12-07-2014, 11:31 AM
(12-07-2014, 11:24 AM)oman link Wrote:Yeah, mighty Wisconsin. Who would have thought anyone could beat Wisconsin?
There's a difference between beating a team and completely destroying them.
Is Wisconsin's flogging helping Arizona?
There's a difference between beating a team and completely destroying them.
12-07-2014, 11:43 AM
It's still the Big10. It's still a team that lost to Northwestern. Which of course lost to our rivals to the north.
Wisconsin laying down was damn good for the conference.
As if any of the championship games (other than ACC) were competitive.Â
Wisconsin laying down was damn good for the conference.
As if any of the championship games (other than ACC) were competitive.Â
12-07-2014, 12:53 PM
(12-07-2014, 11:31 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:[quote author=oman link=topic=11292.msg107684#msg107684 date=1417976694]Yeah, mighty Wisconsin. Who would have thought anyone could beat Wisconsin?
There's a difference between beating a team and completely destroying them.
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With a third-string QB, no less.
(12-07-2014, 11:31 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:[quote author=oman link=topic=11292.msg107684#msg107684 date=1417976694]Yeah, mighty Wisconsin. Who would have thought anyone could beat Wisconsin?
There's a difference between beating a team and completely destroying them.
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With a third-string QB, no less.
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12-07-2014, 12:54 PM
Arizona is in the Fiesta Bowl, against Boise St. So does that mean Foster Farms Bowl?
12-07-2014, 01:12 PM
(12-07-2014, 12:54 PM)ChicagoVisitor link Wrote:Arizona is in the Fiesta Bowl, against Boise St. So does that mean Foster Farms Bowl?
It's extremely likely.
(12-07-2014, 12:54 PM)ChicagoVisitor link Wrote:Arizona is in the Fiesta Bowl, against Boise St. So does that mean Foster Farms Bowl?
It's extremely likely.
12-07-2014, 01:18 PM
(12-07-2014, 12:54 PM)ChicagoVisitor link Wrote:Arizona is in the Fiesta Bowl, against Boise St. So does that mean Foster Farms Bowl?
At this point, we are almost certainly in the Foster Farms bowl, given the public pronouncements by the bowl. The Alamo and Holiday bowls will likely select the LA schools, and the Foster Farms bowl has said that if Stanford is available, they will pick us. That being said, until the pairings are announced, who knows. It is possible that the Alamo or Holiday will skip over UCLA or USC and pick us, since we are only 1 game behind them in the standings. It is also possible that one of them will pick ASU instead of UCLA or USC. Would the Foster Farms skip UCLA or USC for us? Finally, it is possible that despite what they have said, they would skip us.
But the most likely scenario is UCLA to the Alamo, USC to the Holliday, Stanford to the Foster Farms, ASU to the Sun Bowl, Utah to Las Vegas, and Washington to the Cactus.
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(12-07-2014, 12:54 PM)ChicagoVisitor link Wrote:Arizona is in the Fiesta Bowl, against Boise St. So does that mean Foster Farms Bowl?
At this point, we are almost certainly in the Foster Farms bowl, given the public pronouncements by the bowl. The Alamo and Holiday bowls will likely select the LA schools, and the Foster Farms bowl has said that if Stanford is available, they will pick us. That being said, until the pairings are announced, who knows. It is possible that the Alamo or Holiday will skip over UCLA or USC and pick us, since we are only 1 game behind them in the standings. It is also possible that one of them will pick ASU instead of UCLA or USC. Would the Foster Farms skip UCLA or USC for us? Finally, it is possible that despite what they have said, they would skip us.
But the most likely scenario is UCLA to the Alamo, USC to the Holliday, Stanford to the Foster Farms, ASU to the Sun Bowl, Utah to Las Vegas, and Washington to the Cactus.
BC
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12-07-2014, 04:09 PM
And the K.a.l. B.e.a.r.s to their living room sofa!
