Justin will be out most of today so instead of an live blog I'm throwing up an open thread. Yes I know these are not as fun but just pretend they're live blogs. Anyway have fun watching today's games, leave comments, and don't be a troll. Schedule below.
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Mississippi State vs. No. 20 Northwestern (ESPN2, Noon) - Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State (ESPNU, Noon) - Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Kaylee Hartung
Capital One Bowl: No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 16 Nebraska (ABC, 1 PM) - Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele
Outback Bowl: No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 18 Michigan (ESPN, 1 PM) - Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden & Shannon Spake
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs No. 6 Stanford (ESPN, 5 PM) - Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox & Tom Rinaldi
Discover Orange Bowl: No. 15 Northern Illinois vs No. 12 Florida State (ESPN, 8:30 PM) - Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
Are you hungover this morning?
ReplyDeleteI feel fine. Looking forward to the games this morning.
DeleteDesmond Howard was crapping on 6-6 Purdue for playing in a game today. Um Desmond, it's because of your network that Purdue plays in a game today.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised the Stanford band didn't mock the Newton tragedy at the Rose Parade because they're just that crappy.
ReplyDeleteThey're the worst. I remember when they made fun of the Potato Famine in a game against Notre Dame.
DeleteI am dreading the day when Stanford makes fun of the Utes. It won't be pretty.
DeleteThe Band, that is.
DeleteThey've already made fun of BYU and Polygamy. I think the Utes are safe.
DeleteThe funny thing from them would probably be if they make fun of the Ute Indian tribe. I may not have a degree from Stanford, but at least I know irony when I see it.
DeleteThey can't make fun of the Utes. They were once called the Indians and had a logo like Chief Wahoo.
DeleteCorrect, but I think it would be funny if not a little annoying to watch them try it.
DeleteNO CLANGA NO!
ReplyDeleteTouchdown Purple Nerds
ReplyDeletePURDUE FAKE PUNT!
ReplyDeleteRobert Marve was being recruited the same time Tebow was. Think about that for a second.
ReplyDeleteGotta love a bowl game being sponsored by a site called TaxSlayer.com. Sounds totally legit.
ReplyDeleteEscrowDestroyer.com is a much better choice anyways.
DeleteI like anyone named Kain Colter.
ReplyDeletePurdue gonna Purdue
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Kain Colter was a character in the comic book "Thor".
ReplyDeleteRemember when Miss State was ranked like 10th in the nation? Good times.
ReplyDeleteBEE WON GEE SPEED
ReplyDeleteThese two games have been pretty brutal thus far.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry. THIS GUY Gruden will save us at 10.
DeleteOh, Purdue....
ReplyDeleteDid you expect something different from the Purdue?
DeleteNo I did not, but I still cringe when it happens.
DeleteWe're off to a good year.
ReplyDelete@abc7newsBayArea: BREAKING San Jose police are in a standoff with a naked man who is brandishing a large Samurai sword
Yikes Purdue
ReplyDeleteMichigan-South Carolina can't start soon enough.
ReplyDeletePurple Derp
ReplyDeleteClanga Derp
DeleteSad Clanga
ReplyDeleteTHIS GUY GRUDEN LOVES SHOELACES
ReplyDeleteIn 3...2.......1 Spurrier starts running up the score on Michigan.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile the Capital One Bowl has not even kicked off yet.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Samantha Steele, I wouldn't have changed my last name to "Ponder".
ReplyDeleteThe US Grant library is at Miss State? I know Vicksburg was his greatest campaign but that still doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile CLANGA is only down three.
ReplyDeleteNorthwestern is gonna blow that game, aren't they?
DeleteOh Michigan
ReplyDeleteNebraska lead HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. You can't go wrong with the Capital One Bowl right now.
ReplyDeleteDAWGS revenge
ReplyDeleteThis Georgia-Nebraska game has gone HAM
ReplyDeleteLol Georgia
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you're here Chris.
DeleteThe Credit Card bowl is the best game so far.
ReplyDeleteNo truth to the rumor that the winner of the Heart of Dallas Bowl receives Jerry Jones' actual heart?
