Post by Walter on Dec 14, 2017 16:58:33 GMT -5
BOWL WEEK 1
Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife?
Geez, I don't know. I mean, it's kind of a big decision isn't it? I mean, I always said if I ever did it, I was gonna do it once and that was it……Oh, well. Sure, yeah. Go ahead.
16 DEC 17
NEW ORLEANS BOWL
(9-3) NORTH TEXAS VS (10-2) TROY - 7
INTERESTING MATCHUP BETWEEN PRETTY GOOD TEAMS. TROY COMES IN WITH A SIX GAME WINNING STREAK, AND NORTH TEXAS HAS ITS OWN 5 GAME WINNING STREAK. THIS ONE COMES DOWN TO WHETHER THE NORTH TEXAS OFFENSE, RANKED 18TH IN THE NATION IN TOTAL O, CAN SCORE ON THE TROY D, RANKED 26TH IN TOTAL D. I SAY NO, THEY WON’T.
TROY
LAS VEGAS BOWL
(7-5) OREGON VS (9-3) BOISE STATE +7
BOISE STATE HAD A ROCKY START TO THE SEASON BUT SETTLED DOWN AND RAN OFF 7 STRAIGHT WINS. AND THEN THEY PLAYED FRESNO STATE, TWICE, LOSING ONE AND WINNING THE OTHER AT HOME BY 3 ON A TD WITH 4 MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME. OREGON HAS HAD AND UP AND DOWN YEAR MOSTLY BECAUSE OF QB PLAY, BUT SCORED 117 POINTS IN THEIR LAST TWO GAMES.
OREGON
NEW MEXICO BOWL
(7-5) MARSHALL VS (7-5) COLORADO STATE -5.5
TWO 7-5 TEAM DUKE IT OUT. MARSHALL HAS LOST THEIR LAST 4 OF 5, WHILE CSU LOST THEIR LAST 3 OF 4, SO BOTH TEAMS NEED A WIN TO GO INTO THE OFF-SEASON ON A POSITIVE NOTE. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT CSU HAS PLAYED THE TOUGHER SCHEDULE, SO I THINK MARSHALL NEEDS MORE POINTS.
COLORADO STATE
CAMELLIA BOWL
(6-6) MIDDLE TENN STATE VS (7-4) ARKANSAS STATE -3.5
MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS PLAYED VERY UNEVENLY ALL SEASON, NEITHER WINNING NOR LOSING MORE THAN TWO IN A ROW. ARKYST WON 6 OF THEIR LAST 7 PRIOR TO LOSING TO TROY TO END THE REG. SEASON. MTSt HAS THE BETTER D, BUT AKSt HAS A FAR BETTER OFFENSE. I DON’T THINK MTSt CAN KEEP UP AND IS GOING TO NEED MORE POINTS.
ARKANSAS STATE
19 DEC 17
TART CHERRY BOWL
(7-6) AKRON VS (10-3) FLORIDA ATLANTIC -22.5
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THESE TWO ENDED UP MATCHED UP IN A BOWL. I’M SURE IT MAKES SENSE SOMEWHERE TO SOMEONE. AKRON COMES OFF A 17 POINT LOSS TO TOLEDO TO FINISH A MEH SEASON IN THE MACCG AND JUMPS RIGHT BACK INTO THE FIRE AGAINST A HOT FAU TEAM THAT JUST DEMOLISHED NORTH TEXAS… AND ON TOP OF THAT, AKRON HAS TO TRAVEL TO FLORIDA AND PLAY ON THE FAU HOME FIELD . THAT JUST AIN’T FAIR.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC.
20 DEC 17
FRISCO BOWL
(6-6) LOUISIANA TECH VS (7-5) SOUTHERN METHODIST -5
WHY ANYONE THOUGHT THAT EITHER SMU OR LATECH WOULD DRAW FLIES IN A GAME PLAYED IN SAN FRANCISCO IS….WAIT….OH, NEVERMIND.
SMU HAD A PRETTY GOOD SEASON GOING , BUT LOST 3 OF THEIR FINAL 4 GAMES. LATECH, OTOH, ALMOST LITERALLY HASN’T BEATEN ANYONE WITH A PULSE OTHER THAN A ONE POINT WIN OVER WKU EARLY IN THE YEAR.
SMU’S D IS BANGED UP, BUT I THINK THEY STILL HAVE ENOUGH TO STOP LATECH.
SMU
21 DEC 17
BAD BOY BOWL
(6-6) TEMPLE -7 VS (8-4)FLORIDA INT’L +7
TEMPLE HAS MORE TALENT, BUT HAS PLAYED A VERY UNEVEN SEASON, SOMETIMES LOOKING GOOD, OTHER TIMES…NOT SO MUCH. THEY DID BEAT NAVY, BUT SCORED ONLY 16 POINTS AGAINST A ROUND BALL SCHOOL, VILLANOVA, SO GO FIGURE.
