Bowl predictions

[TheJON]

Here is how I see the bowl season playing out:

Best bowl record (conference): Big-12.

Why? Best matchups.

-10-2 Missouri is facing a 7-5 Iowa team that is unlikely to even show up and is missing 2 key starters (including their best player).
-Oklahoma is playing a high school team in a freakin BCS Bowl
-10-2 Oklahoma State is facing a 7-5 Arizona team
-Kansas State is facing another Big East squad (Syracuse).
-Texas Tech is facing a Northwestern team without Dan Persa (their clear MVP and leader)
-Baylor is facing Ron Zook
-Nebraska is facing a 7-5 (or are they 6-6?) Washington team they already beat by 150 or something like that

If Texas A&M can manage to beat LSU (and I think they have a very good shot), the Big-12 could realistically go 8-0 and it won't prove a god damn thing because the only quality team they are facing is LSU and Iowa, but you have to figure Iowa doesn't come ready to play given how disappointing of a season they had and with not having their best player (and starting running back).

How on earth did the Big-12 get this draw? LSU is the ONLY team they face out of 8 games that has a record better than 8-4, and UCONN is the only other team to have better than a 7-5 record. What. The. Fuck? 3 teams are facing Big East squads. I know this isn't the fault of the teams in the Big-12. The Big East and Pac-10 are horrible so a couple of the top Big-12 teams are facing off against shitty Pac-10 and Big East squads. But still, I think they have a damn good shot of going 8-0 and it will only prove what an embarrassment the bowl system has become.

The other conferences:

SEC- They have a lot of swing games that will make or break their overall record, but I give them the slight edge in just about all of those games......Georgia/UCF, South Carolina/FSU, LSU/A&M, Tennessee/UNC, Auburn/Oregon, Mississippi State/Michigan. I expect them to go at least 5-2 in those games. I also expect Kentucky to whoop Pittsburgh, Alabama to beat MSU, Florida to lose to Penn State (probably 3-0) and Arkansas to get rolled by Ohio State. Overall, they will go 8-3 or 7-4.

Big-10: Games I am confident in the Big-10 getting are Ohio State over Arkansas, Penn State over Florida, Wisconsin by 30 over TCU. Toss-up games are Michigan/Miss St, and Illinois/Baylor. Probable losses are Missouri over Iowa, Texas Tech over Northwestern, and Alabama over MSU. Overall, I expect 4-4 at best with 3-5 likely. By far, the Big-10 got the worst draws or breaks of bad luck. That's not an excuse, it's the truth. You have a 7-5 Iowa team without 2 key players coming off a disappointing season somehow matched up against a 10-2 team that has something to prove. Then you have a Northwestern team that would easily beat Texas Tech with Dan Persa. Take him off that team and their offense is worthless. MSU is 11-1 but they're facing about as good of a 9-3 football team as you will ever see (Alabama). Because of Iowa's lack of effort, Michigan has to play a level above what they are capable of so there's a good shot they will lose to Mississippi State. Had Iowa beaten Minnesota, I would like our chances against either Florida or Miss. State (especially Florida). But they didn't show up, so the conference will pay for it.

BCS Predictions:

Ohio State 34 Arkansas 23
Wisconsin 37 TCU 13
Oklahoma 38 UCONN 3
Auburn 27 Oregon 23
Virginia Tech 24 Stanford 17 (my big upset pick)

Other bowl games of "note":

-Notre Dame will beat Miami by 20
-NC State and West Virginia will be a close game with NC State getting the edge 23-20
-Nevada will beat Boston College by at least 2 touchdowns

Overall bowl season grade: F

Why? Shitty games. Shitty matchups. The BCS bowl games are mediocre even. In fact, they're not even the best games. How the heck does that happen? Oklahoma should be playing Wisconsin. TCU should be playing UCONN in a game that the other BCS bowls chip in to pay them off to bite the bullet. You have an entire conference (Big-12) playing absolutely nobody except maybe 1 or 2 teams (guess it depends what Iowa team shows up if that is 2 quality teams or just 1). Ridiculous.

