Showing posts with label Rose Bowl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rose Bowl. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2015
ICYMI: Oregon Blows out Florida State in Rose Bowl
((ht: espn.com))
It was a close game at the half.
The Oregon Ducks went into the locker room at halftime with an 18-13 lead over the undefeated Florida State Seminoles with a berth in the National Championship game on the line.
And no, even the Ducks couldn't have imagined what would happen next.
The once-invincible Florida State team, winners of their past 29 games started making mistakes.
Four straight Seminoles turnovers led to Oregon points.
The Ducks scored 27 points in the third quarter. And the game was over.
A 41 point 2nd half gave Oregon the statement win they were looking for, their first over a Top 2 team ever. The Ducks beat the Seminoles 59-20. And it could have been worse.
QB Marcus Mariota threw for 338 yards and 2 TD's and ran for 62 yards and another score, leading his team to the win.
As for FSU star Jameis Winston, he had a tough day. He threw for a lot of yards, but had an interception and perhaps one of the ugliest fumbles you'll ever see.
Oregon moves on to the National Title game versus Ohio State in Dallas.
Notes:
--Many of the FSU players left the field before shaking hands with the Oregon players and coaches. A big breach of sportsmanship that should be addressed. (Winston and several others stayed for a long time to congratulate the Ducks)
---Several Oregon players may--and should be in trouble for what they did after the game. A video showing them on the podium mocking the FSU Tomahawk chop and chanting "No means no" has been making the rounds. Once made aware of it, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said they players involved will be disciplined.
Here's the video from Fox Sports West producer Bear Heiser:
Monday, December 29, 2014
Awesome! FSU Fans Produce Oregon Ducks Themed Duck Hunt Game
((ht: si.com))
Oh, this is fantastic....
A couple of Florida State football fans at A Flat Miner Studios apparently had some time on their hands this past week.
And to keep busy...the produced a football themed version of the classic Nintendo game "Duck Hunt". Only the duck featured in the game was an Oregon Duck.
Or at least a Duck dressed in an Oregon sweater.
And if you shoot the Duck, it falls into the grass only to be retrieved by a Florida State football player with the Seminoles War Chant theme playing in the background.
Yes really.
Click on the link HERE to play....
Fantastic...a great way to pass some time until the two teams play at the Rose Bowl in Round One of the College Football Playoff later in the week.
Oh, this is fantastic....
A couple of Florida State football fans at A Flat Miner Studios apparently had some time on their hands this past week.
And to keep busy...the produced a football themed version of the classic Nintendo game "Duck Hunt". Only the duck featured in the game was an Oregon Duck.
Or at least a Duck dressed in an Oregon sweater.
And if you shoot the Duck, it falls into the grass only to be retrieved by a Florida State football player with the Seminoles War Chant theme playing in the background.
Yes really.
Click on the link HERE to play....
Fantastic...a great way to pass some time until the two teams play at the Rose Bowl in Round One of the College Football Playoff later in the week.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Does Sparty Get Excited About National TV...??? YES! YES! YES!
Okay, the HQ will stipulate that occasionally we're a mark for good wrestling...
It comes today in more fits and spurts than it did in our impressionable years, but sometimes they can catch lightning in a bottle... and they seem to have done that with Daniel Bryan...
The little engine that could is near the top of the card and can have the crowd in the palm of his hand because of a simple three letter word these days...
Evidence below... although it is a bit stunted because it was a hometown crowd...
((HT: WWE))
So, last night at the Breslin Center on the Michigan State campus, the football team's center, Travis Jackson, allowed for the cheapest pop in that place in a long time during half time of the Ohio State game. The football Spartans were being honored for their Rose Bowl win...
What followed was gold...
((HT: ESPN))
How awesome is THAT...???!!!
It comes today in more fits and spurts than it did in our impressionable years, but sometimes they can catch lightning in a bottle... and they seem to have done that with Daniel Bryan...
The little engine that could is near the top of the card and can have the crowd in the palm of his hand because of a simple three letter word these days...
Evidence below... although it is a bit stunted because it was a hometown crowd...
((HT: WWE))
So, last night at the Breslin Center on the Michigan State campus, the football team's center, Travis Jackson, allowed for the cheapest pop in that place in a long time during half time of the Ohio State game. The football Spartans were being honored for their Rose Bowl win...
What followed was gold...
((HT: ESPN))
How awesome is THAT...???!!!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The End Of An Era, The Beginning Of An Era...
I'll admit it...
I was walking around in 70-plus degree weather yesterday...
All day...
I have seen all the different photos on social media from all of my friends and fellow media describing something going on in most of the country, but I'm going to have to say that I have no immediate recollection of what you're talking about. I remember walking through some jet ways in Minneapolis where I felt like I was walking through that beer commercial where the spelunker is trying to save the very meal his bartenders are trying to serve by bringing the glass bottle they just carved out of the nearest, ultra-convenient mountain side with an ice pick...
And, I dropped to my knees in profound thanks when I got into the concourse where the heat was working...
I'll admit it again...
I'm a very poor responder to cold... and the epic cold the east is taking care of for me can be sent on its way, thank you, by the time I return...
I had a football game to watch...
