It's Bowlapalooza Word Association Time!
by Ted Glover on Dec 5, 2011 11:42 PM CST
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The B1G, in a relatively down year, has received and accepted 10 bowl bids. That's a new conference record, and although we don't have a team in the BCS Championship game, and any serious claim to a spot in said game came to an end in East Lansing and Columbus in October, I think 10 teams qualifying is a testament to the depth we have this year.
And we all have opinions on these matchups.
Bama did a great Kneejerk reaction to the bowl pairings, but for those of us with short attention spans, we can't hang with it. So we have come up with...THERE IS A LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY ON TONIGHT OHMYGAWD...WordPhrase association to describe the bowl matchups. And we threw in the BCS matchups, too.
So we give you, the fine and upstanding community that is Off Tackle Empire, the first ever staff Bowlapalooza Word Association for each...HEY CHECK OUT THIS NEW 'BRAH' APP--TURNS YOUR PHONE INTO BRET BIELEMA OR A TOTAL DOUCHEBAG--WHADDAYA MEAN IT'S THE SAME THING...where was I?
Oh yeah, Bowlapalooza WordPhrase Association, presented to you by the OTE staff.
Annnnnnnnnd...GO!
Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl, Western Michigan v. Purdue:
Ted: Detroit is a reward? For Purdue, yes
Chad: Seems like a normal, MAC-rifice non-con game...but Hope needs this badly
Kennardhusker: If a team that doesn't exist plays in a bowl game no one watches, does it make a sound?
Hilary Lee: Yawn.../tears ACL
Jdmill: Hot and Ready
Bama Hawkeye: Marvelous Start
MSUlaxer27: Reward for ineptitude.
Babaoreally: I hope they get that Robocop Statue built in the next few weeks.
Graham Filler: #surprisingberth
Jon Franz: Mmm, Lafayette Coney Island. Otherwise, I'd rather be on the couch with the queso than in Detroit in December.
Insight Bowl, Iowa v. Oklahoma:
Ted: Uh oh, Iowa.
Chadnudj: Stoops Bowl, but Sooners are limping, while Iowa is building for next year.
KennardHusker: Who saw this matchup in September?
Hilary: Ouch
jdmill: Unwatchable
Bama: Gonna be Ugly
MSUlaxer27: A chance to prove the computers wrong about the best conference.
Babaoreally: Once the game starts jOMHR will wish it to be over Sooner.
Graham Filler: #mismatch@probably
Jon Franz: Remember that time Iowa tried to put a linebacker on Anthony Gonzalez in the slot? Now pretend that every receiver on Oklahoma is Anthony Gonzalez.
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Northwestern v. Texas A and M:
Ted: Slump buster!
Chadnudj: One of the 4 chances the B1G has to beat the SEC or soon-to-be SEC....Northwestern REALLY wants to win a bowl, while A&M gets a home crowd but has no coach."
KennardHusker: Someone has to win in spite of themselves
Hilary: BBQ
Jdmill: Northwestern's first bowl win? Naaaaaah...
Bama: Paste
MSUlaxer27: The streak ends.
Babaoreally: Still seems crazy that Northwestern jumped anybody in line for a bowl.
Graham Filler: #stillNOforNU
Jon Franz: Save yourself the trouble. To calculate the number of year's it's been since Northwestern has won a bowl, take last year's number and add one.
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, UCLA v. Illinois:
Ted: I'd rather watch Craig James kill 5 hookers at SMU...which he allegedly DID NOT DO.
Chadnudj: Best idea: Hire Zook and Neuheisal as sideline reporters. If Illinois doesn't roll over UCLA, that's a shocking 7 game losing streak heading into next year....yikes.
Kennard Husker: 12-13
Hilary: Embarrassing
Jdmill: CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!
Bama: Both Better Without Head Coach
MSUlaxer27: Disinterest.
Babaoreally: Oy vey!
Graham Filler: #pinkslipbowl
Jon Franz: The only fanbase that isn't allow to laugh at this matchup: Arizona State.
