Sporting News Came Yesterday - It's On Sparty!

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I'd love to see it. That'd be a hard hitting game.

[Cornhusker]

Shoulda been Nebraska vs. Iowa.

Oh please Lord!

Actually I hope for the Holiday Bowl, Dingleberry Canyon and all. Of course we'd be 8000 point underdogs, but WTF?

[TheJON]

Iowa has played in a January Bowl 5 of the last 7 years and only 1 of those years has Sporting News Projected us to make it. Just sayin'......

[TheJON]

One other thing..........

They have Iowa 9-3 but NOT ranked??????????????????

I think 9-3 is a solid prediction but if they're 9-3 there is a 0% chance we aren't at least #18 in the polls. That's just dumb.

Also, at 9-3 there is a 0% chance we don't play in a January bowl in Florida. Shit, we were 8-4 last year and 7-4 in 2005 and we still played in a January Bowl because of how well we travel.

They're clueless. 9-3 I can agree with but the rest is just uninformed garbage. Typical sporting news.

Call me a homer all you want but everything I said above is FACT. Plain and simple........Iowa will NEVER go 9-3 and not play in January.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

That's a good time for that rant, JON, as the Big Ten just signed a deal with the Gator Bowl, now making it three Jan 1 bowls for the Big Ten.

[Blueblood]

That's a good time for that rant, JON, as the Big Ten just signed a deal with the Gator Bowl, now making it three Jan 1 bowls for the Big Ten.

No matter how bad... the Big One is.

It comes down to viewership and nothing more.(People on the west coast have other things to occupy their time with 70 degree weather in winter). It's just the benefit of being successful.

The PAC 10 has ZERO January 1st games due to tie in's.... while they have the better teams.

[Van]

The PAC 10 has ZERO January 1st games due to tie in's....

:?

I realize this one particular January 1st bowl game is as anathema as a virtuous Thai whore to a fan of Cal football, but this...







...occurs most every year on January 1st, in a bowl game of some note. It's actually the only bowl game of note that's still played on January 1st, and it has a rather conspicuous Pac 10 tie in.

Again, one wouldn't expect a Cal fan to even be aware of this particular game, or girls who look like that dancing in celebration of such a thing.

Totally understandable.

[Blueblood]

You obviously didn't understand the pre-text of the theme....


My bad... for not being more deliberate....

... I am.... dealing with a Toejam.

[Van]

The pre-text doesn't obviate your stand-alone, unqualified statement.

It's just plain erroneous.

Besides, I love the USC Song Girls. For me, any excuse will do.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

The pre-text doesn't obviate your stand-alone, unqualified statement.

Just stop it. You're going to make the "Midwesterner's" head explode.