As someone who was a victim of the "Wide Right" and "Wide Left" eras at my alma mater where your time is marked by missed field goals at the most key moment against your hated rival- and you can recite the kickers who missed them and the direction the missed kicks missed- all of this talk about shoo-in national titles came across my ears with all the smoothness of a 7-year-old kid playing the cello for the first time- because his grandmother thought it would be a good idea...
The chalk across the chalkboard feeling when the kaolin fails to do its job because it isn't pointed enough to create the quadratic equation for Geometry class...???
That feeling...
And as the point spread against an "underdog" Auburn team climbed from 8 to 10 or 10-and-a-half points (depending on the independent businessman you follow for such advice), your hands go straight into "earmuffs" mode the closer you got to kickoff. Sure, the younger generation attached to the current Heisman Trophy winner came into the Arroyo Seco with entirely too much confidence. But they will understand, some day, not necessarily this one- that when you're given all the information and get to study from all angles that nothing is as easy as it's made to look...
I'll say this without qualification...
Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn is crazy...
And I don't mean that in a bad way at all...
He's the guy who works in his basement at all hours trying to figure out how to make time travel economical for the middle-class family of four. He'll be more than happy to figure out a way to make your sedan run on something that smells like cooking grease, but gets 427,000-miles per gallon. And, if there's a bomb set to go off attached to your ankle, and all he has is a plastic six-pack holder and a to-go bag from In-n-Out Burger...
He'll figure something out...
Defensive Coordinator Ellis Johnson isn't too far behind Malzahn, either... he just needs to figure out the cooking grease equations his boss has on the whiteboard...
In the first half of this title game, Malzahn ran his game that got Auburn to the last game of the year. It included a pass down the seam to a tall receiver that you had to go deep into the stat book to ask yourself who he was and did he, in fact, exist before Monday night. To even find who Melvin Ray exactly was, you had to know exactly where North Florida Christian School was and that Casey Weldon was his high school coach (Yes, the FSU Casey Weldon, but hang on to your conspiracy theories- for now).
Ray had caught only four other passes the entire season and his 6-3 height advantage was used mainly on special teams...
Until he was so blatantly ignored travelling down the seam, that it was 14-3...
((HT: ESPN))
Johnson dialed up 30 days worth of coverages that freaked out Jameis Winston and kept him in the pocket- and also kept the Seminoles from running their offense quickly enough to tire a defense that had given up yards all year...
They, simply, weren't doing it...
But football is all about adjustments... and you can talk about the fake punt Jimbo Fisher called being absolutely huge to keep his team from getting blown out of the gym...
It was...
And you can talk about how FSU pushed everything offensive from the tackle box (where Auburn likes to make it's three and four-yard gains all night if you let them) to the edges where their superior pursuit speed gave it more of a shooting gallery look going from side-to-side and gaining little yardage in the second half...
It did...
But it took a kickoff return by Levonte Whitfield...
And a 50-yard pass that set up the winning score as part of a 21-point fourth quarter to turn Auburn's last chance with the football into something that looked like a failed attempt at a Cal-Stanford play to chase one more miracle...
It took an entire half for Winston to find Kelvin Benjamin as a receiver and, doing the math, Devonta Freeman only got to run the ball 11 times in the entire game.
"Fortunate" is a word I would use as an alum to determine what happened at the Rose Bowl for Florida State fans. And with Tre Mason, Nic Marshall, and a lot of people returning, I look at Auburn to do some strong things next season...
Even if, with this new playoff system, the arguing will only escalate since more teams will be left out of the loop when you even get to choose more to be involved in a four-team playoff...
A few non-game points to close:
The Rose Bowl has no concept how to deal with incoming crowds...
The sign to your right was a microcosm of the day... they actually use it to keep some kind of control from the moment the gates allow you into the stadium proper and attempt to get to your seat. And, this "crown control" actually kept a lot of people from missing a lot of the pre-game activity on the field.
Do not misunderstand... the Rose Bowl is a gorgeous venue for football...
They just need a lot of Ess-E-Cee ushers and state troopers to get you in and out in the fashion with which the rest of the world is accustomed...
Translation: "A timely fashion..."
And, the other note...
The beauty of coming to Southern California is getting to sample some of the best food ever...
The unifier of all faiths from the Rose Bowl...
In-n-Out Burger...
This was our besieged and overrun In-n-Out across the freeway from our hotel in Universal City. They didn't think that there would be a big crowd, so they were understaffed...
Woefully so... but you notice that there are fans from both teams there- and the crew that keeps the Florida State appaloosa, Renegade, happy for his cross-country ride back to Tallahassee.
One FSU fan, obviously, dialed up on liquid courage wanted to know if there were any "National Championship winners" in the building. And yelling this question made him the envy of none...
A Seminoles fan waiting to place his own order in front of him turned and requested that he stay classy about the win...
"You don't want us compared to those 'Canes, do you?"
Eastern rivalries are never far from anyone, anywhere...
And that's football for you...
Enjoy the off-season people, National Signing Day is only a month or so away...
And it starts all over again...
I was walking around in 70-plus degree weather yesterday...
All day...
I have seen all the different photos on social media from all of my friends and fellow media describing something going on in most of the country, but I'm going to have to say that I have no immediate recollection of what you're talking about. I remember walking through some jet ways in Minneapolis where I felt like I was walking through that beer commercial where the spelunker is trying to save the very meal his bartenders are trying to serve by bringing the glass bottle they just carved out of the nearest, ultra-convenient mountain side with an ice pick...