Ticket City Bowl, Penn St. v. Houston:
Ted: PSU punished, will punish Houston
Chadnudj: I know Penn State fans are disappointed by being jumped by teams that they beat on the field (and there's no excuse for that)....but this is perhaps the most intriguing bowl on the entire B1G slate. All that matters is the matchup, and this is a GOOD/INTERESTING matchup."
Kennard Husker: The Terrible Headlines Bowl: Houston's letdown v. Penn State's ‘toxicity'.
Hilary: Unmovable Object
Jdmill: More like Yawn City Bowl
Bama: Catharsis or Could Care Less?
MSUlaxer27: This is not Boise vs. OU.
Babaoreally: Offense vs Defense.
Graham Filler: #ugly.v.pretty
Jon Franz: Neither team wants to be there, but Penn State and the B1G have a lot more to lose.
Cap One Bowl, Nebraska v. South Carolina:
Ted: You're a B1G team now, and they're an SEC team now, so if you win, it's irrelevant. If you lose, thuh ESS EEE SEE to jus' too fast for them northern boys PAAAAWWWWWLLL. Immahangupanlisssen.
Chadnudj: Can T-Magic solve the South Carolina defense? Can South Carolina's offense do anything against the Blackshirts?
Kennard Husker: Wait, I thought SEC teams were only good enough to play themselves.
Hilary: B1G SPEEEEEED
Jdmill: I'm sensing a lot of anger
Bama: Can Martinez avoid Clowney?
MSUlaxer27: Distasteful.
Babaoreally: Would be better if Stephen Garcia was involved.
Graham Filler: #noidea
Jon Franz: Hey, we actually might win one of these...
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Ohio State v. Florida:
Ted: u mad, Florida? You will be when Muschamp goes to Texas next year.
Chadnudj: No idea how this game will play out -- Florida players out for revenge against Urban's new team? Two inept offenses (although OSU's is clearly trending up)? Could be fascinating study of two teams going opposite directions -- OSU up with Meyer, Florida down under Muschamp....
Kennard Husker: Urban Urban Urban Urban Urban Urban Urban
Hilary: Tebowing'ed
Jdmill: I'm already bored with the Urban Meyer angle
Bama: B1G Buckeye Rout
MSUlaxer27: Inconsequential.
Babaoreally: Right teams, wrong year.
Graham Filler: #floridasucks
Jon Franz: All Your Coach Are Belong to Us
Outback Bowl, Michigan State v. Georgia:
Ted: Walk the walk, Sparty. For once.
Chadnudj: In my opinion, the best B1G bowl matchup. By far. MSU shouldn't feel disappointed....they should feel elated they get a chance to play a very good SEC team in a great bowl down in Tampa. And beat them, they will. Sparty can and will win this game.
Kennard Husker: The Second Place Sucks Bowl
Hilary: Bitter
jdmill: U mad, bro?
Bama: Toughest of 35 games to predict
MSUlaxer27: Disappointment.
Babaoreally: I expect MSU to dominate.
Graham Filler: #bitchbitchbitch
Jon Franz: Two words: punt safe
Rose Bowl, Wisconsin v. Oregon:
Ted: The Who should play Pinball Wizard at halftime
Chadnudj: I honestly think Wisconsin is one of the 4 best teams in the nation -- they lost one game by hail mary, and lost a chance at OT in another by hail mary. When they're rolling, they're unstoppable....but so is Oregon's offense.
Kennard Husker: Way more entertaining than the BCS National Championship game
Hilary: Sanders
Jdmill: O/U set at 117
Bama: How many times will Badger LBs turn tail and chase?
MSUlaxer27: Disgust.
Babaoreally: Should be the best bowl.
Graham Filler: #repeat2009please
Jon Franz: This is a must win for both teams
Sugar Bowl, Va. Tech v. Michigan:
Ted: Brady Hoke riles Hokie fan base by referring to them as only ‘Virginia'
Chadnudj: How the hell did the Hokies crash the BCS? Oh, and congrats to Michigan on exceeding expectations this year....great turnaround by Hoke, Matteson, and the defense.
