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[mabrowndog]

Monday, December 24th
08:00 PM – Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu HI) – Fresno State vs. SMU – ESPN (HD) / espn3

Wednesday, December 26th
07:30 PM – Motor City Bowl (Detroit MI) – C. Michigan vs. W. Kentucky – ESPN (HD) / espn3

Thursday, December 27th
03:00 PM – Military Bowl (Washington DC) – Bowling Green vs. San Jose State – ESPN (HD) / espn3
06:30 PM – Queen City Bowl (Charlotte NC) – Cincinnati vs. Duke – ESPN (HD) / espn3
09:45 PM – Holiday Bowl (San Diego CA) – Baylor vs. UCLA – ESPN (HD) (3D)

Friday, December 28th
02:00 PM – Independence Bowl (Shreveport LA) – Louisiana Monroe vs. Ohio – ESPN (HD) / espn3
05:30 PM – Sunshine Classic (Orlando FL) – Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech – ESPN (HD) / espn3
09:00 PM – Texas Bowl (Houston TX) – Minnesota vs. Texas Tech – ESPN (HD)

Saturday, December 29th
11:45 AM – Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas TX) – Air Force vs. Rice – ESPN (HD) / espn3
03:15 PM – Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx NY) – Syracuse vs. West Virginia – ESPN (HD)
04:00 PM – Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco CA) – Arizona State vs. Navy – ESPN2 (HD)
06:45 PM – Alamo Bowl (San Antonio TX) – Oregon State vs. Texas – ESPN (HD)
10:15 PM – Copper Bowl (Tempe AZ) – Michigan State vs. TCU – ESPN (HD)

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Edited by mabrowndog, 22 December 2012 - 10:44 PM.

[mabrowndog]

Early odds & over/under:

Fresno -12 (59)
W. Kentucky -5.5 (57.5)
San Jose -7 (44.5)
Cincinnati -7 (60)
UCLA Baylor Pk (80.5)
LA-Monroe -7.5 (60.5)
Va Tech -2.5 (41.5)
Tx Tech -13 (57)
Air Force -1.5 (61)
W. Virginia -4 (73)
Arizona St -14.5 (56)
Oregon St -2 (57)
TCU -2.5 (40.5)

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Edited by mabrowndog, 22 December 2012 - 10:51 PM.

[sachmoney]

SMU leaps to a 10-0 lead. The Fresno RT has been beat twice for sacks, one of them ending in a forced fumble that led to the SMU FG.

EDIT: Marcgus Hunt is dominating.

Edited by sachmoney, 24 December 2012 - 09:05 PM.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

And now he beats the RT and sacks the Fresno QB for a safety.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Looks like Fresno didn't want to be here. Huge favorite gets blown out.

[jsinger121]

SMU leaps to a 10-0 lead. The Fresno RT has been beat twice for sacks, one of them ending in a forced fumble that led to the SMU FG.

EDIT: Marcgus Hunt is dominating.

I'd love the Pats to take an athletic freak like this. He is still a bit raw but reminds me of Vollmer in his limited football skills.

[sachmoney]

I'd love the Pats to take an athletic freak like this. He is still a bit raw but reminds me of Vollmer in his limited football skills.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing last night. It's important to keep in mind that he was going against a freshman right tackle though. The RT looked extremely overmatched, and I'm not sure that Hunt would have the same success against a better, more experienced right tackle. Most of the time, it seemed like he was just running past Fifita. He's definitely someone I'm going to keep an eye on though, heading into the combine and the Senior Bowl. For those that missed it.

Also, while you're passing time during the holidays, I suggest you read this piece by Plaschke on Marqise Lee. There was another article a while back on him, but this one had some nice quotes from those that are close to him. Even though he plays for USC, Lee is one of my favorite players in college football.

[Dgilpin]

Western Kentucky with an incredibly stupid to go for it on 4th and 2 from 18 when a FG would have tied it and sent the game to OT

[sachmoney]

I didn't mind the decision to go for it, but the execution on the play was piss poor IMO. He didn't have to throw it there, since he had a receiver wide open in the flat that would've gotten them the yards for the first down. They had plenty of time to score the go ahead touchdown and had they gotten the first down, you would've liked their chances to do just that. To try to fit it in between several defenders was a terrible decision by the quarterback, given that he had a higher percentage throw that would've gotten them the first down. He might not have gone through his progression or may have locked in on that receiver though.

Whatever, it was a pretty decent, entertaining game. We finally get a steady flow of Bowl games now. It'll be nice.

[gtg807y]

RIP, WAC football

[DukeSox]

Duke drives down the field with no problem to score a touchdown on the opening drive.

Extra point is BLOCKED, kicker grabs it and runs it in for 2.

8-0 Blue Devils.

edit: apparently they took the 2 off the board...

Edited by DukeSox, 27 December 2012 - 06:46 PM.

[mabrowndog]

Duke adds a FG, then they block a punt and recover it in the end zone for a TD to make it 16-0. The Bearcats players and coaches look like a herd of deer in headlights.

And now, finally, Cinci's running game is gaining some traction.

Edited by mabrowndog, 27 December 2012 - 07:13 PM.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

They just Duked away a TD

[DukeSox]

Brutal 4th down run

[DukeSox]

What the fuck? A team can get penalized on something that happens after the refs fuck up an incomplete call?

