Posted by JFein because 49er16's CPU is still with the Geek Squad
FedEx Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa 8:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and Charles Davis, SR: Chris Myers and Laura Okmin)
JFein's pick: Georgia Tech. I do not see Iowa being able to stop Tech's triple option.
I must say that I eagerly anticipate a confused discussion from Dick Stockton and Charles Davis about the clock stopping after a first down as they reset the chains...
I'm muting my TV tonight.
ReplyDeleteGT will win in a rout.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing about this game is going to be Stockton. This could one of the all time greats...
Go Hawks! (Although GT will probably win this game handily)
ReplyDeleteTake a drink when either Stockton or Davis say anything in particular that doesn't right. You'll be drunk by the middle of the 1st quarter.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we will meet any other cummunications majors tonight....
ReplyDeleteAnd, not a good start for the Hawkeyes, as we give it up on the first possession.
ReplyDelete"Loses the ball and Georgia Tech may have it back." - Dick Stockton
ReplyDeleteFirst off, by the time he said Georgia Tech may have it it was obvious that they did recover it and secondly, have it BACK, Dick? Georgia Tech kicked off to start the game. They never had it in the first place!
DRINK JFEIN!
ReplyDeleteNesbitt should never throw.
ReplyDeleteAnd, we escape the threat and get the ball back. Touchback takes it to the 20.
ReplyDeleteThese teams' colors just do not look right at an Orange Bowl....
ReplyDeleteThe last time Iowa played in the Orange Bowl, Carson Palmer destroyed them.
ReplyDeleteSensational run! First down Iowa!
ReplyDeleteTOUCHDOWN! Iowa has the early lead in the Orange Bowl!
ReplyDeleteTD Iowa and Scott is excited.
ReplyDeleteWell then. That was a slightly unexpected start to this game...
ReplyDelete@49er16 How was RAW last night, the parts I didn't spoil? /Sarcasm'd
ReplyDelete"We have double barrel coverage on the sideline." - Dick Stockton
ReplyDeleteHuh?
GT going for it on fourth and short... nope. Timeout Jackets.
ReplyDelete"Georgia Tech's spread offense has not gained much." - Dick Stockton
ReplyDeleteOne problem: Georgia Tech employs the triple option, not the spread.
And, with GT's plan to draw Iowa offsides having failed, a rare punt for the Yellow Jackets.
ReplyDeleteI loved RAW lat night, even the parts you spoiled Al :-)
ReplyDelete@JFein "We have double barrel coverage on the sideline"
ReplyDeleteI think Dick combined and/or mixed up the baseball (double barrel in the bullpen) and football (double coverage) sayings.
I'm watching college hoops so I'm just guessing.
@ Al: Little would you know by that quote, he was referring to the fact that there are 2 sideline reporters this game, the ubiquitous Chris Myers and Laura Okmin.
ReplyDeleteI only figured that out because he sent it down to Myers immediately afterwards, otherwise I would have been completely clueless.
Right now GT seems as ill-prepared for this BCS game as Fox.
ReplyDelete@49er16 That's good. I was sort of dissapointed there wasn't a double-cross by Vince, Shawn, or Bret to make it entertaining. Hornswaggle acting a pitbull/attack dog was the most entertaining thing of the show.
ReplyDelete@JFein Sixers hosting the Wizards and up 78-75 after having an 18-point lead at one point.
80-78 Sixers after 3 in The Battle of Ineptitude.
ReplyDelete14-0 Iowa! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteGT has blown their load.
ReplyDelete/BCS on FOX'd
Did anybody see Stockton's pink underwear in pre-game discussions?
ReplyDeleteEh, Dick, that Penn State-Florida State Orange Bowl was not exactly an exciting game. It was a boring defensive struggle that just so happened to go 3 OTs and have a good finish.
ReplyDeleteAccording to some folks on Twitter, Dick Stockton pronounced the "s" in Des Moines.
ReplyDeleteJosh Nesbitt should just give up quarterbacking. Now.
ReplyDelete@JFein I guessed there may have been 2 sideline reporters, I thought I read that somewhere. Why wouldn't Fox have 2 sideline reporters at undefeated Boise St./undefeated TCU last night?
ReplyDeleteI could care less about this, at least the Fiesta Bowl winner could claim we're undefeated and deserve consideration for the national title.
Absolutely NOTHING going right for GT on that drive. Punt coming.
ReplyDeletePick 6 by the Yellow Jackets! The momentum may have just shifted on that one!
ReplyDeleteSTANZI BALL!
ReplyDeleteYep, Ricky Stanzi is back all right.
ReplyDelete@ Al: I don't know. I guess Laura Okmim must follow Stockton and Davis all the time. It makes no sense why they do it for the most unappealing of the 3 Fox BCS games.
