12/27/16 Bowl Games (open thread)
Bowl schedule for today:
12:00 Army vs. North Texas (Army W 38-31 [OT])
Heart of Dallas Bowl; ESPN
3:30 Temple vs. Wake Forest
Military Bowl; ESPN
7:00 Washington State vs. Minnesota
Holiday Bowl; ESPN
10:15 Boise State vs. Baylor
Cactus Bowl; ESPN
Sadly, Army vs. North Texas comes in dead last (40 of 40) on the S&P+ "Watchability" rankings. But it's still college football in the middle of a weekday.
My betting picks: North Texas +11, Temple -12, Minnesota +10, Boise State -7.5
December 27th, 2016 at 12:47 PM ^
Early in the 2nd quarter, touchdown Army. 18-7 lead.
December 27th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
December 27th, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
if the Bills want to extend their professional sports leading playoff drought
December 27th, 2016 at 2:06 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
Sub .500 teams have actually done very well in bowl games. I think 3-0 last year and 1-0 this year. Small sample size obviously.
December 27th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
Mean Green is such a great team Nickname
December 27th, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
The Big Green?
December 27th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
Army
Temple
East Dakota
Boise St.
December 27th, 2016 at 1:49 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^
Big Ten basketball play starts up today with basically an all-day marathon on ESPN2.
- Northwestern/PSU - 3:00pm
- Illinois/Maryland - 5:00pm
- Rutgers/Wisconsin - 7:00pm
- MSU/Minnesota - 9:00pm
December 27th, 2016 at 3:39 PM ^
What a great opening day slate.
We'll find out if NW is for real, if they can go on the road and beat a bottom-tier team with a pulse.
Illinois vs Maryland is the game I'm most intrigued by. I believe Illinois is for real, and Maryland is a fraud. Time to find out.
Wisconsin vs lolRutgers is a laugher.
MSU @ Minnesota should be a great game. I think Minnesota is for real, and even with the students on break, the crowd should be active. I think Minnesota wins a close one, as MSU is resting Bridges until he's 100%. Ward is a fantastic player, but will get into foul trouble due to increased workload and aggressive Minnesota team. Minnesota wins something like 65 - 58.
December 27th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^
NW destroyed PSU. Very solid outing for NW.
Illini/Maryland underway
December 27th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
North Texas kicks the late FG and is heading to overtime with Army.
December 27th, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
December 27th, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^
And with that game I take over 1st place in the MGoBlog bowl pool...at least for the time being.
December 27th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
This is pretty unexpected, Wake Forest up huge on Temple.
December 27th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
I guess being coachless means you don't show up for the bowl game either.
I figured the "WakeyLeaks" would have more of an impact than Temple losing their HC.
I gave a ton of confidence on Temple too; they looked really good to close out the season.
December 27th, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^
No Defensive coordinator
No DB coach
No LB coach/defensive run coordinator
They are all in Waco, TX today.
It's not like just Matt Rhule left town.
December 27th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
We recruited this QB for Wake...I believe we took Malzone over him.
December 27th, 2016 at 6:48 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 7:09 PM ^
Washington St. vs. Arizona St. ...sweet. Pac-12 foes meet again.
December 27th, 2016 at 7:12 PM ^
This is a tough one. Rooting for the big ten but I'm a big fan of the pirate.
December 27th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
I had all four pegged as one-sided.
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December 27th, 2016 at 8:08 PM ^
Pretty good Holiday Bowl attendance for a December Tuesday night.
December 27th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 9:34 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 9:38 PM ^
Minny is doing well
December 27th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
I think Minny is playing good...but the Pac12 was down this year for sure
December 27th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 10:25 PM ^
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December 27th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
That's risky, it's like yelling Movie! in a crowded firehouse.
December 27th, 2016 at 10:04 PM ^
Bring back the 90's theme song they used that pumped you up for football.
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December 27th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^
The WSU quarterback has a decision to make about whether or not to go pro?? Doesn't seem like there is a decision at all. He's not good at all. Looked awful under pressure all night. And against a secondary missing 3 or all of its starters?? Pretty pathetic performance.
December 27th, 2016 at 10:33 PM ^
Quality Big 10 win we `ll take it
December 27th, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
literally.
Like a coat of paint over a rectangular sewage treatment pond.
December 27th, 2016 at 10:42 PM ^
Ya saw that this is a shitty field
December 27th, 2016 at 10:49 PM ^
green dust at that time of year in the high traffic areas.
December 27th, 2016 at 10:41 PM ^
McGee is a dirty player should have to sit a bunch of games for this pattern of bs
December 27th, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
Wow...looks like Edsall to UConn, again.
Interesting that Joe Moorhead is still being named a candidate as is the name I mentioned, Greg Schiano.
Not a bad trio if you're UConn.