ReplyDeleteJerrah has a heart?
DeleteMichigan: How do we cover?
ReplyDeleteThey miraculously covered the 5.5 spread. Both teams couldn't convert a 2 point convert if their lives depended on it.
DeleteCompared to last year, this is setting up to be a very unexciting Rose Bowl. 5 loss Wisconsin. Plodding and (at times) boring Stanford. THE GRANDDADDY OF ALL BOREFESTS!
ReplyDeleteCLANGA has tied it up in Jacksonville.
ReplyDeletePurple nerds respond
DeleteTaylor Martinez would make an excellent Raiders QB.
ReplyDeleteWhat is CLANGA?
ReplyDeleteMississippi State. The Clanga is the noise the Miss State fans cowbells make.
DeleteNorthwestern TD. Sad CLANGA.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought listening to Gruden call NFL games was bad. He's worse with college football.
ReplyDeleteSlightly off-topic, but congrats to Keith and the dominoes falling for his 49ers on Sunday- win division AND get the 2 seed!
ReplyDeleteIt was a good Sunday. The Niners need rest.
DeleteI'm sorry but I can't help it. I watch Taylor Martinez play football and I see a future Raiders QB.
ReplyDeleteYou went there, didn't you? *scowls*
DeleteSorry, but he just screams "Raiders QB".
DeleteAt this point, my sole hope is that McKenzie will get some pieces in place to turn things around. He may not, but at least now there's a chance, unlike the twilight of Al's tenure.
DeleteIf Martinez was drafted by the Raiders this spring, I'd pick them to sweep the Chiefs again in '13
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if Pioli picks Martinez first?
DeleteWell, it would make for a great rushing three-headed monster with Charles and Hillis.
DeleteIf he's available in the later rounds, pair him up with a #1 pick at QB and you have a decent offensive core
Another Northwestern TD. Sad CLANGA is sad.
ReplyDeleteBoth Georgia and Nebraska left their defenses at home.
ReplyDeleteI am going out with relatives now. I'll talk to you later tonight some time during the second half of the Rose Bowl probably.
ReplyDeleteGood luck
DeleteCLANGA State is coming back.
ReplyDeleteClanga arm punt. About his 100th of the day.
ReplyDeleteClanga State is Tennessee in disguise! #15MenOnTheField
ReplyDeleteClanga almost threw the 5th INT.
ReplyDeleteThe last time Northwestern won a bowl game, the Toronto Maple Leafs were the best team in hockey
ReplyDeleteSo..............never?
Delete1949
DeleteLike I said, never.
DeleteNORTHWESTERN HAS WON A BOWL GAME!
ReplyDeleteWill Clark is not happy with your effort, Miss State.
ReplyDeleteThis South Carolina-Michigan game has gone HAM.
ReplyDeleteCapital One Bowl, save for Bama-Michigan State 2 years ago, has routinely been a competitive game with back-and-forth action
ReplyDeleteI gotta watch that game.
DeleteThe only competition in the Penn State-LSU COB was what team would wind up with the most mud on their uniforms.
DeleteClowney just murdered Gardner.
ReplyDeleteMichigan retakes the lead!
ReplyDeleteThis Outback Bowl has been something.
ReplyDeleteMan, the Rose Bowl is gonna have a tough act to follow after these Outback and Capital One Bowls.
ReplyDeleteIt may be painful to watch Gruden call these games, but Tirico has been calling plenty of BCS games. He's good at this + has bowl experience.
ReplyDeleteCardinals are on the verge or hiring Andy Reid. If the Bills don't hire Lovie...
ReplyDeleteTHIS FOOTBALL GAME!
ReplyDeleteTOUCHDOWN GAMECOCKS! MY GOODNESS! WHAT A GAME!
ReplyDelete"It's like tag team wrestling" This Guy Gruden is a legend.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, Andy Reid will visit Philly next season if he coaches Zona.
ReplyDeleteWatch Wisky win this game just because Alvarez is coaching.
ReplyDeleteIt's not too late to replace Millen with Gruden tonight.