MEANWHILE, FIU PUT TOGETHER A GOOD BUT NOT GREAT YEAR, LOSING TO FAU AND UCF, BUT GOING 8-2 OTHERWISE. THE PANTHERS GET SEVEN, AND I’M TAKING IT.
FIU
22 DEC 17
BAHAMAS BOWL
(8-4) UAB VS (8-4) OHIO -7.5
SOME PEOPLE GO TO FRISCO TEXAS TO PLAY IN A BOWL, SOME FOLKS GO TO THE BAHAMAS.
UAB DIDN’T BEAT ANYONE WHO WAS TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LOST TWO GAMES BY A TOTAL OF 4 POINTS, SO A DIFFERENT BOUNCE OF THE BALL GETS THEM TO 10-2. OHIO OTOH, WAS CRUISING RIGHT ALONG, WINNERS OF 7 OF 8, AND THEN LOST TO AKRON IN A GAME THEY LED 21-10 AT ONE POINT, TO BLOW THE MAC-EAST, FOLLOWED UP BY THE HANGOVER LOSS TO BUFFALO.
SO TWO TEAMS WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME, AND A TOUGH PICK, BUT OHIO’S WINS ARE MORE IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
OHIO
POTATO BOWL
(8-4) CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS (7-5) WYOMING – PICK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN ROLLED THROUGH THE MAC TO END THE YEAR, WINNING 5 STRAIGHT. TWO OF THREE LOSSES WERE TO P5 TEAMS SYRACUSE AND BOSTON COLLEGE. BUT ALAS, A LOSS TO TOLEDO DOOMED THEIR MAC-WEST HOPES. SO, ALL IN ALL, NOT A BAD YEAR.
WYOMING HAS A BANGED UP D-LINE AND JOSH ALLEN ISN’T 100%, SO WHAT TO MAKE OF THEM? IT WILL REVOLVE AROUND ALLEN. HARD TO PICK WITHOUT KNOWING IF HE’D SHOW UP OR NOT. THIS IS A SHOWCASE GAME FOR HIM, SO I GOTTA FIGURE HE PLAYS AND PLAYS BIG.
WYOMING.
Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife?
Geez, I don't know. I mean, it's kind of a big decision isn't it? I mean, I always said if I ever did it, I was gonna do it once and that was it……Oh, well. Sure, yeah. Go ahead.
16 DEC 17
NEW ORLEANS BOWL
(9-3) NORTH TEXAS VS (10-2) TROY - 7
INTERESTING MATCHUP BETWEEN PRETTY GOOD TEAMS. TROY COMES IN WITH A SIX GAME WINNING STREAK, AND NORTH TEXAS HAS ITS OWN 5 GAME WINNING STREAK. THIS ONE COMES DOWN TO WHETHER THE NORTH TEXAS OFFENSE, RANKED 18TH IN THE NATION IN TOTAL O, CAN SCORE ON THE TROY D, RANKED 26TH IN TOTAL D. I SAY NO, THEY WON’T.
TROY
LAS VEGAS BOWL
(7-5) OREGON VS (9-3) BOISE STATE +7
BOISE STATE HAD A ROCKY START TO THE SEASON BUT SETTLED DOWN AND RAN OFF 7 STRAIGHT WINS. AND THEN THEY PLAYED FRESNO STATE, TWICE, LOSING ONE AND WINNING THE OTHER AT HOME BY 3 ON A TD WITH 4 MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME. OREGON HAS HAD AND UP AND DOWN YEAR MOSTLY BECAUSE OF QB PLAY, BUT SCORED 117 POINTS IN THEIR LAST TWO GAMES.
OREGON
NEW MEXICO BOWL
(7-5) MARSHALL VS (7-5) COLORADO STATE -5.5
TWO 7-5 TEAM DUKE IT OUT. MARSHALL HAS LOST THEIR LAST 4 OF 5, WHILE CSU LOST THEIR LAST 3 OF 4, SO BOTH TEAMS NEED A WIN TO GO INTO THE OFF-SEASON ON A POSITIVE NOTE. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT CSU HAS PLAYED THE TOUGHER SCHEDULE, SO I THINK MARSHALL NEEDS MORE POINTS.
