BG Bowl Pick Em

[Colm]

In points.

God you're thick. D:

[Headspace]

Cincinnati sports are going to be the death of me

Ugh.

[Soa]

Penn State: This is why winning the Big 10 isn't an accomplishment anymore.
USC: The above is why winning the Rose Bowl isn't an accomplishment anymore.

To be fair, the Penn State team that showed up at the Rose Bowl was not the same team that played all year. They played uninspired, had a couple big plays negated by dumb penalties, and were overall just a step behind all day. I was disappointed by that game because I thought it was one of the better match ups of the whole bowl season, but Penn State forgot to show up. If these guys played 10 times it would probably end up going 5-5 or 6-4 at worst.

[rosemarie]

^_^ that hit by Taylor Mays was fucking sick

[Plow]

In points.

God you're thick. D:

meh the points are just to make it interesting

there's sharper dropoffs ahead of me in points and percentile anyway, he just wanted to say "lol plow and everybody below him sucks"

[Akiyama]

I don't think that's what he meant Plow. He just meant everyone outside the Top 5 was doing pretty bad, because really.. these bowl games have indeed been tough to judge D:

[Tyche]

meh the points are just to make it interesting

there's sharper dropoffs ahead of me in points and percentile anyway, he just wanted to say "lol plow and everybody below him sucks"

No, not really, there's not. Taking into account the ppr and the tot, after the top 5, it's a dropoff. The difference between 5 and 1 is about 14%. The difference between 5-6 is about 20% with much much less ppr remaining. I'm 5th and have a 33 point lead on the 6th place person with twice as many ppr. You can make the argument that the difference between 1-2 is greater than between 5-6, but Laguna doesn't have a lot of ppr.

[Gregorio]

USCs offense was just too much for Penn State to handle...Once they opened up the secondary they could run wherever they wanted. Royster being out definitely hurt the offense a ton. Then you pile up stupid mental penalties that Penn State NEVER commits (lining up off sides that negated a fumble, illegal shift that killed a 40+ yard play, etc), and you add in some bad playcalling on 3rd and shorts, and this is where we end up.

Glad to see Penn State still came to play in the 2nd half though. At least they didn't roll over and die like most teams would. But damn that USC team that showed up yesteday was good.

Oh one more thing...USC plays dirty. Lots of helmet to helmet hits. Almost killed Norwood. Assholes.

[Gregorio]

And yeah, the Big 10 was significantly overmatched in every game they played in except the Iowa game. Aside from Iowa, the teams were more than a touchdown underdog in every game. Is it really that surprising that they lost almost every matchup?

[Stiker]

I really don't think I have too much more to add other than I really suck at picking the bowl games this year. 12-15, holy crap... The remainder of my high confidence picks are upcoming though so hopefully they pan out.

Also, seriously, lol @ the Big 10. Iowa is likely going to be the only win for them, just wow.

[Kyo]

Go Gator's! and lol gamecocks miz.

[Tyche]

Holy shit lol. What a catch. The Ole Miss/TT game is (un?lol)predictably good so far.

[Insanecyclone]

Ole miss needs this win

[Koyuki]

Amazing catch, looks like Ole Miss is starting to calm down and get their shit straightened out.

[Tyche]

Pat Summerall has one of the most amazing play-by-play voices in college btw. Love when he calls games.

[Headspace]

Pictures of the Orange Bowl:

Chris Wilson's Photos - 2009 Orange Bowl | Facebook

Let me know if you can't see them and I'll upload them to imageshack or something.

[Koyuki]

Pictures of the Orange Bowl:

Chris Wilson's Photos - 2009 Orange Bowl | Facebook

Let me know if you can't see them and I'll upload them to imageshack or something.

No one watched that horrible bowl so why would any of us want to look at pictures of it? ;0

[Headspace]

No one watched that horrible bowl so why would any of us want to look at pictures of it? ;0

Bitch.

[Byrd]

Pictures of the Orange Bowl:

I'm surprised at the number of empty seats at a BCS game. What was the crowd distribution between the teams? Does VaTech have Orange Bowl fatigue?

[Headspace]

I'm surprised at the number of empty seats at a BCS game. What was the crowd distribution between the teams? Does VaTech have Orange Bowl fatigue?

UC's section was packed, probably either 2-3:1 ratio of UC to VT fans. A lot of the later pictures were after everyone had left. But yeah, unless you were a fan/alumni of the teams, you didn't really care for the game, so a lot of empty seats especially in VT sections and nose bleeds.