WHO WE'RE PULLING FOR IN THE BOWLS

Thanks for the Georgia love in the Sugar Bowl. Oh, and Orson’s Independence Bowl analysis was pants-shittingly funny.

Stranko: I applied to (and got excepted to) two law schools, one was Florida the other was Michigan.

“Excepted”? Guess there wasn’t a essay required on the applications.

I actually was in the same boat as you back in the mid-80s, except that the second law school was Duke. As it turned out, I missed out on the opportunity to matriculate with Drew Rosenhaus, making my choice to go with UF even wiser in retrospect. Nevertheless, I continued to pull for Duke for the same reasons you mention, and it was great to see the OBC succeed there. And I pulled for Duke hoops as well. But over the last several years, the Dickie V-hype and Borg-like nature of the hoops program have kind of turned me off, and that law school acceptance goodwill has finally worn away.

Geniuses all have their Achilles’ heels, Steve. Stranko’s is spelling. Ours is sobriety.

I’d say that UVA is a good team to pull for right now because if Craig Littlepage gets wind of your enthusiasm, that just might get you on the sideline to be a coordinator for our game. Wouldn’t that be a great way to up the interest for the Gaylord Bowl?

And by the way, my least favorite team at this point is Iowa. Robbed us of the MGoBlog/EDSBS matchup that would’ve heralded the Golden Age of football bloggerness.

We’d be hip deep in it for weeks, Ian. Plus there’s sniper kittens to be worried about.

Orson,
I must have watched Office Space a hundred times and not once did I pick up on the SEAL poster in the guy’s cube… f-ing hilarious. Great eye and reference!

“Anti-pundits” – I love it. And who wouldn’t want to shoot a stream of blood from their eyes out of anger (instead of tequila)? Thanks for not making the gay-cowboy/texas association, btw.

Stranko, some 7% solution might help get your Texas-luvvin on.

Finally, an endorsement we can cheer about. We’ve had a rough day, getting picks from Beano Cook and MSNBC… Ugh.

And while we won’t say the whole state is superrific, Austin is unbeatable.

Hook ’Em indeed. And welcome to the Burnt Orange Nation.

We’ll take a one month membership any time, provided there’s dancing ladies wearing naught but bandana bras and chaps at the end.

Done and done.

http://www.funkyboutique.com/wildfunkywest.html

Just pick which one you want.

Gracias, Tejano.

““Excepted”? Guess there wasn’t a essay required on the applications. "

“A” essay? Oh, the irony.

Good eye!

My “name” is Stranko Montana, and I am a misspellaholic. Since my childhood, I’ve convinced myself that it is genetic and I can do nothing about it, like height or shoe size. Thank god I live in an age of spell check… if only I new how to use it on the blog.

Every blog I read has these cyclic spelling debates that show up out of nowhere about every other month. How about all the spelling bee winners go start their own blog and leave everyone else the hell alone. If you can understand it, dont complain about it.

FSU will work PSU and you will be crying.

The VT game was the worst thing that could have happened to your program, John. It keeps Jeffy around for another year.

I won’t cry if FSU wins as traditionally I root for them in the bowls. State pride I guess… plus it makes the Gators look better for beating them.

Whats with all the hate for West Virginia?

Gotta’ love college football..no matter who you root for! Merry Christmas to all!

Cheap joke for cheap joke’s sake, Zacary. We actually think the Mountaineer is the best live mascot around, and would love to catch a game in Morgantown.

But there is an awful lot of couch burning associated with WVU.

Only because some family are Alums – Go Noles! However it would be great if for this game only The Orange Bowl could kindly allow Depends to be the Sponsor and following the game those two would just implode following the finally tick.

I read the Mike Leach article in the Times and it made me very worried. If we weren’t playing them, I’d probably root for TT too. Anyway, I think it will be fun, and if not fun, it will be interesting, and if not interesting, painful. I tell myself one should not seriously consider the outcome of a college football game that starts at ten o’clock in the morning. I hope I don’t oversleep. At least it’s on the second instead of the first….