Oh, and let's not forget the stupid names of the bowl games. Somebody remind me why we have these games and not a playoff? Oh, that's right........tradition? What tradition? All the past tradition of these bowl games has been completely ruined. Wisconsin is playing a fucking mid-major in the Rose Bowl and Oklahoma is playing a JUCO team in another BCS Bowl. And the Cotton Bowl is on.........January 7th???? Tradition, my ass.

Top 10 Bowl games:

1.Iowa/Missouri. Well, in my opinion it is because it's really the only one I care much about since my team is playing. Actually, if Iowa feels like showing up this will be one of the best bowl games regardless of who you root for. You have a 10-2 Missouri team against a team that SHOULD be 10-2 (or better).

2.Auburn/Oregon. Interested to see how the offenses fare after a month off and how who handles the pressure the best. Plus, it's the national title game so how can you not get excited for it?

3.Michigan State/Alabama. 11-1 team trying to prove they belong in a BCS Bowl against their former coach and the defending national champions. The last time Saban coached in this game, he lost to Iowa following a year in which his team won the national title. Kirk Cousins, MSU's starting QB, is an Iowa fan so maybe he will have a little Drew Tate magic in him.

4.South Carolina/Florida State. I will watch because I'm a fan of Spurrier. Spurrier vs FSU is always fun to see, it's just too bad Bowden isn't still there. But both teams are pretty evenly matched, though I would give a slight edge to South Carolina.

5.Virginia Tech/Stanford. Va Tech has won 11 in a row and I think they have a damn good shot of pulling an upset here.

6.Ohio State/Arkansas. The 'ol offense vs defense test. I will take defense, thank you very much.

7.Wisconsin/TCU. Now I'm just stretching for a decent game here. I expect Wisconsin to roll so I'm not anticipating much of a game. But it is the Rose Bowl so I will at least partially tune in.

8.LSU/Texas A&M. Decent game. We should find out just how far the Aggies have come since the beginning of the year in this game. I have heard people say that this is their "springboard" game. That's a load of crap. Bowl games have no impact on what goes on the next season. Their 2011 record won't be impacted in any way, shape, or form by the outcome of this game.

9.Michigan/Mississippi State? Watch the see if DickRod gets fired on the field????

10.Kansas State/Syracuse. It was the first game I saw when I clicked my ESPN.com tab so I chose it. There's really no other games I will spend more than 30 seconds watching.

Get rid of the fucking bowls already. Give me some real games to watch and not this gay ass dog and pony show crap we have now.

[Carson]

Whew.

For a while there, I thought the earth had stopped turning.

Then he finally posted this thread. I can sleep now.

[H4ever]

Still can't believe the bowl selections. Look at the cayesh pissed away by sticking Nebraska in the Holiday bowl vs a 6-6 team they already mud-stomped! Why not match NU vs Iowa in a bowl that would have made millions more than what they will get with the Iowa vs Mizzou game. Idiots. Missouri is practically giving tickets away and offering student bus rides in an attempt to get rid of their allotment. Nebraska, Iowa would have been a tough ticket to get.

Did Beebe make some more empty promises or offer cash under the table to keep that bowl game from being a Big 10 showcase of the future with an intriguing matchup of Nebraska vs. Iowa? And the stench just won't go away.

But, Nebraska pissed the Big 12 title down their legs (at least the coaches did) and deserve this shit bowl they will probably figure out a way to lose.

[Goober McTuber]

Wisconsin by 30 over TCU.

Fuck you, you fucking jinx machine. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

[War Wagon]

And the stench just won't go away.

yeah, it will.

Consider it a parting gift.

[H4ever]

And the stench just won't go away.

yeah, it will.

Consider it a parting gift.

Why? Tejas going independent earlier than expected? Good luck in the Mountain West Wags. Im confident Mizzou can finally get something for the trophy case out there. Enjoy your shady, shit conference while it lasts.