Kennard Husker: It's the Boise and K-State hate you bowl!
Hilary: easy
Jdmill: YES! More B1G/ACC Challenge!!
Bama: First step to Michigan's 2012 BCS Title Game Appearance.
MSUlaxer27: Incredulity.
Babaoreally: Hoke and the Hokies would be an excellent band name.
Graham Filler: #beensolong
Jon Franz: Virginia Tech in the BCS = Bowlshit
Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma State v. Stanford:
Ted: If Stanford wins, T. Boone demands another investigation
Chadnudj: These two teams should arguably be part of a Plus-One style playoff. Here's hoping OkState kills Stanford, and (with LSU beating Bama) making a strong case that the BCS got things wrong.
Kennard Husker: The ‘sucks to be a DB' game
Hilary: NERDS
Jdmill: Sympathy
Bama: Do the Pokes play like they care?
MSUlaxer27: Nobody wins.
Babaoreally: We are Cowboys 4Ever!
Graham Filler: #tboonesfarm
Jon Franz: Oklahoma State doesn't want to be there. Bet on the Cardinal.
Orange Bowl, Clemson v. West Virginia:
Ted: FUCK CLEMSON
Chadnudj: Clemson at West Virginia - I cannot imagine anything less interesting than a BCS bowl game between the ACC champ and the Big East champ.
Kennard Husker: 8-ball + West F'n V = edsbs blows up the Interwebs
Hilary: Ugh
Jdmill: Clemson at West Virginia... Clemson's unis are the color of burning couches. Neat!
Bama: Fun matchup that no one will watch.
MSUlaxer27: Yawn
Babaoreally: Directional Virginia will have their hands full.
Graham Filler: #snore#fail
Jon Franz: Just hopes it can match the Gator Bowl's ratings.
SEC West Divisional Playoffs, Game 2:
Ted: Hey, it's the Square Root of 9 Bowl!
Chadnudj: I take it back. A rematch of the field goal-ridden train wreck that was the Oversigning Bowl is clearly less interesting than that ACC-Big East BCS bowl.
Kennard Husker: LETS HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME, LETS HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME. LET'S HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME LET'S HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME HEEEEEEEEEY-O MUMBLEMUMBLEMUMBLE HEEEEEEEEEEEY-O
Hilary: Seriously?
Jdmill: SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC!
Bama: Playoff proponents happy. Two best teams make the championship game.
MSUlaxer27: An emotion that involves less effort than apathy. If one exists.
Babaoreally: This game could very well end with a score that is a multiple of three.
Graham Filler: #
Jon Franz: It's all Wisconsin's fault.
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Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl: Motivational Eminem commercial
Insight Bowl: Somehow this turns out to be the one bowl I don’t watch each year
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: It’s like watching a car crash…
Ticket City Bowl: Most underrated matchup of the bowl season
Cap One Bowl: What’s in your wallet?
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl: Get it? Cause the Gators are playing
Outback Bowl: The bow that you always expect to be exciting, yet turns out to be a snooze-fest
Rose Bowl: On Wisconsin
Sugar Bowl: Makin up for NCAA Tournament snubs since 2011
Fiesta Bowl: Fun Fun Fun Fun
Orange Bowl: Let’s have a real good time
SEC West Division Playoffs, Game 2: I just hope Sad Bama Fan makes an appearence
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My Turn:
Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl: It’s so cold in the D.
Insight Bowl: The battle between unmotivated and untalented.
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: I like the UCLA home unis, so there’s that, I guess.
Ticket City Bowl: I am slightly more interested in the hilarity of the PSU offense v. Houston defense matchup than I am in the Houston offense v. PSU defense.
Cap One Bowl: This is why we let Nebraska into the club: to beat the piss out of middle of the pack SEC teams.
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl: Reign in Blood, shambolic offenses, reign in blood.
Outback Bowl: Georgia sucks, Sparty doesn’t. This isn’t rocket science.
