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Title: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 08, 2024, 02:05:42 PM
Starting to trickle out.

NIU vs. Fresno in the Potato Bowl.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:11:21 PM
Hawai'i Bowl:  South Florida vs San Jose State
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:11:57 PM
Bahamas Bowl:  Buffalo vs Liberty Biberty
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:12:47 PM
Salute to Veterans Bowl:  South Alabama vs Western Michigan
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:13:16 PM
Frisco Bowl:  West Virginia vs Memphis
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:13:59 PM
Del Boca Vista Bowl:  Western Kentucky vs James Madison
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:17:22 PM
New Orleans Bowl:  GA Southern vs Sam Houston
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 02:17:46 PM
Cure Bowl:  Ohio U vs Jacksonville St
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 08, 2024, 03:12:43 PM
Duke's Mayo - Minnesota vs. VT
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: jgvol on December 08, 2024, 03:24:45 PM
Will anyone watch? 

Those are atrocious.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 08, 2024, 03:34:19 PM
2024 Bowl Games: Live announcements, schedule, College Football Playoff bracket, bowl news - CBSSports.com (https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2024-bowl-games-live-announcements-schedule-college-football-playoff-bracket-bowl-news/live/)

I'd watch BYU-Colorado and ........ any of the others I'd nod off.  Alabama will go somewhere, as will Ole Miss and USCe, they could have a decent opponent.  After you skim 12 "off the top" sort of, not much is left.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 08, 2024, 04:05:51 PM
Michigan vs Alabama will be fun. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LittlePig on December 08, 2024, 07:39:12 PM
The Big Ten Conference is set for bowl season

• Friday, Dec. 20:

Indiana at Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on ABC/ESPN

• Saturday, Dec. 21: 

SMU at Penn State at 11 a.m. on TNT;


Saturday,  Dec 21,  
Tennessee at Ohio State at 7 p.m. on ESPN

• Thursday, Dec. 26: 

Rutgers vs Kansas State in the Rate Bowl at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN

• Friday, Dec. 27: 

USC vs. Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN

• Saturday, Dec. 28: 

Boston College vs. Nebraska in the Pinstripe Bowl at 11 a.m. on ABC

• Monday, Dec. 30: 

Missouri vs. Iowa in the Music City Bowl at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN

• Tuesday, Dec. 31:

Michigan vs. Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl at 11 a.m. on ESPN;

Louisville vs. Washington in the Sun Bowl at 1 p.m. on CBS;

South Carolina vs. Illinois in the Citrus Bowl at 2 p.m. on ABC

• Wednesday, Jan. 1: 

Oregon vs. Ohio State/Tennessee in the Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. on ESPN

• Friday, Jan. 3:

Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:08:54 PM
Florida faces old SEC foe Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa on my first day off for Winter Break.  Nice.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:12:25 PM
Myrtle Beach Bowl:  UTSA @ Coastal Carolina
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:13:06 PM
GameAbove Sports Bowl:  Toledo vs Pitt
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:13:23 PM
68 Ventures Bowl:  Arkansas St vs Bowling Green
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:13:41 PM
I could make up 4 random bowls and no one would notice.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:14:01 PM
Holiday Bowl:  Syracuse vs Washington St
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:14:17 PM
Birmingham Bowl:  Vanderbilt vs GA Tech
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:14:34 PM
Armed Forces Bowl:  Oklahoma vs Navy
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:14:53 PM
Liberty Bowl:  Texas Tech vs Arkansas
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:15:11 PM
Fenway Bowl:  North Carolina vs UConn
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:15:47 PM
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl:  Colorado St vs Miami-OH
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:16:41 PM
Commander-in-Chief Bowl:  TCU vs Louisiana
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:17:00 PM
Pop-Tarts Bowl:  Iowa St vs Miami-FL
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:17:25 PM
Biff Tannen Bowl:  Marshall vs Army
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:17:49 PM
Texas Bowl:  Baylor vs LSU
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:18:41 PM
Florida's Natural Bowl:  Ole Miss vs Duke
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 08, 2024, 08:19:45 PM
Everyday Heroes Bowl:  Texas State vs North Texas
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 09, 2024, 07:21:37 AM
I could make up 4 random bowls and no one would notice.
Can you make one up for Wisconsin? I'd notice.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 09, 2024, 07:28:39 AM
make up one for nebraska in Arizona and some Husker fans would show up
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 09, 2024, 07:29:53 AM
Prickly Pear Bowl:  Nebraska vs San Diego St
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 09, 2024, 07:30:30 AM
Queen City Bowl:  East Carolina vs Wisconsin
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 09, 2024, 07:30:56 AM
Now go back and pick out all the other bowl names I made up.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Temp430 on December 09, 2024, 07:34:35 AM
How in the hell did 7-5 Michigan get paired up with 9-3 Alabama?   Well, at least Michigan will not get caught overlooking a lesser opponent.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 09, 2024, 07:37:26 AM
an extra B1G went to the playoff

4-3

it's either Michigan or Illinois
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 09, 2024, 07:54:19 AM
an extra B1G went to the playoff

4-3

it's either Michigan or Illinois
Iowa raises hand.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LittlePig on December 09, 2024, 08:21:15 AM
Biff Tannen Bowl:  Marshall vs Army
This is what always confused me about Back to the Future part II

If Biff Tannen went back in time, got rich and created his own bowl game,  would he know who won the game ahead of time?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LittlePig on December 09, 2024, 08:29:42 AM
make up one for nebraska in Arizona and some Husker fans would show up
You can't make this stuff up because the reality is so much more fun. 

Nebraska makes a bowl game for the first time since 2016 and gets sent to The Pinstripe Bowl in New York City in December!  You thought you were going somewhere warm?  Ha ha ha ha.

The Big Ten has been waiting a long,  long time to force Nebrraska to go to this awful place for a bowl.  Everybody else has taken their turn.  Now you must suffer too.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 09, 2024, 08:32:23 AM
stoopid Husker fans will show up and cause the powers to think they should continue this crap bowl site
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 09, 2024, 08:43:35 AM
Michigan vs Alabama will be fun.
seems like a very uneven match up....Michigan should've been playing another 7-5 team from the SEC....Florida. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 09, 2024, 08:45:59 AM
How in the hell did 7-5 Michigan get paired up with 9-3 Alabama?  Well, at least Michigan will not get caught overlooking a lesser opponent.
how? tv ratings. damn the quality of the match-up and trying to get two reasonably evenly matched teams in a competitive matchup. two blue bloods and two of the biggest brands in the sport going at it will draw eye balls to tv sets.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 09, 2024, 08:48:34 AM
Some fun football product in there.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 09, 2024, 08:48:45 AM
I think his question is more about the disparity of records of the teams involved.  Usually matchups differ by one win, not two.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 09, 2024, 08:49:37 AM
My "theory" is betting the dog in every bowl game will almost pay out, it usually won't beat the vig.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 09, 2024, 08:52:43 AM
My "theory" is betting the dog in every bowl game will almost pay out, it usually won't beat the vig.
especially in todays environment where top NFL draft prospects sit out of bowl games unless they are in the playoff.

I'm going to guess most kids at Bama & Michigan with 1st or 2nd rd grades won't be playing in this Butt Fuck Egypt Who Gives a Flying Fuck or Single Shit Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Diddy Lube bowl. These bowl games are literally meaningless now.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 09, 2024, 09:14:21 AM
Outside of the top few bowl games that involved MNC contenders, the bowl games have always been meaningless exhibitions.  Many coaches have long approached them as a "reward" for the team.  Mack Brown specifically didn't give even one half of one shit about the bowl games unless they had NC implications-- he used the additional December practices working on next year's team  Lots of coaches do that.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 09, 2024, 09:17:15 AM
All of that said, I still enjoy watching bowl games.  And there are some interesting matchups this year.  Michigan-Alabama obviously.  A&M-USC.  A few others.

I appreciate the games and enjoy them as a backdrop for the holiday festivities.  The holidays would be weird without them.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 09, 2024, 09:26:15 AM
I agree, they look meaningless to "us", but they are good for most programs.  The number of players sitting out will get interesting.  I bet many of "us" here watch at least some of the Puhlan Weedeater Bowl because we're addicted to CFB and nothing else is on.

For some programs, making a bowl game is a thing for them, a nice trip, some swag, some parties, practicing, etc.  Take the Citrus Bowl, USCe vs Illinois, two programs not always in the mix for a bowl, both did better than expected this year.  USCe had one bad loss to Ole Miss and two very close losses.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 09, 2024, 09:28:49 AM
I think the only thing they are good for now is like you said, letting the kids get a free trip, free stuff, and having extra practices to develop young guys and bring them along faster. 

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LetsGoPeay on December 09, 2024, 09:30:47 AM
Del Boca Vista Bowl:  Western Kentucky vs James Madison
Loser has to move to Phase III and cannot run for Condo President. 

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LetsGoPeay on December 09, 2024, 09:35:43 AM
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl:  Colorado St vs Miami-OH
I can't believe this is a real bowl. I had to Google this one. How did Snoop become America's sweetheart?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 09, 2024, 09:42:13 AM
I'll have to snoop around on that one ...
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 09, 2024, 09:50:02 AM
Outside of the top few bowl games that involved MNC contenders, the bowl games have always been meaningless exhibitions.  Many coaches have long approached them as a "reward" for the team.  Mack Brown specifically didn't give even one half of one shit about the bowl games unless they had NC implications-- he used the additional December practices working on next year's team  Lots of coaches do that.
Weird how kids started opting out.

(Meaning is eye of the beholder, obviously, and adult model behavior)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 09, 2024, 09:55:02 AM
Weird how kids started opting out.
I don't think it's all that weird, just the next phase of a long and probably inevitable transition.

A couple of decades ago, even though the games didn't matter, the players still wanted to be part of the team, get the free trip, get the swag.  It wasn't really "acceptable" to opt out, you were viewed as not being a team player, and it was a concern that this was something that could potentially hurt your draft stock.

Then, a handful of players did it, and the NFL didn't view it as a negative thing, and then more kids did it, and now it's become common, with no stigma attached to those who opt out as being "me first" guys.  Seems like a pretty reasonable and predictable evolution to me.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 09, 2024, 10:04:09 AM
I don't think it's all that weird, just the next phase of a long and probably inevitable transition.

A couple of decades ago, even though the games didn't matter, the players still wanted to be part of the team, get the free trip, get the swag.  It wasn't really "acceptable" to opt out, you were viewed as not being a team player, and it was a concern that this was something that could potentially hurt your draft stock.

Then, a handful of players did it, and the NFL didn't view it as a negative thing, and then more kids did it, and now it's become common, with no stigma attached to those who opt out as being "me first" guys.  Seems like a pretty reasonable and predictable evolution to me.
That was tongue in cheek. We’re in agreement. 

I hope they start paying kids to play in them. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 09, 2024, 10:06:04 AM
That was tongue in cheek. We’re in agreement.

