2014 Bowl Games Open Thread

[SloopyHangOn]

I think this was two of the three best nights of football ever for me, back t back. Only the 2003 fiesta vs da u can top them.

I'm glad Football Christmas is back. 6+ big games over the course of 48 hours.

I'm totally down for that every year.

 

[LostLassie]

Hmmm...Sec or Bust, huh?

Looks like it's Bust, then.

 

[ScriptOhio]

FWIW, so far it is.....

POWER 5 CONFERENCES
Pac-12: 5-1 (wins by Utah, Arizona State, USC, Stanford and Oregon)
Big Ten: 5-4 (wins by Rutgers, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Ohio State)
SEC: 5-5 (wins by South Carolina, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia)
ACC: 4-6 (wins by NC State, Virginia Tech, Clemson Georgia Tech)
Big 12: 1-4 (Win by TCU)

THE REST
Conference USA: 4-1 (wins by Marshall, Western Kentucky, Rice, Louisiana Tech)
Independents: 2-1 (wins by Navy, Notre Dame)
Sun Belt: 1-1 (win by Louisiana-Lafayette)
Mountain West: 3-4 (wins by Utah State, Air Force and Boise State
American: 1-2 (win by Memphis)
MAC: 1-3 (win by Bowling Green)

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...owl-records-pac-12-big-ten-sec-2014-15-010115

Let's hope Iowa can beat Tennessee today. Also, UCLA vs. Kansas State and Washington vs. Oklahoma State; too bad all four teams can't lose.

Just think, the PAC-12 could be 6-0 had DickRod (Arizona) beaten the "Little Sisters Of The Poor".

 

[Palpie]

Objection, tcu is the little sisters of the poor, boise is truck driver u, or tdu for short.

 

[alexhortdog95]

Shit like this:

Makes me respect Gary Patterson even more. Classy guy. Briles? Douche.

 

[Steve19]

And, the SEC lower order won meaningless bowls, while the B1G top order won the best bowls.

 

[MaxBuck]

I have to admit that TCU made an excellent case that they should have made the initial CFP. But it would have been hard to exclude an unbeaten, reigning National Champion to put them in.

 

[woofermazing]

3:20 start on a non-holiday weekday? Fire the idiot who scheduled that.

 

[woofermazing]

I have to admit that TCU made an excellent case that they should have made the initial CFP. But it would have been hard to exclude an unbeaten, reigning National Champion to put them in.

Meh. They beat a team that has now won two of their last six games. One win was against the little sisters of the poor and one of the losses was a shutout by a team that had just broken their seventeen game conference losing streak. Them being #9 was a joke. IMO Georgia was a better team than Ole Miss at the end of the regular season.

 

[Jake]

So we're all ready to discuss the finer points of Iowa-Tennesee now, right???

B-1-G! B-1-G!

That's all we have to do now, right?

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

And, the SEC lower order won meaningless bowls, while the B1G top order won the best bowls.

The excuses have already begun I saw something in the comment sections of an article yesterday about the Interwebs trolling the SEC they were bitching about the matchups... I can't find it but they were bitching that they were facing top teams from other conferences...

 

[Palpie]

And now after the 2 day new years feast, it's time for some cold left overs

 

[Jake]

And now after the 2 day new years feast, it's time for some cold left overs

We do have another B1G-SEC game. I know it's Iowa-Tennessee, but I also know "SEC fan" is looking for a pacifier today. I don't want them to get anything but another slow Big Ten team (in Iowa's case that's actually true) beating "the SEC" again.

B-1-G! B-1-G!

 

[Jake]

If you like old fashioned running teams playing on a wet, grass field Pitt-Houston is for you. It's also the only thing on TV as I nurse my post-Bama hangover.

 

[Jake]

Actually, the best game on right now is the Sugar Bowl replay on SEC network.