Rose Bowl: I’m figuring something like a 47-13 time of possession split in favor of the Badgers, and still, possibly an Oregon blowout.
Sugar Bowl: U jelly, K-State?
Fiesta Bowl: This year, Okie Lite has become the champaign of Oklahoma public university football programs. And at the low, low cost of $300 million of T-Bone Pickens’ couch cushion money.
Orange Bowl: You will never find two fanbases that can make better ’shine. Enjoy some white lightning while watching this game.
SEC West Division Playoffs: Traveshamockery. Seriously, fuck this game.
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by Bob Genghiskhan on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Awesome
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl: Reign in Blood, shambolic offenses, reign in blood.
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by KennardHusker on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Craig James is announcing that bowl, isn't he?
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 7, 2011 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Heh
Truth
Cap One Bowl: This is why we let Nebraska into the club: to beat the piss out of middle of the pack SEC teams.
Rose Bowl: I’m figuring something like a 47-13 time of possession split in favor of the Badgers, and still, possibly an Oregon blowout.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Kraft Fight Coaching Bowl
Why did they do this to the bowl I could go to?
Unwatchable?
name one Iowa bowl game that was unwatchable under Ferentz. name one.
over one decade, good and bad iowa teams facing the elite names in college football like Texas, LSU, USC and Florida and Iowa has never once been in an “unwatchable” bowl game, never once. There arent a whole lot of teams over the last decade in the big ten that can say that with confidence. Iowa may actually be the only one
Mismatch, probably. predict a loss? sure. even saying the score will end up lopsided is probably fair, but unwatchable? Its not like we are some chump team from the state of michigan. Iowa under ferentz has rarely produced unwatchable games period, let alone in bowl games.
probably read too much into this, but “unwatchable” is a poor choice of words.
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 6, 2011 1:07 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
probably read too much into this
by MNWildcat on Dec 6, 2011 1:08 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
well said
it probably was reading too much into it, much like many in the preseason were reading too much into Persa and his Heisman chances
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 6, 2011 1:13 AM CST up reply actions
Bleh, I apoligize for my totally still right comment
this season has turned me, like most Iowa fans, into bitter and angry old men who lash out at others.
fuck this year, im going to bed until 2012
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 6, 2011 1:19 AM CST up reply actions
In fairness, Purdue knows unwatchable football
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 6, 2011 7:22 AM CST up reply actions
jdmill is a Minnesota fan
But I understand the hate. We are YMHR.
Oh. He was just goophing around. I get it now.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 6, 2011 6:36 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Who Hates Iowa????
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 7, 2011 8:09 PM CST up reply actions
I can name an unwatchable Iowa bowl game
and I’ll just leave this link here
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I'm mad bro
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by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Dec 6, 2011 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
Also, dude...
I’m a Gopher fan… I hate the Hawkeyes with a passion. I want the B1G to win during bowl season, but I can’t bring myself to cheer for the Hawkeyes, ergo, unwatchable.
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Iowa reserves all their "unwatchable games" for playing Minnesota
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
See, I find those eminently watchable.
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by Bob Genghiskhan on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Join the club
I love those games, because watching Iowa collapse is one thing, but watching the fans collapse and self destruct is even sweeter, especially to a horrible team and especially to the Gophers
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
The 2004 OSU game
THAT was unwatchable.
Ohhhhhhhhh, from an Iowa perspective. Never mind.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
This post
Cracked me up. Do me next!! Cotton Bowl starring Arkansas…. and somebody else.
by HogCP on Dec 6, 2011 3:50 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
OK
Careful Hogs: Collin Klein might be Tebow without the righteousness.
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Sure, why not
Petrino signs contract to coach at Kansas St at halftime.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
by Ted Glover on Dec 6, 2011 9:25 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Too young.
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by U-God on Dec 6, 2011 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps one of my
recent favorite posts. By far. Great job OTE.
