Thursday Day and Night Sickos Bowl Game Open Thread
December 28th, 2023 at 11:40 AM ^
Go Rutgers!
December 28th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
Rutgers players could have slept in their own beds last night if they wanted to. I only wish it was colder to make it harder on the Miami Mercs.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^
I would love to know the payroll differential in this game.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:49 PM ^
I know Miami is around $15M. Not sure if that's just FB or for everyone, but they're obviously over $10M for FB.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:58 PM ^
Fuck Rutgers, fuck their bitch made coach and fuck the big ten.
December 28th, 2023 at 11:41 AM ^
What a weird day of bowl game weather. The first three are all going to be cold and miserable.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:05 PM ^
So... perfect football weather.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
You can have your choice of seats at Fenway Park. The cold driving rain Boston winters are known for.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:22 PM ^
Is that why this is labelled as "Sickos" Bowl game thread? I actually like these matchups. Miami vs Rutgers is interesting to me in particular. I'd like to see Rutgers win a bowl game.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:54 PM ^
Yeah I don't understand the Sickos thing either...these are decent bowls. This isn't some random bowl between teams that only sickos would want to watch.
December 28th, 2023 at 2:44 PM ^
Screw Schiano and his baby ass whining! He was a big part of the crying to the Bigten. You got your ass whipped Greg because your team fucking sucks!!! Miami is cheating and openly paying for their roster so I can root for them either. Maybe it’ll end up a pathetic 7-6 type of game where nobody really wins.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:41 PM ^
Yeah, it seems unseasonably cold in Orlando right now, but the other two, that's why bowls are typically in warm locations (or in domes if not). Not sure why anyone thought it would be a good idea to have an outdoor bowl game in NYC or Boston in late December...
December 28th, 2023 at 11:45 AM ^
Good shit, Jedd
December 28th, 2023 at 11:47 AM ^
i don't consider any of you sickos. well, you might be sickos, but not for watching CFB.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:23 PM ^
I don't recall seeing a lot of you on the After Dark open threads. When you're not only still watching football at 2AM Sunday morning, but also actively commenting about it on a message board, there is something wrong with you.
So, I guess I'm saying you seem to be 'normal'...
December 28th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
i appreciate that vablue, but i wouldn't go quite that far to 'normal'. maybe more like:
December 28th, 2023 at 11:48 AM ^
6-6 BC vs an 11-2 SMU team...interesting matchup.
Excited to see what good shit Jedd has cooked up for Oklahoma and Venables
December 28th, 2023 at 12:01 PM ^
is it really called the pop tarts bowl
December 28th, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^
It's really called the Pop Tarts Bowl. It started in Miami as the Blockbuster Bowl. It moved to Orlando in 2000 and has had several names and sponsors. Last year it was the Cheez-it Bowl. I don't see any reason for it to exist.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:14 PM ^
Netflix and Chill Bowl probably wouldn't work as a name.
December 28th, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
Why'd they stop calling it the Blockbuster Bowl?
December 28th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
Yes. It is. And there’s real pop tarts in the trophy.
These bowl sponsors seem to get weirder by the year. I can’t wait for the day where PornHub gets in on the action (pun intended) and sponsors a bowl.
I bet you are going to see A LOT less opt outs for that game. Everyone is going to want a piece of whatever trophy that game offers.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:25 PM ^
You have to verify you're 18 before taking your seat...
December 28th, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
The trophy is pretty magnificent (will try to embed). I'm not sure if it actually has a heating element or if it just looks like a toaster, but I want one, nonetheless. I want to know everything about the conception and creation of this work of art.
Cool as the trophy is, the real draw will be CFB's first "edible mascot." I've had a google alert for the past two weeks and haven't found any credible pictures or descriptions, other than it will be "roughly the same size as any other college mascot." I can't believe this isn't front page news!
December 28th, 2023 at 1:26 PM ^
Do the teams have to eat a mascot at halftime then finish the game? Kinda like the https://krispykremechallenge.com/
December 28th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
All that mayonnaise eating during the Mayo Bowl yesterday was disgusting. They put Bourbon-something flavored mayo substance on a Krispy Kream donut and called it delicious. Sideline reporter was dipping fries into mayo like he hadn’t eaten in a month. 🤮
By the end of the game, the announcer was making back-handed “complements”.