And, I dropped to my knees in profound thanks when I got into the concourse where the heat was working...
I'll admit it again...
I'm a very poor responder to cold... and the epic cold the east is taking care of for me can be sent on its way, thank you, by the time I return...
I had a football game to watch...
As someone who was a victim of the "Wide Right" and "Wide Left" eras at my alma mater where your time is marked by missed field goals at the most key moment against your hated rival- and you can recite the kickers who missed them and the direction the missed kicks missed- all of this talk about shoo-in national titles came across my ears with all the smoothness of a 7-year-old kid playing the cello for the first time- because his grandmother thought it would be a good idea...
The chalk across the chalkboard feeling when the kaolin fails to do its job because it isn't pointed enough to create the quadratic equation for Geometry class...???
That feeling...
And as the point spread against an "underdog" Auburn team climbed from 8 to 10 or 10-and-a-half points (depending on the independent businessman you follow for such advice), your hands go straight into "earmuffs" mode the closer you got to kickoff. Sure, the younger generation attached to the current Heisman Trophy winner came into the Arroyo Seco with entirely too much confidence. But they will understand, some day, not necessarily this one- that when you're given all the information and get to study from all angles that nothing is as easy as it's made to look...
I'll say this without qualification...
Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn is crazy...
And I don't mean that in a bad way at all...
He's the guy who works in his basement at all hours trying to figure out how to make time travel economical for the middle-class family of four. He'll be more than happy to figure out a way to make your sedan run on something that smells like cooking grease, but gets 427,000-miles per gallon. And, if there's a bomb set to go off attached to your ankle, and all he has is a plastic six-pack holder and a to-go bag from In-n-Out Burger...
He'll figure something out...
Defensive Coordinator Ellis Johnson isn't too far behind Malzahn, either... he just needs to figure out the cooking grease equations his boss has on the whiteboard...
In the first half of this title game, Malzahn ran his game that got Auburn to the last game of the year. It included a pass down the seam to a tall receiver that you had to go deep into the stat book to ask yourself who he was and did he, in fact, exist before Monday night. To even find who Melvin Ray exactly was, you had to know exactly where North Florida Christian School was and that Casey Weldon was his high school coach (Yes, the FSU Casey Weldon, but hang on to your conspiracy theories- for now).
Ray had caught only four other passes the entire season and his 6-3 height advantage was used mainly on special teams...
Until he was so blatantly ignored travelling down the seam, that it was 14-3...
((HT: ESPN))
Johnson dialed up 30 days worth of coverages that freaked out Jameis Winston and kept him in the pocket- and also kept the Seminoles from running their offense quickly enough to tire a defense that had given up yards all year...
They, simply, weren't doing it...
But football is all about adjustments... and you can talk about the fake punt Jimbo Fisher called being absolutely huge to keep his team from getting blown out of the gym...
It was...
And you can talk about how FSU pushed everything offensive from the tackle box (where Auburn likes to make it's three and four-yard gains all night if you let them) to the edges where their superior pursuit speed gave it more of a shooting gallery look going from side-to-side and gaining little yardage in the second half...
It did...
But it took a kickoff return by Levonte Whitfield...
And a 50-yard pass that set up the winning score as part of a 21-point fourth quarter to turn Auburn's last chance with the football into something that looked like a failed attempt at a Cal-Stanford play to chase one more miracle...
It took an entire half for Winston to find Kelvin Benjamin as a receiver and, doing the math, Devonta Freeman only got to run the ball 11 times in the entire game.
"Fortunate" is a word I would use as an alum to determine what happened at the Rose Bowl for Florida State fans. And with Tre Mason, Nic Marshall, and a lot of people returning, I look at Auburn to do some strong things next season...
Even if, with this new playoff system, the arguing will only escalate since more teams will be left out of the loop when you even get to choose more to be involved in a four-team playoff...
A few non-game points to close:
The Rose Bowl has no concept how to deal with incoming crowds...
The sign to your right was a microcosm of the day... they actually use it to keep some kind of control from the moment the gates allow you into the stadium proper and attempt to get to your seat. And, this "crown control" actually kept a lot of people from missing a lot of the pre-game activity on the field.
Do not misunderstand... the Rose Bowl is a gorgeous venue for football...
They just need a lot of Ess-E-Cee ushers and state troopers to get you in and out in the fashion with which the rest of the world is accustomed...
Translation: "A timely fashion..."
And, the other note...
The beauty of coming to Southern California is getting to sample some of the best food ever...
The unifier of all faiths from the Rose Bowl...
In-n-Out Burger...
This was our besieged and overrun In-n-Out across the freeway from our hotel in Universal City. They didn't think that there would be a big crowd, so they were understaffed...
Woefully so... but you notice that there are fans from both teams there- and the crew that keeps the Florida State appaloosa, Renegade, happy for his cross-country ride back to Tallahassee.
One FSU fan, obviously, dialed up on liquid courage wanted to know if there were any "National Championship winners" in the building. And yelling this question made him the envy of none...
A Seminoles fan waiting to place his own order in front of him turned and requested that he stay classy about the win...
"You don't want us compared to those 'Canes, do you?"
Eastern rivalries are never far from anyone, anywhere...
And that's football for you...
Enjoy the off-season people, National Signing Day is only a month or so away...
And it starts all over again...