COLORADO STATE
CAMELLIA BOWL
(6-6) MIDDLE TENN STATE VS (7-4) ARKANSAS STATE -3.5
MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS PLAYED VERY UNEVENLY ALL SEASON, NEITHER WINNING NOR LOSING MORE THAN TWO IN A ROW. ARKYST WON 6 OF THEIR LAST 7 PRIOR TO LOSING TO TROY TO END THE REG. SEASON. MTSt HAS THE BETTER D, BUT AKSt HAS A FAR BETTER OFFENSE. I DON’T THINK MTSt CAN KEEP UP AND IS GOING TO NEED MORE POINTS.
ARKANSAS STATE
19 DEC 17
TART CHERRY BOWL
(7-6) AKRON VS (10-3) FLORIDA ATLANTIC -22.5
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THESE TWO ENDED UP MATCHED UP IN A BOWL. I’M SURE IT MAKES SENSE SOMEWHERE TO SOMEONE. AKRON COMES OFF A 17 POINT LOSS TO TOLEDO TO FINISH A MEH SEASON IN THE MACCG AND JUMPS RIGHT BACK INTO THE FIRE AGAINST A HOT FAU TEAM THAT JUST DEMOLISHED NORTH TEXAS… AND ON TOP OF THAT, AKRON HAS TO TRAVEL TO FLORIDA AND PLAY ON THE FAU HOME FIELD . THAT JUST AIN’T FAIR.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC.
20 DEC 17
FRISCO BOWL
(6-6) LOUISIANA TECH VS (7-5) SOUTHERN METHODIST -5
WHY ANYONE THOUGHT THAT EITHER SMU OR LATECH WOULD DRAW FLIES IN A GAME PLAYED IN SAN FRANCISCO IS….WAIT….OH, NEVERMIND.
SMU HAD A PRETTY GOOD SEASON GOING , BUT LOST 3 OF THEIR FINAL 4 GAMES. LATECH, OTOH, ALMOST LITERALLY HASN’T BEATEN ANYONE WITH A PULSE OTHER THAN A ONE POINT WIN OVER WKU EARLY IN THE YEAR.
SMU’S D IS BANGED UP, BUT I THINK THEY STILL HAVE ENOUGH TO STOP LATECH.
SMU
21 DEC 17
BAD BOY BOWL
(6-6) TEMPLE -7 VS (8-4)FLORIDA INT’L +7
TEMPLE HAS MORE TALENT, BUT HAS PLAYED A VERY UNEVEN SEASON, SOMETIMES LOOKING GOOD, OTHER TIMES…NOT SO MUCH. THEY DID BEAT NAVY, BUT SCORED ONLY 16 POINTS AGAINST A ROUND BALL SCHOOL, VILLANOVA, SO GO FIGURE.
MEANWHILE, FIU PUT TOGETHER A GOOD BUT NOT GREAT YEAR, LOSING TO FAU AND UCF, BUT GOING 8-2 OTHERWISE. THE PANTHERS GET SEVEN, AND I’M TAKING IT.
FIU
22 DEC 17
BAHAMAS BOWL
(8-4) UAB VS (8-4) OHIO -7.5
SOME PEOPLE GO TO FRISCO TEXAS TO PLAY IN A BOWL, SOME FOLKS GO TO THE BAHAMAS.
UAB DIDN’T BEAT ANYONE WHO WAS TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LOST TWO GAMES BY A TOTAL OF 4 POINTS, SO A DIFFERENT BOUNCE OF THE BALL GETS THEM TO 10-2. OHIO OTOH, WAS CRUISING RIGHT ALONG, WINNERS OF 7 OF 8, AND THEN LOST TO AKRON IN A GAME THEY LED 21-10 AT ONE POINT, TO BLOW THE MAC-EAST, FOLLOWED UP BY THE HANGOVER LOSS TO BUFFALO.
SO TWO TEAMS WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME, AND A TOUGH PICK, BUT OHIO’S WINS ARE MORE IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
OHIO
POTATO BOWL
(8-4) CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS (7-5) WYOMING – PICK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN ROLLED THROUGH THE MAC TO END THE YEAR, WINNING 5 STRAIGHT. TWO OF THREE LOSSES WERE TO P5 TEAMS SYRACUSE AND BOSTON COLLEGE. BUT ALAS, A LOSS TO TOLEDO DOOMED THEIR MAC-WEST HOPES. SO, ALL IN ALL, NOT A BAD YEAR.
WYOMING HAS A BANGED UP D-LINE AND JOSH ALLEN ISN’T 100%, SO WHAT TO MAKE OF THEM? IT WILL REVOLVE AROUND ALLEN. HARD TO PICK WITHOUT KNOWING IF HE’D SHOW UP OR NOT. THIS IS A SHOWCASE GAME FOR HIM, SO I GOTTA FIGURE HE PLAYS AND PLAYS BIG.
WYOMING.