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by Ian_InsideTheShoe on Dec 6, 2011 5:55 AM CST reply actions
MSUlaxer27: Reward for ineptitude.
ha
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by PurdueMatt on Dec 6, 2011 6:51 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Truth hurts?
2011 Purdue:
Wins over teams with a winning record: 0
Wins over teams with a .500 record: 2
Wins over teams with a losing record: 4
Wins over teams with 3 wins or less: 3
Wins over I-AA schools: 1
Road wins: 1 (over 1-11 IU)
If this is “success”, we might just have to redefine the term.
In fairness...
Hope was 5-7 and 4-8 in 2009 and 2010, coming off a 4-8 catastrophe in which JUSTIN SILER had to play QB in 2008.
Hope’s first season saw Purdue hand Ohio State its only loss in conference play, before everyone’s ACL went boom in 2010. Purdue was probably lucky to be 4-8 a year ago. And they still gave tri-champ Michigan State a ridiculously tough test in East Lansing with everyone injured.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 6, 2011 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
I look at this game (as well as the Illinois/UCLA tilt) as one of the main things that is wrong with the bowl system.
Teams that really have no business playing a post season game and use smoke and mirrors to get there.
You can add 2009 MSU to this list and many others I’m sure, lest you think I’m piling on PU.
So r your feelings the same towards Northwestern and OSU?
by BoilermakerNation on Dec 6, 2011 6:18 PM CST up reply actions
Well.
OSU:
Wins over teams with a winning record: 2
Wins over teams with a .500 record: 1
Wins over teams with a losing record: 3
Wins over teams with 3 wins or less: 3
Wins over I-AA schools: 0
Road wins: 1 (over 6-6 Illinois)
NU
Wins over teams with a winning record: 1
Wins over teams with a .500 record: 0
Wins over teams with a losing record: 5
Wins over teams with 3 wins or less: 3
Wins over I-AA schools: 1
Road wins: 3 (1-11 IU, 4-8 BC, 9-3 NU-L)
Semantics. All middling teams.
You could, if you needed, make an argument that somehow OSU and NU had “better” seasons based on their win over a ranked team with a winning record (one at home and one on the road). OSU also has the benefit of 6 wins over I-A competition. NU has the benefit of 3 road wins (and they, um, beat Rice handily).
If you forced me to make a decision, I would say that if you need a I-AA victory to qualify for a bowl than you have no business going bowling.
I happen to agree with you on not rewarding mediocrity.
But on the other hand, I don’t think you’ve really been fair to Purdue since that 1-11 post got called out. Maybe that’s my fault. After I all, I led the inquisition by linking that piece on Hammer & Rails.
Seriously, though, a 6-6 bowl game IS a success relative to where the program has been of late. If you look over at H&R or Boiled Sports, no one’s happy with it long-term, but it IS progress from a program that had been stuck in neutral at best. So yes, it is a success, albeit a minor and relative one.
And you should hesitate when dropping that Rice loss, considering they were the one team you thought we’d beat.
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by Boiler Bandsman on Dec 8, 2011 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
The Rice/MTSU games were a coin flip in my mind.
I’m sure the extra practices will help.
Does you guys think that this game (if you win) will build momentum toward next year? That is not rhetorical. I’m honestly interested.
I was in line at Kilroy’s last Saturday waiting to go in before the B1G game. The line wrapped around the block, but we were the next in. When it came our turn to go in (4 of us) and they asked, “How many are you?” I said 5 so that the Purdue guy who was behind me and there to watch the Boiler/Xavier game could get in too and make tip off. So, I , uh, got that going for me.
Personally, I don't expect Hope to maintain any momentum at all.
He doesn’t do that drive to drive, much less year-to-year. However, it’s better than the alternative, which is what we’ve had for the last 4 years, so I’m willing to entertain the notion that the extra practices will do some good and that we will improve our consistency next year.
One thing Hope has done is improve recruiting to what we’ll call tolerable. We’re now getting mostly 3-star kids, which is a big jump even from the low-3 and 2-star guys. So that may begin to show finally.
In short, I don’t EXPECT it, but I do entertain the possibility/ hold out some hope for it. (C what I did there?)
