Belk Bowl Open Thread

Leave it to the ESPN shill, Mike Patrick, to say that Cincy hired a man "of great character," given what we know about the circumstances of his exit.

All year this team has easily covered the spread early but they biff if up late to screw me. Hoping tonight is different!

Tommy Tuberville's sorry behind? Turn around and salute the Duke coach for not leaving. . . weak. 

Duke answers Cincy's 27 point run w two TDs of their own to retake the lead 31-27

Jetski accident is the most Duke way ever to hurt oneself

I picked doook to win. So far I'm 7-2 in my picks. 

Hits: Potato, Beef 'O' Brady's, Nawlins, MAACO Vegas, Hawaii, Pizza, Military

Misses: New Mexico, Poinsettia

FUUUUUUUUUUUU

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK ties it.

Didnt that plane sink? How did they get it back? That's crazy.

Entertaining game.

Winn denied a 1st down. I suppose that if you haven't really done much, well, tackling or stopping of any kind, Duke can celebrate not letting someone get a first down. It's the small victories in these bowl games, right? 

That being said, we are almost at 1,000 yards of offense between both teams in this game. Cincinnati is in danger of letting the Blue Devils punch in another one with that catch at the Bearcats' 8 yard-line. 

EDIT: ....and Duke yet again loses it inside the 10. The end zone will not bite you and throw you in the basement. 

DOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKK fumbles the ball at the goalline. Now it's up to their defense....

Damnit.

Dukey NOOOOOOOO!

Duke still has a ton of time left. 

For the TD

Cincy 41-34 42 seconds left

And i got cinci with a billion points. And yet i feel bad

I'm a few Christmas Ales in, but that color guy is pretty stupid.

and of course no one really plays defense anymore.

Jeez, bad penalty. It ain't over yet!

OK, it's over.

Well, that's an odd way to cover.

Duke really duked it there. Short mid-sack pass to a waiting defender. TD Bearcats. Game over now. 

Shit. Saw that coming. Headed right for his blind side. Never had a chance.

Congrats Coach Stripling (Former DL coach at Michigan).

At least we can watch Rutgers perform well on the big stage as they take on a hobbling VT in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Dook first and goal at the Cincy 8 tied 34-all w ~1:30 to go. Cook fumbles, Cincy hits a tight end fly for a TD, then Dook gets to the Cincy 40 before a hit on the Dookie qb causes a popup to a lb who returns it for a TD.

while Duke is kicking ass in the 1st...and I come home and they lost. Man I'm feeling it right now

Thrilled that Cincinnati (one of my alma maters) won -- but wow, Duke gave them a much better game than I thought they would. Still, when you're down to a skeletal coaching staff, I bet it's rather difficult to properly oversee all facets of the game. It certainly showed here.

OK, now all I need is for Michigan State to lose, Michigan to win, and Notre Dame to be blown out, and that'll kick off my 2013 the right way.

How about that RB for Cincinnati (as previously mentioned, from Michigan)? That kid is a beast. He sees an opening and GOES. Zero hesitation. Gotta like that style.