EVENING SHIFT: ROSE BOWL ET AL.
Rose Bowl, open thread, evening and onward. Zombies and angels, the field is yours.
UPDATE! There’s now way in fucking hell we’re doing anything for the Orange BLOL tonight, and we do not apologize. We will do anything for love, but we won’t do that. Fun note, though: from pregame footage, have safely ascertained that Macho Harris has the Mariah Carey effect going on, and could be of any ethnicity whatsoever. Paraguayan? Algerian? Mexican? Half-Maori Australian? Yes.
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baconboy says:
I thought the zombie was going to call plays from the press box?
January 1st, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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meg says:
I know that USC is better on paper,but I get the feeling that they are thinking this Penn State is just another Illinois, and they are a better team than that, so Penn State could shock some people today.
January 1st, 2009 at 4:59 pm
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ChasingMizzou says:
JoePa will break contracts if he wants. He did it with the Iroquois and he’ll do it with ABC.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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Bull_Gator says:
HOLY SHIT ITS CLORIS LEACHMAN!!!
January 1st, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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Studley says:
SEC crew led by Steve Shaw are in charge of officiating the Rose Bowl Game. Second time at this game for Shaw, the best Referee in College Football.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
any truth the the rumor that JOE PA nailed CLORIS LEACHMAN just a few days before the Jews nailed Christ?
January 1st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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Roaminggator says:
Muntsburger = Mute Button…..
Try as they might, the Media cannot make this into the NC game, they can’t erase that 1 in the loss column for USConvicts.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
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meg says:
ummm, the UF Gators also have a one loss…. just saying…
January 1st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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ferps says:
good ref.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
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poguemahone says:
Nothing funnier than when a fan on elite D-1 team pretends his own team never has anyone break the law.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:49 pm
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Harris says:
USC may, MAY, be a better team than PSU. But why would the 11-1 Big Ten Champions need a TD to believe they “belong on the same field as USC,” Herbie? Believe it or not, Penn State plays pretty good football too.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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ClwFLGator says:
MichPlaced @ 6 – Joe Pa was a close personal friend of the late J.C.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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Doug says:
What’s the song called that the PSU band plays when PSU gets a first down?
January 1st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
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Russe says:
If you mean the ‘Ohhhh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh’ song, it’s “7 Nation Army” by The White Stripes.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
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Pants McPants says:
Must be irritating to be a USC fan…no excuse not winning an NC with this amount talent on offense and defense. Wow.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
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Doug says:
@#14 – thank you kindly
January 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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baconboy says:
Doug, that’s the chorus from 7 Nation Army by the White Stripes. It was very popular in last summer’s Euro 2008 soccer tournament among various fans, so PSU must have picked up on it.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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The Humanitarian says:
@15 – actually, we have an excuse… it’s the OMG SEC attitude the whole rest of the country seems to have that keeps us down in the polls.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:04 pm
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ClwFLGator says:
Anyone else think that PSU should stop lining up and trying to cram it down the middle on USCw on 3rd and short, especially given the fact that they look like they are running through wet cement?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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Mr.Pelican Pants says:
I would like Penn State to win this so my transitive theory will be complete….ya know Penn St killed the Beavers, Beavers whooped USC, so Penn State should beat USC…..it never works……USC is playing a home game, so they technically should win….had this been at State College,Penn State would rule……who wants to bet if USC wins this, they go to number 2…..
January 1st, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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ClwFLGator says:
Humanitarian @ 18 –
USCw fans are not allowed to cry foul for “exessive national media fellating.”
USCw is consistently one of the most talent laden teams in college football, who can also consistently be counted on to shoot themselves in the foot annually by coughing one up to their cross town rival or some Pac 10 bottom feeder.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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OrangeGator says:
Please tell me that when ESPN gets the BCS contract, we won’t be subjected to Masters promos in fucking January since they have no more football to show. And I think my brain is still fried from that “It’s G” ad that ran three breaks ago.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
@22
I still don’t know WTF “G” is
…maybe “Gee, that was a stupid fuckin’ commercial”?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
#3 LOL
that one took me a second
January 1st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
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OrangeGator says:
@Mich-Placed Gator Letter-based programming should only ever be handled by the professionals from the Children’s Television Workshop.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
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chg says:
Is 24-7 too early to ask the big ten apologists retract their indignation?
‘We belong on the same field! We beat Northwestern!’
January 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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OrangeGator says:
Simultaneous text message fun…
My friend Mario (a Cal alum): Pac-10 domination!
My friend Marty (who I went to UF with): Big Ten…that’s about right
January 1st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
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sdsmp says:
Down year for the Pac. . .
January 1st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
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meg says:
While I do agree that USC probably deserves a chance at #1, using Pac-10 bowls as a reason is stupid because their bowl contracts pretty much guarantee that they play down in competition, not up.
USC actually makes the conference look bad because they are that much better than the rest…
January 1st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
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Studley says:
The “G” in this case is for Getty, as in, the museum built off oil revenues (and sometimes questionably-obtained works of art, at least when one of its former directors was there).