I hope they start paying kids to play in them.
Ha! Sorry.  My sarcasm meter is apparently broken this morning.  I blame the weekend's birthday festivities.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: jgvol on December 09, 2024, 10:23:21 AM
That was tongue in cheek. We’re in agreement.

I hope they start paying kids to play in them.

Funny enough, the current players that are getting paid -- are the most likely to sit out.

I think if you are getting NIL money, you must play.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 09, 2024, 10:24:03 AM
I can't believe this is a real bowl. I had to Google this one. How did Snoop become America's sweetheart?
Well, to an extent once he stopped running around with a bad crowd*, he looked much cleaner in comparison.

 * By which I mean the convicted felon Martha Stewart
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SFBadger96 on December 09, 2024, 12:34:23 PM
I can't believe this is a real bowl. I had to Google this one. How did Snoop become America's sweetheart?
I'm disappointed it's not being played in California's Emerald Triangle.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 09, 2024, 07:24:51 PM
Hey @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) is your underdog plan to bet everyone straight up or against the spread? I might test this theory out
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 09, 2024, 09:00:29 PM
The spread. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 09, 2024, 09:50:12 PM
Ha! Sorry.  My sarcasm meter is apparently broken this morning.  I blame the weekend's birthday festivities.


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Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 10, 2024, 07:34:25 AM
The spread.
Put money on it, we’ll see if your theory works.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 09:04:21 AM
I've done it on paper in past years and it "works" to an extent, but sometimes it doesn't cover the vig.  You won't make any real money if it works.  I THINK bettors over value favorites in bowl games, not regular games.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Temp430 on December 10, 2024, 09:24:00 AM
One would think it would be hard to bet on these non-playoff bowls where the most talented players may sit it out.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 09:57:51 AM
The easy bet is to bet the dog and take the points.  But, as I say, the advantage is rather slight in the past.

Why the Point Spread Hasn't Mattered When Betting Bowl Game Underdogs | The Action Network (https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/college-football-bowl-betting-moneyline-underdogs-point-spread)

Bowl season (most of it, anyway) pits college football's best teams against one another. It seems like the perfect time to take underdogs with the points, figuring the dog can keep it close given the relative talent and ability of each team is closer to even.
But that just hasn't been the case during bowl season. Underdogs usually win outright, or the favorite wins and covers the spread. It's the same way in the Super Bowl (https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/super-bowl-54-spread-history-betting-odds-chiefs-vs-49ers-small-favorites). This isn't a predictive trend — there's no guarantee it will continue happening — but it's interesting nonetheless.
During the regular season, underdogs cover the spread but lose the game about 27% of the time, and win the game outright 23.5% of the time.00:17


In bowl season, dogs cover and lose just 15% of the time, while they win 36% of games outright.
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The Four Results of a College Football Bet
There are four possible results when betting college football games against the spread.
During the regular season, underdogs win 23% of games outright. In bowl season, they win almost 37% of the time.
We have 563 bowl games (excluding pushes and pick'ems) in our Bet Labs database (https://sportsinsights.actionnetwork.com/betlabs/) which goes back to 2005, which is around the time that college football changed with modern recruiting and modern offenses.
In those games, very few underdogs have covered but lost.
[th]Result[/th]
[th]Instances[/th]
[th]Percentage[/th]
Dog Won20636.59%
Dog Covered & Lost8515.1%
Fav. Won & Covered27248.31%
And this pattern is nothing new.
Since 1980, using KillerSports.com (http://killersports.com/), the results from all bowl games are remarkably similar:
[th]Result[/th]
[th]Instances[/th]
[th]Percentage[/th]
Dog Won36036.33%
Dog Covered & Lost14814.93%
Fav. Won & Covered48348.74%
In 26,417 regular season games since 1980 (excluding pick'ems and pushes)…
[th]Result[/th]
[th]Instances[/th]
[th]Percentage[/th]
Dog Won6,19823.46%
Dog Covered & Lost7,05126.69%
Fav. Won & Covered13,16849.85%
In bowl games, the point spread comes into play (the underdog covering but losing) about one in every seven games. During the regular season, it's about one in four.
But the Teams Are Better and the Spreads Are Smaller … Right?
You can't just use winning percentages in this exercise, because there are often huge underdogs during the regular season that have little chance of winning outright. You rarely see a bowl game spread that high because the teams are better and more evenly matched.
So we have to look at it with a betting lens. And it still works when you consider betting ROI.
Blindly betting every dog straight-up in a bowl game since 2005 has yielded a 4.3% ROI and +24 units (https://www.actionnetwork.com/education/units), even after a disastrous year for underdogs in 2020.
This "trend" isn't reliable every year. It's had good ones and bad. And it in part relies on one or two big underdogs to cash each year to be profitable.



Why Does This Happen?
The easiest explanation is motivation, but I don't know if it's the complete one.
Point spreads are largely derived from power ratings (https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/updated-college-football-betting-power-ratings-2020) based on a team's entire body of work. They don't fully account for whether or not a team wants to be in Shreveport, La., the day after Christmas.
If a big favorite just doesn't show up, it can easily lose outright.
But the fact that the numbers look similar from 1980 and from 2005 make the motivation argument shakier.
When there were just 15 bowl games in 1980, every team should have been motivated. It was a big deal to play in the postseason, much different from today, with 40+ bowl games on the slate.
I think it's some combination of motivation, failure by the betting market (https://www.actionnetwork.com/education/the-betting-market) to properly compare strength of teams in different conferences, and coaching aggression.
Are There Specific Types of Dogs to Target?
Yes and no. You can cherry pick more profitable trends by moving the spread by half a point or a point. It's mostly noise.
Generally, betting Group of 5 teams in this spot has been successful, and even more successful when they play a Power 5 team.
But the real money has been made with underdogs in the 3-7 point range.



The units are buoyed by some big underdogs cashing — Texas over Georgia in 2018, Oklahoma over Alabama in 2014, UCF over Auburn in 2017 and Baylor in 2014, Louisville over Florida in 2013. They were all 4-1 or better to win outright.
What Should I Take Away From This?
Like I mentioned, this "trend" has had good and bad years. It's been profitable in four of the six College Football Playoff years, since the playoff has created a perceived lack of emphasis on other bowl games. But here are some key takeaways:
1. No favorite moneyline parlays. Tying a handful of big favorites in a moneyline parlay for an even-money payout is becoming an increasingly popular betting option, but it doesn't make sense in bowl season. If you really like the favorite, bet on it to cover.
2. No teasers. You should never tease college games anyway (https://www.actionnetwork.com/education/teaser) because of the scoring variance, but especially during bowl season. You need to hit 72.3% of legs with a 6-point teaser to be profitable, and bowl underdogs have only hit 67.7% of the time since 1980. Favorites hit at 68%.
3. Sprinkle some Christmas cash on an underdog moneyline. That's the point of all this, right?
If you like an underdog this bowl season, don't be afraid to throw some change on that team to win outright.
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Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 10:22:12 AM
We should set it up on this thread, do the exercise on paper and see how it turns out.  Fictitious bets of $10 based on whatever line seems the most appropriate, draftkings or whatever (I'm no gambler, couldn't tell you what the correct lines are to use).

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 10, 2024, 10:27:49 AM
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Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 10, 2024, 10:29:24 AM
Immediate reactions to various Bowl matchups:

Dec 17 Frisco Bowl (DFW): Memphis Vs West Virginia – underrated early matchup, didn’t realize Memphis was 10-2 and ranked

Dec 20 Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa): Tulane Vs Florida – looking forward to this one, Tulane can cap a strong season, spending a few weeks ranked, with a 10-win season. Or the Gators may continue their strong finish – winners of three straight over #22 LSU, #9 Ole Miss, and rival Florida St – and build toward next season.

Dec 27 Armed Forces Bowl (DFW): Oklahoma Vs Navy – fun matchup, these schools have only played once before; transfer portal could hit OU hard enough to put them at a disadvantage Vs a disciplined Navy squad

Dec 27 Las Vegas Bowl: Texas A&M Vs USC – USC finishing the season where they started – in Vegas; this time around, will be surprised if USC plays with any kind of motivation

Dec 28 Pinstripe Bowl (New York): Boston College Vs Nebraska – Both coaches have something to prove; Bill O’Brien finishing his first year with a win, and Rhule getting Nebraska back to a Bowl

Dec 28 New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque): Louisiana Vs TCU – Notice this “dog of a bowl” landed a P4 team in TCU from the B12? But I wonder, with the opportunity to level up, why not take Texas Tech, also 8-4, who lost to TCU? The Red Raiders base in Lubbock and across the Texas Panhandle is an easy drive on I-40 across the high desert to ABQ. TT would’ve brought a stronger showing.

Dec 30 Alamo Bowl (San Antonio): BYU Vs Colorado – Two teams from same conference facing off?

Dec 31 Outback Bowl (yes, we know it’s called something else): Michigan Vs Alabama – love this matchup, like when the 2012 Gator Bowl matched up Florida and Ohio State coming off 6-6 seasons.

Dec 31 Texas Bowl (Houston): Baylor Vs LSU – Brian Kelly took over in late 2021 when LSU was 6-6 and heading to Texas Bowl where the Tigers were blown out by Kansas St and playing with only about 40 scholarship players. Three years later LSU is 8-4 and heading to the Texas Bowl with upwards of about 70 scholarship players on the Bowl roster. Great turn around, Brian Kelly.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 10, 2024, 11:01:23 AM
I've done it on paper in past years and it "works" to an extent, but sometimes it doesn't cover the vig.  You won't make any real money if it works.  I THINK bettors over value favorites in bowl games, not regular games.
Well, now we’ll get to see for real!

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 11:06:36 AM
Well, now we’ll get to see for real!


Anybody want to take one for the team and track our "bets" on these games?  I don't, but some of our super-detailed folks like @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547)  or @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) might volunteer... :)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 10, 2024, 11:13:38 AM
Anybody want to take one for the team and track our "bets" on these games?  I don't, but some of our super-detailed folks like @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547)  or @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) might volunteer... :)
If we're going to do this, can we actually make some real stakes? Maybe everyone throws in $10 to participate and it's winner take all? Given how little attention I've paid to CFB this year I'm probably not going to put any real effort into this (or participate at all) if there isn't at least a chance to get something at the end of it...

Either way, I recommend not just making this an against-the-spread competition. I think everyone should have the choice of four bets for each game:


That way some of the higher-value bets (like underdog money line) can give people the opportunity for positive variance, and also reduce the chances of ties if multiple people picked different games ATS but all ended up with the same number of right vs wrong so end up with the same "score" since ATS is always a -110 bet... 

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 11:20:31 AM
If we're going to do this, can we actually make some real stakes? Maybe everyone throws in $10 to participate and it's winner take all? Given how little attention I've paid to CFB this year I'm probably not going to put any real effort into this (or participate at all) if there isn't at least a chance to get something at the end of it...