ReplyDelete"You can see their fans subdued now." - Dick Stockton talking about the Iowa fans.
Does someone have money on the Yellow Jackets tonight?
Maybe this actually will be an exciting game after all. 14-7 Iowa after a GT pick 6.
Decent kickoff return as we near the end of the quarter.
ReplyDeleteI give full license for Stockton/Davis ripping tonight because we're stuck w/ them all NFL season and they don't have a lot of redeeming qualities.
ReplyDeleteI actually did think Stockton was good until he lost it though but let it rip.
The Reese's Perfect Ending showcased the 07 Fiesta Bowl ending? Why? What was the point of that other than to say "Haha, we broadcast that game and you didn't". This is the Orange Bowl, not the Fiesta Bowl, and neither Boise State nor Oklahoma are playing in this game.
ReplyDeleteAs sad of an admission as this is, I actually liked Thom's calls of the big plays in that game....
Stockton was good.......in the 80's.
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS: Mike Shannahan has agreed to a 5 year deal with the Redskins, becoming their head coach and VP of football operations
ReplyDeleteI never was a Stockton fan. Ever. So while I might contain myself on some legends turned too old such as Pat Summerall and Dick Enberg on football and college basketball, Stockton gets no mercy from me.
ReplyDeleteAnd Mangina Davis is just useless.
"What a half of football Tarrant has had." - Charles Davis at the end of the 1st quarter.
ReplyDeleteWILL DICK STOCKTON SHUT UP ABOUT THE COLD!!!!! 50 DEGREES IS NOT THAT BAD!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWho cares if it is the coldest Orange Bowl ever because the game is in Miami and it's never cold there? 50 degree nights are not actually cold nights.
@Scott Of course, I turn on the Caps game why is that on CSN Plus, never mind Iverson is playing for Philly and Beninati reads a promo for a Jim Zorn interview and then says "Locker, we're hearing a five-year deal between Mike Shanahan and the Redskins."
ReplyDeleteIf I'm watching hockey...I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DEADSKINS!!!!! God forbid, I can't go through the offseason w/out hearing about them.
And, the Iowa defense holds again.
ReplyDeleteDick Stockton is speaking as if it was 12 degrees outside. It's 48.
ReplyDeleteSo so bad.
And, someone just lost a shoe.
ReplyDeleteAnd, here comes our first review of the night.
ReplyDelete@JFein I want to know what Stockton is thinking too, it's a little cool for Miami but it isn't Memphis during the Liberty Bowl on Saturday. That was cold.
ReplyDelete@ Al: At least it is good to see that the Eagles are not the only team I know of whose head coach is both the head coach and the VP of football operations.
ReplyDelete/Andy Reid'd
And, the pass is ruled incomplete. Good call there.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Iowa is going backwards. 3rd and 20 coming.
ReplyDeleteStanzi pressured and is forced to throw it away. Punt forthcoming by the Hawks.
GT needs to stick with that outside option play.
ReplyDelete@Vince I think Shanahan as the head coach and Bruce Allen as the GM are great choices, they've had success before and they KNOW football. Cerrato and Zorn are clueless.
ReplyDeleteAdd the football moves to the Caps beating Monteal and the Wizards coming from behind to defeat Philly tonight...I'm in sports heaven for a day.
I might call the football team by their real name, the Redskins!
And, yet another punt coming up by GT.
ReplyDeleteAnd, a delay of game backs them up 5 yards.
ESPN Homecoming w/ Rick Reilly hosting, tonight's guest is Chris Paul.
ReplyDeleteChances of ESPN doing a homecoming of an NHL player...NO CHANCE IN HELL!!!! /Vince McMahon'd
3-and-out for Iowa as GT's defense appears to be getting their act together.
ReplyDeleteNow let's see if the offense can do the same.
Kool and the Gang??? Is Fox serious?
ReplyDeleteBaseball comparisons are not Charles Davis' thing.
ReplyDeleteDavis explaining a rule (illegal touch) that any football fan would know and is not complicated. This isn't icing in hockey.
ReplyDelete@JFein I hope Kool and the Gang plays "Celebration" during halftime, it's the same thing I'll do once Fox's BCS reign ends after this game.
ReplyDeleteYou don't like disco bands JFein?
ReplyDeleteTurnover on downs, not that it matters much, as there's only 12 seconds remaining in the half.
ReplyDeleteHell Yeah! Cool and the Gang!
ReplyDeleteBCS on FOX SUCKS
I love how's their no crowd noise during the halftime. Do you think the crowd knows there's actually a band called Kool and the Gang?
ReplyDeleteYet another penalty on GT.
ReplyDeleteFG is no good, still 14-7 Iowa.
