December 8th, 2023 at 8:55 PM ^
Love to see Missouri wax ohio.
December 8th, 2023 at 8:57 PM ^
Missouri > Ohio State.
December 8th, 2023 at 8:57 PM ^
That M to Arizona pipeline has been spotty at best outside of Fisch. Good shit Jed.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:15 PM ^
Well done.
On the player level, Taylor Upshaw had a great year for them. 8.5 sacks and honorable mention All-Pac12.
https://stats.pac-12.com/sports/fball/2023-24/players/taylorupshawqr9s
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Speaking (indirectly) of RichRod, he has Jacksonville State in a bowl (New Orleans, against the Ragin' Cajuns of U Louisiana Lafayette) in their first FBS year. He's on the upswing at 60. :)
As for the other lesser bowls, I still need to find out which Big Ten schools were the biggest pains in the ass about SignGate so I can root against them.
December 8th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
As for the other lesser bowls, I still need to find out which Big Ten schools were the biggest pains in the ass about SignGate so I can root against them.
The totally unverified info I have seen indicates that you should root against them all except Iowa and Northwestern, Nebraska not having made a bowl this year.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:00 PM ^
Beavers > FigThing Irish
Go Blue.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:01 PM ^
Would love to see Arizona beat the snot out of Oklahoma... I also expect Mizzou to beat an OSU, but only because half that team is already portaled. All things being equal, OSu would trash the ever-loving shit out of Missouri.
I also want to see FSU beat UGA. Don't care who is portaled - I want the SEC to look bad and feed some grumble about a shared championship with Michigan. Because it won't get any traction after some initial hype.
December 9th, 2023 at 3:20 AM ^
Anyone else notice when the super SEC shits the bed in bowls it never carries over the next year? Still first team ranked with 1 loss, 2 loss, 3 loss. the 16 knuckle shuffle on who is really good in the SEC.
December 9th, 2023 at 7:56 AM ^
Amazing what winning 14 of the last 18 national championships brings. Who'd of thought that championships bring respect.
December 9th, 2023 at 3:26 PM ^
WTF does Mizzou, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee and A and M got to do with championships? You sound like ESPN.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
Florida State over Georgia to shut up all the Feinbaums.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
Gotta be the one Staee is in. Remind me which one that is, again? Same one as last year?
December 8th, 2023 at 9:14 PM ^
Toilet Bowl
December 9th, 2023 at 12:16 AM ^
December 9th, 2023 at 3:21 AM ^
We played and shut out Iowa.
Iowa was the second worst offense we faced.
I really need everyone here to help me keep this message alive through the holiday season.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
That Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita is REALLY good. He's also Mason Graham's high school teammate at Servite.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:14 PM ^
Does this mean that Mason is a portal target? I don't like this...
December 8th, 2023 at 9:03 PM ^
I actually don't even know any bowl matchup other than FSU-Georgia. Were these all announced during the CFP playoff announcement? Times have changed; children, man.
Is OSU really matched up with Mizzou? I'll have to go look now. I legitimately stopped my E$*N.com browsing and that has cut me off a bit from the sports world (which is truly just fine these days).
December 8th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
The 68 Ventures Bowl. I'm hoping they add one more venture before the game. 😊
Looking forward to Georgia vs. FSU.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
I wanna see Iowa strangle tenn
December 8th, 2023 at 9:17 PM ^
That's one I'm looking at as well. I'd love to see the Iowa defense shut down an SEC team
December 9th, 2023 at 8:43 AM ^
+/- is about 35 points and Tennessee favored by about 7 points, so they expect Iowa to score two touchdowns? Touchdown and two field goals?
It seems Tennessee relies on their running game more than Joe Milton.
It will be interesting to see how Tennessee starts out. If they don't get out front quickly the Iowa effect may be painful. There may be 3-4 interceptions in this game.
December 9th, 2023 at 9:24 AM ^
Your last sentence just explained how Iowa will score. Milton will certainly throw at least 1 pick 6 and the other 2-3 interceptions will set up Iowa for their classic 4 plays -5 yards FG drives...
Tennessee wins 24 - 16... But I would love for Iowa to strangle Tennessee's offense to nothing.
Klatt has it all wrong, it is Iowa's defense that is the Boa...
December 8th, 2023 at 9:07 PM ^
Not interested in any of the opt out bowls. I will probably just watch the 2 SEC invitational bowls and the title game. The NCAA/CFP committee are ruining what used to be a great thing.