Either way, I recommend not just making this an against-the-spread competition. I think everyone should have the choice of four bets for each game:

  • Favorite money line
  • Favorite covers
  • Underdog beats
  • Underdog money line

That way some of the higher-value bets (like underdog money line) can give people the opportunity for positive variance, and also reduce the chances of ties if multiple people picked different games ATS but all ended up with the same number of right vs wrong so end up with the same "score" since ATS is always a -110 bet...



Oh, you're talking about a different type of bet altogether.  I was just interested in testing the theory of betting the underdog in every game.  Somebody would just have to track the winners against the spread and then see how our fictitious bets did against the betting line.

What you're talking about involves much more thought and consideration, and sounds like a lot more work than I want to put in during the Winter Holidays. ;)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 10, 2024, 11:28:37 AM
Anybody want to take one for the team and track our "bets" on these games?  I don't, but some of our super-detailed folks like @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547)  or @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) might volunteer... :)
point the thumb, not the finger
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 10, 2024, 11:39:42 AM
Oh, you're talking about a different type of bet altogether.  I was just interested in testing the theory of betting the underdog in every game.  Somebody would just have to track the winners against the spread and then see how our fictitious bets did against the betting line.

What you're talking about involves much more thought and consideration, and sounds like a lot more work than I want to put in during the Winter Holidays. ;)
Oh, I thought you were suggesting a CFB51 betting acumen challenge... 

I agree it's too much work, which is why I would only really want to put the work in if I could win more than bragging rights :57:
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 11:47:43 AM
point the thumb, not the finger
Yeah no thanks.  Smacks of too much effort. :)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 10, 2024, 12:25:52 PM
I always prefer straight up confidence.

Betting with lines in these games went from kind of a crapshoot to REALLY a crapshoot
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 12:29:51 PM
I always prefer straight up confidence.

Betting with lines in these games went from kind of a crapshoot to REALLY a crapshoot
But that was the point of the exercise.  Test the hypothesis that betting the underdog given the spread, was a winning strategy.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 10, 2024, 12:32:29 PM
I mean, you can go to DraftKings and test that strategy
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 10, 2024, 12:52:33 PM
Or you could just read the article CD posted on the previous page. Which claimed that since 2005, a much larger sample size than medina or ELA will get from this year, it's been a "winning" strategy at 4.1% ROI and +24 units. (I don't know if that 4.1% already takes into account the vig or is large enough to cover the vig if not tho.)

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 01:12:46 PM
It's not a way to "get rich" obviously, the advantage is pretty thin and doesn't work every time.  It makes some sense to me.

I'm more interested in how the line is "shaped" by bettors, and if that is much of a factor, and if there are inefficiencies one can spot, like bet against ND every time because they have a lot of fans.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 10, 2024, 01:36:35 PM
Anybody want to take one for the team and track our "bets" on these games?  I don't, but some of our super-detailed folks like @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547)  or @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) might volunteer... :)
I’m gonna build my own spreadsheet. I placed all the bets last night not very highstakes.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 01:49:21 PM
I’m gonna build my own spreadsheet. I placed all the bets last night not very highstakes.
Cool, thanks for a straight up response rather than being a jackwagon like AAA and bwar :)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 10, 2024, 02:10:17 PM
I’m gonna build my own spreadsheet. I placed all the bets last night not very highstakes.
I know a guy that places bets everytime he's in Iowa
not allowed in Minnesooota

many bets but the stakes are usually $2 or $3
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 10, 2024, 02:13:47 PM
This is what always confused me about Back to the Future part II

If Biff Tannen went back in time, got rich and created his own bowl game,  would he know who won the game ahead of time?
No, because the almanac was from 1985 so it is no longer viable. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 02:17:04 PM
I'm an anti-time-paradox philosopher.  I believe that time travel is possible, but anything you do in the past is already incorporated into your future, so the timeline remains consistent no matter what.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 02:24:21 PM
It is of course possible to enter a time domain where passage of time is slower than it is for some others.

If you could go faster than light, in principle you could go out a light year say and with a powerful enough telescope look back on Earth as it was one year or so in the past.  One notion is that going faster than light means time reverses direction.  "The Arrow of Time" is an interesting read and ties in with the Second Law.

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 10, 2024, 03:06:59 PM
Thanks for the article @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) and everyone for these thoughts on the theory of betting the dog.  

Based on @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) 's article it appears that betting the underdog on the moneyline is the smart play because the underdogs don't actually cover while losing very often.  

The problem I always run into when looking at these ideas is that the percentages are so slim that it just isn't worth the risk.  

Somewhere above, it suggested a 4.1% ROI but then noted that one particular year (I think 2020) was REALLY bad for underdogs.  

According to Google there are 47 bowl games this year.  Ok, if you bet $100 on each underdog that would be $4,700 bet and an ROI of 4.1% suggests that you should end up with $4,892.70 on average.  

The vig is 10% but only applies to the losers.  Based on that, you need to win 25/47 just to get above water and that only puts you up $80 which is an ROI of just 1.7%.  Hitting on extra games helps obviously but losing extra games hurts.  Within a range close to breaking even you have:


The percentages are actually worse though because I calculated that based on the $4,700 that you bet but in order to bet $4,700 you are actually risking $5,170 because each loser costs $110.  If you figure based on the $5,170 at risk, your ROI for going 27-20 is only 9.67%.  


It just isn't enough money to be worth the risk.  Based on the article, the average for 47 games would be to go either 25-22 or 26-21 so you'd make <$300.  Even if you put a thousand on each game you'd only be making an average of about $2,100.  Try convincing your wife to put $50 Grand on the line in an effort to make $2,100.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 03:09:35 PM
Yeah, it's more an interesting concept, not a way to make bank.

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 10, 2024, 03:28:49 PM
No, because the almanac was from 1985 so it is no longer viable.
It was from 2015, and covered the years 1950-2000.



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Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 04:04:57 PM
Occasionally I run across "sure fire ways to beat Vegas" in social media, and occasionally I'll look at them.  At BEST, some MIGHT confer a fraction of a percent advantage.

Imagine one does, you're really working long hours to make any money, unless you risk big money, and then, it's still a small percentage.  I suspect most or all are gimmicks, especially the roulette ones.  It all seems like a lot of work, to me, for little return, if that.  I won't gamble enough to make anything large enough to matter, to me.  I do gamble a bit, at times, in Vegas, for fun, or not.  I gamble a bit with stock options, more rarely, usually I'm placing covered call options which are more insurance than gambling.

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: jgvol on December 10, 2024, 04:09:10 PM
Thanks for the article @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) and everyone for these thoughts on the theory of betting the dog. 

Based on @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) 's article it appears that betting the underdog on the moneyline is the smart play because the underdogs don't actually cover while losing very often. 

The problem I always run into when looking at these ideas is that the percentages are so slim that it just isn't worth the risk. 

Somewhere above, it suggested a 4.1% ROI but then noted that one particular year (I think 2020) was REALLY bad for underdogs. 

According to Google there are 47 bowl games this year.  Ok, if you bet $100 on each underdog that would be $4,700 bet and an ROI of 4.1% suggests that you should end up with $4,892.70 on average. 

The vig is 10% but only applies to the losers.  Based on that, you need to win 25/47 just to get above water and that only puts you up $80 which is an ROI of just 1.7%.  Hitting on extra games helps obviously but losing extra games hurts.  Within a range close to breaking even you have:

  • 22-25 results in a loss of $550 or 11.70%
  • 23-24 results in a loss of $340 or 7.23%
  • 24-23 results in a loss of $130 or 2.77%
  • 25-22 results in a gain of $80 or 1.70%
  • 26-21 results in a gain of $290 or 6.17%
  • 27-20 results in a gain of $500 or 10.64%

The percentages are actually worse though because I calculated that based on the $4,700 that you bet but in order to bet $4,700 you are actually risking $5,170 because each loser costs $110.  If you figure based on the $5,170 at risk, your ROI for going 27-20 is only 9.67%. 


It just isn't enough money to be worth the risk.  Based on the article, the average for 47 games would be to go either 25-22 or 26-21 so you'd make <$300.  Even if you put a thousand on each game you'd only be making an average of about $2,100.  Try convincing your wife to put $50 Grand on the line in an effort to make $2,100. 

Was looking for a new tax man........found him!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 10, 2024, 04:15:11 PM
Occasionally I run across "sure fire ways to beat Vegas" in social media, and occasionally I'll look at them.  At BEST, some MIGHT confer a fraction of a percent advantage.
Yeah, such a thing mostly doesn't exist. Especially with things like roulette. 

One that IS real is card-counting in blackjack. However the only way to do it is to vary your bets based on the count so that you're betting more when it's in your favor and less when it's not. Which is something the dealers and pit bosses know, and are watching for. Get caught and you'll get banned. 

The exploit that has been used (google the "MIT blackjack team") is that you have a group involved. Someone is sitting at the table betting the minimum and watching the count. When the count gets in favor, they have a signal to a second person who comes in and bets higher. That way you get the advantage without a single person betting in ways to attract attention. However it only works if you have enough people rotating through on a regular basis that the casino doesn't catch that it's a group working together. 

And please... If I developed a "sure fire way to beat Vegas", do you think I'd be touting it on social media? Hell no. I'd be going to Vegas and beating them hoping to keep it quiet as long as humanly possible!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 04:21:57 PM
It's the same way with investing advice and tricks.  If I knew a way to beat the markets significantly, I wouldn't be sharing it.  There are some excellent books on investing of course, but they all go into the hard work involved.  The Howard Marks letters are worth reading I think, "The most important thing."

Bing Videos (https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=howard+marks+memos&mid=02E6B0E4163922DB446D02E6B0E4163922DB446D&FORM=VIRE)

It's akin to reading "The Art of War" and thinking you'd be a great general.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 10, 2024, 04:22:23 PM
    Even if you put a thousand on each game you'd only be making an average of about $2,100.  Try convincing your wife to put $50 Grand on the line in an effort to make $2,100. 
takes money to make money

so the High Rollers put down a million and make $42,000 or even 10 million for $420,000
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 04:24:07 PM
It's the same way with investing advice and tricks.  If I knew a way to beat the markets significantly, I wouldn't be sharing it.  There are some excellent books on investing of course, but they all go into the hard work involved.  The Howard Marks letters are worth reading I think, "The most important thing."

Ed Zachary.  There are no technical market analyses that ensure positive returns in a meaningful enough way to get rich.  Anyone trying to sell you some, is a scam artist.  If anyone really did know how to do it, they wouldn't be telling others.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 10, 2024, 04:25:30 PM
takes money to make money

so the High Rollers put down a million and make $42,000 or even 10 million for $420,000
Yes, but it's all relative.  If I had a million, making $42,000 would seem to be kind of chump change unless I could do it every day.

And it's work.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 10, 2024, 04:27:29 PM
Yes, but it's all relative.  If I had a million, making $42,000 would seem to be kind of chump change unless I could do it every day.

