OPEN THREAD: COTTON BOWL, FIRST SHIFT
10:31: Sean McDonough is joking about using his golf voice for those of us who might have been “overzealous” last night. Between this and Chris Spielman’s befuddled look and greenish skin, we’re already pleased with the way the broadcast has started.
And Auburn is the most intimidating, tough, and well-coached shitty team ever. If you’re going to beat them, beat them by thirty, not three–they do not lose close games. It’s against several potentially unConstitutional local laws in the Opelika area. Kodi Burns bailed out Auburn in overtime with a run out of their month old spread attack, because let’s face it Auburn doesn’t even really need an offense. Once they went up 3-0, Tuberville goes into shutdown mode and lets monsters like Pat Sims loose for the rest of the gameplan.
Oh, and [NAME REDACTED] just told a player to “stand around fast.”
10:55 a.m.: Corso picks Hawaii.
11:06: Heath Shuler introduces the Tennessee lineup, meaning that not only is Tennessee without key players, they’re also in favor of LETTING GAY TERRORISTS RUN THIS COUNTRY.
11:27: Tennessee scores on a Tebow smash play. “That offense’ll never work in the ESS-EEE-SEE!” Those who would still like to say this may go back to taping this game on Betamax.
11:35: Donovan runs in a TD for Wisconsin and gets a faceful of Eric Berry’s shoulder on the way in, because it is a physical law that if you touch the ball for the other team, Eric Berry gets to cause you harm. Rob Stone reports that as a possibly concussed Donovan is being looked at by Badgers medical staff, players were calling the hit “tasteless.”
Heavens! They don’t even stop for tea and crumpies in the third quarter!
11:45: They’re letting the AT&T Chairman toss the coin at the Cotton Bowl. If he’s true to AT&T form, it will be dropped, and then he will pocket the coin and charge both teams for a new one.
11:52: Casey Dick’s passes float like the slow ball Bugs Bunny used to strike out the New York Giants. It hangs up there so long they should sell advertising on it. And for some odd reason, we’ve heard the piano key Windows error message noise on the Fox broadcast three times in the past minute. Arkansas driving methodically on a permissive Missouri D.
12:05 p.m.: Tennessee’s innovative “Maim Tyler Donovan” defensive gameplan seems to be working beautifully. They’ve already opened up a cut on his non-throwing hand and possibly concussed him, as well. Holly points out that on the Ainge TD throw, Tennessee likely could have had a TD on the draw, too: Wisconsin’s defense is getting clumpy and neglecting their spacing.
12:14 p.m.: Tyler Donovan completes a year’s worth of injuries by planting quite possibly the most awkward qb slide evah into the Outback Bowl turf, stutter-stepping, and then doing something very, very nasty to his knee as it bent backward beneath him. At this point Rob Stone is twirling the rosary through his hands and addressing the lord in rapid Spanish for Donovan’s health.
12:24 p.m. : Tyler Donovan is back. He’s gaining strength from the power of his mother’s profanity, caught at least three times on air thus far.
12:33: Keep cussin’, ma: Donovan throws a TD to put Wisconsin back within a score in the Outback. We’re haunted by the sight of Bucky the Badger at the head of a corporate meeting table. He looked powerful and malevolent in the Wisconsin commercial, like the leader of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Note to CEOs: when you have to start cutting heads, do it wearing a mascot outfit. It’ll be like Donnie Darko” They’ll obey without questioning.













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Also, Arkansas drew the short straw in facing a Missouri team clearly ticked to be gypped out of the BCS.
Curious to see if Kansas would’ve blasted them as severely. I doubt it, but we’ll never know.
Comment by Chg — January 1, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
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63 Late with the response, but I was counting a Tennessee win and Arkansas loss in that 5-1. If those games were completed, it would’ve been a 5-1 record rather than “pace.”
Words are fun.
Comment by Chg — January 1, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
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Arkansas has been getting their ass beat since i woke up today….Is there a mercy rule?
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
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Time for Wisconsin fans to pour over the stats and look for an excuse to justify how they technically won the game, much like the SEC fans did last year when Wisconsin beat Arkansas and Penn State beat Tennessee.
Comment by bnb614 — January 1, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
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Refs ruining Wisc-tenn game.
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
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Typical UT moron speed player. If he just gives himself up and falls inbounds after the first down, we don’t have this ridiculous review.
It is clearly UT’s ball. The UW guy never had control inbounds. Not even close.
Comment by Ed — January 1, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
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Give it to Wisc so they can’t bitch about “what might’ve been” after they lose.
Comment by PW — January 1, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
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HUGE OFFICIAL REVIEW IN WISC-TENN GAME!
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
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Don’t get me wrong..I LOVE BACON!
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
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Gutsy call by the Badgers…..give coach credit
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
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This might explain my screen name: http://gratefulpalate.com/?p=Category_12
Comment by baconboy — January 1, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
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From someone named ‘Bacon Boy?
ouch
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
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Your basement or your mom’s?
Sorry, couldn’t resist….
Comment by baconboy — January 1, 2008 @ 1:55 pm
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I love having 13 TV’ s in my basement!
Comment by Annapolis Doug — January 1, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
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Two TD passes on one drive? There is your Heisman Trophy winner, folks.
Comment by Ed — January 1, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
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Lloyd looks rather curmudgeonly.
Comment by bitterhorn — January 1, 2008 @ 1:50 pm