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Post by benny55 on Dec 6, 2015 16:18:07 GMT -8
Perhaps, but hole has played great ball last 1/2 of season
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Post by osubeav2003 on Dec 6, 2015 18:17:38 GMT -8
Anyone else notice 5 of our bowl games are played by 12/26.
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 6, 2015 20:41:17 GMT -8
Anyone else notice 5 of our bowl games are played by 12/26. And 5 more are afterward. |
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Post by nabeav on Dec 6, 2015 22:42:35 GMT -8
Yes, but only three of those "pre 12/27" games are Pac-12 bowl tie-ins. The other two are at large selections because the Pac-12 had more bowl eligible teams than slots to fill.
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Post by osubeav2003 on Dec 6, 2015 23:54:18 GMT -8
I just hope we make it pay off in good win %. Likely will with the matchups.
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 7, 2015 7:12:38 GMT -8
Yes, but only three of those "pre 12/27" games are Pac-12 bowl tie-ins. The other two are at large selections because the Pac-12 had more bowl eligible teams than slots to fill. So if all 12 Pac-12 teams were in bowl games, you'd still be complaining? Having 10 teams scattered all throughout the bowl season is great, although IMO they shouldn't have any bowl games after the 1st unless it's the national championship game, severely weakens those Jan 2nd games big time. |
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 7, 2015 7:13:09 GMT -8
I just hope we make it pay off in good win %. Likely will with the matchups. According to the experts, looks like the Pac-12 may go 9-1, with Cal being the only loss. |
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Post by nabeav on Dec 7, 2015 11:19:32 GMT -8
Yes, but only three of those "pre 12/27" games are Pac-12 bowl tie-ins. The other two are at large selections because the Pac-12 had more bowl eligible teams than slots to fill. So if all 12 Pac-12 teams were in bowl games, you'd still be complaining? Having 10 teams scattered all throughout the bowl season is great, although IMO they shouldn't have any bowl games after the 1st unless it's the national championship game, severely weakens those Jan 2nd games big time. I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm not complaining at all. I was merely responding to the earlier comment that "half of our bowl games were before December 26th." Five does seem like quite a few, but this is the first time ever the Pac has had 10 bowl eligible teams. I believe one of our bowl tie-ins is the first bowl game of the year, which will always draw eyeballs as sort of an "opening ceremonies." Personally, I think the whole January bowl game thing has been way overblown, although looking at this year's schedule, they've sort of cleaned that up. There's only 3 bowl games on Jan. 1 or later that don't include top 20 teams: TaxSlayer Bowl (Georgia vs. Penn St.), AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Arkansas vs. Kansas St.), and Motel 6 Cactus Bowl (Arizona State vs. West Virginia). The idea that just because ASU is playing Jan 2nd somehow means they had a better season than North Carolina (who plays Dec. 29th in the Russell Athletic Bowl) is absurd. What is exciting to me is that only one of the ten Pac-12 games falls on a week day during normal working hours (Cal vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.) Had to work during both of OSU's appearances in the Sun Bowl, and it sucked. Hell, most people have to work New Year's Eve, and Oklahoma and Clemson kick off at 1pm! Pac-12 will get lots of eyeballs despite missing out on the CFP in my opinion. |
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 8, 2015 6:02:49 GMT -8
So if all 12 Pac-12 teams were in bowl games, you'd still be complaining? Having 10 teams scattered all throughout the bowl season is great, although IMO they shouldn't have any bowl games after the 1st unless it's the national championship game, severely weakens those Jan 2nd games big time. I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm not complaining at all. I was merely responding to the earlier comment that "half of our bowl games were before December 26th." Five does seem like quite a few, but this is the first time ever the Pac has had 10 bowl eligible teams. I believe one of our bowl tie-ins is the first bowl game of the year, which will always draw eyeballs as sort of an "opening ceremonies." Personally, I think the whole January bowl game thing has been way overblown, although looking at this year's schedule, they've sort of cleaned that up. There's only 3 bowl games on Jan. 1 or later that don't include top 20 teams: TaxSlayer Bowl (Georgia vs. Penn St.), AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Arkansas vs. Kansas St.), and Motel 6 Cactus Bowl (Arizona State vs. West Virginia). The idea that just because ASU is playing Jan 2nd somehow means they had a better season than North Carolina (who plays Dec. 29th in the Russell Athletic Bowl) is absurd. What is exciting to me is that only one of the ten Pac-12 games falls on a week day during normal working hours (Cal vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.) Had to work during both of OSU's appearances in the Sun Bowl, and it sucked. Hell, most people have to work New Year's Eve, and Oklahoma and Clemson kick off at 1pm! Pac-12 will get lots of eyeballs despite missing out on the CFP in my opinion. Yikes, you need a better boss! I don't think it matters in the end when 1/2 of the bowl games for the Pac-12 occur as many games are forgotten a week or so later. |
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Post by atownbeaver on Dec 8, 2015 11:45:22 GMT -8
They might feel screwed, but honestly it is their own doing. They lost to 3 teams in the south and barely beat Colorado... They were 2nd in the south, missed the championship game. they finished 6-3 in conference, Stanford and Oregon finished above them, and USC and Washington State were also 6-3, and USC beat Utah head to head. They did not play WSU, so in conference Standings, they were tied for 4th with WSU... and that is exactly the bowl they ended up with quiet frankly. In 2009 for us, we did kinda maybe get screwed. in a 3 way tie for 2nd with Arizona and Stanford, we lost to Arizona head to head but beat Stanford. We also won 4 of the last 5 and lost a close game to #11 Oregon 33-37. We deserved the Sun and wound up in the unseasonably frozen tundra bowl (Las Vegas) against BYU and was schooled. possibly the beginning of the end for us huh? |
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