[DukeSox]

Duke with 79 yard punt HA

[DukeSox]

Duke D is fucking horrendous, 3rd and 8 from C's own 3 and let the QB run 25 yds. Clowns.

[DukeSox]

Fucking bullshit Cinci, ice the kicker without a timeout by taking a penalty. Fucking bush league.

[mabrowndog]

Fucking bullshit Cinci, ice the kicker without a timeout by taking a penalty. Fucking bush league.

Bush league? Fuck that. It was smart. It also carried a risk in that it moved the ball 5 yards closer to the uprights. But if I'm coaching in that bowl game, you can bet your ass I'm doing the exact same thing and won't give one-tenth of a shit what anyone thinks about it.

Especially if it works. Which, in this case, it did rather brilliantly.

And If the kicker doesn't like it, the solution is rather simple: Make the fucking field goal and stare me down as you're jogging off the field to the locker room, then ridicule me to the press after the game.

[mabrowndog]

27 unanswered points for Cinci, and we're only halfway through the 3rd quarter. They've run the ball at will, whether on rushes from scrimmage or racking up massive YAC following short 5-10 yard screens and dump-offs. Duke had a nice goal-line stand to hold CInci to a FG, but on their ensuing possession Renfree threw a really bad pick on a floater that hit the safety in the letters and the Bearcats scored two plays later on a George Winn 46-yard scamper.

[Spaulding Smails]

Mike Patrick needs to fucking chill with the helmet-to-helmet outrage.

[Al Zarilla]

What the hell Duke? Chance to win your first bowl game in a hundred years and you fumble the ball away when you had a chipshot FG to take the lead, then give up a 95 yard TD to Zinzinnati?

[DukeSox]

lol

[absintheofmalaise]

Looks like that field goal didn't really matter. Duke out-Duked itself tonight.

[mabrowndog]

UCLA looking like absolute shit so far. Just 46 total yards, including 4 rushing yards on 10 attempts. Plus 4 penalties for 25 yards.

14-0 Baylor.

[mabrowndog]

Jesus. Nick Florence is picking the Bruins apart. A 55-yard TD pass on a 3rd & 9 makes it 21-0.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Since losing four games in a row, Baylor has turned into an absolute force

[sachmoney]

Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks have been suspended for the Alamo Bowl following allegations of sexual assault.

[Kremlin Watcher]

Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks have been suspended for the Alamo Bowl following allegations of sexual assault.

Leaving aside the horror of sexual assault for the moment (if true), perhaps this is something that helps push Mack into retirement?

[bbc23]

Leaving aside the horror of sexual assault for the moment (if true), perhaps this is something that helps push Mack into retirement?

Is it bad that this was my first thought as well?
I'm really grasping for something to be optimistic about this program.

[mabrowndog]

That was quite the can of whoop-ass Ohio opened up on LA-Monroe. Tyler Tettleton (Mickey's kid) completed 13 of 21 for 332 yards and a pair of TDs.

VA Tech-Rutgers kicks off in about 15 minutes.

[sachmoney]

Virginia Tech fumbles the second play from scrimmage. Logan Thomas recovers in the end zone but loses it trying to extend the ball out of the end zone to avoid the safety. Rutgers recovers for the TD. 7-0 the Future Big Ten team.

Also, Tech's helmets:

[The Napkin]

Fire everyone

[The Napkin]

They don't have a fucking clue. How embarrassing.

[mabrowndog]

One quarter. Four punts. Four penalties. Twelve total yards. Zero points.

Yeah, this has been beyond awful for VT.

[absintheofmalaise]

The Russell Athletic Bowl Twitter account is hilarious.

[Kremlin Watcher]

Good lord that Rutgers QB is awful.

This is a terrible football game.

[absintheofmalaise]

Luckily, we have Matt Millen as an announcer.

[The Napkin]

Why in God's name would someone without connections to Rutgers or VT still be watching this horror show?

[mabrowndog]

Why in God's name would someone without connections to Rutgers or VT still be watching this horror show?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Anyway, VT has tied it up, and now they've recovered a Rutgers fumble at the Knights 30 with 7:05 to play.

[DrewDawg]

Jesus, Rutgers is gacking this up.

[The Napkin]

God I can't wait until BS is gone. What a shitty series after the TO.

[DrewDawg]

This is like watching a Mark Sanchez led offense play against a Mark Sanchez led offense.

[DrewDawg]

Coleman is a small runner---get him in space, not on sweeps to short side of field. Geez.

EDIT: FG try?

Edited by DrewDawg, 28 December 2012 - 08:49 PM.

[The Napkin]

career long 42. And you're having him kick a 51 yarder. In pouring rain. Brilliant.
LOL And you can't even fucking do that right.
Retire already

[mabrowndog]

Heh. Logan Thomas getting picked off with 1:30 left in a tie game is the perfect exclamation point.

90 seconds for Nova to get them in FG range. For all the suck in Tech's offense, their D has been pretty solid.

[mabrowndog]

"This has been a game of very poor quarterback play" -- Matt Millen, Master of the Obvious

[mabrowndog]

"20th punt of the game for both teams..."

The disgust in Joe Tessitore's voice as he announced that was beautiful.

[Kremlin Watcher]

Oh perfect - let's extend the worst game of the year to overtime.

[The Napkin]

what a terrible game this has been