So far, 8 games have been played. Out of those, one of the more entertaining games was last night's Little Caesar's Bowl, which ended on a questionable last gasp 4th and 2 conversion attempt by Western Kentucky.
Rather than go for an easy field goal to force overtime with 51 seconds remaining, which could have ended with a WKU win, they decided to go for it from the 19-yard line. The 15-yard attempted pass went incomplete and that was the game.
There will be no questioning of the decision, since there will be a new head coach for WKU. Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino's reign at WKU began after the game ended. The decision to hire the morality-challenged coach is controversial to say the least, but it could turn into a bigger bowl appearance.
So out of the last 8 games, four of them were blowouts, including an under-classed Poinsettia Bowl match-up in which the San Diego State offense was destroyed by the BYU defense. BYU produced three touchdowns with sloppy Aztec turnovers.
The UCF Knights easily took down the Ball State Cardinals in Florida, the Utah State Aggies made the Toledo Rockets fizzle in the Big Easy, and the SMU Mustangs stampeded over the Fresno State Bulldogs in Hawaii.
The Arizona Wildcats came from behind to defeat the Nevada Wolf Pack 49-48. The Boise State Broncos continued the Pac-12 shutout with a 28-26 win over the Washington Huskies. Louisiana-Lafayette got the Sun Belt their first win with a 43-34 win over the ECU Pirates.
Today's games will be a football junkie's dream come true, starting with this afternoon's Military Bowl (Bowling Green vs. San Jose State), followed by tonight's Belk Bowl in Charlotte, NC (Duke vs. Cincinatti), and to be wrapped up with a potentially entertaining Holiday Bowl in San Diego (Baylor vs. UCLA).
Leading up to the New Year, the games should become a little more interesting...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Poinsettia Bowl - What a joke!
Well we're all still alive, but a lot of us are rather wishing that the world ended today after a completely underwhelming performance from the offenses of both the BYU Cougars and the SDSU Aztecs. Either the defenses were that good or the offense of both teams were rather, well, offensive to any football fan.
The first three quarters were a virtual 6-3 stalemate between the two teams, who couldn't find the end zone with a GPS if their lives depended on it. Not even Bear Grylls could have helped them nor Mantracker could find where the hell they were, because they didn't appear to be performing at all. And up to a certain point in the fourth quarter, the Aztecs appeared to be winning the turnover battle.
But then three key Aztec turnovers for touchdowns turned the game on its head. An untimely BYU red-zone interception made the game look like the Aztecs' to win, but an untimely fumble in their own end zone, recovered for a touchdown by BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy, blew the game wide open. And on their next offensive play, Aztecs quarterback Dingwell delivered another fumble into the clutches of the BYU defense, followed by a 14-yard rush by BYU running back Jamaal Williams for the only touchdown scored by their offense. Kyle Van Noy hammered the last nail in the coffin by returning a 17 yard pick for another 6.
Defense, combined with lousy offense, won this game hands down. This game, aside from the timely touchdowns, was a dog. What was even tougher to understand was how it was that an independent can even get a game like this, having a 9-5 record. In the end, it was a demonstration of how much farther the MWC has to go before it can get some much-needed cred, without Boise State having to carry the conference on their backs.
Tonight, the Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl pits the Ball State Cardinals against the UCF Knights at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Which brings me to a couple of questions: Who exactly is Beef O'Brady and what exactly is Ball State doing in this game if they didn't even do enough to play for their conference championship?
The UCF Knights are the Conference-USA runner-up, having lost to Tulsa in the championship game. I can see why they're playing, but Ball State are ranked 2nd in the MAC West division. Not sure if it had anything to do with the fact that the BCS-buster Northern Illinois Huskies are Orange Bowl-bound, but we'll see if their entry will bring another piss-poor bowl game.
Either way, I am hoping that this game will be far better than last night's game.
The first three quarters were a virtual 6-3 stalemate between the two teams, who couldn't find the end zone with a GPS if their lives depended on it. Not even Bear Grylls could have helped them nor Mantracker could find where the hell they were, because they didn't appear to be performing at all. And up to a certain point in the fourth quarter, the Aztecs appeared to be winning the turnover battle.
But then three key Aztec turnovers for touchdowns turned the game on its head. An untimely BYU red-zone interception made the game look like the Aztecs' to win, but an untimely fumble in their own end zone, recovered for a touchdown by BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy, blew the game wide open. And on their next offensive play, Aztecs quarterback Dingwell delivered another fumble into the clutches of the BYU defense, followed by a 14-yard rush by BYU running back Jamaal Williams for the only touchdown scored by their offense. Kyle Van Noy hammered the last nail in the coffin by returning a 17 yard pick for another 6.
Defense, combined with lousy offense, won this game hands down. This game, aside from the timely touchdowns, was a dog. What was even tougher to understand was how it was that an independent can even get a game like this, having a 9-5 record. In the end, it was a demonstration of how much farther the MWC has to go before it can get some much-needed cred, without Boise State having to carry the conference on their backs.
Tonight, the Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl pits the Ball State Cardinals against the UCF Knights at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Which brings me to a couple of questions: Who exactly is Beef O'Brady and what exactly is Ball State doing in this game if they didn't even do enough to play for their conference championship?
The UCF Knights are the Conference-USA runner-up, having lost to Tulsa in the championship game. I can see why they're playing, but Ball State are ranked 2nd in the MAC West division. Not sure if it had anything to do with the fact that the BCS-buster Northern Illinois Huskies are Orange Bowl-bound, but we'll see if their entry will bring another piss-poor bowl game.
Either way, I am hoping that this game will be far better than last night's game.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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