ReplyDeleteFirst field goal attempt of the night is... NO GOOD! GT wastes a good drive and keeps it at 14-7 Iowa.
ReplyDeleteat least Stockton still has the score right
ReplyDelete@Vince
ReplyDeleteZorn was basically fired after the week 3 loss in Detroit. That was abysmal because people in D.C. talked all week before that the Lions had a legit chance to beat the Skins.
The MNF debacle against the Giants was Zorn giving up. The fake field goal at the end of the 1st half would've have Verne Lundquist yelling "WHAT ARE THEY DOING???" if he was calling the game.
Zorn was a bad hire to start off. Good riddance.
@kt Congratulations to Dick, he's learning. See miracles do happen!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that was too good to let go without a joke. BTW, another boring game lacking offense.
Davis saying Kirk Ferentz got his big start as an assitant coaching the offensive line (I heard the same thing on D.C. radio when they were discussing HC options if Shanahan refused). Wow, great note, who says FOX doesn't do prepwork. /Sarcasm'd
ReplyDeleteThat's my Charles Davis cheapshot of the night.
i forgot ACC football blew chunks. inexcusable on my part after watching it for most of the fall.
ReplyDelete@Al well good luck w/Shanahan getting the final call on players. i'm not sure what in his history w/ Denver suggests he knows what he's doing in this regard.
No, I am not a fan of disco music.
ReplyDeleteAnd wait? What's this? A team in the RedZone this game? I never knew such a thing was possible?
@kt I sure as hell didn't watch ACC football this fall, of course half the games were avaiable only on ESPN360.com's paid service.
ReplyDelete"Iowa has not won a major bowl game since the 1991 Rose Bowl"-Stockton.
ReplyDeleteActually, they didn't even win that one. Iowa lost to Washington 46-34
Meanwhile, it's now 17-7 Hawkeyes on the FG.
@JFein "RedZone", are you talking about NFL RedZone? /Sarcasm'd
ReplyDeleteAnd a great gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship just ended. I have no NHL Network, so no access. I won't give away what happened.
Huh. Stockton actually corrected his error. Didn't expect that.
ReplyDeleteDoes Dick Stockton have any idea at all about college football? He has been as clueless as I feared that he would be in this game.
ReplyDeleteNHL network questioner to the guy that scored the winning goal:"Is that the biggest goal you've ever scored in your career?"
ReplyDeleteWhat a dumbass question IMO to a 17 year old....
and i didn't give away who scored it...
@Scott I think Dick just corrected that and major bowl games exclude obviously the Cap One Bowl when they beat LSU in 2005 on Tate's pass to Holloway. I still hear Gary Thorne yelling in my head (in a good way) when I think about that play.
ReplyDeletei keep waiting for Stockton to start telling stories Grandpa Simpson style...
ReplyDelete@kt Good job not spoiling it (We're learning, okay, me). Bad question by the reporter, of course it's the biggest goal that player has scored.
ReplyDeleteWhere's SS Reporters when we need him?
@Al yeah, that was a great ending...hopefully the gold medal game in 6 weeks is as good...and has the same ending!
ReplyDeleteand i completely passed on CSN tonight...don't want to hear 20 minutes on the Deadskins instead of the team that actually made the playoffs...
"I'm John Bolaris. When are we going to catch a break from the Polar Express?" - awful Philadelphia weatherman John Bolaris.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a Redskins fan, but from my observations of Campbell is that there is no hope for him. Too much inconsistency at the coaching position throughout his career has pretty much ruined any chance he has at being an elite QB in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteYellow Jackets back in the game!
ReplyDeleteTouchdown Georgia Tech! And we have a close football game in Miami!
ReplyDelete@kt I wish Grandpa Simpson and the Simpsons were on FOX right now.
ReplyDeleteIs Vince only asking questions to me tonight and not commenting on anything else? I don't get it.
I think they won't bring back Campbell. He's okay but not a west-coast offense QB like Shanahan usually wants. BTW, Tech touchdown.
Touchdown GT! 17-14 and to quote ESPN's John Anderson, the cheese is starting to bind a little.
ReplyDeleteOffense!
ReplyDeleteScott, please don't quote John Anderson. I like him as much as JFein likes Dick Stockton, I don't.
ReplyDeleteIowa w/ a couple of big plays to get into Tech territory.
ReplyDelete@ Vince: How the hell would I or any other person specifically remember that game??????
ReplyDeleteThat stalled very quickly. Why pass Iowa?
ReplyDeletethats a huge pick
ReplyDeleteyes Dick, thats "a critical one"
INTERCEPTED!!!! IOWA HAS A CHANCE TO PUT THIS GAME AWAY!!!!!
ReplyDelete@JFein and Vince I know Spurrier decided to throw about 50 times even though Stephen Davis was our running back at that time.