P.S. Why don't you go door to door and sell some bowl tickets? Take one for the team but just stay out of the hills...unless you're willing to take moonshine in exchange. Nice fanbase support.

[War Wagon]

What the hell are you babbling about, fool?

Goddamn, you're a whiny bitch.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

[H4ever]

What the hell are you babbling about, fool?

Goddamn, you're a whiny bitch.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

And you're a fucking tard who takes one year, (same year where the article you linked notes that 20,000 Husker fans traveled to Seattle) out of the last 40 and tries to make a point? 6-6 Washington? A team we mashed once this year? Bitch please. Mizzou couldn't get 1,000 to travel in a similar situation.

Nice job kicking your own ass.

[War Wagon]

The point, douchebag, is that Nebraska is also offering incentives and that both schools have sold about the same amount of tickets. What, we're supposed to be more jacked to be playing 7-5 Iowa than you are Wazzou? You're the miserable cunt who dropped into this thread and started swinging your purse.

[H4ever]

The point, douchebag, is that Nebraska is also offering incentives and that both schools have sold about the same amount of tickets. What, we're supposed to be more jacked to be playing 7-5 Iowa than you are Wazzou? You're the miserable cunt who dropped into this thread and started swinging your purse.

You're the mouthbreather who trys to compare 7-5 Iowa to a 6-6 team we beat and then are ra-tarded enough to compare Nebraska fan to Mizzou fan based off this and comparable ticket sales

Do you deny that Nebraska's fanbase would have snapped up every available ticket to the Insight Bowl the day they went on sale and then try to buy Iowa fans' allotment?

'nuff said but nice try. You reak of Tejas more or more.

[Truman]

Asshat.

Let’s review.

Mizzou’s fan base must decide between:

Chiefs playoff tickets.

Rams playoff tickets.

Mizzou basketball games (another sport that we’re a whole helluva lot better at than you are).

Blues games.

Cardinals season ticket renewals.

Royals season ticket renewals.

...And a meaningless Tuesday night bowl game a thousand miles from home against an inferior, uncompetitive, drug-dealing opponent in the middle of a fucking desert [/Kinnison].

And Nebraska has…

Dick.

Buncha fuckin’ back-water, bumpkin-ass, corn-pickin' loser-ass fucks.

Hopefully, San Diego will dry out fast enough to where ‘skergefan won’t have any excuses to whine after Locker drops five touchdown passes outta the sky on your sod-bustin' traitorous asses.

Nobody cares, H. Just die.

[H4ever]

Asshat.

Let’s review.

Mizzou’s fan base must decide between:

Chiefs playoff tickets.

Rams playoff tickets.

Mizzou basketball games (another sport that we’re a whole helluva lot better at than you are).

Blues games.

Cardinals season ticket renewals.

Royals season ticket renewals.

...And a meaningless Tuesday night bowl game a thousand miles from home against an inferior, uncompetitive, drug-dealing opponent in the middle of a fucking desert [/Kinnison].

And Nebraska has…

Dick.

Buncha fuckin’ back-water, bumpkin-ass, corn-pickin' loser-ass fucks.

Hopefully, San Diego will dry out fast enough to where ‘skergefan won’t have any excuses to whine after Locker drops five touchdown passes outta the sky on your sod-bustin' traitorous asses.

Nobody cares, H. Just die.

Translation: What he said is true and it sucks!

Points of order: Reds aren't playing, Royals aren't playing, Chiefs and Rams aren't playing in the playoffs Mizzou gameday, Regular season Blues, tiger BB? Trying to say Missouri residents are too broke to support the team? I call bullshit.

Locker isn't going to drop shit on the best secondary in the nation. Matter of fact he looked like a 2nd string JV quarterback last time he saw this defense. Washington's only hope lies in Watson calling a shit game and T. Martinez turning it over 3 to 4 times inside the Nebraska 20.

Insight Bowl lost millions with Missouri rather than Nebraska. Nobody will deny it either.

