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MarqHusker

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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #112 on: December 27, 2017, 11:34:21 PM »


That's the high pad look I'm talking about.   KSU whole D had that look, as did other teams. Imagine that hideous UA UCLA jersey pulled over those pads.  Yes, that's the '94 game, where Matt Turman basically handed the ball to LP, and threw screen balls all day.
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« Reply #113 on: December 28, 2017, 12:11:08 AM »
What. A. Catch.
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« Reply #114 on: December 28, 2017, 12:15:45 AM »
Great game so far.   Come on Boilers....finish it!
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« Reply #115 on: December 28, 2017, 12:16:07 AM »
Whew. Thank you, Boilermakers!
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #116 on: December 28, 2017, 12:21:47 AM »
That excuse me while I take this ball strip at the end of the 2nd quarter which voided a likely AZ score turned to a Purdue FG serves as the margin in this one.
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« Reply #117 on: December 28, 2017, 12:51:46 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 27, 2017, 09:11:34 PM
rooting for the Horns tonight
I always knew you were a closet Horn.
It was a pillow fight but winning is always better than losing.  Here's hoping for better in the future!
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #118 on: December 28, 2017, 07:36:44 AM »
My lack of faith in the Big Ten knocked my down a few pegs in my bowl pick ems last night.
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #119 on: December 28, 2017, 09:17:22 AM »
I hadn't really noticed this until now but Ohio State missing the CFP may have really helped the B1G overall in bowl match-ups.  

The conference is already 2-0 and I believe that both were favored.  For the remaining games (lines from the Worldwide leader):
  • #16 MSU is favored by 1.5 tonight against #18 WSU
  • #21 NU is favored by 7.5 tomorrow afternoon against n/r UK
  • #5 tOSU is favored by 7.5 tomorrow night against #8 USC
  • #9 PSU is favored by 2 Saturday afternoon against #11 UW
  • #6 UW is favored by 4.5 Saturday night against #10 Miami, FL
  • n/r Michigan (no line given yet) Monday afternoon against n/r USCe

The B1G team is higher ranked and favored in all of our games and I think that missing the CFP has a lot to do with that.  If the Buckeyes had made the playoff and everyone rotated up one slot we might be underdogs in all of our bowls.  

Here is hoping for an 8-0 bowl record!  
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ELA

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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #120 on: December 28, 2017, 09:21:23 AM »
I'm not sure it would have mattered.  OSU would have been in the CFP, but it's not like MSU or Northwestern would have moved up into the NY6.  OSU would have a tougher matchup, but I think everyone else would have stayed put.  Wisconsin and PSU may have simply been in different NY6 bowls, but the other teams I think would be identically positioned.
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #121 on: December 28, 2017, 09:27:58 AM »
Well, even if the lower-tier teams had stayed put, moving PSU and UW to different NY6 games still may have cost us a couple of favorites in addition to tOSU being an underdog in the CFP instead of a favorite in the Cotton Bowl.  

It might not be quite as big of a deal as I was thinking, but it still could have been a pretty big difference between (I believe) eight favorites as opposed to five/three (favorites/underdogs).  
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #122 on: December 28, 2017, 10:48:24 AM »
Probably would have shifted Alabama to the Orange, PSU to the Cotton and Wisconsin to the Fiesta.

So yeah, that would give all 3 (OSU, PSU and Wisconsin) tougher games.

Also then with no Big Ten team in the Orange, it would have been the Big Ten, not the ACC in the Citrus.  So now either UM or MSU is in the Citrus against LSU, with the other in the Outback.  Then yeah, everyone does shift up one.  Probably the only team that works out for is MSU in the event that it's UM to the Citrus, MSU goes to the Outback, and gets an easier opponent in South Carolina than Washington State.

So, you were right, carry on.
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #123 on: December 28, 2017, 01:04:12 PM »
what the hell was with Tom Herman mocking Missouri QB Drew Lock's TD dance? Don't get me wrong, Drew Lock looks like a grade A douche every time he does that dance, but he's a 20-21 year old kid. Herman is a grown ass man in his 40's. Shouldn't be mocking a college kids TD dance.
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #124 on: December 28, 2017, 01:23:33 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on December 28, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
what the hell was with Tom Herman mocking Missouri QB Drew Lock's TD dance? Don't get me wrong, Drew Lock looks like a grade A douche every time he does that dance, but he's a 20-21 year old kid. Herman is a grown ass man in his 40's. Shouldn't be mocking a college kids TD dance.
the same thing with him bragging about sending his sr's out with a winning season and a championship. you went 7-6 with a texas bowl win. have some self respect and acknowledge it was a good end to a disappointing season. surely texas isn't happy with that.
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Re: Bowl Games SoC
« Reply #125 on: December 28, 2017, 01:29:57 PM »
Quote from: rolltidefan on December 28, 2017, 01:23:33 PM
the same thing with him bragging about sending his sr's out with a winning season and a championship. you went 7-6 with a texas bowl win. have some self respect and acknowledge it was a good end to a disappointing season. surely texas isn't happy with that.
I don't think his first season was disappointing at all. It was his first season, and a complete rebuild job. He was never going to come in there year 1 and go 11-1 or 12-0. That thing was a mess that was going to take time to clean up.
He went 7-6 in his first year and his team took 3 top 10 teams- USC, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State down to the wire. He lost those 3 games by a combined 11 points, and 2 of them were lost in OT.
The only real dud was the loss to Maryland. But it was the first game of the season and his first game ever as head coach. I guess I'll give him a slight pass, just because of the fact it was Game 1.
The guy has the #3 recruiting class in the country, and will finish with at worst a top 5 class after all the LOI's are in and he might even challenge for #1 if he pulls off some flips or gets some unexpected signings.
Future looks pretty bright in Austin to me. Herman just needs to grow up and stop acting like a douche.
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