And as for the Kilroy’s story, I’ve never felt like you were a douche IRL. I’m sure Boiler fan X appreciated it, especially if you threw him out before the last 5 minutes. Sigh. But I digress. You just made one really, really dumb prediction that you compounded by doubling down on. Of course we’re going to give you shit for it. Lol
"Hey Jay, what time is it?"
"9:30"
"AND IU STILL SUCKS!"
by Boiler Bandsman on Dec 8, 2011 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
So it that a yes you think OSU and Northwestern didn't deserve a bowl? Or just Northwestern?
by BoilermakerNation on Dec 8, 2011 10:13 AM CST up reply actions
If you're 6-6
I don’t think you should get a bowl. 7 wins should be the threshold.
If you’re UCLA, you should be embarrassed.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
I really don't think any of them deserved a bowl to be truthful.
However of the three mentioned I think OSU had the “best” 6-6 season as they didn’t need a I-AA team to get their 6th win.
Does the head-to-head re: PU-OSU matter in your mind?
Honest question.
"Hey Jay, what time is it?"
"9:30"
"AND IU STILL SUCKS!"
by Boiler Bandsman on Dec 8, 2011 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
I had a very cut and dried answer than I re-thought it.
Seeing as most Spartan fans have been up in arms since UM was selected over us for a BCS bowl even though we beat them head to head, I could see how you might make a similar argument between PU and OSU but the difference in my mind is the game (and win) against a I-AA school.
It doesn’t very much, for the simple reason that I believe 6 I-A wins trumps a close head to head victory.
I really would like to see teams penalized for scheduling I-AA teams.
Truth Hurts?
“Purdue will go 1-11”
/MSULaxer’d
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by PurdueMatt on Dec 6, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Didn't say anything about "success"
Said something about your 1-11 prediction team being in a bowl game.
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by BoilerUpAT on Dec 6, 2011 5:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
^^This^^
Strawman much? No one (certainly not me) ever said Purdue would be world beaters. I just knew they would more games than the one you predicted.
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Let’s have a field goal time almost made me spit my coffee on the boss man’s work computer. Well done sir
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by BuckeyeSki on Dec 6, 2011 8:05 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Yes
We all know that KenardHusker won this contest.
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Ha!
Ted deserves an assist on that one. He definitely added in the all caps and heys.
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by KennardHusker on Dec 6, 2011 9:31 AM CST up reply actions
agreed, very funny
impossible is nothing
by RGates on Dec 6, 2011 2:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The best part
Bama: First step to Michigan’s 2012 BCS Title Game Appearance.
LOL. I can’t tell if that is sarcasm. We’ll see how that Alabama game goes in September.
I'll admit
I haven’t looked at it closely enough for that to be 100% serious, but…
The talent level is increasing. The defense will be better. The offense will be there. Looking at the schedule and the talent, it could well happen. I’ll be contemplating that over the next month.
As for the Alabama game, make no mistake, 2012 Alabama will not be a championship caliber team. Expect 9-10 new starters on defense, Trent Richardson to be gone, and three new starters on the O-Line. They may end up 8-4 to 9-3 (it’s not like it’s not 4-5 star recruits behind those players), but Week 1 is the perfect time for a veteran team to play them. 2011 had to be Alabama’s year. 2012 will belong to LSU (if they can find a QB).
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Those road games against OSU and UNL are scary.
Plus I’m not really excited to see Michigan State’s defense again.
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If they had the 2011 sched
in 2012, I would agree. But 2012 is a lot more formidable. Will be tough to run the table.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Michigan has no OL depth going into next year
One injury in that Bama game and they’ll be screwed. And playing Bama can really hurt.
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude
i really want to dismiss this statement as stupid
but again i thought the Michigan to BCS was ridiculous when you first mentioned it too and we all know how that turned out
by chuggingspartan on Dec 6, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
Bama pitched a perfect game on Michigan's Bowl Predictions
He can say what he wants for a whole year now re: Michigan.