And it's work.
Right on.  There are easier ways for the wealthy to get a 4.2% ROI.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 10, 2024, 04:48:19 PM
Right on.  There are easier ways for the wealthy to get a 4.2% ROI.
Yep. And ways with much lower risk. 

It's 4.2% on average over the last 20 years, but some years it was negative return and some years positive higher than 4.2%. Lots of variance involved.

The only people that would do it would be someone who is very wealthy, yet enough of a degenerate gambler to bet $1M on college football bowl games every season, but also with the discipline to follow a rigidly formulated system rather than trusting their gut or own analysis for their bets. 

I'm assuming the Venn diagram of those three groups doesn't yield much overlap :57:
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 10, 2024, 05:16:35 PM
I gamble a bit with stock options, more rarely, usually I'm placing covered call options which are more insurance than gambling.
My gambling is in options. I've made a good bit at times but I lost a LOT in the crash back in 2008.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 10, 2024, 10:04:49 PM
My sports gambling has always gone in waves, usually by sport.  I absolutely killed betting NBA games in the bubble just betting favorites to cover.  I used to do really well betting MLB games based on starting pitchers.  I almost think if you have a more generic strategy in a sport you don't follow as closely, you do better than if you "think" you know a lot, but aren't a sophisticated gambler.  I've never done well in football, NFL or college.  I used to do well in college basketball, but I think the house has caught up to some of the inefficiencies with the mid majors from the pre legalized gambling era.

I suspect in general, betting unders, particularly first quarter/half unders is a slight edge, because betting unders is a stressful way to live, so I think those numbers generally trend a little high, particularly for partial games.  I think you get teams whose low scoring (Iowa) becomes a narrative, so their full game O/U are probably accurate
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 10, 2024, 11:06:28 PM
How do you rank the bowl matchups? 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 10, 2024, 11:36:18 PM
How do you rank the bowl matchups?
By what?  Interest?

Obviously I'd put the 3 CFP games first.  We have two helmets, and we have two in state opponents, so the 1-2-3 is obvious to me.

Then I'm going with a combination of "give a shit" and caliber for the others.  Obviously Michigan-Alabama on paper would be great, if this was the 2002 Citrus Bowl.  Instead, the give a shit is very low, so meh.  So I'm going with if you told me I could only watch X many Big Ten bowl games, these are the ones I would pic

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 11, 2024, 12:25:17 AM
I'm an anti-time-paradox philosopher.  I believe that time travel is possible, but anything you do in the past is already incorporated into your future, so the timeline remains consistent no matter what.

Convenient.

Sort of like an undetectable deity.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 11, 2024, 12:39:49 AM
Ed Zachary.  There are no technical market analyses that ensure positive returns in a meaningful enough way to get rich.  Anyone trying to sell you some, is a scam artist.  If anyone really did know how to do it, they wouldn't be telling others.
Those late-night infomercials of the past were fun.  

"Just placing these tiny little ads in newspapers across the country......."
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 11, 2024, 08:15:01 AM
A very few have shown to be good at investing over time, it could be a statistical anomaly, or certainty though.  Out of a million "investor", one percent would appear to do extremely well over time, by change, perhaps.  Once you do well over say ten years you attract attention and money and continue to do well as a result, maybe.

I'd note most of their techniques involve quite a bit of hard work.

I've personally been very fortunate over the past decade but I'm modest about it, I don't think I am some savant, and I missed some of course.  A lot of it is pure luck.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 11, 2024, 08:36:43 AM
better to be lucky
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 11, 2024, 08:51:37 AM
Being lucky breeds arrogance, and arrogance breeds bad luck.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 11, 2024, 08:52:24 AM
I've always been lucky
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:10:00 AM
Myrtle Beach Bowl:  UTSA @ Coastal Carolina
Is

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:10:22 AM
Hawai'i Bowl:  South Florida vs San Jose State
Is There

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:10:33 AM
Salute to Veterans Bowl:  South Alabama vs Western Michigan
A
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:10:56 AM
Frisco Bowl:  West Virginia vs Memphis
Reason
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:11:09 AM
Del Boca Vista Bowl:  Western Kentucky vs James Madison
For
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:11:24 AM
New Orleans Bowl:  GA Southern vs Sam Houston
Making
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: TyphonInc on December 11, 2024, 09:12:01 AM
Cure Bowl:  Ohio U vs Jacksonville St
So Many separate posts on this?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LittlePig on December 14, 2024, 08:07:13 PM
Marshall has dropped out of the Independence bowl due to too many players entering the portal after their coach left.  

Louisiana Tech will take Marshal's place.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 14, 2024, 08:18:43 PM
Wow.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 14, 2024, 08:19:04 PM
So Many separate posts on this?
No reason, just dumb, blind luck on your part.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 15, 2024, 10:46:19 AM
Marshall has dropped out of the Independence bowl due to too many players entering the portal after their coach left. 


Lane Kiffin criticizing the Transfer Portal calendar last week:
"It really is a dumb system...The season's not over yet, and there's a free agency window open. Just think if the NFL was getting ready for the AFC, NFC playoffs, postseason, and players are in free agency already. It's a really poor system, but we just try to manage the best we can through it, and hopefully someday it'll get fixed."
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 15, 2024, 10:50:06 AM
As of Saturday morning, Marshall has 36 players in the transfer portal, including 29 scholarship players and 17 players on the team's two-deep setup for the Sun Belt title game. All three Thundering Herd quarterbacks who played this season are in the portal, including starter Braylon Braxton (https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4600403/braylon-braxton), the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year.

Defensive end Mike Green (https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4683188/mike-green), the Sun Belt Player of the Year, declared for the NFL draft Friday. A number of Marshall staff members also have left, some joining Huff at Southern Miss.

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 15, 2024, 11:07:43 AM

Lane Kiffin criticizing the Transfer Portal calendar last week:
"It really is a dumb system...The season's not over yet, and there's a free agency window open. Just think if the NFL was getting ready for the AFC, NFC playoffs, postseason, and players are in free agency already. It's a really poor system, but we just try to manage the best we can through it, and hopefully someday it'll get fixed."

Ed Zachery

the NCAA has no clue
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 15, 2024, 11:21:53 AM
The NCAA is the member schools of course, en masse.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 15, 2024, 11:46:21 AM
of course, the folks the members put in the office are idgits
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 15, 2024, 11:57:17 AM
portal window shouldn't open until AFTER bowl season and Feb 4th national signing day.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 15, 2024, 12:00:59 PM
I think we'll see quite a few changes in policies after this season.  There have been any number of things that might have sounded good at the time and don't look good at all now.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 15, 2024, 12:07:35 PM
I think it should open before signing day

gives you a better idea who's on your roster
might open a roster spot a recruit is hopin for, or not
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 15, 2024, 01:18:24 PM
I think the problem with waiting until after bowl season is that it's after the new semester has started for most schools.

Wouldn't want these student-athletes to be before they even step into class!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 15, 2024, 04:01:33 PM
So, the first bowl games come up soon, right?  I'll try and track how often the underdog covers (and wins).

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 15, 2024, 04:47:22 PM
lil late
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 15, 2024, 05:41:17 PM
I think the problem with waiting until after bowl season is that it's after the new semester has started for most schools.

Wouldn't want these student-athletes to be before they even step into class!

maybe we could move the season up a month to fix that   - July games!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 16, 2024, 01:12:47 PM
First bowl game, the 6 point favorite won by 7, so that's a cover.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: utee94 on December 16, 2024, 01:18:27 PM
There's already been a bowl game?  Wow, I totally missed it.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 16, 2024, 01:44:06 PM
Dec. 20Gasparilla Tampa3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Florida vs. Tulane
Dec. 20Cure Orlando, Fla. 12 p.m. (ESPN)Ohio vs. Jacksonville State
Dec. 19New OrleansNew Orleans7 p.m. (ESPN2)Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston
Dec. 18LA Inglewood, Calif. 9 p.m. (ESPN)Cal vs. UNLV
Dec. 18Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)Western Kentucky vs. James Madison
Dec. 17Frisco Frisco, Texas 9 p.m. (ESPN)Memphis vs. West Virginia
Dec. 14IS4S Salute to Veterans Montgomery, Ala. 9 p.m. (ESPN)South Alabama vs. Western Michigan
Dec. 14CelebrationAtlanta12 p.m. (ABC)Jackson State vs. South Carolina State
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 18, 2024, 01:01:34 PM
Memphis won but didn’t cover. 1-1.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 18, 2024, 09:11:00 PM
Wow, Cal made a bowl?!?  They were FSU's only FBS win this year.  Ouch.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 18, 2024, 09:15:40 PM
2800 players in transfer portal?

And from Cal-UNLV:  this guy was a 3rd-year freshman


WTF is going on?!?  It's like the powers that be are actively trying to destroy college football.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 19, 2024, 10:47:45 AM
Flipped on the bowls last night, catching the end of the Boca Raton Bowl which eased into the LA Bowl. I keep hearing these bowls are “meaningless” but nonetheless they have passing entertainment value, kind’ve like watching NBA All-Star games in the 1990s. Where you got to watch players you heard about but whose teams were hardly ever featured on TV – like Glen Rice & Vin Baker. Similarly, these meaningless bowls allow you to check in on teams you hear about but get drowned out by the bigger games on Saturdays. James Madison beat Western Kentucky. And #24 UNLV beat Cal.

In both Bowls the Transfer Portal was a talking point between the commentators, pointing out how each team was playing their bowl without a dozen or so players. For instance Cal was without their starting QB Fernando Mendoza, a fan favorite among Bears fans due to his folksy nature and underdog story. To think it was only as far back as 2016 when it was a big story for Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey to sit out the Sun Bowl Vs North Carolina to ready for the NFL Draft.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 19, 2024, 10:56:37 AM
https://twitter.com/Jbooty88/status/1869427621152600231
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 19, 2024, 11:05:00 AM
Wow, Cal made a bowl?!?  They were FSU's only FBS win this year.  Ouch. 
Cal didn't play an SEC sched

showed last night vs UNLV
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 19, 2024, 11:05:39 AM
2800 players in transfer portal?
105 limit to rosters
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 19, 2024, 11:26:09 AM
https://twitter.com/Jbooty88/status/1869427621152600231
I'm fine with it.  But my counter has been, why limit it to bowl games?  If bowl games are just exhibitions, then every game after like 4 losses is as well, because at that point all you are playing for is the opportunity to play in the exhibition.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 19, 2024, 12:40:51 PM
Wow, Cal made a bowl?!?  They were FSU's only FBS win this year.  Ouch. 
They had a weird run where they couldn’t win a close game. They were a strangely inconsistent but on balance competent team. 