;)
Joined, of course, by the tarnished domers.
;)
Joined, of course, by the tarnished domers.
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
12-07-2014, 09:32 PM
Domers are playing LSU (bahahaha) in the Music City Bowl on 12/30. We'll see the Tigers make mincemeat out of the univ. of south bend, I think.
12-08-2014, 06:12 AM
Oh, shoot, I thought they ended up falling short of bowl eligibility. Just shows that my antipathy is not an obsession, and I've got that going for me.
Well, great. Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
Well, great. Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
Oh, shoot, I thought they ended up falling short of bowl eligibility. Just shows that my antipathy is not an obsession, and I've got that going for me.
Well, great. Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
Well, great. Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
12-08-2014, 09:58 AM
(12-08-2014, 06:12 AM)CornFed link Wrote:Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
NDNation's editorial line appears to be that the bowl is beneath them and that they should decline the invite: http://www.ndnation.com/boards/index.php?football
(12-08-2014, 06:12 AM)CornFed link Wrote:Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
NDNation's editorial line appears to be that the bowl is beneath them and that they should decline the invite: http://www.ndnation.com/boards/index.php?football
12-08-2014, 10:04 AM
Seems there might be some drama in N.D. land?
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12-08-2014, 10:20 AM
(12-08-2014, 09:58 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=CornFed link=topic=11292.msg107799#msg107799 date=1418044359]
Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
NDNation's editorial line appears to be that the bowl is beneath them and that they should decline the invite: http://www.ndnation.com/boards/index.php?football
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The bowl is beneath them and they would decline the invite....if they could still keep those practice sessions.
I suspect if ever FBS program could get 15 practices in December without participation in a bowl then a lot of these bowls would discover their real value to the system.
However, the practices are so valuable that no bowl is really beneath a school. Though I bet that UAB team would happily accept the offer.
(12-08-2014, 09:58 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=CornFed link=topic=11292.msg107799#msg107799 date=1418044359]
Hopefully, another opportunity to watch them arrive with a mindset of entitlement and have reality placed rudely on their collective psyche!
NDNation's editorial line appears to be that the bowl is beneath them and that they should decline the invite: http://www.ndnation.com/boards/index.php?football
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The bowl is beneath them and they would decline the invite....if they could still keep those practice sessions.
I suspect if ever FBS program could get 15 practices in December without participation in a bowl then a lot of these bowls would discover their real value to the system.
However, the practices are so valuable that no bowl is really beneath a school. Though I bet that UAB team would happily accept the offer.
12-08-2014, 10:31 AM
I suspect the televised bludgeoning most fans expect to receive from LSU is the real reason ND Nation wants the team to decline.
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
I suspect the televised bludgeoning most fans expect to receive from LSU is the real reason ND Nation wants the team to decline.
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
12-08-2014, 10:57 AM
(12-08-2014, 10:31 AM)leftcoast link Wrote:I suspect the televised bludgeoning most fans expect to receive from LSU is the real reason ND Nation wants the team to decline.
Honestly, I give them points for consistency. They've long felt that any non "BCS bowl" (or whatever the term of art is these days) is beneath them and they shouldn't go. Said that last year over the Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers and they've said it this year too. They may be hilariously stuffy, but it's not a position of convenience.
(12-08-2014, 10:31 AM)leftcoast link Wrote:I suspect the televised bludgeoning most fans expect to receive from LSU is the real reason ND Nation wants the team to decline.
Honestly, I give them points for consistency. They've long felt that any non "BCS bowl" (or whatever the term of art is these days) is beneath them and they shouldn't go. Said that last year over the Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers and they've said it this year too. They may be hilariously stuffy, but it's not a position of convenience.
12-08-2014, 04:56 PM
The domers did decline a bowl bid in 2009 when they fired Charlie Weis after going 6-6:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4713316
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4713316
The domers did decline a bowl bid in 2009 when they fired Charlie Weis after going 6-6:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4713316
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4713316
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