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#201
Glad you got some rest. Happy New Years. Looking forward to Monday's games.
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let's hit some fat BOWL games shall we?
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#211
whats up men.........hope everyone is fully recovered from NYE and ready to hit the last leg of this bowl season!! Thanks for the kind words everyone, I guess that is why anyone takes the time to post their write ups is to get some kudo's, but I also do it to share my experience/knowledge of this hobby i've come to love over the past 15 years in hopes we can all benefit from it. Hope everyone ends up in the + when it's over. It's a marathon, not a sprint; however, I say when your hot, hit it, when your not, back off. Here we go:
so, nobody has had more of, or a bigger distraction that penn st. all of that was capped off by mcgloin and drake fighting, now neither will be playing today. Houston had a bit of distraction with sumlin, but they've stayed in house with Levine taking over and he will be their coach as they head in to the big east, so i think they shored that up real quick. both teams thought they would be somewhere else, but I think both will ultimately be happy to be here, penn st just wants to play football, Houston want's to get that nasty southern miss taste out of their mouth and send Keenum off right, plus they get to try and do it to a big 10 which is always motivation for a non AQ team. keenum v bolden, beal and company v redd, uh receivers get the nod over penn st in that dept, but penn st gets the defensive nod. we all know houston will try and spread them out and take their wide open pass game to penn st. In the end, I do think Houston has the horses and experience to beat Penn St today. houston hasn't seen a defense as good as penn st, last penn st saw a good offense was wisconsin and they were blown out, and if penn st defense can't stop houston, they will not be able to keep up with them on the scoreboard.
Houston -7 (-120)
These two squads are very similar defensively. Both squads rank in the top five of total defense and in the top 15 against both the run and the pass. Both squads are off of disappointing efforts as each allowed 42 points in the conference championship losses. Both squads can get after the opposing QB. Georgia was second in the SEC with 34 sacks while MSU led the Big Ten with 41 sacks. Pretty even on defense, and i think pretty even on offense. i like getting points in even match ups. I really think this is as even as it gets. Georgia may have a slight edge, but a more experienced qb on msu side, even though their back up may get a few snaps today. one thing missing from the msu seniors portfolio is a bowl win, they've tried before, against sec teams, no dice. they have a chance today to re-live their 08' bowl loss to these bulldogs, Cousins, and WR's Cunningham and Martin all played in that game.its time to shit or get off the pot for michigan st. they can score and they can play defense, i think they have as good a chance as they are going to have to get a bowl win and one over an SEC team today, not because of their opponent, but because of themselves. n addition to ranking as the fifth best overall in the country, the defense has made its living this season by taking the ball away. The Spartans lead the Big Ten in interceptions with 16, and they recovered six fumbles for a turnover margin of plus-7, good for second in the conference. They also lead the Big Ten with 41 sacks. That should be a big part of today's game considering Aaron Murray has thrown 12 interceptions and only is completing 58.8 percent of his passes. Murray has the benefit of playing against some great defenses in the SEC. But today will be no walk in the park as the Spartans feature five players with three or more sacks and two defensive backs with four interceptions apiece.I like the match up, I like sparty defense to make a stand today and get dantonio his bowl win.
Michigan State +3.5 (-120)
another sec/big10 match up, and again, 2 pretty even teams as far as statistical comparisons go, both are 6-6. florida's defense has been pretty damn good all year and I think they can help bog down ohio st offense. I won't get too hypocritical by pointing out florida sched vs ohio st sched as i'm taking a mix of both big10 and sec schools today, but florida did have the "luxury" of playing lsu, bama, georgia, south car.....neither of these offenses are really any good, i think florida's top 10 defense will be able to be the difference as florida tries to stick it to ohio st and as much as they say they don't care, they want urban meyer to know where his bread was buttered for a while. When Will Muschamp called out his team following its loss to Florida State back in November, he couldn't have known he was providing another storyline for Monday's Gator Bowl.Remember what he said? "We're a soft football team. That's the bottom line. I told our guys, ‘We're not a physically tough team and we're not a mentally tough team.' And self-evaluation is hard sometimes, but that's the facts. That's the facts. Hard to say it. I've been called a lot of things in my life, but soft's not one of them. And we are."
Muschamp promised a tough bowl camp. florida is one team that always just has tremendous speed at the skill position and for all that is the make up of these two teams, ohio st has to contend with florida's speed, especially with rainy and demps in the backfield. I think the gators come up big today in jaxonville as the buckeyes just might be trying to individually audition for meyer a little bit in this one.
Florida -1 (-120)
so, nobody has had more of, or a bigger distraction that penn st. all of that was capped off by mcgloin and drake fighting, now neither will be playing today. Houston had a bit of distraction with sumlin, but they've stayed in house with Levine taking over and he will be their coach as they head in to the big east, so i think they shored that up real quick. both teams thought they would be somewhere else, but I think both will ultimately be happy to be here, penn st just wants to play football, Houston want's to get that nasty southern miss taste out of their mouth and send Keenum off right, plus they get to try and do it to a big 10 which is always motivation for a non AQ team. keenum v bolden, beal and company v redd, uh receivers get the nod over penn st in that dept, but penn st gets the defensive nod. we all know houston will try and spread them out and take their wide open pass game to penn st. In the end, I do think Houston has the horses and experience to beat Penn St today. houston hasn't seen a defense as good as penn st, last penn st saw a good offense was wisconsin and they were blown out, and if penn st defense can't stop houston, they will not be able to keep up with them on the scoreboard.