I went to one of their games this year. They seemed completely “fine.”
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 19, 2024, 12:42:13 PM
I'm fine with it.  But my counter has been, why limit it to bowl games?  If bowl games are just exhibitions, then every game after like 4 losses is as well, because at that point all you are playing for is the opportunity to play in the exhibition.
Will Johnson
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 19, 2024, 01:27:36 PM
South Alabama won and covered.  1-2. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 19, 2024, 01:28:53 PM
UNLV won and covered.  1-3. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: LetsGoPeay on December 19, 2024, 01:48:17 PM
I played the spread on Western Michigan, Memphis, Western Kentucky, and UNLV. That last field goal from JMU hurt. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 20, 2024, 08:39:41 AM
Sam Houston won as underdog.  2-3. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 20, 2024, 10:16:59 AM
I played the spread on Western Michigan, Memphis, Western Kentucky, and UNLV. That last field goal from JMU hurt.
This is why I've been a big pussy and never bet real money on games.....the randomness of late-game coaching decisions.  Oh, we're up 20 late?  Just run the ball on 4th down and get the game over with.  Oh, we're up 20 late?  Kick the FG, as always.  

There is absolutely zero way to factor that in.  None.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 20, 2024, 11:03:26 AM
Oh, we're up 20 late?  Kick the FG, as always. 

There is absolutely zero way to factor that in.  None.

🤣🤣

Remember this?

(https://i.imgur.com/cQjKohn.jpeg)


Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MaximumSam on December 20, 2024, 12:33:50 PM

Love daytime football. My daughter goes to OU think I ought to watch this game in solidarity
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 20, 2024, 04:41:02 PM
Love daytime football. My daughter goes to OU think I ought to watch this game in solidarity
Couple of good teams in that one. Too bad the coaches opted out, but certainly a nice afternoon of ball. 

I like Ohio staying in house with its offensive guy. Good way to hold that identity. JSU has bounced though different head coaching philosophies. Going with an older defensive guy isn’t unwise, but a bit unusual these days. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MaximumSam on December 20, 2024, 05:50:33 PM
https://twitter.com/CollegeSportsO/status/1870166996068802905?t=W6UDo9npNvZ7XY-XIx8zfA&s=19
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 20, 2024, 06:45:44 PM
Well, we all had Florida's 3rd-string TE scoring the first TD of the Gasparilla Bowl in the 3rd quarter, right?!?
This has been boring as hell.  Tulane's offense is hot garbage w/o their QB.  Lagway is hurt, but still playing.  

8 wins when Vegas set it at 4.5 before the year started is a good season.  Need to build on it next year.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 20, 2024, 07:03:18 PM
400-something lb DT Desmond Watson is now in at FB.  Got a carry for a first down and is lead-blocking for Marco Rubio's walk-on son RB.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MaximumSam on December 20, 2024, 07:26:40 PM
400-something lb DT Desmond Watson is now in at FB.  Got a carry for a first down and is lead-blocking for Marco Rubio's walk-on son RB.

https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1870256272622203335
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 20, 2024, 07:27:12 PM
This has been boring as hell.  Tulane's offense is hot garbage w/o their QB.  Lagway is hurt, but still playing. 

From the get-go Florida was the noticeably more talented, capable team. But Tulane's never-quit defense time and time again slowed up and frustrated Florida's offense enough to stay in it. By the time Tulane was still hanging around, down 9-0 with 4 minutes left in the Third, 6 of Florida's 9 drives had progressed past midfield, and ToP favored Florida 27 to 13 minutes. All before the Gators could finally break open the game with 24 more points.

It didn't help Florida that Lagway's mobility appears limited by that hamstring injury. Add to that Florida went a measly 6-16 on 3rd Down and couldn't finish first half drives inside the Red Zone.

Gators win the Gasparilla Bowl 33-8 to finish 8-5.

https://twitter.com/ESPNBET/status/1870256496858021958

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 20, 2024, 07:48:22 PM
https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1870256272622203335
It's a crap bowl game. 
Have a little fun
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 20, 2024, 09:05:15 PM
Those extra practices aren't crap :)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 20, 2024, 09:06:08 PM
https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1870256272622203335
Is that a cell phone in his pocket??  No, it's a thigh pad!!!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: jgvol on December 20, 2024, 10:21:47 PM
Lagway is gonna be a problem.  

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 24, 2024, 07:31:27 AM
From yesterday’s Potato Bowl

https://twitter.com/FanDuel/status/1871301001291919647
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 24, 2024, 08:28:28 AM
Very happy for NIU and Thomas Hammock, who is a great guy.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 26, 2024, 10:39:17 AM
Pitt-Toledo it’s kind of odd and interesting today. Maybe I just find the Toledo program a bit fascinating, especially their penchant for underachieving

K-State vs Rutgers feels like it could be pretty one-sided, just because Kansas State feels some kind of competence, but also in a way where sometimes they just implode. I suppose if Rutgers plays hard, it could be more interesting.

Bowling Green against Arkansas State is just bland football content. Although it does sound like the Bowling Green tight end, who is one of the two best in the country in his position, will play.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 26, 2024, 01:29:08 PM
Toledo has a strong history, so why haven't they moved up at all?  The school just not putting money into the sport?  Has OSU had any influence on limiting in-state competition?  Some sort of odd attachment to the MAC?

Toledo's history of success, being in a talented area/state, etc....it could very easily be a P4 program, no?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 26, 2024, 02:54:16 PM
Toledo has a strong history, so why haven't they moved up at all?  The school just not putting money into the sport?  Has OSU had any influence on limiting in-state competition?  Some sort of odd attachment to the MAC?

Toledo's history of success, being in a talented area/state, etc....it could very easily be a P4 program, no?
Move up... where? 

The B1G and the SEC obviously don't want them at all, and never would/have. You know that. 

The ACC doesn't either. They're stable enough as they are [currently] constructed. They jumped at the chance to have Cal and Stanford in the P12 implosion, but if they didn't want to pick up the dregs (WSU/OrSU), why would they want someone like Toledo?

The only other landing spot is the B12. But IMHO the addition of four P12 schools also stabilized them and taking someone like Toledo is just dilution. They also already have Cincinnati, and I'm sure they don't see the need to double down on the state of Ohio. 

Even if they wanted to move up, I don't see where they'd land. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 26, 2024, 03:03:42 PM
I don't mean today, I meant as time passed.  They could have gone independent in the late 70s/80s when there were a ton of other independents.  They could have easily been a Big East program, had they elevated their program just a little during the 80s.

From there, who knows?  Rutgers in the Big Ten still doesn't make sense to this day.  Cal is in the freakin' ACC.  But I was just wondering aloud how Toledo failed to build on its successes from the 60s and 70s, that's all.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 26, 2024, 03:11:26 PM
I don't mean today, I meant as time passed.  They could have gone independent in the late 70s/80s when there were a ton of other independents.  They could have easily been a Big East program, had they elevated their program just a little during the 80s.

From there, who knows?  Rutgers in the Big Ten still doesn't make sense to this day.  Cal is in the freakin' ACC.  But I was just wondering aloud how Toledo failed to build on its successes from the 60s and 70s, that's all.
NIU quit the MAC and went Indy. Didn't go well. Then they joined the Big West and went Indy again as you are suggesting here. It failed miserably.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 26, 2024, 03:34:58 PM
I don't mean today, I meant as time passed.  They could have gone independent in the late 70s/80s when there were a ton of other independents.  They could have easily been a Big East program, had they elevated their program just a little during the 80s.
Fair. I don't know why they didn't make any previous moves. Never really thought of them as anything because they were "just another MAC school" to me. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 26, 2024, 04:09:57 PM
NIU quit the MAC and went Indy. Didn't go well. Then they joined the Big West and went Indy again as you are suggesting here. It failed miserably.
NIU doesn't have anything near the historical success Toledo had, does it?  
Maybe it was too large a risk to take.  Idk.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 26, 2024, 04:17:00 PM
NIU doesn't have anything near the historical success Toledo had, does it? 
Maybe it was too large a risk to take.  Idk.
Not even close.

NIU figured its position in the Chicago market would carry more weight than it did. They foolishly thought someone like the Big 8 might come calling.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on December 26, 2024, 05:16:11 PM
Toledo fat guy touchdown!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 26, 2024, 07:30:37 PM
Toledo beat Pitt again. They have collected a lot of P5 scalps over the years, including Penn State and the Wolverines. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 26, 2024, 09:09:41 PM
TWELVING x2 today!!!  Arky St and BG better bring it!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 27, 2024, 07:59:47 AM

Which teams/conferences led the pack in twelving this year? 

It seems like there's been an inordinate amount of twelving outside of the Twelve. 

It also seems like the Twelve has been twelving a little bit less under their current alignment. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 27, 2024, 08:56:13 AM
I don't mean today, I meant as time passed.  They could have gone independent in the late 70s/80s when there were a ton of other independents.  They could have easily been a Big East program, had they elevated their program just a little during the 80s.

From there, who knows?  Rutgers in the Big Ten still doesn't make sense to this day.  Cal is in the freakin' ACC.  But I was just wondering aloud how Toledo failed to build on its successes from the 60s and 70s, that's all.
They weren't all that good in the late 70s/80s?

I'd bet the history went something like this. They, like every other successful MAC team, probably pined for a Big 10 invite, but one never game.

The value of going independent was pretty low historically. It usually came over some conflict or fit or just getting dumb big eyes. It's a tough space to be in, and to be fair, Toledo has mostly been a MAC-level school and the MAC a good conference for a school like Toledo.

It's worth noting, the conference moves you mentioned are both modern era, and one or both are basically an accidents and luck. Back when Toledo could build on something, there wasn't anywhere great to go. And it was neither a big land-grant school, nor did it have a legendary coach that made it relevant every year (the path for several of the three big independent success stories).
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 27, 2024, 12:50:43 PM
I didn’t expect Oklahoma would come in really wanting this, but there they are. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 27, 2024, 01:15:09 PM
I just noticed that UNC and UCONN are playing a game tomorrow in Boston . . . in football.  Can we just call this the "I wish this were a basketball game Bowl"?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 27, 2024, 05:20:04 PM
I didn’t expect Oklahoma would come in really wanting this, but there they are.

And then OU proceeded to close shop for the rest of the day - Navy wins Armed Forces Bowl 21-20.

(https://i.imgur.com/4bKbZbq.jpeg)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2024, 08:53:40 PM
Why aren't those Navy's uniforms forever?!?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2024, 08:54:10 PM
I just noticed that UNC and UCONN are playing a game tomorrow in Boston . . . in football.  Can we just call this the "I wish this were a basketball game Bowl"?
Like if Duke played Kansas in the Aloha Bowl.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 27, 2024, 09:47:27 PM
Like if Duke played Kansas in the Aloha Bowl.
We would call that the Maui invitational
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 12:59:50 AM
This USC QB might be having the worst game I've ever seen a QB have.  Totally inept.  Hooray, modern bowl games!!!  Backups and 3rd-stringers everywhere!!!