“if only because there poor students have to live in Tulsa.”

Isn’t the “there” in this sentence supposed to be spelled “their”?

We’re calling in sick. Write. It. Down.

We would be worried about Tech, too, since on a bad day they score 24. That may be out of Bama’s league, offense-wise.

Calhoun and the Badgers will dominate Auburn

theres not thaaaaaat much couch burning, police and fire department cracked down. And you should catch a game in Morgantown, it’s a shame that you haven’t yet. LET’S GOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS

Doubtful Bucky…..

I know I will be at the Citrus/Capital One Bowl doing my part to cheer on my fellow conference team. Even when the Tigers beat us in Atlanta and Knoxville their fans were great.

WAR EAGLE!!!!

“theres not thaaaaaat much couch burning”

That quote was worth this whole post.

Orson…

Here’s a shovel, can you dig it, fool?

We would be worried about Tech, too, since on a bad day they score 24. That may be out of Bama’s league, offense-wise.

If a 4-7 Oklahoma State team can beat Tech, then so can Bama. Just sayin’.

Also, I’ve been reading the Cotton Bowl message boards, and the Tech fans sound like the bastard children of a Tennessee-Auburn coupling — no, a Tennessee-Arkansas coupling gone horribly wrong. I’m wondering if I have to pack heat and my “No, I don’t have a ‘purty mouth’” T-shirt.

I bet you pack more than heat.

“Stranko: Oregon fans have been whining and whining about the fact that Notre Dame and Ohio State (both of whom are better than they are and more deserving) are in the Fiesta Bowl instead of them. I, therefore, will relish it when their disappointed team mails it in against Oklahoma.”

Being an Oregon fan, I can tell you we aren’t whining. Prove it, the blanket statement. Notre Dame fans have been whining though – for forty years. Tons of money, a cable network and seven losses in bowl games go to prove that. I’ve got the facts, you’ve got jack. Quit your day job you f——- hack. I will relish it when the Irish lose by forty, or as you say “mails it in.”

And for the Holiday Bowl game, its evenly matched. We could lose, but I doubt it. Whether we do or don’t, it doesn’t matter, because we’re fairly comfortable to getting screwed. Face it, it’s happened to us more than it ever has to your precious craptacular irish, so you should be thankful we’re alive – for you to poop on. I politely extend my middle finger to you.

It is SO funny that Orson blames his USF partisanship on Chuck Amato. Orson is an honorary Tampan who has appeared on COPS. That’s how I know he has a green and gold bull tattooed on his ass.

Fuck Tampa. That place sucks.

Take your gay-tor lovin’ asses to Tampa and whine some more about being in your minor bowl as usual. Let’s see, 8 years of BCS bowls and the ‘Noles have been in 6 times. We’re laughing all the way to the bank and not apologizing to anyone!!! See you in Tallahassee next year losers.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. —Mark Twain

I think I need that Mark Twain quote tatooed on my ass.

Do ‘Noles fans honestly believe that Drew Weatherford can beat the PSU defense? Remember, guns don’t kill people, Paul Posluszny kills people! And you can take that one all the way to the Land ’O Lakes you arrogant FSU jokers. JoePa will show Bowden what a real win is.

Again, to the ‘Nole fan who just wrote in: my latte’s getting cold. Refill, lad, refill!

And we luvvvvv the “gay-tor” line. When our plan to recruit a whole line of mean-ass Samoan lineman comes through, you may use that term more accurately.

And to the Oregon fan who extended us the middle finger—bravo!

I find it hard to respect a team whose mascot, until Nike bought the team, was Donald Duck.

Fucking Donald Duck.

Crazy.

The comment form the inbreader that said “Paul Posluszny kills people” is wound a bit tight for my taste. Now bring your ass to my house and clear the snow from my driveway. Last time Penn State played the Noles…well you look for yourself.