Houston -7 (-120)
These two squads are very similar defensively. Both squads rank in the top five of total defense and in the top 15 against both the run and the pass. Both squads are off of disappointing efforts as each allowed 42 points in the conference championship losses. Both squads can get after the opposing QB. Georgia was second in the SEC with 34 sacks while MSU led the Big Ten with 41 sacks. Pretty even on defense, and i think pretty even on offense. i like getting points in even match ups. I really think this is as even as it gets. Georgia may have a slight edge, but a more experienced qb on msu side, even though their back up may get a few snaps today. one thing missing from the msu seniors portfolio is a bowl win, they've tried before, against sec teams, no dice. they have a chance today to re-live their 08' bowl loss to these bulldogs, Cousins, and WR's Cunningham and Martin all played in that game.its time to shit or get off the pot for michigan st. they can score and they can play defense, i think they have as good a chance as they are going to have to get a bowl win and one over an SEC team today, not because of their opponent, but because of themselves. n addition to ranking as the fifth best overall in the country, the defense has made its living this season by taking the ball away. The Spartans lead the Big Ten in interceptions with 16, and they recovered six fumbles for a turnover margin of plus-7, good for second in the conference. They also lead the Big Ten with 41 sacks. That should be a big part of today's game considering Aaron Murray has thrown 12 interceptions and only is completing 58.8 percent of his passes. Murray has the benefit of playing against some great defenses in the SEC. But today will be no walk in the park as the Spartans feature five players with three or more sacks and two defensive backs with four interceptions apiece.I like the match up, I like sparty defense to make a stand today and get dantonio his bowl win.
Michigan State +3.5 (-120)
another sec/big10 match up, and again, 2 pretty even teams as far as statistical comparisons go, both are 6-6. florida's defense has been pretty damn good all year and I think they can help bog down ohio st offense. I won't get too hypocritical by pointing out florida sched vs ohio st sched as i'm taking a mix of both big10 and sec schools today, but florida did have the "luxury" of playing lsu, bama, georgia, south car.....neither of these offenses are really any good, i think florida's top 10 defense will be able to be the difference as florida tries to stick it to ohio st and as much as they say they don't care, they want urban meyer to know where his bread was buttered for a while. When Will Muschamp called out his team following its loss to Florida State back in November, he couldn't have known he was providing another storyline for Monday's Gator Bowl.Remember what he said? "We're a soft football team. That's the bottom line. I told our guys, ‘We're not a physically tough team and we're not a mentally tough team.' And self-evaluation is hard sometimes, but that's the facts. That's the facts. Hard to say it. I've been called a lot of things in my life, but soft's not one of them. And we are."
Muschamp promised a tough bowl camp. florida is one team that always just has tremendous speed at the skill position and for all that is the make up of these two teams, ohio st has to contend with florida's speed, especially with rainy and demps in the backfield. I think the gators come up big today in jaxonville as the buckeyes just might be trying to individually audition for meyer a little bit in this one.
Florida -1 (-120)
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Posted:
#212
the grand daddy of them all, not only for college football, but for me
as well. this will be my biggest bowl game of the season. i think this
comes down to a few things: I think wisconsins o line can wear down
oregon d line as the game goes on and allow ball and wilson to continue
to score on the ducks, just as they will get scored on, but I like
wisconsin's 8th/6th ranked defense to come up with a stop or two, and if
you are ever going to play a team like Oregon, hope you play them in
the first game or in a bowl game, check, lots of time to prepare, all
wisconsin has heard for the last month is how are you going to keep up
with oregon speed, pace, etc...these two offenses are similar
statistically, but are totally different, they light up scoreboards in
totally different ways, oregon with their pace, speed, tons of
possessions, wiscy with methodical drives, chewing up clock, keep
defense off balanced. For a team that has basked in the national
spotlight for much of the season, the University of Wisconsin has
been mostly an afterthought here leading up to today's Rose Bowl
against Oregon. The Ducks have dominated the headlines, fter a trip to
Disneyland on Tuesday, a photo circulated on the
Internet of Ducks running back LaMichael James, with a look of
terror on his face while riding on Disneyland's Space Mountain.
James said he was goofing around. At the annual beef-eating event at
Lawry's on Wednesday night,
Oregon offensive lineman Mark Asper performed the Heimlich Maneuver
on a man who was choking on a bite of prime rib.And then, there was the
endless fascination with the Ducks'
jerseys and their reflective "liquid metal" helmets.
"Everything I've been hearing is Oregon's speed and uniforms," UW senior free safety Aaron Henry said. "The uniforms have gotten more play than we have as a whole team." The Badgers are underdogs, which is a familiar spot for the program. They were heavy underdogs to UCLA in their first two Rose Bowl victories.
Does anyone even know who Oregon is playing??????????????
hahaha,Chip Kelly has only
lost six times in his three years at Oregon. In five of those losses,
high-quality teams had extra time to prepare their defenses, including
the last two Bowl games. Wisconsin has covered five of its last seven
Bowl games - all as an underdog.
Wisconsin +5
let's roll boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted:
#217
Quote Originally Posted by YaMon:
yup, Wisc will man handle this quick O (power always beats speed - always has, always will)
+7 (bought 2) @ -150
Ummmm....NOT! Do you remember all the Rose bowls when the power Big-10 would come into pasadena against a fast Pac-10 team....usually USC,and would lose 20 out of 25 times.Speed beats sluggo EVERY TIME yup, Wisc will man handle this quick O (power always beats speed - always has, always will)
+7 (bought 2) @ -150
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