The Trojan WRs are exasperated.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 02:16:20 AM
Wow.  Very impressed by USC's tenacity.  Would have been very easy to give up, considering the QB play.  Everyone kept at it and they came back to win.  Good for them!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 28, 2024, 05:41:09 AM
I watched parts of some bowl games yesterday and was impressed with the effort by mediocre teams out there.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 28, 2024, 08:49:43 AM
This USC QB might be having the worst game I've ever seen a QB have.  Totally inept.  Hooray, modern bowl games!!!  Backups and 3rd-stringers everywhere!!!

The Trojan WRs are exasperated.
That kid started their last three games. So this wasn’t about modern bowl games (!!!!). Just regular old college football. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Gigem on December 28, 2024, 09:53:25 AM
Wow.  Very impressed by USC's tenacity.  Would have been very easy to give up, considering the QB play.  Everyone kept at it and they came back to win.  Good for them!
Puke. That’s all I got. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 28, 2024, 11:07:40 AM
Holiday Bowl last night. Good seats in the Syracuse section, surrounded by Orange diehards, boosters, season ticket holders, alums from as far back as the 70s, and former players. When the guy seated ahead of me realized that two and three rows back there were a number of former players, mostly from the 90s teams with NFL players like Donovan McNabb, Dwight Freeney, Rob Konrad, James Mungro, and Keith Bulluck, he turns around and starts shooting - "You Guys Are My Childhood! You Guys Were My Coming Of Age!"

Never guessed I'd hear someone shouting that about Syracuse Football?!

All in all, a good evening. The other types of fans you meet at Bowl games are more like us - able to recount a personal repertoire of games and players going decades back, and able to appreciate going to a live game for the sake of going to a live game, with plenty of adventures to tell of other games we've made destinations of.

(https://i.imgur.com/ojQGwMi.jpeg)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 03:13:46 PM
Is Nebraska going to flub this up??
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 28, 2024, 03:38:14 PM
Is Nebraska going to flub this up??

Always stupid how a team who isn't trying all game (Boston College) suddenly cares too late, and ads to their frustration of caring too late, with un-heady penalties that make it that much more difficult to get back into a game they should've cared about at the beginning. The late hit(s) on Raiola cost BC any chance they had after napping for three quarters.

Also, the Pinstripe Bowl's (and Fenway's) winter look of muddied uniforms, icy breaths, and sunless skies are a welcome, seasonal change of sight:

(https://i.imgur.com/7CT8VAe.png)

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 04:35:29 PM
I'm assuming he's worked for ESPN at some point, which is under the umbrella of ABC......which makes getting Michael Irvin's name wrong and the announcers just going with it especially bizarre.

Gave him a "Michael Irving" graphic.  
I guess the graphics guy is a youngin'.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 04:46:12 PM
56 points scored in the first 20 min of Pop-Tarts Bowl......ISU + Miami TWELVING!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 06:05:19 PM
Is Nebraska going to flub this up??
they tried, as usual
I guess BC just didn't take advantage of the Husker's usual effort
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 06:06:00 PM
I watched parts of some bowl games yesterday and was impressed with the effort by mediocre teams out there.
BC and UNL
both teams seemed to care and fought hard at times
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:17:22 PM
TWELVING!  TWELVING!  TWELVING!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 07:21:20 PM
Matt Campbell's Cyclones 11 wins, great win beating Cam Ward and the Canes 👍
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:21:54 PM
This was different - Miami plays Ward in until he gets some sort of BS (Division 1) record, then they voluntarily hold him out, letting some random dude QB the team to a loss.

Kind of puts an asterisk on ISU's win.  Meh.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:22:13 PM
Matt Campbell's Cyclones 11 wins, great win beating Cam Ward and the Canes *
FIFY
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 28, 2024, 07:23:31 PM
Matt Campbell's Cyclones 11 wins, great win beating Cam Ward and the Canes 👍
Plus ya'boy won the CyHawk for a change. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 07:23:49 PM
ya play the game in front of you,don't throw the team under the bus for 1 guy - pretty simple
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 07:31:02 PM
Plus ya'boy won the CyHawk for a change.
They lost 2 games by 1 pt and in OT  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 07:31:52 PM
BYU & Buffs hope its as close as this last one
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:32:47 PM
We've got a conference game in a bowl game outside of the playoff!  Hoooray!!!

CU vs BYU

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:33:22 PM
Someone drugged Ralphie.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:36:42 PM
You guys still hating on Deion Sanders?  1-11 to 9-3.  His best players are playing in a meaningless bowl.  And CU got a Heisman winner.

Still hating?  Be objective.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 07:42:52 PM
yup, still hating on Deion Sanders
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 07:44:14 PM
Someone drugged Ralphie.
it's better like that for some high strung females
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 07:44:31 PM
Brilliant.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 28, 2024, 07:47:26 PM
I never hated Deion    

Generational player and obviously a hell of a coach.   He is a human just like the rest of us- as evidenced by his emotions before this last game coaching his sons.  

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 07:51:17 PM
never liked Sanders

but not because of his belief in God
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 08:14:58 PM
You don't have to like someone to acknowledge they've done a helluva coaching job.  Obviously.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 08:16:32 PM
never liked Sanders

but not because of his belief in God
Running back punts and picks for Je-e-e-sus,think someone would be grateful
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 08:21:28 PM
WTF BYU I counted 4 Buffs and one Coug - ya let her rip.Could have got some distance with a drive there
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 08:31:29 PM
Guess Prime Time likes returning gifts - 'tis the season
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 08:37:16 PM
how did the ref think he was NOT down?
geez
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 28, 2024, 09:35:05 PM
Can someone explain this to me:

According to my phone Colorado State had 462 yards, 61 more than Miami, OH and yet lost 43-17. 

How do you gain 462 yards and only score three times?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 09:42:34 PM
Did anyone else catch the end of the Military Bowl?

East Carolina is down 5 with a minute and a half left deep in their own territory.  Normal read option run play, BOOM, goes for 86 yd TD!!! 
NCST gets the ball back and a skirmish ensues, with an ECU lineman blindsiding a NCST guy, whose helmet is rammed into the face of a referee.  He's bleeding from the face as 8 total players get ejected.

ECU wins.

And the 2 teams play each other to start the 2025 season, lol. 
Crazy shit!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 28, 2024, 09:43:45 PM
Can someone explain this to me:

According to my phone Colorado State had 462 yards, 61 more than Miami, OH and yet lost 43-17.

How do you gain 462 yards and only score three times?
I poked around a little and it seems that they effectively had six turnovers so that explains some:

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 09:45:50 PM
Can someone explain this to me:

According to my phone Colorado State had 462 yards, 61 more than Miami, OH and yet lost 43-17.

How do you gain 462 yards and only score three times?
MACtion!!!!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 28, 2024, 10:08:41 PM
And the 2 teams play each other to start the 2025 season, lol. 
Crazy shit!
Pay per view have an MMA undercard
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 28, 2024, 10:27:18 PM
poor Ralphie
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2024, 10:29:35 PM
poor Ralphie
Their play mirrors the buffalo's lethargy.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 29, 2024, 07:33:51 AM
I'm glad Deion largely is "just a coach" for now, I think.  They had a decent season, fine with me.  He has some Spurrier in him I think.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 29, 2024, 09:55:01 AM
he was largely outcoached last night

we shall see how he does next season w/o Hunter and shredder
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 29, 2024, 10:35:52 AM
Unfortunately that's what recruits remember,not all of them of course. He's still somewhat of unkown commodity but still popular so next year will tell alot
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 29, 2024, 10:39:42 AM
he's trying to replace two top 5 draft picks

obviously didn't fix the O-line or the defense this season from last season

but, I'm sure he'll be fine

he doesn't have to recruit, kids just want to lineup to play for him
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 29, 2024, 11:57:08 AM
he was largely outcoached last night

we shall see how he does next season w/o Hunter and shredder
Kinda doubt it'll be at Colorado 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 29, 2024, 12:03:22 PM
someone would be foolish to give him a step up, IMO

wondering if his other son, Shilo is coming back
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 29, 2024, 12:27:51 PM
someone would be foolish to give him a step up, IMO

wondering if his other son, Shilo is coming back
I think he's out of eligibility. Even in this era. He's been in school for six years (RS year, COVID year, four years of full seasons). 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 29, 2024, 01:11:40 PM
A Tech fan posted this on FB, just to note that for some fans, a pretty good season is reason to celebrate.

Just now getting to post it, but it’s been a Helluva year for these Yellow Jackets and now that it’s over, I couldn’t be more proud of a group of guys that have stuck with the program through the rough past four seasons. A team that has brought back the pride in being a Georgia Tech fan and earned the respect of the nation. It’s been a year for them and for me that has seen highs and lows, but it’s been the most memorable season in my life. Here’s to a Helluva season in 2025 too

They finished 7-6 and beat Miami and took UGA to the wire (8 OTs) and lost their bowl game to Vandy.  They certainly have improved under Coach Key.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 29, 2024, 02:28:50 PM
good to know that the 12-team playoff didn't ruin college football for YellerJacket fans
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 29, 2024, 08:25:17 PM
so, in other bowl games.........

both Shredder Sanders and Cam Ward decide to play.
(good for them)  Shredder got a big insurance policy from CU

Cam builds a big lead at the half and decides NOT to play the 2nd half....

Canes lose to the Clones
__________________

my question, why play the first half if yer not gonna play the 2nd half?
why play if you're not committed to winning the game?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 30, 2024, 07:14:05 AM
Cam Ward played only to set some national passing record, from what I gather.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 07:46:18 AM
good for him

I'm sure his teammates are as impressed as I
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 30, 2024, 09:20:23 AM
Cam Ward played only to set some national passing record, from what I gather.
I am,to a degree, more forgiving than many. But that is in remains some absolute clown shit
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 30, 2024, 09:31:35 AM
I'm reminded of the movie Draft Day where the ostensible Number 1 pick was downgraded in part due to who he invited to a party.

Such things likely don't play well with some NFL GMs.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 09:32:18 AM
the Cyclones are impressed
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 30, 2024, 09:58:29 AM
Don't look now but, B1G is doing surprisingly well:

All six beat the spread and we are 4-2.  

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 30, 2024, 12:17:03 PM
B1G is now 4-2 straight up and 6-0 ATS.  Here is what is upcoming:



Underdogs in Bold.  

So we have between nine and 12 games remaining.  We also already know that we will go 1-1 both straight up and ATS in the Rose Bowl since we are on both sides of that.  In the eight known match-ups the B1G team is only favored in three and one of those is against another B1G team.  

A realistic though perhaps somewhat optimistic hope:
At that point we could do no worse than 8-8 with two teams in the CFP Semi-Finals and we could do as well as 10-9 with an all-B1G CFPCG.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 04:16:43 PM
good thing Cincy didn't bet the farm on the Dawgs (underdogs)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 04:19:42 PM
did Iowa's offense evolve in bowl practice?

OR

Does the Tigger's SEC defense suck that badly?