ReplyDeleteSteve Czaban from ESPN980 wouldn't let that play-calling debacle go for a few years, it was a running joke. The Skins demise started when Dan Snyder became the owner.
Bad throw by Nesbitt is picked off.
INTERCEPTION! GT gives it right back on the first play, and Iowa can put it away with a touchdown!
ReplyDeleteYikes GT
ReplyDeleteLet's see...Redskins, Jaguars, game in 2002, unexciting game, oh gee, I don't know why on earth I would forget such a thing.......
ReplyDelete/Logic with trolls really is futile, isn't it guys?
Unnecessary roughness on Tech! Steve Shaw's mic is as good as Tracy Wolfson's during the Gator Bowl, not good.
ReplyDeleteOh man! Robinson slipped and may have just cost Iowa a chance to seal this thing.
ReplyDeleteFake!?!
ReplyDeleteWTF is Ferentz thinking?
@JFein I had a feeling we had a troll, insane obession for Redskins Football from a guy in New Hampshire.
ReplyDeleteThe Iowa receiver falls down or that would've been a TD.
Oh Iowa, your no Boise State.
ReplyDeleteGT just caught a huge break there. If that reciever keeps his balance, this game's all but over.
ReplyDeleteAnd, the fake FG goes for naught. GT keeps it a 3-point game. HUGE break for the Yellow Jackets on that drive.
A FAKE FIELD GOAL???? WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT???? FORCE GEORGIA TECH TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN ON YOU, INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO TIE THE GAME WITH A FIELD GOAL!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!
WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??? MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete/Verne Lundquist'd
Was Ferentz doing his best Pat Fitzgerald impersonation?
ReplyDeleteAs Verne Lundquist would say "WHAT ARE THEY DOING?????"
WTF? Dwyer?
ReplyDeleteWOW! QB got out of jail big time there! That was a sure safety!
ReplyDeleteof course, with the way Iowa's been playing D, it may have not have been such an insane call
ReplyDeleteAnd that's the Allstate Good Hands Play of the Game?
ReplyDeleteNothing was good about that.
FOX can go away from college football now.
Can Josh Nesbitt please stop trying to impersonate a quarterback?
ReplyDeleteOh, wait...
Maybe Ferentz knew Tech couldn't drive the length of the field, 3 and out.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for WJC highlights on ESPN Sportscenter, why I don't know but Tirico and Gruden (guessing they're the ESPN radio crew for Thursday's game ) are in Pasadena previewing the BCS Championship game tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI meant Thursday, Steve Levy's favorite bowl, the GMAC is Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteThey give the FedEx ground performance of the game to a guy whose biggest highlight of the game was a 1-yard touchdown run???
ReplyDeleteThe end of Fox's BCS coverage can't come soon enough.....
@ Al: It really would figure that Steve Levy ended up calling that Marshall-ECU GMAC Bowl.....
ReplyDelete1st down to Strauss! Scott rejoices!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that every game that guy ever called turned out to be an instant classic....
ReplyDeleteTimeout Georgia Tech, as we have 2:43 remaining on FOX's BCS run.
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion, being that it seems like there are a LOT of unwanted comments posted. Why not require anybody that posts to have a Blogger ID?
ReplyDelete//Most Brilliant Suggestion'd Thus Far in 2010
WEGHER!!! TO THE GEORGIA TECH 30!!!!
ReplyDelete@JFein He brings that game up, well he doesn't say specifically, but he's done that every night since the New Years Day bowls ended. He is very annoying.
ReplyDeleteNICE run by #3!
ReplyDelete2:03 to go and GT calls its second TO.
Scott then has to get a Blogger ID.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable...
ReplyDeleteIowa's going to win
WEGHER!!!! TOUCHDOWN IOWA!!!! THEY ARE 1:56 AWAY FROM AN ORANGE BOWL TITLE!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBallgame! Good night guys.
ReplyDeleteWegher to the endzone to clinch the game for Iowa! Tech doesn't look like they can score 10 points in 1:30.
ReplyDeleteOr don't. Remain losers! Live Blog! Drink!
ReplyDelete"Everyone was talking about Paul Johnson and that spread offense." - Dick Stockton
ReplyDeleteDo I really need to say anything?
And nice job of Charles Davis of leaving his partner out to dry on this one.
Well, we seem to have this one in the bag, so I'm off to watch some Conan and hit the sack. See ya guys for the BCS Title game live blog Thursday.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, Stockton and Davis are done for this season.
ReplyDeleteHooray! No more BCS on FOX!
ReplyDeleteMERCIFULLY, THE BCS ON FOX IS FINALLY OVER!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd some excited yelp about Iowa upsetting Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl...
No need to remind me or laugh at me. I know I am awful at picking games....
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