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Pretty horrible bowl season with lots of noncompetitive games. Hopefully the CFP Semifinals will be good for once.
1 posted on 12/31/2017 6:48:29 AM PST by C19fan
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Pac was way down on talent this year especially on the defensive side.

The virtual Championship is a joke no matter who they choose. Until they have a Championship of Champions it is nothing but an ESPN beauty contest.


2 posted on 12/31/2017 6:51:14 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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There are too many bowl games to even try to keep track of what teams are playing and what they bring to those games.

One of our younger adult relatives has a unique memory when it comes to current and past college and pro sport teams.

So I ask him what bowl games to consider watching.

His response this year was to watch Midsummer Murders or something similar.


3 posted on 12/31/2017 6:53:14 AM PST by Grampa Dave (America had regime change January 2017! ISIS collapsed! Are the FBI/DOJ/CIA next?)
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SEC is doing pretty badly too. Big 10 is dominating though.

It’s a shame the SEC got two teams in the final 4. I guess they have to stack the deck to help better their chances of winning a national title.


4 posted on 12/31/2017 6:54:35 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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With the advent of the College Football Playoffs, the non CFP bowl games have become more meaningless than they were before. There have been a handful of competitive well played games, but for most contests, it is obvious neither team cares.


5 posted on 12/31/2017 6:55:24 AM PST by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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Pac 12 sucks. USC was good when they had Reggie Bush but look how well that worked out. All they can do is cheat to win. Karma’s a bitch.


6 posted on 12/31/2017 6:56:11 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I laugh when I hear all these “learned” ESPN analysts say expanding the playoff would be too much for the “student” as athletes. Oh please. In FCS, Division II and III they have anywhere from a 16 to 32 team playoff. I guess those student athletes don’t matter since almost none of them are going to be playing in the NFL, which matters most to the flunkies at ESPN.


11 posted on 12/31/2017 7:01:20 AM PST by dowcaet
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Next year. (Go Huskies)


18 posted on 12/31/2017 7:11:39 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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Darnold needs another year or two to mature, so I’m glad he’s not going to the draft.

Not that he’s declared, but it wouldn’t be his best choice.


27 posted on 12/31/2017 7:20:18 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Maybe if UCLA qb had played rather than lie to sit out so he wouldn’t injure himself before draft the conference might have won a game


28 posted on 12/31/2017 7:22:01 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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Funny.

Before they played the game, the talk was all about that selection committee was obligated to select the runner up ACC team and runner up B1G team in the Orange Bowl. No home team favoritism for “The U”.

And the fans were all about “The Turnover Chain”. Because you know QB Alex Hornibrook and their freshman RB Jonathan Taylor are prone to turnovers.

After they play the game, now it is “B1G teams all have higher rankings over their opponents, so they are expected to win”. Whatever!

B1G this year is 7 - 0 in bowl games so far, with one game left. Go Blue!


29 posted on 12/31/2017 7:22:13 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott is probably satisfied. He is hell-bent for “parity” in the league.


31 posted on 12/31/2017 7:23:12 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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If you follow the SEC, the head honchos require each team play a ‘gimme game’ two or three weeks out from the end of the season. This gives each team an easy victory and the ability to rest players while keeping their rankings. I was confused this and last year why AL was playing Dinky State U in the middle of a heated conference chase. It makes sense now.


42 posted on 12/31/2017 7:38:02 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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I noticed a trend this year of having a local team (or day trip range) vs an away team in the bowls. It did seem to cut down on the empty seats, but it sort of defeats the purpose of using a bowl game to bring in tourists.

Orange - Miami
Peach - Auburn
Cheribundi - FAU
Frisco - SMU
Bad Boys - FIU
Academy - Texas
Alamo - TCU
Belk - Wake Forest
Music City - Kentucky
Liberty - Memphis

Differences in attendance were particularly noticable between the Liberty and the bowl formerly known as Gator.


43 posted on 12/31/2017 7:39:25 AM PST by PAR35
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There are so many bowl games anymore that they should be relabeled ‘Participation Trophy Bowl 1 thru 40’ or whatever the latest number is.


49 posted on 12/31/2017 7:52:42 AM PST by TomGuy
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Fear the Frog!


50 posted on 12/31/2017 7:57:37 AM PST by Ancient Man
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pac12 didn’t do well. 1-8!
keep that up and your power5 card will be rejected.


60 posted on 12/31/2017 8:54:49 AM PST by thinkliberty64
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That’s okay - the PAC 12 makes up for it by having the absolute worst officials in football.


61 posted on 12/31/2017 8:57:40 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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Matters for naught, it's all part of the ebb and flow of sports, particularly college football.

The Pac-12 will be back, maybe as soon as next year. The ball bounces funny when it's not even a round ball.

65 posted on 12/31/2017 9:54:41 AM PST by OKSooner (Joan Rivers, RIP)
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Bowl games are not quite meaningless enough, yet. The obvious answer is to create more bowl games, lower the automatic pass to a bowl to four wins and make the sponsorship wide open. For starters, I propose the Porcelain Bowl, by Lysol Bathroom Scrubbing Bubbles.


86 posted on 12/31/2017 11:48:23 AM PST by DPMD
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New Years Bowl pickz

Wolverines over the Gamecocks in the Outback bowl

UCF pulls it off and beats Auburn in the Peach Bowl

The Irish over LSU Citrus Bowl

And in our playoff semis

The Sooners top the Bulldogs in the Rose Bowl

And the Tide roll over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl, a little silly that the SEC Champs aren’t in the Sugar Bowl


114 posted on 12/31/2017 6:52:51 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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