[War Wagon]

What's really funny is that one of the 'incentives' for Cornfan to buy a bowl game ticket are free tickets to a NU-ISU hoops game.

That should reallly pack 'em in.

[Truman]

Points of order: Reds aren't playing,

Well, done, H.

Challenger explosion-rate fail.

So just where, pray tell, do the fucking REDS play in Missouri?

You got an issue with 88 or L45B, take it elsewhere. I am not about to debate a nuclear test range-grade target-dummy on the subtleties of the bowl system especially when the asstard can't even place a team with its correct city, much less its state.

Really, H?

The dumbass is runnin' down out of your shorts. Be sure to come back after you learn to talk sports....

Insight Bowl lost millions cuz they didn't have a buncha brain-dead, stupid-ass Nebraska rocket surgeons like you lyin around somewhere to buy tickets....

[Mace]

...And a meaningless Tuesday night bowl game a thousand miles from home against an inferior, uncompetitive, drug-dealing opponent in the middle of a fucking desert.

So, in other words, it's really gonna suck when those Iowa boys leave the desert sand soaked with the blood of your lifeless Tigers.

[Truman]

It's a given, Mace..

Haven't you read the Book of JON?

Iowa is only five plays away from completing the Rapture. Tell me you knew....

[Mace]

It's a given, Mace..

Haven't you read the Book of JON?

Iowa is only five plays away from completing the Rapture. Tell me you knew....

The "Book of JON".

Yeah, I've read some of it....and scrolled through most of it. I'm just hoping for a good game to watch and that my old wrinkled ass can stay awake long enough to see the 4th quarter. If Iowa is hitting on all cylinders, they can win, and should. Unlike JON the Paptist, I'm not worried about effort or heart, only execution, because the effort will be there.

[War Wagon]

I'm just hoping for a good game to watch and that my old wrinkled ass can stay awake long enough to see the 4th quarter.

Mine won't.

I just hope Mizzou (the good guys in this episode) are up 35-0 at halftime so I can go to bed and not be an utter zombie at work the next day.

[Mace]

I'm just hoping for a good game to watch and that my old wrinkled ass can stay awake long enough to see the 4th quarter.

Mine won't.

I just hope Mizzou (the good guys in this episode) are up 35-0 at halftime so I can go to bed and not be an utter zombie at work the next day.

If Mizzou scores 35 points for the entire game, I'll buy a Mizzou hoodie and start wearing it around town. I'll send the hospital bills to you.

[TheJON]

Unlike JON the Paptist, I'm not worried about effort or heart, only execution, because the effort will be there.

It fucking better be there, Mace. It wasn't there against Minnesota and you know that. It was there against Texas in 2006 after a season where the team just laid down and quit. So maybe a few weeks off refreshed the team. Man, I hope so. This season was pathetic and there's absolutely no excuse for being in this position, but it sure as hell would be nice if we can somehow manage to end it on a high note against a quality opponent. I have my doubts.

And Mizzou won't score 35 even if Iowa doesn't show up. They will have to score touchdowns on almost every possession to do that because they aren't going to get a lot of big plays. The 5-7 yard passes will be there all day but it's hard to score 35 points when that is what you are doing on offense.

I'm starting to get ready for gametime. Damn, it feels weird not actually being at the game. Been to almost all of the bowl games over the past 13 years and couldn't go this year. Arizona sure does sound nice right about now!

Hawkeye flag is going up outside the house tomorrow, car flags will be up on the cars on Tuesday morning, and the partying begins about 5:00 Tuesday............fuckin' GO HAWKS!

[Mace]

You're 1-2 as far as the Big 12 so far.[/quote]

So the Big XII won't be 8-0 like JON predicted? Uh oh, Goobs might have every right to be concerned about a jonjinx.

[Mace]

Wisconsin by 30 over TCU.

Fuck you, you fucking jinx machine. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

Fuckin' A. I guess you had every reason to be concerned about the JONjinx.