Sunday, January 5, 2014
The Seminoles Will Be Unconquered
 |
| Gus Malzahn and Jimbo Fisher |
I see Brother
Phil and Brother Jon have added their take to Monday’s BCS National
Championship Game so I feel compelled to add my take.
My day job
requires me to stay in tune with college football particularly with the ACC and
the SEC each week so I’ve seen Auburn and Florida State on a regular basis.
To say Auburn
got to the BCS National Championship Game strictly on luck is disrespect to
what the Tigers accomplished this season.
Sure Ricardo
Louis was in the right place at the right time when the ball deflected off
Georgia’s Josh Harvey-Clemons’ shoulder pad and into his arms for the game
winning touchdown.
And then Chris
Davis takes an Alabama missed field goal the length of the field on the final play
to win the Iron Bowl with each providing Auburn radio play-by-play voice Rod
Bramblett the greatest resume reel in the business.
The point is
Auburn put themselves in a position to win those games with in my mind the best
running game in college football and an offensive line that has done a hell of
a job run blocking.
When the season
began you knew Florida State was loaded with talent and speed. The wild card was whether redshirt freshman quarterback
Jameis Winston would live up to the hype.
Well leading the
Seminoles to a 13-0 record, an ACC title and winning the Heisman Trophy means
yes he did, and then some.
You thought
Florida State would have been challenged by Clemson at Death Valley. The Seminoles whooped the Tigers 51-14.
That sums up
Florida State’s season, the Seminoles play at a much higher level than there opponents.
Yet I agree with
Brother Jon that this will be a much closer game because of Auburn’s ability to
run the ball, they’re the best in the nation at it.
Back on
September 28th Florida State defeated Boston College 48-34 in what
was the Seminoles closest game.
Andre Williams
rushed for 159 yards and the Eagles as a team rushed for 210 yards, the most
Florida State gave up all year.
B.C. ended up 13th
in the country rushing and Andre Williams enjoyed an over 2,000 yard season and
led the nation in rushing.
Tre Mason and
Nick Marshall will be the best backs Florida State has faced since the Boston
College game.
That will keep
the game close.
What is going to
put Florida State over the top will be Jameis Winston’s ability to make plays. He’s that good.
If you’re a
Florida State fan though, you won’t be comfortable until the game is over but
the Crystal Ball will return to Tallahassee.
Tallahassee: All The Pressure Is On You...
Last time out, we sat here and talked to you about how impactful Georgia kids have been in Auburn's remarkable run- and will continue to be so for quite some time as long as guys like Rodney Garner and Dell McGee are on the sidelines helping out Gus Malzahn...
Same applies for Florida State as they have made their run to the Rose Bowl...
In a conversation I had with Lowndes play-by-play voice Wes James on the GPB Sports "Football Fridays in Georgia" podcast earlier in the season, Wes talked about one of the best athletes he's ever seen in Telvin "The Terminator" Smith- who went from Lowndes to Tally and is a mean dude in their linebacking corps...
Revisit it hyah...
Smith is one of 8 kids on the current roster that are from Georgia- most from south Georgia- that are this/close to winning a national title...
Once again, following on a theme...
This may not sit well in Athens and places in the state they came from...
I saw Florida State coaches at the Georgia Dome looking at talent at the Football Championships last month- and they'll get their share of them if they can close the deal...which a national title can do very easily...
On the field, once again, I will re-emphasize that in the game coming up tomorrow the yards Florida State gets will have virtually no correlation with their effectiveness. Same goes for Auburn...
I have reminded people, in today's football, all the yards you get on offense (or, conversely, give up on defense) simply DO NOT MATTER... if you don't put the ball in the end zone, all the effort to get into a scoring situation (or allowing a scoring situation) will either be for naught (or get you a shut out)...
Auburn is playing with house money- even more so after the Alabama fold in the Sugar Bowl to Oklahoma. There is no way, now, that Auburn (who is not going to finish below the Tide in any way in any poll- barring a blowout of monumental proportions at the Rose Bowl) will end up any worse than #4.
The Tigers will give up yards- it's their way...
Just look at games against Texas A&M on the road and Missouri in the Ess-E-Cee title game...
You see what that got them...
((HT: SEC on CBS))
But they'll also get yards... it'll take them a while to figure out what they can do and what they can't against one of the fastest defenses they've played all year.
Any Florida State fan who thinks this game will spiral out of control one way or the other- especially in their favor- is sadly mistaken and dealing in false bravado. Duke hung with you too, if you remember, a few weeks back...
Remember... the Rose Bowl also swapped out their natural grass after the Michigan State-Stanford game, so the teams will be playing on a new surface... and it'll take both squads a while to get adjusted.
If FSU loses, it's another step in the "Well, you're not like what you were in the 1990's"- and you still can't close the deal. If FSU wins, all the talk will be about the 1990's and how this could be the beginning of another run like the Bowden years...
If Auburn wins, it was simply meant to be and the talk will be about dolphins, unicorns, and harmonic karmic events.
If Auburn loses, it'll be one of the biggest "atta-boys" in the modern college football era...
Here's Florida State getting ready for the title game- as one... as they always have...
((HT: WTVM-TV))
WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather
So, look for something closer than you think...
It's only your college destiny that hangs in the balance...
Same applies for Florida State as they have made their run to the Rose Bowl...