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by Graham Filler on Dec 6, 2011 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
FAKE ASS WOLV--
Wait. Never mind
/punchesselfinheadlikeJohnL
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
by Ted Glover on Dec 6, 2011 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
ha
Ted, man, you had your wheaties this month and last. College football really gets you energized. Like John L Smith.
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by Graham Filler on Dec 6, 2011 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BALLGAME WITH THAT POST
THE COMMENTORS ARE COMMENTING THEIR BUTTS OFF, AND THE WRITERS ARE SCREWING IT UP!
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 6, 2011 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
Namely, THAT MICHIGAN SUCKS!
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 6, 2011 1:34 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Kennard's finest moment on OTE:
LETS HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME, LETS HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME. LET’S HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME LET’S HAVE A FIELD GOAL TIME HEEEEEEEEEY-O MUMBLEMUMBLEMUMBLE HEEEEEEEEEEEY-O
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Not to distract too much
But this isn’t a down year for the Big Ten, at least not relative to the last 5-6 years. According to Sagarin, this is the strongest the league has been since 2005.
It's pretty clearly not a down year for the B1G as a whole.
No matter what OSU and Iowa fans will say. But Sagarin’s computer formulas consistently generate patently bullshit results, so I think we can safely say his algorithms are useless.
"Lying is like 95% of what I do."
-Sterling Archer, Codename: Duchess
by Bob Genghiskhan on Dec 6, 2011 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
Useless...like a Ron Zook gameplan?
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
How does adding Nebraska alone change those rankings?
The B1G added a legitimate contender for a BCS game every season with that invitation, so I’m curious to know how the Sagrin would work out if you left out Nebraska
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
That caption kinda made my morning
Virginia Tech shouldn’t even be in a BCS Bowl, but I’ll still be cheering David Wilson on to run for 200+.
So apparently the Big East just extended to the Pacific.
Because that makes sense.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
And a link to the tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/McMurphyCBS/status/144104546350800897
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
They should rename that conference The Big Mess
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Well, some have referred to Asia as the "far east"
sooo… uhm… I guess you could consider that… eastward…
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The University of Beijing announces that it has been invited to be part of the Pac-16 conference.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 6, 2011 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
Damn
I guess that means we better go after Toronto
In the name of the Woody, the Bo, and the Mustache Ride. Amen.
Great hockey and curling program
but their basketball sucks. We need to expand the recruiting base southward. Two words:
Mexico City.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
How about association with song titles!
Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl, Western Michigan v. Purdue
- Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson)
Insight Bowl, Iowa v. Oklahoma
- Where is my Mind? (Pixies)
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Northwestern v. Texas A and M
- You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, UCLA v. Illinois
- Wind of Change (Scorpions)
Ticket City Bowl, Penn St. v. Houston
- He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Brother (The Hollies)
Cap One Bowl, Nebraska v. South Carolina
- Reason to Believe (Bruce Springsteen)
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Ohio State v. Florida
- Secret Lovers (Atlantic Starr)
Outback Bowl, Michigan State v. Georgia
- One is the loneliest number (Three Dog Night)
Rose Bowl, Wisconsin v. Oregon
- Ballroom Blitz (The Sweet)
Sugar Bowl, Va. Tech v. Michigan
- Blue Monday (New Order)
Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma State v. Stanford
- Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
Orange Bowl, Clemson v. West Virginia
- Wake Me Up (Wham)
SEC West Divisional Playoffs, Game 2 Lsu v. Alabama
- Saved by Zero (The Fixx)
by rzor on Dec 6, 2011 11:47 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
I would've guessed The Sickness (Disturbed) for the Orange Bowl
because if I watch that game, I’ll probably want to kill my mother.
