College Bowl Games

[jym626]

<p>Well I’ll be!! Rice actually made it into a bowl game!! Granted its the R+L Carriers Bowl in New Orleans (not exactly familiar with that one…).but it’s their first Bowl invitation since 1961!! They lost their first 4 games this season, and then sadly a freshman player died unexpectedly after a practice, 2 days after the FSU game. After that game, Rice went on to win 7 of their 8 games (6 in a row!) and are on their way! That is a wonderful tribute to their fallen teammate.</p>

<p>I know most of you expected to open this thread thinking it’d be about Fla. getting nod over Michigan to play Ohio State for the national championship. Feel free to discuss this, as I am sure there are lots of opinions (I am a Fla. fan so I’l be quiet). My point, however,was to give credit and support to the little guys. Go Owls! They are playing Troy State, and I wish you well too! I am sure this is a big game for you guys too!</p>

[tlaktan]

<p>Sanchez should have been put in instead of Booty. At least then, we’d have an excuse.</p>

[Tookie]

<p>Jym, when do they play? I’ll have to be sure and watch; we just bought a new HDTV so I’m hoping it will be on one of those stations. My Son-in-law graduated from Rice so I’m sure my family will be tuned in.</p>

<p>Purdue also made it to the Champs Bowl game on Dec. 29 against Maryland I think.</p>

[jym626]

<p>Tookie-
The play Saturday, Dec. 23. Its on ESPN-2.</p>

[wharfrat2]

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Purdue also made it to the Champs Bowl game on Dec. 29 against Maryland I think.

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<p>Yep, I’ll be in Orlando. GO TERPS!!!</p>

[jym626]

<p>Almost forgot-- my hubby went to U Wisconsin- Madison, who made it to the Capital One Bowl (also in Orlando) Jan 1 against Arkansas. Just how many games are being played in Orlando???</p>

[cangel]

<p>Oh, come on, Jym626, where would you rather go? Shreveport vs "the Happiest Place (H**l) on Earth, Shreveport vs… My apologies to the good folks of Shreveport.</p>

[juba2jive]

<p>Wake to the Orange Bowl!</p>

[jym626]

<p>cangel-
I am sure Shreveport and NO are just <em>lovely</em> this time of year :)</p>

[barrons]

<p>My first bowl was in Shreveport. Coldest time of my life. Not to be confused with NOLA.</p>

[jym626]

<p>This bowl game is in NOLA. Glad they are bringing some events back to NOLA. Will it be a money-making event for NOLA? Rice vs. Troy State?? Really now… I doubt the hotels will be full up.</p>

[fresin]

<p>US College Football Final just a bad Joke:</p>

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Florida Gators play the Ohio State University Buckeyes for something called the BCS championship.</p>

<p>Well, at least they got the BS part right.</p>

<p>On one sideline, you have Ohio State…a school that graduates an African-American football player about as often as it loses to Indiana…</p>

<p>On the other side, you have Florida’s student athletes sweating their way through classes like the one described by ex-Gator turned Chicago Bear Rex Grossman, who boasted that he attended a class in stress management in which students were required to bring pillows to class so they could sleep at their desks…</p>

<p>Strange. Right here in Canada, we have a quaint system for determining the university football champ. It’s called a “playoff.”</p>

<p>The No Cash At All NCAA… </p>

<p>I once had an up-close-and-personal look as a scholarship athlete in the NCAA. At a football factory called Nebraska, where one wealthy supporter was tolerated even though he had an excess of appreciation for the nude male form. This individual used to park himself in our locker room and sit there smoking a stogey and gazing at naked football players and track athletes in the showers and no one said a word…</p>

<p>While the athletes will limp off the field after the bowl games, many of the seniors never to play again and never to graduate, the coaches will be calling their stockbrokers after playing in a bogus championship.</p>

<p>All in all, if the NCAA’s football system was any more corrupt it would be Italian soccer. But at least in Italian soccer, the players get paid.

<a href=“http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=0c41e43f-db22-489b-b860-02d6dc8281dc&k=27213&p=1[/url]”>http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=0c41e43f-db22-489b-b860-02d6dc8281dc&k=27213&p=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[fresin]

<p>“We don’t deserve to play Ohio State. Period,” Meyer said</p>

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“This year, our computer took hours to process the polls’ relevant data…and determined that no championship game is necessary. No team in America deserves to even step on the same field as Ohio State, let alone actually play in a game against them…Although I’ll be the first to admit that previous years have usually featured some sort of game,” Coleman added.</p>

<p>“I think this year more than any other year proves that the BCS is working,” ESPN College GameDay anchor Lee Corso said during a live broadcast from Ohio State’s campus. “The system does an excellent job taking into consideration things that poll voters don’t even think about: strength of schedule, whether or not the team won their conference, total distance the teams’ fans are willing to travel for bowl games, average amount spent on souvenirs by alumni, and grade point average. After all those things, it’s Ohio State, baby. And only Ohio State.”</p>

<p>“We don’t deserve to play Ohio State. Period,” Meyer said, adding that though Florida had a tough schedule, being the SEC champion was not the same thing as being Ohio State. “Every coach that I know voted for Ohio State in the coaches’ poll, or at least had them second after their own team. In any case, I can certainly see why no one who votes in the BCS wants the national championship to be decided by a mere football game.”

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[JeepMOM]

<p>Brand new bowl game this year - innagural game - East Carolina Univ vs Univ of South Florida - Dec 23 in Birmingham ALA - on ESPN2 </p>

<p>PAPAJOHNSBOWL.COM - GO PIRATES :D</p>

[audiophile]

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PAPAJOHNSBOWL.COM - GO PIRATES

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<p>GO BULLS!!!</p>

<p>Texas Bowl, anyone?</p>

[Dogwood]

<p>Daughter is a UGA grad and I am a VaTech grad and we are meeting in the Chik Fil A bowl (not sure of the spelling). Poor H is not sure which school to root for! Go Hokies!!</p>

[jym626]

<p>dogwood-
It’s “Chick Fil A”. Have some while you’re here. Its good stuff. If you don’t worry about calories or grease, their waffle fries are ralaly tasty :)</p>

[Dogwood]

<p>Thanks jym626! Actually, I’m not a big fan of those fries, but I love just about everything else they serve. Thank goodness, there is not one near my house. It is about a once in a year experience for me!</p>

[jym626]

<p>Gosh- here there are almost as many chick-fil-a’s as mac d’s and waffle houses (also a rarity up north). My s’s school events are sponsored by chick fil a. It is EVERYWHERE! That, and coke. Now, I do eat the charbroiled chicken and the diet coke… Does that qualify as healthy??</p>

[cangel]

<p>Charbroiled chicken and diet COke - that’s a diet (in the sense of weight loss) staple in the South, now whether or not it works is another thing. My D mired in NH, goes by the Chick Fil A in Hartsfield airport, everytime on her way up and down for a last fix. But, I don’t really like their grilled chicken sandwich - it’s kind of tasteless compared to some other FF restaurants.</p>