Your a stupid Jackass..
To think that you can pick teams who clearly have no business being in a bowl game after dropping a load in their own conference (oklahoma), over a team who’s only loss was to the #1 team in the country…What are you shovelin.
If Oregon was was any school from the east coast, you would be screaming for the end of the BCS, as another clear travisty has been commited against a good team.
Do I think Oregon should be playing in the Fiesat bowl…Of course I do…But I also feel that Ohio and Notre Dame do as well.
But to say Oregon will be mailing it in against OK…You clearly have not been watching College football for the last mmm 10-15 years.
Go back to your job as a writer for your HS paper…Clearly thats where you belong.

One of you guys spelled the word “persuasive” as “pursuasive”. That simple spelling error kills all your credibility. How can we take you seriously when you can’t even spell at a 4th grade level.

Well, anyway

GO PENN STATE!!!!

Wow just like a michigan wolverine fan to hate on THE Ohio State Buckeyes! perhaps you missed the OSU-Michigan game this year and have not seen how we destroyed almost everyteam besides them, texas, and penn state. Notre Dame is gonna have to do more than pray to beat OHIO STATE!

When did NBC become a “cable” network? Dumb ass duck.

Any man who compares college football to the Lord of the Rings should be forced to surrender his testicles. Then you can expect to have your manhood handed over to you as easily as ND gets everything handed to them. I’m sorry you have decided that ol’ Sweatervest is evil and fake, but I guess seeing Lloyd Carr on the side of I-75 with a “Will lose three games a year for food” sign would be enough to send anyone into the throes of a hatred fueld depression.

And Stranko – what you’re referring to isn’t a soft spot, but more like a hard on. All this love for the Domers will inevitably lead to you being mounted by a leprechaun while begging the Rocket for a reach around.

Robert
a) NBC is broadcast over the air via radio waves. an ancient Idea, but I hear there’s onyl about 4 to 6 networks that do that. Not cable.
b) Last 40 years? let’s see, 1966,1973,1977,1988, that’s four reasons to whine about the last 40 years right there. I’m sure enough people on this board will not mind us bitching about 1993 too much, and as it stands this year, we would anally rape your ducks a la Ned Beatty by a Georgia river. Since you’re so comfortable getting screwed and all.
c) we got beat by 30+ 5 times under Willingsham. we’ve taken enough beatings.
d)so what if we have a lot of money. go take a look at your cover of NCAA 2005. what’s the one school on the cover that they had to get a seperate lisence for? why is it thaty you’ll see more ND garb in sydney than you will oregon gear? besides the fact that it’s a fashion crime? Seriously, you could kill a gay man at 50 paces with those uniforms.
e)someone bitchign about $$$ conveniently forgets that the first national bank of Phil Knight is open 24/7 for oregon athletics. Been inside your locker room lately? Those plasma TV’s must have been the reason you were so unfocused as to get bitch slapped by USC. at home. didn’t happen to us.

Enjoy the Holiday Bowl. What day is it on? I’d really like to know so I can be doing something else at that time. pains me to say it, but Go Huskers

Ummm Brian, not to put too fine of a point on it, but the Noles have been in 5 BCS bowls and lost 4 of those matchups.

1998 L to Tenn
1999 W over VTech
2000 L to Okla
2001 DNP
2002 L to UGA
2003 L to MIA
2004 DNP

Until last year, the ACC was the current Big East, good in basketball, not so much with the futbol, and someone had to win it. With the addition of two powerhouses (not in FSU’s division of the conference) things should be a little bit more comptetetive. Your days of beating up on the conference, losing to Miami and collecting a fat BCS check are nearing their end.

No matter how y’all rag on Auburn’s, uh, academic and cognitive shortcomings, Auburn fans can take comfort that OSU fans like Woody inevitably come along and nudge them away from the dangerous lower tail of the Bell Curve.

Hopefully a meteor will strike the Fiesta Bowl on gameday. I’m absolutely incapable of picking a team to cheer for in that one.

UGA did get hosed with an awful bowl opponent … not necessarily awful in their team’s performance, but an awful traveling fan base.

Who could forget the epic 1993 Sugar Bowl with Florida against the Mountaineers? That was one scary collection of inbred hillbillies invading Bourbon St.

