7-6) vs. Notre Dame (6-6). C'mon, admit it. You know you'll be watching. If the Fighting Catholics can't end their nine-game bowl losing streak against a WAC team on Christmas Eve ... they may be running out of options.
19. Music City (Dec. 31): Boston College (9-4) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6). Vandy's first bowl trip in 26 years is dampened a bit by the fact that a) The Commodores don't even get to leave their own city and b) They're already 0-2 against the ACC this season*.
*Insert evil cackle here.
23. Insight Bowl: Kansas (7-5) vs. Minnesota (7-5). Two years ago, Minnesota suffered the biggest collapse in bowl history -- blowing a 38-7 lead to Texas Tech -- in this same game. Maybe I should move this one up the list just in case.
25. Liberty (Jan. 2): East Carolina (9-4) vs. Kentucky (6-6). The Pirates burst out of the gate with upsets of Virginia Tech and West Virginia, then went in the tank, then rebounded to win Conference USA. Kentucky stayed evenly *mediocre throughout.
*YAY! We no longer actively suck!
26. PapaJohns.com (Dec. 29): Rutgers (7-5) vs. N.C. State (6-6). You know your bowl is fairly low on the totem pole when ESPN schedules it for 3 p.m. on a random Monday. Apparently the World Poker Tour is off for the holidays.
31. St. Petersburg (Dec. 20): USF (7-5) vs. Memphis (6-6). Give this inaugural game credit for one thing: It caused me to look up what exactly "magicJack" (the game's title sponsor) is. Ladies and gentlemen: This bowl is sponsored by a
phone jack.
32. *Motor City (Dec. 26): Central Michigan (8-4) vs. Florida Atlantic (6-6). Bowl director Ken Hoffman said choosing FAU from among four 6-6 teams was "a very difficult decision because all were very close in terms of what they had to offer" -- as in, almost nothing.
*Fill in joke about the state of Detroit here.
34. Independence (Dec. 28): Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (6-6). The Shreveport, La., game has deals to land the No. 7 team from the Big 12 and No. 8 team from the SEC. Some years, that gets you Alabama-Colorado, some years, that gets you ... this.
[color="Red"]As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7[/color]
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Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