ReplyDeleteThat's like replacing crabs with gonorrhea.
DeleteI may not watch this game entirely- have no 100 percent interest in 5 loss Wisky vs. boring, plodding Stanford.
ReplyDeleteI'll be in and out for this game, but I'll be back for the Orange Bowl.
See you then Chris.
DeleteIt's a pretty safe bet if you bet the under for this game & the over for the Fiesta Bowl.
ReplyDeleteDamn, they couldn't import Hochuli's gym partner from the Outback Bowl where all you need for a first down is 9 yards & 11 inches.
ReplyDeleteHochuli's kid could be officiating the national championship game.
DeleteIf Wisconsin wins, Tom Rinaldi will somehow make Barry Alvarez cry like he did with his English Students and Handball team when he was a high school teacher.
ReplyDeleteLuck can make a freight train take an dirt road.
ReplyDeletePretty impressive furd.
ReplyDelete/slow claps for furd
ReplyDeleteBrent clearly took the under. He's already worried.
ReplyDeleteThis is a strange duo. Arnold & Johnny Knoxville. They shouldn't have a last stand period.
ReplyDeleteWisconsin is going to get hammered, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteGood job! Good effort!
ReplyDeleteWisky is going for the triple. As in 3 straight Rose Bowl losses.
ReplyDeleteThis game is already over.
ReplyDeleteWisky is going to need more furd penalties to get back into this game.
ReplyDeleteThis ref is going to the school of Hochuli moving the chains hand gestures.
ReplyDeleteWisky helped out by another Stanford penalty. I love Brent trying to build this up, but barring a miracle Wisconsin is going down harder then Nebraska went in the B1G Championship Game.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll be listening to the radio then.
ReplyDeleteThankfully the Cantina keeps the TV on mute.
ReplyDeleteKenny Albert on Twitter congratulated his crew on Twitter & Billick on the Eisen Podcast said he has a divisonal game.
ReplyDeleteNot a TD.
ReplyDeleteoh my
ReplyDeleteWisky has to go for it here.
ReplyDeleteIt feels weird not watching the Rose Bowl on ABC.
ReplyDeleteWisky ain't dead yet.
ReplyDeleteWonder which drunk broad that will be on Tiger Woods' sight tonight.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Stanford moment was when Tiger was booed at Stanford Stadium by Cal fans loudly, and then a couple of days later he hit that fire hydrant.
ReplyDeleteChances are that of the five B1G teams competing today, the only team that exits a winner is Northwestern. Gotta love the B1G.
ReplyDeleteMonsters University > These two teams
ReplyDeleteI'll be back later.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, Stanford?
ReplyDeleteMuch better Wisky
ReplyDeleteAnd the dream of Tom Rinaldi making Barry Alvarez cry is still on.
ReplyDeleteBarry Alvarez has no emotions.
DeleteSurprisingly decent game thus far.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Tom Rinaldi will introduce Barry Alvarez to an impoverished Wisconsin kid who never stopped believing the Badgers would make the Rose Bowl.
Stanford band is saying FU New York with that acronym.
ReplyDeleteStanford band in a nutshell. Blonde drumming on a kitchen sink & a dude wearing a legalize pot shirt.
ReplyDeleteThe Jets acquiring Vick would be the most Jets move.
ReplyDeleteI will die laughing if anyone actually trades for him.
DeleteI guess Brent is "invested" on Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteHe's heavily invested on the under.
DeleteVery few football fields look better than the Rose Bowl as the sun sets.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Alvarez and Bo Ryan go ice fishing together?
ReplyDeleteAlvarez always gets mad though when Ryan poisons the lake.
DeleteJohn Cooper just lost to Michigan again.
ReplyDeleteMaryland is going to fit right in with the rest of the B1G.
ReplyDelete17-14? Yep, sounds like I didn't miss much.
ReplyDelete"Stanford pours on the field" Brent describing what he's doing tonight.
ReplyDeleteAll that Pac 12 firepower, and who ends up topping the conference? Boring, plodding, slow Stanford.
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ReplyDeleteWisconsin has now lost three straight Rose Bowls. One more and they'll have gone the full Buffalo Bills. Never go the full Buffalo Bills.