In a conversation I had with Lowndes play-by-play voice Wes James on the GPB Sports "Football Fridays in Georgia" podcast earlier in the season, Wes talked about one of the best athletes he's ever seen in Telvin "The Terminator" Smith- who went from Lowndes to Tally and is a mean dude in their linebacking corps...
Revisit it hyah...
Smith is one of 8 kids on the current roster that are from Georgia- most from south Georgia- that are this/close to winning a national title...
Once again, following on a theme...
This may not sit well in Athens and places in the state they came from...
I saw Florida State coaches at the Georgia Dome looking at talent at the Football Championships last month- and they'll get their share of them if they can close the deal...which a national title can do very easily...
On the field, once again, I will re-emphasize that in the game coming up tomorrow the yards Florida State gets will have virtually no correlation with their effectiveness. Same goes for Auburn...
I have reminded people, in today's football, all the yards you get on offense (or, conversely, give up on defense) simply DO NOT MATTER... if you don't put the ball in the end zone, all the effort to get into a scoring situation (or allowing a scoring situation) will either be for naught (or get you a shut out)...
Auburn is playing with house money- even more so after the Alabama fold in the Sugar Bowl to Oklahoma. There is no way, now, that Auburn (who is not going to finish below the Tide in any way in any poll- barring a blowout of monumental proportions at the Rose Bowl) will end up any worse than #4.
The Tigers will give up yards- it's their way...
Just look at games against Texas A&M on the road and Missouri in the Ess-E-Cee title game...
You see what that got them...
((HT: SEC on CBS))
But they'll also get yards... it'll take them a while to figure out what they can do and what they can't against one of the fastest defenses they've played all year.
Any Florida State fan who thinks this game will spiral out of control one way or the other- especially in their favor- is sadly mistaken and dealing in false bravado. Duke hung with you too, if you remember, a few weeks back...
Remember... the Rose Bowl also swapped out their natural grass after the Michigan State-Stanford game, so the teams will be playing on a new surface... and it'll take both squads a while to get adjusted.
If FSU loses, it's another step in the "Well, you're not like what you were in the 1990's"- and you still can't close the deal. If FSU wins, all the talk will be about the 1990's and how this could be the beginning of another run like the Bowden years...
If Auburn wins, it was simply meant to be and the talk will be about dolphins, unicorns, and harmonic karmic events.
If Auburn loses, it'll be one of the biggest "atta-boys" in the modern college football era...
Here's Florida State getting ready for the title game- as one... as they always have...
((HT: WTVM-TV))
WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather
So, look for something closer than you think...
It's only your college destiny that hangs in the balance...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Attention: The College Football Playoff Will Be Called The College Football Playoff
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| Logo Choice 1 |
Yes, that's right, the geniuses who run college football (not the NCAA--the former BCS) has decided to re-brand itself. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of research and consultant fees went into this research and they came up with a title that, well, wasn't called the BCS.
It is now called the College Football Playoff.
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| Logo Choice 2 |
And, best of all College Football Fan, you can have a say in what the new logo will look like. Plus you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about the playoff.
Read the press release RIGHT HERE
Check out CollegeFootballPlayoff.com RIGHT HERE
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| Logo Choice 3 |
The finals, well, those will be played, at least in year one, at JerryWorld in Dallas (Cowboys Stadium). It's expected to rotate to other cities and sites, much like College's version of a "Super Bowl".
 |
| Logo Choice 4 |
Teams from all conferences are supposed to be eligible for this, including conferences such as the Sun Belt, Conference USA, The Mountain West or The American Athletic Conference (former Big East comprised of former Conference USA teams).
All kidding aside, we are very intrigued to see how this works, it certainly is an improvement over the old system. And if it is the beginning of change to the anachronistic bowl system that rewards only the people who run them, then by god, we are all for it.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Your Ticket Oak Update: Want To Go Bowling...???
The HQ figured, with the holidays approaching, that we would give you a quick update on ticket prices for your favorite upcoming bowl game...
We'll do this alphabetically... and, remember, this does not include the idea of getting tickets through the schools themselves...
((HT: Stubhub))
The title game: Surprisingly enough, you can still get in the door for $1,195...parking passes are $30 and FanZone tickets are $20
Fiesta Bowl: $155 to get in the door...
Orange: The Northern Illinois-FSU game is $5 upper deck and the HQ is debating getting tickets- just to say we got tickets for the Huskies Bee-Cee-Ess appearance
Rose: $150 in the upper sections
Sugar: Terrace Level for $62, but it is Florida-Louisville
Alamo: $50 in the upper level endzone
Armed Forces: There are $19 endzone seats, but $45 from there...
BBVA Compass: Strangely enough, there aren't any tickets... the HQ guesses it's Ole Miss speaking there...
Beef O'Brady's: $43 gets upper deck
Belk: A lot of $19 upper deck tickets
Buffalo Wild Wings: $21 upper deck
Cap One: Upper-level corner for $24
Chick-fil-A: $38 upper level
Cotton: Standing Room for $101, if you want to sit it's 3x that...
Idaho Potato: $45 can get you in, but you can go lower level for another $20
Gator: Upper corners at the Gator Bowl are $3 and $4, but it is Miss State and Northwestern
GoDaddy: Very few tickets remain and parking passes are even more expensive than getting in the door...
Heart of Dallas: $62 gets you, actually, in the lower corner...
Holiday: $53 and $54 for the corners...