December 8th, 2023 at 10:09 PM ^
My sentiment exactly. ESPN (mainly) and others have ruined bowl season by reinforcing that the CFP is the only meaningful part of the sport. The players heard them, and aren’t getting paid for bowl participation, so they opt out. I’m not really interested in games between disinterested team
December 8th, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
Gutted OSU team falling to Mizzou.
Hoping none of their stars play - broken culture, broken program.
Harbaugh broke 3rd Base
December 8th, 2023 at 9:11 PM ^
The Alamo Bowl seems to have a really good matchup every year
December 8th, 2023 at 9:15 PM ^
Alamo: Best non-NYD6 team from the Big XII vs. best non-NYD6 team from the Pac-12.
Of course, the Citrus has a similar match-up, except it's B1G vs. SEC. But, those conferences always seem to place 3-4 teams each in the NYD6 Bowls, so we're left with the likes of Iowa and Tennessee (or last year, Purdue and LSU).
Big XII and Pac-12 meanwhile tend to place 1-2 teams each in the NYD6 Bowls. So they seem to get better "next best" teams than the Citrus does.
FWIW, this is the 5th consecutive year the Alamo Bowl has either Texas or Oklahoma.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:12 PM ^
Michigan wins it all.
Every other B10 team gets blown out.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:48 AM ^
I'm with you except I'd like to see Iowa shut out Tennessee and punt them into oblivion. And I will root for Minnesota because Fleck may be a trusted agent.
December 9th, 2023 at 8:53 AM ^
How did Minnesota get a bowl invite, didn't they finish the regular season 5-7? Are they still doing that thing where 5-7 teams can get invited based on high APR? Is APR even still a thing in the Transfer Portal era? I would assume every schools APR is shot to hell with all the pre-graduation transfers that occur now.
December 9th, 2023 at 9:26 AM ^
Yes, Minnesota was the highest ranked APR team... so yeah they are going bowling...
Talk about watering down a tradition...
December 8th, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
The reason Michigan isn't part of this consideration is on FoxSports.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:21 PM ^
The Beef O' Brady Humanitarian Poinsetta Bowl.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:25 PM ^
Is that the one on AT&T field at Citi Bank stadium?
December 8th, 2023 at 9:23 PM ^
Miizzou and Ohio. Guess who I am rooting for?
December 9th, 2023 at 3:19 AM ^
You'll have to show me.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:25 PM ^
Cotton bowl. We will get to see which 3rd string players from The Ohio will be transferring after next Thanksgiving Day weekend.
Holiday is typically good. Be nice to see Riley end up 7-6. This is the life you chose brah. Good luck next yr - LSU (Vegas), @ Mich, Wisky, PSU, @ UDub, UCLA, Notre Shame
December 8th, 2023 at 9:33 PM ^
UGA vs FSU, obvs.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:39 PM ^
The softest cotton bowl ever
December 8th, 2023 at 9:46 PM ^
Want to see how the Spartoons do in their bowl.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:50 PM ^
Not the question, but bowl season is so watered down with the emphasis on the CFP and players opting out (which I'm all for).
I wish there was a way that players could opt out AND THEN they do the bowl selections. Just to create the best matchups.
Same teams, still bowl eligible, but I want to see better matchups.
If not having Jordan Travis kept FSU out of the CFP (which I don't like but don't completely disagree with)...I think not having your superstars should put you in a lower tier bowl.
I wish they could create a bowl opt-out window and then do the selections after that.
December 8th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
I'm too lazy to do it...but I wonder what the Top 25 would like like today, if you considered the opt-outs and the guys in the portal.
December 8th, 2023 at 10:53 PM ^
You couldn't stop players from opting out after the window closes.
December 8th, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
Obviously. Which is why I said, "I wish."
Twice.
December 9th, 2023 at 3:30 AM ^
I wish there was a way that players could opt out AND THEN they do the bowl selections. Just to create the best matchups.
So do like the playoff committee?
December 9th, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
I wish they would drastically decrease the number of bowls. I know, $$$$. But at some point they are going to need to bite the bullet on this because the bowls don’t make any sense. The venues are like 1/4 full, if that. If you decrease the amount of them, and have them in only desired locations, it will again be seen as a reward for an accomplishment and teams will care more and less players will opt out. Bowl season is a caricature now.
December 9th, 2023 at 9:01 AM ^
I'm 51 y/o and remember the "good old days" when there were only about 12-15 bowl games and you actually had to be, you know, good to get invited to a game so the matchups were ALL interesting. Plus the games were actually just The Citrus Bowl, The Cotton Bowl or The Gator Bowl not The AT&T Cotton Bowl at Chase Field brought to you by Jackson-Hewitt.
December 8th, 2023 at 10:00 PM ^
Does the Army-Navy game tomorrow count?