Bowl Games Thread

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Cook

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How does the re-build and job Mendenhall has done at UVA compare to ours? They just smoked South Carolina for their first bowl win in 13 years and finished 8-5. Can we have a similar (or better) season next year?
 
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Coach Saban constantly yelling and screaming at his players on the sideline. That's really going to hurt his recruiting.
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gibb52 said:
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Purdue had the night of their lives against OSU. Other than that they were pretty mediocre. Auburn proved that emphatically.
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Completely agree. Considering all the non football factors involved in that game, they would have given Clemson and Alabama a run for their money
 
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SouthFLILLINI said:
I'm wondering when the donors start calling for Harbaugh to be fired. Granted he is without some starters but, they have been looking terrible.
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They were driving to at least tie the game at 13 until the QB stared down his receiver deep. Seemed like the team then gave up
 
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Illwinsagain

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Watching the Clemson game, I loved #11 on defense. A converted safety to LB, they said 6'4" and runs a 4.3 (ok, I don't believe this part). But he was all over the field making plays.
 
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Notre Dame hasn't won a "major" bowl game since the 1994 Cotton Bowl. When playing in those types of game since, they've only had one game decided by single digits.
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ND has a privileged status based on their ability to bring in ratings. And they wouldn't be the first team to earn their way into a bowl game that everyone suspected they'd lose spectacularly. I'd much rather have seen a BIG team get invited, but hey, I'm a homer.

Clemson and Bama are just in a league of their own this year. Those two are more than a touchdown better than any other team. Should be a good championship game,, with the best two semi-pro teams out there :p
 
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ND will never be able to get the guys they need into school, Clemson and Alabama have a big advantage as well as LSU and a few more programs not even close to a even playing field
 
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In a perverse sort of way I like looking at the size of the crowds in most of these bowl games. A few thousand faithful from each team and the rest of the stadium is empty. Some of these games could be played in a decent sized high school stadium.
 
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rbachhuber said:
Big Ten West Division: 4 - 1
Big Ten East Division : 0 - 3 (so far)
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Well, the east did win ‘the grand daddy of um all’. I was actually kinda nervous. If Washington has a few more minutes, things might have gone against the buckeyes.
 
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gibb52 said:
In a perverse sort of way I like looking at the size of the crowds in most of these bowl games. A few thousand faithful from each team and the rest of the stadium is empty. Some of these games could be played in a decent sized high school stadium.
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The Outback Bowl had a decent crowd but, still a lot of seats open. $75.00 a ticket was the cheapest I saw. My wife and I would have went if the tickets were cheaper. I didn't have a horse in the race and wouldn't pay a buck fifty for 2 tickets. I did see the ILLINI get burned by Clemson in the Outback Bowl years ago. Good bowl atmosphere.