/justjoking
/reallylovemom
/orangebowlmatchupstillsucksthough
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
oh great
now I have to go digging around the collection to find a few good suggestions
In the name of the Woody, the Bo, and the Mustache Ride. Amen.
by Pariahwulfen on Dec 7, 2011 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
all for the SEC West playoff
I’m so bored with the SEC [Dead Schembechlers]
Monster:Murder:Kill [Combichrist]
Attention whore [Deadmau5]
Falling from Lucifer’s grace [:Wumpscut:]
B.A.A.L. (Deliver Me) [Grendel]
Honey, this mirror isn’t big enough for the two of us [My Chemical Romance]
Planet Hell [Nightwish]
Witchcraft [Pendulum]
Someone must get hurt [She Wants Revenge]
Like every insect [System Syn]
Here’s to you [System Syn]
In the name of the Woody, the Bo, and the Mustache Ride. Amen.
by Pariahwulfen on Dec 7, 2011 10:47 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I definitely had to bite on this one...
Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl, Western Michigan v. Purdue
-Battle of Who Could Care Less – Ben Folds Five
Insight Bowl, Iowa v. Oklahoma
-Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Northwestern v. aTm
-Heartache Tonight – The Eagles
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, UCLA v. Illinois
-Yakety Sax
Ticket City Bowl, PSU v. Houston
-Stay Together for the Kids – Blink 182
Cap One Bowl, Nebraska v. South Carolina
-Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be – Black Keys
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Ohio State v. Florida
-Somebody that I used to know – Elliott Smith
Outback Bowl, Michigan St. v. Georgia
-Someday You Will be Loved – Death Cab for Cutie
Rose Bowl, Wisconsin v. Oregon
-Xxplosive – Dr. Dre
Sugar Bowl, Va. Tech v. Michigan
-MoneyGrabber – Fitz and the Tantrums
Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma State v. Stanford
-Just Watch the Fireworks – Jimmy Eat World
Orange Bowl, Clemson v. West Virginia
-Supermassive Black Hole – MUSE
SEC West Divisional Playoffs, Game 2 LSU v. Alabama
-Say it Ain’t So – Weezer
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by KennardHusker on Dec 7, 2011 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
My thinking was
“Wake Me Up” because everyone will sleep through it, plus “before you go go” because West Virginia is trying to get out of the Big East. See, it works on two levels!
By God it does
it does work on multiple levels.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
T. Boone Pickens U. vs. Railroad Barons?
Sounds like a fun time.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 6, 2011 1:33 PM CST reply actions
But will it be...
…a real good time? Because I’m only interested if we can have a real good time.
dude
we cannot have a real good time
but we CAN HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME
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by Graham Filler on Dec 6, 2011 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Why
is he holding his left hand like there’s a trigger there? Poor form, Pitbull.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
by OctaShields on Dec 6, 2011 3:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
FAKE ASS GANGSTER POPSTAR
You win with people (not named Joe Bauserman)
by BuckeyeSki on Dec 6, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe he's going
more AK-47 than shotgun…but that still doesn’t explain the trigger finger.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
underslung grenade launcher?
only thing I can think of
In the name of the Woody, the Bo, and the Mustache Ride. Amen.
It's a double barrel shotgun
with offset triggers.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Thank goodness
I’d hate for Pitbull to lose street cred.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
I think Pitbull was thinking Bow and Arrow
Always check the words with the red squiggly line. They mean you probably screwed up.
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by KennardHusker on Dec 6, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 15 recs
Wow.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
let's have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
dr pepper something something
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
let’s have a real good time
HELP IS ON THE WAY
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by SouthBayBuckeye on Dec 6, 2011 5:20 PM CST up reply actions
Forget sideline reporters
UCLA should hire zook and illinois neuhiesel on one game contracts!
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Dec 6, 2011 4:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I feel like it is Kentucky Fried Movie
Send him to Detroit!
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
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After the Sugar Bowl
I’ll be thinking about next year already.
In the deed, the glory.
Corn Nation!
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Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
I heard a rumor that Illinois and UCLA agreed to turn the KFHB into a Coaches’ Combine.
Candidates get one quarter each as coach, and will be evaluated on scheme, recruiting, intensity, and the Wonderlich test.
by CPT Hoolie on Dec 8, 2011 7:11 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
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