Initial Thoughts On (all) Bowl Games Thread [schedule included]

Texas vs Oregon.

He took some heat off his seat getting the Longhorns to 7-3, but they ended up being just an average team. Call it a career for Mack Brown.

 

Baylor and Ucf don't exactly have huge fan bases... I'm interested to see the turnout for that game.

Yes, COTTON bowl still has the name (but not the BCS prestige).

They lost a conference title, a BCS game, and a game against their Big Brother - all in the final minute at home.

Okie State does bring fans.

Mat Hatter is more dangerous when his team is the underdog and he's got something to be excited about. 

Ferentz did the 3rd best job in the B1G, only behind Dicktonio and Kill/Assts.

MSU was 7-6 last year to 12-1 now. Iowa went from 4-8 to 8-4. Coaches do have a CRAP year once in a while, but good coaches don't sit around and use the "youth" excuse or panic and play 12 different O-line combinations, just to cover the O-Line's butt.

Saban schooling Urban again, maybe I would ordered Papa Johns pizza and borrowed by neighbor's golf cart to eat the pizza.

 

Man I wish that OSU would've ended up in the Sugar Bowl against Bama. Would've been nice to see OSU end out their year with getting ripped up and down the field by Saban and Co. like a bunch of rag dolls.

All those wins, and Urban would've had absolutely nothing to show for it. Oh well, let's hope Clemson doesn't Clemson again.

playing a less than historic team in a less than historic bowl (USC, ND)

anyone tell me some stuff about K-State? I watched them a couple times last year with Klein, but not at all this year. Are they any good? I hope not. I think a big win in this bowl could go a long way toward our team building for a solid year next season. Go Blue!!

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LSU without Mettenberger is a Win for Iowa.  Mark it down.  Many of you make the same mistakes year in and year out assuming all these games results by looking at the names and making haste predictions.  Giving any team 3 weeks to prepare is incredible and can make for some good games.  (We can only hope for a 2004 Citrus Bowl replay with a hail mary toss for the win with no time left).  K-state started horribly but "turned it around" late in the season.  I still think they suck but can only imagine an outcome where we get big headed (as a fan that is, it'll turn around and bite us). 

Anywho, a Bowl win would be a nice touch to end the season and we have a very real chance at accomplishing that (although playing a wounded Georgia team and winning that in a sexier Bowl game would be even better).  Snyder will have them prepared so a W isn't a given, obviously, but I think we're far too athletic to lose this game.  It's great that they get all this extra practice time though; let's hope it gets put to good use i.e. not installing more Tackle Over sh*t.

Initial thoughts?
there are too many bowl games.

playoff system cannot get here fast enough.

I hope Iowa can hang, and I also think USC-Fresno will be a good one.

do give small teams extra practices and something to look forward to. The problem with the bowl system is that the school is forced to pay for an allotment of tickets no matter whether they are sold. They also are forced to stay in certain pricey hotels and are forced to use other services that jack up the cost as well. Talk about a bunch of crap. After paying for expenses and tickets many schools lose a ton of money in the process. If they want these bowls really bad, the bowl itself, the TV network and the corporate sponsor should pay for travel and lodging for the schools that compete. Then they should let the schools themselves determine how many tickets they want. This would fix the system, but also take millions out of the thieves' pockets who run them.  It will be a gigantic money grab until someone finally takes charge of this mess.

I love me some Detroit, but I still can't imagine the Bowling Green kids are real happy going to the Pizza Bowl while the NIU team they beat gets a trip to San Diego.