Independence: Lower endzones are $23, but I would think the Louisiana-Monroe folks will snap those up pretty quickly...
Kraft Fight Hunger: Endzone bleachers are $63
Liberty: A lot of tickets between the 20's are in the $50 for Iowa State and Tulsa
Little Caesars: Lower level endzone is $59
MAACO Las Vegas: Corners for $32
Meineke/Texas: Loge in the 500-levels are $24, but parking passes for Reliant are more...
Military: Nothing left for San Jose State and Bowling Green (good for them...)
Music City: Upper level in the 300's are $6,7 and $8... and there are over 5,000 tickets left
New Mexico: Upper level tickets at the 50 are in the neighborhood of $20
Outback: Mid-level corner seats are $90 and $100 and there are less than 2,000 seats left...
Pinstripe: Bleacher seats are $93 and then there are $97 seats that are actual seats...
Poinsettia: Upper levels are $50 and endzones are $65
Russell Athletics: Upper-level corner seats are $6 and there are, apparently, a lot of them...
Sheraton Hawai'i: Lower-level sideline are available for $41
Sun: Endzone seats for $21 and sideline seats start at $25
Happy shopping... we'll keep you posted...
We'll do this alphabetically... and, remember, this does not include the idea of getting tickets through the schools themselves...
((HT: Stubhub))
The title game: Surprisingly enough, you can still get in the door for $1,195...parking passes are $30 and FanZone tickets are $20
Fiesta Bowl: $155 to get in the door...
Orange: The Northern Illinois-FSU game is $5 upper deck and the HQ is debating getting tickets- just to say we got tickets for the Huskies Bee-Cee-Ess appearance
Rose: $150 in the upper sections
Sugar: Terrace Level for $62, but it is Florida-Louisville
Alamo: $50 in the upper level endzone
Armed Forces: There are $19 endzone seats, but $45 from there...
BBVA Compass: Strangely enough, there aren't any tickets... the HQ guesses it's Ole Miss speaking there...
Beef O'Brady's: $43 gets upper deck
Belk: A lot of $19 upper deck tickets
Buffalo Wild Wings: $21 upper deck
Cap One: Upper-level corner for $24
Chick-fil-A: $38 upper level
Cotton: Standing Room for $101, if you want to sit it's 3x that...
Idaho Potato: $45 can get you in, but you can go lower level for another $20
Gator: Upper corners at the Gator Bowl are $3 and $4, but it is Miss State and Northwestern
GoDaddy: Very few tickets remain and parking passes are even more expensive than getting in the door...
Heart of Dallas: $62 gets you, actually, in the lower corner...
Holiday: $53 and $54 for the corners...
Independence: Lower endzones are $23, but I would think the Louisiana-Monroe folks will snap those up pretty quickly...
Kraft Fight Hunger: Endzone bleachers are $63
Liberty: A lot of tickets between the 20's are in the $50 for Iowa State and Tulsa
Little Caesars: Lower level endzone is $59
MAACO Las Vegas: Corners for $32
Meineke/Texas: Loge in the 500-levels are $24, but parking passes for Reliant are more...
Military: Nothing left for San Jose State and Bowling Green (good for them...)
Music City: Upper level in the 300's are $6,7 and $8... and there are over 5,000 tickets left
New Mexico: Upper level tickets at the 50 are in the neighborhood of $20
Outback: Mid-level corner seats are $90 and $100 and there are less than 2,000 seats left...
Pinstripe: Bleacher seats are $93 and then there are $97 seats that are actual seats...
Poinsettia: Upper levels are $50 and endzones are $65
Russell Athletics: Upper-level corner seats are $6 and there are, apparently, a lot of them...
Sheraton Hawai'i: Lower-level sideline are available for $41
Sun: Endzone seats for $21 and sideline seats start at $25
Happy shopping... we'll keep you posted...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Your 2012 Bowl Rundown
Gildan New Mexico
Nevada vs. Arizona Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 15
1 p.m. ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 15
4:30 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego State San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 20
8 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Ball State St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 21
7:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Dec. 22
Noon ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
Washington vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Fresno State vs. SMU Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
San Jose State vs. Bowling Green Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 27
3 p.m. ESPN
Belk
Cincinnati vs. Duke Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27
6:30 p.m. ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Baylor vs. UCLA San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 27
9:45 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28
2 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic
Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
5:30 p.m. ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 28
9 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Rice vs. Air Force Fort Worth
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 29
11:45 a.m. ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
West Virginia vs. Syracuse Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 29
3:15 p.m. ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger
Navy vs. Arizona State San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 29
4 p.m. ESPN2
Valero Alamo
Texas vs. Oregon State San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29
6:45 p.m. ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings
TCU vs. Michigan State Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 29
10:15 p.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
NC State vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31
Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun
USC vs. Georgia Tech El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Iowa State vs. Tulsa Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Clemson Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Mississippi State vs. Northwestern Jacksonville, Fla.
Everbank Field Jan. 1
Noon ESPN2
Heart of Dallas
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Outback
South Carolina vs. Michigan Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Capital One
Georgia vs. Nebraska Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Stanford Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange
Northern Illinois vs. Florida State Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Louisville vs. Florida New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Oregon vs. Kansas State Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium Jan. 4
8 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass
Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 5
1 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Kent State vs. Arkansas State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6
9 p.m. ESPN
Discover BCS National Championship
Notre Dame vs. Alabama Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 7
8:30 p.m. ESPN
What say you, college football fan...???
