College Bowl Mania

Few BSU Blogs have their own college bowl pick'em options...here is the links
Broncocountry.com
OBNUG

Full Disclosure ( pic heavy )

Worthless bowl picks that no one else will care about....winners in bold. Obviously these opinions are worthless except if you want to invest a few Schrute bucks through your local bookie but I will let you decide on how much you can lose during the Holiday Season.

Nerves, oh my aching nerves! I think I am getting anxious/ going loony waiting for the Poinsettia Bowl, so I do not want to venture a guess on the game or just write up something inflammatory about the game. So I have decided to waste half my Saturday looking for pics off of google images that might or might not be related to each bowl game....Happy Holidays and I sure hope the Broncos show up! Wake Forest vs Navy I would love any Armed Services school to win but Wake is too much

Colorado State vs Fresno St WAC HOMER pick that I am not fond of....I was easily swayed by a pouty/whiny Pat Hill and his lovely stache,but I can see the team from the better conference ( MWC) winning.

Memphis vs South Florida 40 minute bus ride to the game can not be fun but USF has to be the most underachieving team of the year- nice follow up Jim Leavitt.
BYU vs Arizona The Preseason over-hyped Stormin' Mormons will wreak havoc in the snow-plagued field at Sam Boyd Stadium.....AZ Cats will become frostbitten

Southern Miss vs Troy SoMiss is always overrated in the non-bcs ranks, but can Troy rise above?

Boise State vs TCU Obviously the toughest matchup to call.....pretty much a pick em for me but will go with the Broncos by a smidge 24-21. Best pic of the year in sports- credit to the IDSTATESMAN


Hawaii vs Notre Dame Hawaii loves to play at home and the Golden Domers are rewarded for a 6 loss season-

Florida Atlantic vs Central Mich Home game for CMU, unimpressed with the matchup but very impressed with the Schnellenberger stache

West Virginia vs North Carolina Pat White cold be the only QB to win 4 bowl games, look it up

Wisconsin vs Florida St. Free Shoes U will beat up on the slow white northerners

Miami vs California Without QB Marve, Miami is just lame....throw your U in the air like Luke Skywalker ( 2 Live Crew) would ......

Northern IL vs Louisiana Tech Guilt of being a WAC homer....but can not stand either team

NC State vs Rutgers Two teams that are really hot but I will take the team led by the QB who punches his own players

Missouri vs Northwestern Chase Daniel beats up on an overachieving Wildcats- Mike Wilbon disapproves of this pick

Maryland vs Nevada Stick with the WAC homer pick.....might not go to game even with free tickets....unless Maryland Alum Scott Van Pelt/Capt'n America wants to chillax at the game

Rice vs Western Michigan -Home Game for Rice plus there is some legit talent in Rice

Oklahoma State vs Oregon High scoring affair here.....but can the Ducks offense come from behind to win a game? Not against Boise State...

Houston vs Air Force- Houston can score some points and Air Force can't.....

Oregon State vs Pittsburgh suspect pick since Pitt has faced 9 of 12 teams that are bowl bound ..Wannstadt's stache does nothing for me

Boston College vs Vandy- Vandy's Cinderalla season rings midnight !

Kansas vs Minnesota Mangino will not eat your baby....okay, so that joke is not new, just sayin' - However, I would love to see the Jayhawk players carry off Mangino .....

LSU vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets must really miss Taylor Bennett and his passing.

South Carolina vs Iowa Spurrier used to be interesting, losing = less quips & quotes

Georgia vs Michigan State So much for preseason polls...I am guilty of the hype machine too. Spartans have the better pic but Bulldogs get it done....

Clemson vs Nebraska The Tigers are finally playing hard for their new coach ...or else the coach will order the CODE RED on the other team

Penn State vs USC Won't be close- why the 3 yr extension for Joe Pa, he is not going anywhere....another virtual home game for the Trojans

Cincinnati vs Virginia Tech - has there been a worse bcs bowl game since Utah Pitt?


Ole Miss vs Texas Tech - Jevan Snead gets roughed up in his return to his home state. Houston Nutt's smile will sell you a car and some free advice on how to text page a woman ( you are not married to) thousands of times and get away with it....
Kentucky vs East Carolina Skip Holtz is staying put, back to back bowl wins?

Utah vs Alabama - Saban is already game planning for Va Tech in next year's season opener ...manhood check for the UTES

Buffalo vs Connecticut Thinking the Turner Gill leaving rumors are a distraction

Ohio State vs Texas pity OSU 1) they should not be playing in another bcs game 2) UT is pissed ....plus groin grabbing is not encouraged, not that there is anything wrong with that

Tulsa vs Ball State - Ball State has a new coach and Tulsa can put up some points in a hurry! Besides T-Town Tom Tom agrees......

Florida vs Oklahoma - Too many Sooners banged up and Tebow is pissed. I mean Tebow is pissed off in a big way.

Not worthy of a photo
I wish Montana would have rallied against Richmond in Division 1AA. Also, as I type this post, Carroll College is losing to Sioux Falls in NAIA, darn it.

College Bowl Pick 'em

Now that the season is over and the bowl games are getting slotted....and the BCS is refusing to play nice with a certain undefeated team, I have set up a College Bowl pick 'em group.
Here is the link...the important part os the group number
BroncoCountry.com (Group ID# 20755)...type in the number and the password is "sandiego"
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl/120973

or http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl
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As for the BCS matchups as predicted with a Florida vs Oklahoma title game in the works...pic below is from deadspin

Fiesta Bowl: Texas vs. Ohio State Longhorns score 45 plus in snore
Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Utah BAMA cleans up against an overrated Ute squad
Orange Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech cure for insomnia..something good has to come from it
Rose Bowl: USC vs. Penn State Penn State is the oft overlooked one loss team, but this will be a blood bath...USC has some fun and Pete Carroll asks for a playoff in the postgame interview!


As for what happens from here.....a lot of people have made travel plans to San Diego for the matchup against TCU. Would local people be upset if they had to reschedule those plans if the BCS head honchos pulled their head out of the heinies and picked an undefeated BSU team vs taking a Ohio State- that will routinely take a throng of 100k fans to whatever BCS game they are about to be routed in? Notice no mention of Ball State or the H-Bowl game.....they do not need the extra ribbing....

While Army did not put up a good fight in the annual rivalry game....at least they went stealth with their new enforcer jerseys....





new jerseys here or here ..... from the second link

In place of the name plate, “Duty, Honor, Country” will be displayed on the back of each player’s jersey along with their uniform number.


Saw this on Deadspin...pretty sure they topic/statement is right but this picture is not!!




-Sail on Greg Maddux....
- The Big Lead reports on Sparty the one man party blog that lead BSU nation into hysteria the other day...bloggers to be never trusted again....


-Bush Hamdan does not read this blog but has been all class even though some, like my Father, thinks he is a militant behind the scenes.....I want to echo Bush Hamdan and send a big "Thank You" to all of the readers of this blog.

speaking of militants......not sure if I should be scared or sad or laughing.......( from wiz of odds and losers with socks)