I mean the Hawkeyes have only punted ONCE!!!!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 30, 2024, 04:26:08 PM
good thing Cincy didn't bet the farm on the Dawgs (underdogs)
The tactic didn't work at all so far this year, I stopped keeping track.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 30, 2024, 05:13:29 PM
The tactic didn't work at all so far this year, I stopped keeping track
This is how you win on paper. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 30, 2024, 05:36:56 PM
The tactic didn't work at all so far this year, I stopped keeping track. 
14-12 on non-playoff dogs. I forgot to reload on the independence bowl, so I think I’m a hint up. 

(Though I accidentally bet a couple of playoff games, so that was a loss)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 06:00:50 PM
Tiggers out kicked the Hawks

(https://i.imgur.com/StZQLYs.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/qmb1lNp.png)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SFBadger96 on December 30, 2024, 06:29:16 PM
I've been at work, but I just watched the replay of Iowa's 4th down attempt. Makes me feel a little better about the Badgers' stoopit 4th down tries this season. WTH was that?!? 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 06:30:53 PM
there was no tush push
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 30, 2024, 07:06:23 PM
did Iowa's offense evolve in bowl practice?

OR

Does the Tigger's SEC defense suck that badly?

I mean the Hawkeyes have only punted ONCE!!!!
Who won?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 30, 2024, 07:22:07 PM
SEC SEC SEC!

friggin Tiggers
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 30, 2024, 09:35:55 PM
Well that sicks. Iowa came up three points shy of OT and 0.5 points shy ATS.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 30, 2024, 09:37:14 PM
League is now 4-3 straight up and 6-1 ATS.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: nwms on December 30, 2024, 10:34:39 PM
SEC SEC SEC!

friggin Tiggers
fun game
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 09:23:56 AM
B1G is now 4-3 straight up and 6-1 ATS.  Here is what is upcoming:

  • Michigan +13.5 vs Bama today at noon
  • Washington +2.5 vs L'Ville this afternoon
  • Illinois +10 vs USCe this afternoon
  • Penn State -11 vs Boise tonight
  • Ohio State -2.5 vs Oregon NYD
  • Oregon +2.5 vs tOSU NYD
  • Minnesota -7.5 vs VaTech Friday night
  • Oregon/Ohio State winner vs Texas/ASU
  • Penn State (assuming they beat Boise) vs UGA/ND
  • Oregon/Ohio State winner vs PSU/Boise/UGA/ND
  • Penn State (assuming they beat Boise and UGA/ND) vs Oregon/Ohio State/Texas/ASU


Underdogs in Bold

So we have between eight and 11 games remaining.  We also already know that we will go 1-1 both straight up and ATS in the Rose Bowl since we are on both sides of that.  In the seven known match-ups the B1G team is only favored in three and one of those is against another B1G team. 

A realistic though perhaps somewhat optimistic hope:
  • Win one of the next three (we are underdogs in all three).  That gets us to 5-5
  • Penn State beats Boise.  That gets us to 6-5. 
  • Rose Bowl gets us to 7-6. 
  • Minnesota beats VaTech.  That gets us to 8-6 with PSU and the Oregon/Ohio State winner still playing. 
At that point we could do no worse than 8-8 with two teams in the CFP Semi-Finals and we could do as well as 10-9 with an all-B1G CFPCG. 
Above updated for the Iowa result.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on December 31, 2024, 09:35:46 AM
I appreciate the updates (above), but the old "conference record in bowl" thing seems, to me, to be, well, odd nowadays.

For one thing of course, we have many more post season matchups, some of which are inside the conference.  That used to be very rare.

Another thing is how clear it is now that there are two "super conferences" of roughly equal parity (ha) in football.  If Mizzou edges Iowa by 3, I don't think it means more than that the two teams are about equal, and Mizzou had a better record.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: MrNubbz on December 31, 2024, 09:38:51 AM
That Ohio St line is evidence of oddsmakers handicapping the handicappers. Sharps will eat that up
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 31, 2024, 12:34:45 PM
Alabama: NOT interested in making the people lobbying for its inclusion look better. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 12:41:24 PM
Sucks for Penn State they had to play SMU instead of this shit Alabama team
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on December 31, 2024, 12:46:52 PM
Alabama: NOT interested in making the people lobbying for its inclusion look better.

Especially Jalen Milroe. 3 first quarter turnovers: 2 fumbles and an INT. 4 TOs if you count him taking a Sack on 4th down.

Michigan up 16-0 to end first quarter:

(https://i.imgur.com/R1sr1yl.png)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 12:58:40 PM
Michigan up 16-0 to end first quarter:
On less than 75 yards of total offense, that is nuts!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 01:05:21 PM
Jordan Marshall and Fred Moore showing flashes. I think these dudes can be real big time players for the offense next year. 

Davis Warren still absolutely stinks. Ben Hall is…very bad. Need to see some other backs cause he ain’t it. Justice Haynes is a huge need in the porthole to pair with Marshall. Time to see the younger backs, give Kapanaa and whoever else some carries cause Ben Hall stinks. 

Oh Derrick Moore is a man child. TJ Guy is pretty damn good. Both are coming back. EDGE rusher going to be a position of strength in 2025.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 01:13:13 PM
at what point does Jadyn Davis get some run? Seen enough of Davis Warren and Alex Orji. Let’s see what the young kid has.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 01:13:51 PM
at what point does Jadyn Davis get some run? Seen enough of Davis Warren and Alex Orji. Let’s see what the young kid has.
Yeah, Orji is actively in the portal.  I don't blame him, but you need to look to the future
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 01:20:01 PM
Michigan was playing with their food on offense instead of trying to put the foot on the gas. We’ve got a ball game now. 

Davis Warren has to hit the bench here. Give Jadyn Davis some run and actually push the ball to the TE’s and Fred Moore. 

If Davis Warren is taking snaps and Ben Hall gets any carries from here on out Sherrone Moore should be on the hot seat. Like wtf are you doing guy? How much more mediocrity from these bums do you have to see before you make a change ?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 31, 2024, 01:22:52 PM
Yeah, Orji is actively in the portal.  I don't blame him, but you need to look to the future
He ain't helping himself.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 01:36:37 PM
Sherrone Moore got aggressive at a very weird time
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 01:39:55 PM
Sherrone Moore got aggressive at a very weird time
dude drives me crazy as a coach. he ain’t it I’m afraid. 

And that’s why you keep the foot on the gas and give another QB a shot to do so. 

As bad as Milroe is at playing QB- he’s a freak athlete with explosive speed and an explosive arm. All it takes is one play and he can throw that bitch 70 yards down the field on a line or rip off a 50 yard run and blow past the defense. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 31, 2024, 01:40:12 PM
Sherrone Moore got aggressive at a very weird time
Paid for it. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 01:45:37 PM
Paid for it.
No shit….and crazy thing is even if you get the ball back with 30 seconds…Davis fucking Warren’s dogshit ass is still your QB because you refuse to give Jadyn Davis any run- and it’s not like Davis Warren is going to do anything with 30 seconds and one time out left….
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: bayareabadger on December 31, 2024, 01:47:47 PM
at what point does Jadyn Davis get some run? Seen enough of Davis Warren and Alex Orji. Let’s see what the young kid has.
When they think he’ll be better, probably. 

He’ll be an interesting one. Definitely brimming with talent. Does have a good bit of development to do.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 31, 2024, 01:53:58 PM
No shit….and crazy thing is even if you get the ball back with 30 seconds…Davis fucking Warren’s dogshit ass is still your QB because you refuse to give Jadyn Davis any run- and it’s not like Davis Warren is going to do anything with 30 seconds and one time out left….
Warren is playing good enough for Michigan to win.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 01:55:36 PM
What a weird game.  Michigan drive chart (per my phone):

Michigan scored on each of their first four drives but none was more than 17 yards.  Then the turnovers stopped, the yardage picked up (a little) but the scoring ended.  

Meanwhile Bama:
Bama leads yardage 163-109 but trails 16-10 because their first four drives were all effectively turnovers that more-or-less handed Michigan 16 points.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 01:56:10 PM
Warren is playing good enough for Michigan to win. 
Yeah . . . if Bama goes back to turning the ball over every freaking possession.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:05:20 PM
Yeah . . . if Bama goes back to turning the ball over every freaking possession. 
Yeah, pretty much this.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:07:30 PM
Davis Warren blows. Jadyn Davis time. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:11:21 PM
why the fuck is Orji in? Jesus fucking Christ Sherrone Moore is a dipshit.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:11:59 PM
put Jadyn Davis in the GOD DAMN FUCKING GAME YOU STUPID BIG GUMMED FAT MOTHERFUCKER.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:12:51 PM
hand that ball off to Ben Hall’s fat slow ass on 3rd and 40 why don’t you? Lmfao. Jesus fucking Christ what in the actual fuck is this?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:15:48 PM
Alex Orji should not be allowed to play in this game if he’s in the portal. This is a motherfucking joke. 

Jadyn Davis should hit the portal right now and tell Sherrone to fuck his own face right now. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 02:18:11 PM
Always like this matchup, takes me back to when I was 8 years old.  Back when it was the Hall of Fame Bowl in the old Sombrero.

I hung onto the program for 20+ years, but idk where it is.

(https://i.imgur.com/qMfa0O2.jpeg)

Jamie Morris vs Bobby Humphrey
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SFBadger96 on December 31, 2024, 02:20:25 PM
Without even watching this game, it reminds me of the Wisconsin at USC game. UW had the lead at the half, but it wasn't at all clear that it was the better team--or that the lead would hold up. Now, Wisconsin was particuarly good at giving up points in the second half and I don't know that Michigan has that problem, but this game feels a long way from decided (though the 3rd quarter appears to be going better for Michigan than the USC game did for Wisconsin).
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:22:33 PM
2nd and 20 with Alex Orji might as well be 2nd and 70.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:23:11 PM
What the fuck am I watching 

:043:
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:24:17 PM
Semaj Morgan is so slow for a small black wide receiver. How is a football player who talks as much shit as he does so incredibly average? And slow. Lol.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SuperMario on December 31, 2024, 02:26:33 PM
Can we please let Jadyn Davis play at least a little? Watching Warren and Orji is seriously painful. It’s not even an offense:
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:28:03 PM
Jadyn Davis must be terrible at handing the ball off to the RB….no other explanation here. 

And it’s absolutely coaching malpractice to play Orji when he’s in the portal and not get Jadyn Davis experience for the future in a meaningless bowl game.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 02:28:10 PM
We're all changing it to the Sun Bowl now, right?!?
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:32:05 PM
every single pass to Semaj Morgan is an absolute waste of a play. Kid sucks at anything other than punt return.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:32:32 PM
This is hurting my eye balls. Holy fuck.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SuperMario on December 31, 2024, 02:32:53 PM
Seriously get Orji the F off the field
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:33:30 PM
Seriously get Orji the F off the field
No shit. He literally cannot throw and he’s in the portal. 