Nevada vs. Arizona Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 15
1 p.m. ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 15
4:30 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego State San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 20
8 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Ball State St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 21
7:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Dec. 22
Noon ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
Washington vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Fresno State vs. SMU Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
San Jose State vs. Bowling Green Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 27
3 p.m. ESPN
Belk
Cincinnati vs. Duke Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27
6:30 p.m. ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Baylor vs. UCLA San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 27
9:45 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28
2 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic
Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
5:30 p.m. ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 28
9 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Rice vs. Air Force Fort Worth
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 29
11:45 a.m. ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
West Virginia vs. Syracuse Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 29
3:15 p.m. ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger
Navy vs. Arizona State San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 29
4 p.m. ESPN2
Valero Alamo
Texas vs. Oregon State San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29
6:45 p.m. ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings
TCU vs. Michigan State Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 29
10:15 p.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
NC State vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31
Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun
USC vs. Georgia Tech El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Iowa State vs. Tulsa Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Clemson Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Mississippi State vs. Northwestern Jacksonville, Fla.
Everbank Field Jan. 1
Noon ESPN2
Heart of Dallas
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Outback
South Carolina vs. Michigan Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Capital One
Georgia vs. Nebraska Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Stanford Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange
Northern Illinois vs. Florida State Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Louisville vs. Florida New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Oregon vs. Kansas State Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium Jan. 4
8 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass
Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 5
1 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Kent State vs. Arkansas State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6
9 p.m. ESPN
Discover BCS National Championship
Notre Dame vs. Alabama Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 7
8:30 p.m. ESPN
What say you, college football fan...???
Since When Does Nebraska Impersonate Clemson...?
Or, to be more accurate, when does Wisconsin impersonate West Virginia...???
Nebraska seems to be living off their "Blackshirts" legacy instead of continuing to add to the legacy. Giving up 70 will do that...
Wisconsin destroyed the Cornhuskers 70-31 to keep the Number 12 Huskers out of the Rose Bowl after the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
Nebraska drops to 10-3 after a 7-1 conference mark that included a Big Ten Legends Division title. The loss snapped NU's six-game winning streak and the Badgers improved to 8-5 on the year. They go to their third consecutive Rose Bowl appearance where they will face Stanford.
Start all of your talk now about the worth in that...
Wisconsin wrapped up the day with 640 total yards of offense- 202 from Montee Ball on the ground. Melvin Gordon had 216 yards to lead the Badgers.
So, Bo Pelini... Explain this one off...
((HT: BTN))
And that begs the question...
Does the Defensive Coordinator get to hang around after that display (or lack thereof)...
John Papuchis is in his first year after Carl Pelini left town...
Did he know what he was getting into...??/
Nebraska seems to be living off their "Blackshirts" legacy instead of continuing to add to the legacy. Giving up 70 will do that...
Wisconsin destroyed the Cornhuskers 70-31 to keep the Number 12 Huskers out of the Rose Bowl after the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
Nebraska drops to 10-3 after a 7-1 conference mark that included a Big Ten Legends Division title. The loss snapped NU's six-game winning streak and the Badgers improved to 8-5 on the year. They go to their third consecutive Rose Bowl appearance where they will face Stanford.
Start all of your talk now about the worth in that...
Wisconsin wrapped up the day with 640 total yards of offense- 202 from Montee Ball on the ground. Melvin Gordon had 216 yards to lead the Badgers.
So, Bo Pelini... Explain this one off...
((HT: BTN))
And that begs the question...
Does the Defensive Coordinator get to hang around after that display (or lack thereof)...
John Papuchis is in his first year after Carl Pelini left town...
Did he know what he was getting into...??/
Thursday, June 28, 2012
ESPN's deal with Rose Bowl: Good luck other championship suitors
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| Their Championship Trophy |
And the obvious, quick question is "Why should we care?"
The answer is the clause stating whatever the College Championship situation becomes, will not change ESPN broadcasting the game.
Or in simpler terms: They (ESPN) will be a part of the playoff broadcast system no matter what happens with the other games.
And yes, it also means the Emperor and the Empire probably will be your Championship Game Broadcaster.
Does it guarantee it?
No...
But if you are CBS, NBC or FOX, your chances of getting a monopoly on the playoffs just ended.
You are probably asking yourself another question..."Why do I care about this?"
The answer is, unless you are in TV, you probably don't, but just no that this is the single biggest reason you are getting your playoff.
THE BIGGEST.
It's not about appeasing you the fan. That has nothing to do with it. The group formerly known as the BCS doesn't care what you think. All they care about is the money. And the money---it's pretty damn good.
While they made decent scratch on the BCS, the next deal promises we are guessing at least 4X what they are currently getting from ESPN. (Currently low $billions)
Will any of that money go to the athletes...or the students at a given school.
No.
In fact HELL NO.
It will go to pay for the bloated athletic budgets and the insanely stupid salaries these power conference schools pay coaches. It will go towards travel and new facilities. It will go mostly to Athletic Directors and School Presidents, Conference Commissioners and the keepeers of the Big Bowl Games, mostly in the form of bonuses.
But it won't go to anyone that it should. And that includes the NCAA.
By the way, we move that this become the ESPN Theme song...what do you think?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monday late Bowl games: Kickers gag and Kickers win
Because we know that you want to know what happened in the rest of Monday's bowl games.