ReplyDeleteThe joy of being a Bills fan. Our greatest accomplishment is our greatest curse.
DeleteMatt Millen for the Orange Bowl. God damn it.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope this is 2007 Fiesta Bowl good, and not 2008 Sugar Bowl horrible. I'm still bitter about that one.
DeleteAt least it's got Tessitore and a massive underdog story.
DeleteAnd Tess has seen lots of MACtion. He'll be right at home.
DeleteThe 2008 Sugar Bowl was a case of getting stuck with Georgia because the Rose Bowl went with tradition and Big 10/Pac10 instead of the better teams.
ReplyDeleteIf they flip-flopped Georgia and Illinois, we'd have gotten a better Sugar BOwl.
I get the feeling FSU has everything to lose- lot of pressure is on them, considering how some people haven't warmed up to NIU in the Orange Bowl.
ReplyDeleteEven the people in the Orange Bowl didn't want them.
DeleteYep, without the anti-corruption rules, no doubt Georgia would be playing FSU in this game.
DeleteWhat Longley said. Not even the Orange Bowl wanted NIU in the Orange Bowl.
Deletehttp://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/orange-bowl-official-reportedly-tells-niu-didn-t-230626311--ncaaf.html
Contrary to what Kirk Herbstreit tried to tell you on the BCS Selection Show, NIU got in thanks to rule designed to prevent the BCS from being used sued for violation of anti-trust laws. There was no choice. They, essentially, automatically qualified thanks to the Big East sucking and Nebraska getting absolutely lambasted by Wisconsin in the B1G title game.
I sound crazy but Clemson is a much better team than Florida St.
ReplyDeleteCan we extend this open blog to the 76ers/Lakers game later tonight?
ReplyDeleteI'll be in the game thread at Liberty Ballers for the Sixers game, provided I even stay awake for the whole thing.
DeleteWhy is NIU punting?
ReplyDeleteFlorida State is doing what Northern Illinois should be doing.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a matter of time before FSU runs NIU out of Dolphins Stadium.
ReplyDeleteThat was a nice pooch punt from Lynch, but I really wish Northern Illinois would have attempted to get the first down there. They can't keep trading punts with Florida State.
ReplyDeleteWHAT SPEED!
ReplyDeleteFinally. Here we go.
ReplyDeleteYou want a good joke. Check out Jose Canceco's Twitter feed right now.
ReplyDeleteThis will be an interesting review.
ReplyDeleteThese officials have odd standards of pass interference.
ReplyDeleteGreatest start to a basketball OT ever in the UConn/Marquette game.
ReplyDelete/Karl Hess'd
DeleteAnd that might be game over for NIU.
ReplyDeleteEJ Manuel keeping the Huskies in this game.
ReplyDelete"He should spray paint his leg, he's got a golden leg" Millen
ReplyDeleteMillen would probably pick him in the 1st round.
DeleteOh man. NIU has life.
ReplyDeleteJaVale McGee just hit a buzzer beater. It was for three. I wish I was making this up.
ReplyDeleteONSIDE KICK!!!!
ReplyDeletePerfect time for the onside kick. Just perfect.
ReplyDeleteNow we got a surprise onside recovery by NIU. Tess magic is here.
ReplyDeleteAnd he throws a pick. Nothing to see here.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's better to live another day. Jordan Lynch didn't get that memo & panicked.
ReplyDeleteLynch had a man open at the 15-yard line on that INT. Must not have seen him.
ReplyDeleteHangs in the pocket a bit longer, he probably has him. Looking to run too soon.
DeleteJimbo Fisher is calling a terrible game on O. They are dominating with the run yet they pass.
ReplyDeleteNIU is showing well, but Florida State is just too good.
ReplyDeleteGood being very relative in this case. Clemson is so much better than FSU.
DeleteThey drew Clemson at home. Lucked out not having to travel there, would of lost badly.
DeleteTouchdown Florida State.
ReplyDeleteFinally Jimbo comes to his senses and runs the ball. And they score a touchdown.
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