December 28th, 2023 at 9:36 PM ^
UW Lacrosse will be looking to move up to Division I
December 28th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
Ha! Someone referenced the Pop Tarts bowl yesterday in another thread and I thought they were coining a pejorative toward the minor bowls. It turns out that it's a real thing!
December 28th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
Pop Tarts Bowl? WTH? It is like they are working to eradicate bowl season one useless bowl and suspect bowl name at a time.
After watching a mayo bath occur, what happens with that one? Milk dunk?
I'm going to watch it though.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:50 PM ^
It is like they are working to eradicate bowl season one useless bowl and suspect bowl name at a time.
In 2021 and 2022 they had the Jimmy Kimmel Bowl, which for this year was named the Starco Brands LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk...
December 28th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
Lets to AZ fighting Fisches......
December 28th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
I actually don't remember the scene, but Blofeld uses them in the Bond movie.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
Frank Drebin takes them out with a pen.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
Surely you can't be serious?
December 28th, 2023 at 3:37 PM ^
I am serious. And quit calling me Shirley.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
You missed one (although in fairness it isnt college). Browns have a chance to clinch a playoff spot and keep their hopes for an AFC North title alive if we can beat the Jets tonight. I'll be there (they're expecting this to be largest in-person home crowd in First Energy stadium history) but for the Browns here who wont be there because they're on IR:
QB1 & QB2 (not complaining here, Flacco's been amazing)
RB1 (God I miss Nick Chubb)
LT, RT and both LT & RT backups (third string tackles starting)
DE
DT (Remember Maurice Hurst? He was playing lights out when he got hurt)
FS
SS
PK
P
If Stefanski doesnt get coach of the year I'm not sure what people are voting on. He's somehow gotten a team missing TEN players from our opening day starting line up to the brink of the playoffs. Simply amazing. Oh, and this is the first time in 70 years that both the Browns and thew Lions have 10 wins. Maybe we'll recreate the 50's and meet again in the Super Bowl.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:31 PM ^
Good luck to the walking wounded!
December 28th, 2023 at 12:32 PM ^
its only fitting.... the Lions have clinched.....
December 28th, 2023 at 12:43 PM ^
The Lions playing a Flacco led Browns in the Super Bowl would be the best possible outcome. I'm down for it.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:58 PM ^
I wanted them to suck for paying Watson a huge contract despite them knowing he is a complete dirtbag. But now that he is injured and they are still stuck with that massive contract, I guess that is enough Karma for me.
December 28th, 2023 at 1:37 PM ^
Maybe we'll recreate the 50's and meet again in the Super Bowl.
1957 NFL championship game:
December 28th, 2023 at 3:13 PM ^
Hurst is the best DT I ever saw at Mich. But we have a current Soph who could get there.
December 28th, 2023 at 12:52 PM ^
The last 2 looks like they could be good. KSU will have their 5 star Freshman starting. How the heck does KSU recruit 5 star QBs?
December 28th, 2023 at 1:22 PM ^
A Pop Tarts Bowl is an interesting concept from a breakfast or dessert perspective. I am willing to root for zona since it is football and rutgers because it's YTM and the knights were a decent BIG team this year.
December 28th, 2023 at 2:30 PM ^
I don’t know how it makes any sense that Kansas State and NC State are the identical NPCs in different color shirts but it does.
December 28th, 2023 at 2:41 PM ^
ESPN going a TD, commercial, KO, commercial for the Pinstripe Bowl is both pitiful and hilarious. Likely mean the CFP games will go TD, commercial, XP, commercial, sideline interview, commercial, KO, Commercial.
December 28th, 2023 at 2:57 PM ^
Gotta hand it to Cristobal, he’s convinced Miami to repeatedly buy him a roster that he will ultimately win 7 games with. Look at what Lanning has done with Oregon vs Cristobal.
December 28th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
I think Rutgers is better than their record.
December 28th, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
One of the Rutger D linemen got up after a play and purposely stepped on the crotch of the O-lineman laying on the ground.
The TV announcer said: “did you see that Draymond Green play?” They showed the replay of it and the other announcer said “Draymond Green” is now a verb!
December 28th, 2023 at 3:17 PM ^
That tremendous effort on Rutgers part...pushing their small guy the extra 7 yards...pushing official not so good. That guy is gone and the Miami player as well.