They were decided by kickers.
Well, actually the Rose Bowl wasn't...
First: Georgia gags, Spartans win...in 3 overtimes.
The Georgia Bulldogs raced out to a 16-point lead in the first half before Michigan State knew what hit them. Brandon Boykin single handedly running away from the Spartans, causing a safety on Michigan State's 1st play, returning a punt 92-yards for a TD and later, in the 4th quarter, catching a TD pass.
They must have figured it out at halftime because they came back, scored late bringing the 2012 Outback Bowl to overtime tied...at 27.
The first overtime could have done it. Georgia's Baccari Rambo intercepted a Kirk Cousins pass, the Bulldogs ran 1 play before setting up for a potential game-winner from kicker Blair Walsh.
Walsh missed.
After overtime 2 gave us back-to-back field goals, Michigan State led off OT-3 with a 28-yard Dan Conroy kick. Georgia got the ball back, lost 4 yards in 2 plays and trotted Walsh out to try a 47-yarder, well within his range.
It was blocked.
Game over, Michigan State wins 33-30.
All we were able to find...that we could embed were some Michigan State end of the game highlights.
So dig it:
And then there was the Grandaddy of them all...or the game that ESPN has bought every aspect of. The Rose Bowl featured Oregon and Wisconsin and had the clock not run out, we are pretty sure they'd still be scoring.
Oregon won 45-38, they had 621 total yards, but didn't seal the deal until late in the 4th quarter, when Wisconsin WR Jared Abbrederis fumbled the ball after making a catch near the sidelines.
Well, actually they didn't seal it until Wisconsin tried spiking the ball after time expired...but you get what we are saying...don't you?
KVAL-TV in Eugene, Oregon gives us the team coverage..and eventually the highlights:
And lastly, the BCS consolation game, the Fiesta Bowl, featuring Stanford and Oklahoma State.
And again, it was a shootout. Andrew Luck of Stanford vs. Brandon Weeden of Okie State. The advantage went to the Cowboys, but it was close.
We also want to mention this stat: Okie State averaged 97.4 seconds on each of it's TD drives (thanks Andy Staples of SI for pointing this out).
The Cowboys get the win after Stanford kicker Jordan Williamson missed a chip-shot field goal at the end of the game and again in the 1st overtime. Oklahoma State kicker Quinn Sharp, he didn't miss his chance as the Cowboys win 41-38 in OT.
There were tons of arguments Oklahoma State should have been facing LSU instead of Alabama. We don't dispute them. Though we will say as much as we'd like to have seen that, we question if Oklahoma State could stop anyone.
But that is a debate for another day.
News9 in Oklahoma gives us the recap:
They were decided by kickers.
Well, actually the Rose Bowl wasn't...
First: Georgia gags, Spartans win...in 3 overtimes.
The Georgia Bulldogs raced out to a 16-point lead in the first half before Michigan State knew what hit them. Brandon Boykin single handedly running away from the Spartans, causing a safety on Michigan State's 1st play, returning a punt 92-yards for a TD and later, in the 4th quarter, catching a TD pass.
They must have figured it out at halftime because they came back, scored late bringing the 2012 Outback Bowl to overtime tied...at 27.
The first overtime could have done it. Georgia's Baccari Rambo intercepted a Kirk Cousins pass, the Bulldogs ran 1 play before setting up for a potential game-winner from kicker Blair Walsh.
Walsh missed.
After overtime 2 gave us back-to-back field goals, Michigan State led off OT-3 with a 28-yard Dan Conroy kick. Georgia got the ball back, lost 4 yards in 2 plays and trotted Walsh out to try a 47-yarder, well within his range.
It was blocked.
Game over, Michigan State wins 33-30.
All we were able to find...that we could embed were some Michigan State end of the game highlights.
So dig it:
And then there was the Grandaddy of them all...or the game that ESPN has bought every aspect of. The Rose Bowl featured Oregon and Wisconsin and had the clock not run out, we are pretty sure they'd still be scoring.
Oregon won 45-38, they had 621 total yards, but didn't seal the deal until late in the 4th quarter, when Wisconsin WR Jared Abbrederis fumbled the ball after making a catch near the sidelines.
Well, actually they didn't seal it until Wisconsin tried spiking the ball after time expired...but you get what we are saying...don't you?
KVAL-TV in Eugene, Oregon gives us the team coverage..and eventually the highlights:
And lastly, the BCS consolation game, the Fiesta Bowl, featuring Stanford and Oklahoma State.
And again, it was a shootout. Andrew Luck of Stanford vs. Brandon Weeden of Okie State. The advantage went to the Cowboys, but it was close.
We also want to mention this stat: Okie State averaged 97.4 seconds on each of it's TD drives (thanks Andy Staples of SI for pointing this out).
The Cowboys get the win after Stanford kicker Jordan Williamson missed a chip-shot field goal at the end of the game and again in the 1st overtime. Oklahoma State kicker Quinn Sharp, he didn't miss his chance as the Cowboys win 41-38 in OT.
There were tons of arguments Oklahoma State should have been facing LSU instead of Alabama. We don't dispute them. Though we will say as much as we'd like to have seen that, we question if Oklahoma State could stop anyone.
But that is a debate for another day.
News9 in Oklahoma gives us the recap:
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