It turned out OK in the end as Darren Studstill is still in therapy after Monty (roid rage) Grow’s scud missile attack on his ear hole.

West Virginny fans bring $20 and a shirt to their bowl … and won’t change either.

Jesus, all of the growing popularity has brought the mouthbreathers out in massive numbers. I guess you guys have finally made it.

Bully for you!

So right in the middle of reading this article blood just starting squirting right out of my ear. Jim Tressel Evil? Oh no come on some one tell me he didn’t just say that. Why is it that everything you don’t understand is evil. The Ohio State University wins and they do it with class. Anyone who has ever experienced the Horseshoe on a Saturday will tell you that there is no evil in Columbus. Jealousy is a powerful thing and I can tell it has clouded your judgement. Don’t hate. The so called “University of Football in America” lost to Michigan State. Ask ole Drew Stanton what 103,000 proud sounds like on a Saturday. Ask him how much it hurts when AJ Hawk and the boys knock you on your ass all day long. Then go talk to Brady Quinn, who’s sister by the way is getting banged by Hawk, seriously, and tell him of the pains that the Drews (Stanton and Tate) suffered when facing the Silver Bullets and see if he doesn’t cower in the corner for a week. Im asking all of you ND fans right now to Pray. Pray that Quinn doesn’t suffer the same fate as Willis McGahee when he went to Tempe. Turn on the 2002 National Championship DVD and hear the O-H-I-O from the croud and listen to how it’s gonna be for ole Charlie and the girls.

Oh and by the way what is with this fruit comparing football to Lord of the Rings. Dude, I got a message for you. Walk to the door. You there. Good. Now open it. I know I know, its scary but trust me. Now walk outside. Go ahead its safe. Good now your in the real world there are no elves or talking trees or wizards here this is the real world. This is not a classic good vs evil battle. Its football. Just football no magical powers are gonna help Brady Quinn from getting knocked on his ass. So now that you have realized that there is life beyond your computer screen you can go and experience life maybe even kiss that guy you always longed after. But for now do us all a favor and leave football alone for you know not of what you speak.

GO BUCKS! 35-17

The House That Rock Built is getting in the spirit of things. Not bad for domers. And what’s with the lame LOTR reference?

Clearly they’re Black Numenoreans.

Nebraska vs. Michigan

I’m not sure that I can physically spew enough bile at this match-up. First of all, you have Shucker Nation and the championship that was given to you over Penn State just because the same suckers with poll votes that felt sorry for Tom Osbourne never liked Joe Paterno in the first place.

Now this year, you have the Conspiracy. In another effort to screw Uncle Joe out of a championship, Lloyd Carr (now known as Lloyd Harvey Oswald) conspired with the Big Ten Eleven at Michigan Stadium (now known as Dealey Plaza). Uncle Joe’s chance at wreaking BCS havoc were ended by the magic :02 that somehow found it’s way from Lloyd Harvey Oswald’s delusions, through a Big Ten Eleven official and on to the game clock.

The ideal would be the chartered planes carrying these teams collide a la Tenerife, and that Tom Osbourne and Bo Schembechler were the air traffic controllers on duty, and they were having a Brokeback Mountain moment at the time of the crash. Since that isn’t likely to happen, Michigan should easily cover this spread; the Shuckers got blown out by Kansas.

By the way, Abe Paterno rocks.

Damola-

“One of you guys spelled the word “persuasive” as “pursuasive”. That simple spelling error kills all your credibility. How can we take you seriously when you can’t even spell at a 4th grade level.

Well, anyway

GO PENN STATE!!!! "

I see. Spelling=crediblity and inability to use punctuation correctly= incisive commentary. Duly noted.

God, some people are dumb.

Gentlemen:

College football is NOT about your penises. There seems to be a great deal of confusion on this point.

And the constant use of homophobic insults? It’s just kind of stupid and sad, like wearing adult diapers so you don’t have to get up to take a shit while watching Divorce Court.