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Topic: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)

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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #280 on: November 24, 2019, 06:57:26 PM »
1979 Ohio State (vs USC in Rose Bowl)
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« Reply #281 on: November 24, 2019, 07:00:11 PM »
1966 Georgia (vs Miami)
“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #282 on: November 24, 2019, 07:02:39 PM »
1964 Texas (vs Arkansas)
“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #283 on: November 24, 2019, 07:03:35 PM »
1983 Texas (vs Georgia in Cotton Bowl)
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #284 on: November 24, 2019, 07:42:33 PM »
Coulda been 1969 Arkansas, with their 14-15 loss to Texas.

But then they went and lost their bowl game to Ole Miss 22-27.
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #285 on: December 28, 2019, 04:00:09 AM »
In career passer rating, the gap between Tagovailoa (#1) and #2 is the same as the difference between #2 and #19.  
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That's nuts.
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« Reply #286 on: December 28, 2019, 04:10:49 AM »
The chain of career-best passer rating, going back in time (by final season):
2019 - Tagovailoa (199.4) - Alabama
2018 - Murray (181.3) - Oklahoma
2017 - Mayfield (175.4) - Oklahoma
2014 - Mariota (171.8) - Oregon
2009 - Tebow (170.8) - Florida
2003 - Dinwiddie (168.9) - Boise St
1996 - Wuerffel (163.6) - Florida
1991 - Detmer (162.7) - BYU
1981 - McMahon (156.9) - BYU
1973 - White (148.8) - Arizona St
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A virtual title that used to change hands every 10 years now changes every season.  A career proficiency. 
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Of the top 100 QB careers in passer rating, only 14 took place before the year 2000. 
Those 14 are:
Wuerffel - Florida
Detmer - BYU
Sarkisian - BYU
Pennington - Marshall
Blanton - San Diego St
McMahon  BYU
Dutton - Nevada
McNabb - Syracuse
Rattay - Louisiana Tech
Culpepper - UCF
Testaverde - Miami
Wallwork - Wyoming
Germaine - Ohio St
Long - Iowa
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #287 on: December 30, 2019, 03:19:28 AM »
Chase Young led the country with a 19% pressure percentage.  1 in 5. 
That's a big ask for offensive tackles that blocking the best pass rusher in the country 4 out of 5 plays stinks.
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« Reply #288 on: December 30, 2019, 10:22:51 AM »
gotta double that guy

or pay the price with a loss
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #289 on: January 01, 2020, 06:29:35 AM »
Didn't know where else to put this, but down the youtube rabbit hole....I'm reminded of Super Play Action Football.  It was a horrible football game on Super Nintendo that I played incessantly.  
The one good thing it had going for it was you could play NFL, college, or even high school.  You could make your high school and its colors, which was amazing at the time.  I, of course, played college.
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Without licensing, it had to get creative with the team names.  Schools that are just states, they could use - Florida, Illinois, etc.  FSU or MSU were called "St of Fla" or "St of Mich", etc.  Great.  But the real fun was the other schools.  Here, see if you can 'translate' these:
Windy Belt
Standard
Spice
Two Lanes
Moldy Moss
Fluke
Pursue
Smart Mouth
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Anyway, I remembered all that already, and have mentioned it somewhere on this board before.  Whatever.  Why I'm posting is that I forgot the game had to also make up the bowl names as well.  All of these had to be made up, translate if you can:
Violet Bowl
Banana Bowl
Salt Bowl
Wool Bowl
Siesta Bowl
Alligator Bowl
Pear Bowl
Lemon Bowl
Vacation Bowl
Oahu Bowl
Franklin Bowl
Patriot Bowl
Independent Bowl - nice one
Smash Bowl
Justice Bowl
Fame Bowl
USA Bowl
This would have been around 1991 or so, if that helps.  The first 5-6 are super easy, but they get squirrely down the line.  Fun share!
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #290 on: January 01, 2020, 12:02:05 PM »
Windy Belt = Vanderbilt
Standard = Stanford
Spice = Rice
Two Lanes = Tulane
Moldy Moss = ?
Fluke = Duke
Pursue = Purdue
Smart Mouth = Dartmouth
 
Violet Bowl = Rose Bowl
Banana Bowl = ?
Salt Bowl = Sugar Bowl
Wool Bowl = Cotton Bowl
Siesta Bowl = Fiesta Bowl
Alligator Bowl = Gator Bowl
Pear Bowl = Peach Bowl
Lemon Bowl = Orange Bowl
Vacation Bowl = ?
Oahu Bowl = Hawaii Bowl
Franklin Bowl = ?
Patriot Bowl = Liberty Bowl
Independent Bowl - nice one = Independence Bowl
Smash Bowl = ?
Justice Bowl = ?
Fame Bowl = ?
USA Bowl = ?
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #291 on: January 01, 2020, 12:14:53 PM »
Didn't know where else to put this, but down the youtube rabbit hole....I'm reminded of Super Play Action Football.  It was a horrible football game on Super Nintendo that I played incessantly. 
The one good thing it had going for it was you could play NFL, college, or even high school.  You could make your high school and its colors, which was amazing at the time.  I, of course, played college.
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Without licensing, it had to get creative with the team names.  Schools that are just states, they could use - Florida, Illinois, etc.  FSU or MSU were called "St of Fla" or "St of Mich", etc.  Great.  But the real fun was the other schools.  Here, see if you can 'translate' these:
Windy Belt
Standard
Spice
Two Lanes
Moldy Moss
Fluke
Pursue
Smart Mouth
.
Anyway, I remembered all that already, and have mentioned it somewhere on this board before.  Whatever.  Why I'm posting is that I forgot the game had to also make up the bowl names as well.  All of these had to be made up, translate if you can:
Violet Bowl
Banana Bowl
Salt Bowl
Wool Bowl
Siesta Bowl
Alligator Bowl
Pear Bowl
Lemon Bowl
Vacation Bowl
Oahu Bowl
Franklin Bowl
Patriot Bowl
Independent Bowl - nice one
Smash Bowl
Justice Bowl
Fame Bowl
USA Bowl
This would have been around 1991 or so, if that helps.  The first 5-6 are super easy, but they get squirrely down the line.  Fun share!

I do not remember that game at all.

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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #292 on: January 01, 2020, 01:05:07 PM »
it wasn't good.  It had an overhead view, and it was diagonal.  You moved the ball from the lower left corner of the screen to the upper right.  The only plus thing about it was the option mechanic worked really well.  
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Re: Random Revelations (college football stats & stuff)
« Reply #293 on: January 01, 2020, 01:05:52 PM »
Windy Belt = Vanderbilt
Standard = Stanford
Spice = Rice
Two Lanes = Tulane
Moldy Moss = ?
Fluke = Duke
Pursue = Purdue
Smart Mouth = Dartmouth
 
Violet Bowl = Rose Bowl
Banana Bowl = ?
Salt Bowl = Sugar Bowl
Wool Bowl = Cotton Bowl
Siesta Bowl = Fiesta Bowl
Alligator Bowl = Gator Bowl
Pear Bowl = Peach Bowl
Lemon Bowl = Orange Bowl
Vacation Bowl = ?
Oahu Bowl = Hawaii Bowl
Franklin Bowl = ?
Patriot Bowl = Liberty Bowl
Independent Bowl - nice one = Independence Bowl
Smash Bowl = ?
Justice Bowl = ?
Fame Bowl = ?
USA Bowl = ?

Banana Bowl is the Orange Bowl.....Lemon Bowl must be.....???
Nice job on all the others you tried.
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