Moore is a fucking idiot.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 02:35:50 PM
lol, when you're frantically pleading for a QB to not play....and he then throws a pick.  It's too funny/frustrating.

Maybe you really should turn it to the Sun Bowl, for emotional health reasons.  
It's grrrrrreat!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:42:05 PM
man this game is drunk. both coaches playing who wants to lose this game the most and right now both are winning.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:45:33 PM
Jordan Marshall is REALLY good. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 02:46:09 PM
Ben Hall isn’t.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SuperMario on December 31, 2024, 02:51:57 PM
Jordan Marshall is REALLY good.
Marshall with a real qb next year is gonna be a powerhouse. I don’t get excited by young running backs often, but he looks solid.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 02:54:42 PM
LOL @ announcers talking up UM's defense while whining all game long how Milroe is completely not seeing wide-open receivers.

It ain't both, bud.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 31, 2024, 02:58:43 PM
Weak ass roughing the passer.  🤮
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SuperMario on December 31, 2024, 03:06:34 PM
Orji should be a running back, maybe. How many times should he have kept the ball himself and not hand it off on an option is staggering. He can’t read a defense at all. Very athletic. Doesn’t understand defenses
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:08:10 PM
Lmfao
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:09:34 PM
LOL @ announcers talking up UM's defense while whining all game long how Milroe is completely not seeing wide-open receivers.

It ain't both, bud.
Michigan’s D has been lights out back half of the season. And that’s without Will Johnson who is about to be a top 5-10 pick.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 03:09:47 PM
Welp, we are safe ATS.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 03:11:51 PM
Michigan’s D has been lights out back half of the season. And that’s without Will Johnson who is about to be a top 5-10 pick.
I agree, but if guys are running free and just not being seen by the QB.....
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 03:14:10 PM
If Bama gets a TD here, the lack of confidence UM fans are going to feel needing to pass their way down the field is going to be palpable.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:18:49 PM
If Bama gets a TD here, the lack of confidence UM fans are going to feel needing to pass their way down the field is going to be palpable.
thankfully the defense held. 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 03:20:07 PM
Orji is good at kneeling, so that's good.  Not great football, but a good, competitive game.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 31, 2024, 03:20:12 PM
thankfully the defense held.
Hopefully this shuts down the whining about Bama should have been in the playoffs.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:20:27 PM
Michigan D held Ohio State to 10 in Columbus and Bama to 13 in the bowl. 

What a way to close the season, land the #1 recruit in the nation and then beat Ohio State and Alabama.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 31, 2024, 03:23:25 PM
I keep seeing talk of Milroe being a top draft pick.   

They know way more than me, but I don’t see that at all.  
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Temp430 on December 31, 2024, 03:32:25 PM
Michigan’s starting true freshman RB, Jordan Marshall, from Ohio,  is special.

Go Blue!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:39:27 PM
I keep seeing talk of Milroe being a top draft pick. 

They know way more than me, but I don’t see that at all. 
Agree 100%. Freak athlete with a cannon arm but he’s FAR from a polished product. He’s basically mini Anthony Richardson. How’s that working out for the Colts?

He’s a project someone like Andy Reid can take in the 3rd or 4th rd and develop over the course of 2-3 years before he ever takes a snap. Andy Reid has one of the greatest QBs of all time so he doesn’t need to do that…but someone with that track record of developing NFL QB’s needs to get their hands on him and he needs to sit for a few years and develop and learn.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 03:40:26 PM
Michigan’s starting true freshman RB, Jordan Marshall, from Ohio,  is special.

Go Blue!
he is legit. them Mr. Football Ohio kids tend to turn out pretty good at Michigan. Pretty sure Desmond, Woodson, & Manningham all were Mr. Football Ohio winners in HS.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2024, 03:44:10 PM
B1G is now 5-3 straight up and 7-1 ATS.  Here is what is upcoming:

  • Washington +2.5 vs L'Ville right now
  • Illinois +10 vs USCe right now
  • Penn State -11 vs Boise tonight
  • Ohio State -2.5 vs Oregon NYD
  • Oregon +2.5 vs tOSU NYD
  • Minnesota -7.5 vs VaTech Friday night
  • Oregon/Ohio State winner vs Texas/ASU
  • Penn State (assuming they beat Boise) vs UGA/ND
  • Oregon/Ohio State winner vs PSU/Boise/UGA/ND
  • Penn State (assuming they beat Boise and UGA/ND) vs Oregon/Ohio State/Texas/ASU

Underdogs in Bold

So we have between seven and 10 games remaining.  We also already know that we will go 1-1 both straight up and ATS in the Rose Bowl since we are on both sides of that.  In the eight known match-ups the B1G team is only favored in three and one of those is against another B1G team. 

A realistic though perhaps somewhat optimistic hope:
  • Lose the two afternoon games today.  That gets us to 5-5
  • Penn State beats Boise.  That gets us to 6-5. 
  • Rose Bowl gets us to 7-6. 
  • Minnesota beats VaTech.  That gets us to 8-6 with PSU and the Oregon/Ohio State winner still playing. 
At that point we could do no worse than 8-8 with two teams in the CFP Semi-Finals and we could do as well as 10-9 with an all-B1G CFPCG. 
Above updated for Michigan>Bama
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Mdot21 on December 31, 2024, 04:20:52 PM
I think if you’re Michigan you got a lot to be excited about heading into 2025. Defense should be stout again. That RS Frosh tackle Evan Link looked fantastic down the stretch which is mind boggling considering how bad he was at the beginning of the season. That true frosh tackle Andrew Sprague looked fantastic in his only playing time of the year starting in the bowl game vs Bama and quite frankly he looked like their best OL period. Greg Crippen & Giovanni El-Hadid are back at C and RG. Jordan Marshall looked fantastic. Fred Moore looks like he’ll be a real guy at WR with an actual QB. They added the 6’5 kid from Indiana at WR and are bringing in a bunch of WRs in the 25 class.

Goodbye Davis Warren & Alex Orji, hello Mikey Keene & Bryce Underwood at QB.

Schedule gets significantly easier in 2025 as well.

Nice way to close out a season that started out rough and spring board into a big 25 season and potential playoff run.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 31, 2024, 04:59:14 PM
Hopefully this shuts down the whining about Bama should have been in the playoffs. 
and ramps up whining about a new coach
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:03:50 PM
Can we discuss that all of these bowl sponsorships are either ways for pyramid schemes to launder money (looking at you 68 Ventures) or chances for legit corporate sponsors to make them weird as hell (Mayo, Cheez It, Pop Tarts)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 31, 2024, 05:06:33 PM
you can, but I'd rather not
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 31, 2024, 05:08:44 PM
and ramps up whining about a new coach
New (2) Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide Message Board Forum (https://247sports.com/college/alabama/board/alabama-crimson-tide-message-board-forum-116/)
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:09:48 PM
you can, but I'd rather not
Someone has his retirement account wrapped up in Union Home Mortgage
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 31, 2024, 05:10:12 PM
Frank Solich, Bo Pelini, and Mack Brown are available
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Temp430 on December 31, 2024, 05:19:54 PM
Urban Meyer
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:20:23 PM
Frank Solich, Bo Pelini, and Mack Brown are available
As is Mel Tucker.  Part of that Saban tree too!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:27:25 PM
Kirk is mad

https://twitter.com/KirkHerbstreit/status/1874193580811858097?t=b9mnRyKtZIh-gQQKfZkZ3Q&s=19
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:36:41 PM
Bielema and Shane Beamer remain douches
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on December 31, 2024, 05:39:32 PM
Kirk is mad
Kirk and Bama can suck it!
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:40:48 PM
Kirk and Bama can suck it!
He works for ESECPN, its mandated in his contract
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 05:56:45 PM
These should be Illinois' permanent helmets
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 06:29:12 PM
Kirk also wasnt talking about #15 South Carolina 
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: ELA on December 31, 2024, 06:43:30 PM
Kirk also wasnt talking about #15 South Carolina
Kirk never specifically said who should replace Indiana, but he obviously wasn't taking about #11 Alabama, #13 Miami, or #15 South Carolina.  Let's see how #14 Ole Miss does.  Because he meant them and #17 BYU should have gotten in.  Unless Lane Kiffin blows it, then he meant BYU and Iowa State.  Big XII deserved 3 slots, even though he's already mad about Arizona State.

It's almost like there aren't 12 teams who should be in the playoff, but here we are, and the bottom isn't that great, even if their recruiting rankings are
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 31, 2024, 07:52:07 PM
These should be Illinois' permanent helmets
I think they ordered along with Baylor to get a discount.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: SFBadger96 on January 02, 2025, 01:28:03 PM
B1G is now 8-5 straight up and 11-2 ATS (if I'm doing this correctly--and that's pretty remarkable, especially because one of the losses against the spread was against another Big Ten team--Oregon vs. Ohio State--Iowa was a push, so is it 10-2-1? Still pretty good.).  Remaining:



Between three and five games remaining.  The Big Ten could go 1-1 both straight up and ATS in the championship game if it is on both sides of that.  In the two known match-ups the B1G team is favored in both; I suspect the winner of UGA/ND will be favored against PSU.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on January 02, 2025, 01:52:09 PM
The SEC "supremacy" clause has eroded this season.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on January 02, 2025, 01:54:09 PM
it's a dern good thang they added the Horns

of course, had they NOT invited the Sooners, Bama would have been in the playoff
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: CatsbyAZ on January 04, 2025, 12:00:02 PM
From Awful Announcing (https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/bowl-game-audiences-breaking-records-espn.html)—

Say what you will about how meaningful or meaningless bowl games are these days, but the viewership is telling a clear story. According to figures released by ESPN PR on Tuesday, non-CFP bowl games are up 18% year-over-year on the family of networks through last weekend.”

Matchups featuring average, 6-6 & 7-5 teams topped 4 million viewers: “The Liberty Bowl between Texas Tech and Arkansas averaged 4.2 million viewers Friday night on ESPN. Arkansas’ win was the best audience for the game since 2015 when the Razorbacks beat Kansas State. Saturday’s Pinstripe Bowl featuring Boston College and Nebraska from Yankees Stadium averaged 4.2 million viewers on ABC. Nebraska’s was the most-watched Pinstripe Bowl since 2013 when ratings juggernaut Notre Dame beat Rutgers. Finally, Friday’s Birmingham Bowl between Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt also cracked the 4-million mark, averaging 4.1 million viewers for the Commodores win in the afternoon window on ESPN.”

4 million is a major rating mark to top in this age of people watching a lot less linear TV. For how cartoonish, low stakes, and sparsely attended as Bowls might be, as well as all the player opt-outs, Bowls remain major ratings draws for ESPN.

https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1874162416445252021

Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: Cincydawg on January 04, 2025, 12:05:56 PM
I wonder what percentage of folks watch event X because they have money riding on the outcome.
Title: Re: Other Bowl Games
Post by: FearlessF on January 04, 2025, 06:50:23 PM
more than ever