January 1st, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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Mike says:
chg @26-
Apparently it’s enough for Musberger to call it “one of the greatest eras by any team in the history of college football.”
January 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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D-Nice says:
USC looks fantastic. Wow! I’m a big fan and do not have any issues with USC not making the title game – the schedule just didn’t work out with no other Pac-10 teams in the top 10 and ND generally sucking.
But, I would have loved to see USC play Florida or Oklahoma, or even Texas in the Fiesta bowl.
I love that USC plays with so much enthusiasm even after fucking up their national title chances. Great big game team (now if they could figure out those pesky few “small” games they seem to have blown the past 3 years).
January 1st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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skinnyphatman says:
So, it’s 4:30 mountain time, I now have the second half of the USC throttling of JoPa, and then a nice break until that much anticipated Orange bowl, for the rest of the fuckin day. Who do I kick in the nuts for otherwise ruining what used to be the best day of the year?
I remember when I was a kid on New Years day, my old man pulling the 13″ black and white tv into the den and wiring it all up so we could watch two games at a time (only since I have experienced my own adult New Years Eve, can I fully appreciate his talent and dedication). Start to stop full of games, generally a few good ones. Now this.
Seriously, who gets the kick in the nuts?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
I hardly EVER pull for natural disasters, but if a well timed earthquake could shut Brent Woody Musburger up for good…
January 1st, 2009 at 6:47 pm
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General Disarray says:
@31 re: Mussbugger
Maybe when he’s done with his unnecessary adulation of USC, he’ll go back to fellating Notre Dame.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:47 pm
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ClwFLGator says:
Well, 31-7 is apparently good enough for Mushberger to start advocating for a split national title for USCw already, before the MNC has even been played.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
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peachy says:
Well, that’s the thing for USC – at this point, pounding on a Big-10 team, no matter how gaudy their record or stats, doesn’t really earn you much… unless the AP voters really want to screw with the BCS. Which they might. But I don’t believe an AP #1 has ever been bumped after winning their bowl game; and you have to think that a #2 that beats a #1 would also be tough to bump – especially since USC is currently only #5.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
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chg says:
@31 Can you blame Musberger? I mean, how many others schools can point to an era where they won one national title in a five year span?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
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D-Nice says:
“Apparently it’s enough for Musberger to call it “one of the greatest eras by any team in the history of college football.”
Well, love SC or hate them, it really is. A national championship (or 1.5 or 2 depending on who’s counting and what you consider a national championship) and so many consecutive BSC bowls, most of them victories.
Believe me, even as an SC fan, I sort of get the SC hate, given that until this year they were annually slobbered over and always given the benefit of the doubt. But, Carroll’s “era” is pretty great.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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donkeydawg says:
Out of boredom, watched the last few minutes of the Rose Bowl’s second quarter, and could barely focus on the game for all the endless USC and PAC-10 fellating in the booth. When Mussberger did his extended gloating about the PAC-10’s bowl record this year, he began by saying “I have a message for all you east coast media types,” sounding like Sarah Palin on a particularly bad day. Does anyone really think USC football is under-appreciated?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:51 pm
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Studley says:
skinnyphatman – Jim Delany’s dingleberries should suffice, for starters, maybe with some of the Tournament of Roses board members on the side.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:52 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
…and is this really a surprise to anyone?
Let’s see…
USC 35
OSU 3
PSU 13
OSU 6
I think that equates to:
USC 48
PSU 10
January 1st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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sdsmp says:
@29
Excellent point Meg:
Oregon (17) beat a higher-ranked Okla. St (13) team;
Oregon St. (UR) beat a higher-ranked Pitt (20) team;
UofA (UR) beat a higher-ranked BYU (16) team;
Cal beat Miami;
SC is kicking the crap out of the best the Big Televen has to offer.
Additionally, if USC is SO much better than Oregon, Oregon St., UofA, Cal, etc, then what does it say about the “ranked” teams that the rest of the Pac is beating?
January 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pm
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kel_varnsen says:
42 -
Let’s see . . .
USC 27
OrSU 21
PSU 45
OrSU 14
PSU 60
USC 21
Hmm, it came out a little different for me
January 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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D-Nice says:
Yeah, I think the Pac-10 should, obviously, be proud of going undefeated in bowls (should USC hold on). I mean, it’s somthing positive after a year of being fairly pathetic out of conference.
But, I don’t know if it means as much as Musberger, et al. are gushing about. The Pac-10 has pretty miserable bowl tie-in, except the Rose and Holiday, and they do usually play down in competition.
Again, the conference and its fans should be happy, but it hardly means that he Pac-10 was underappreciated during the season. Remember their pathetic record against the Mountain West.
The commentators really feed the anti-USC sentiment. Like I said, big USC fan, but just because they’re kicking ass at the Rose Bowl doesn’t mean I’m going to start questioning the BCS championship matchup.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
A vile beating to be sure, and there ain’t nothin’ cheap about it. They’re really, really good. USC knows where to attack our defense (MLB, middle secondary) and won’t let up. Nor should they.
Penn State actually played rather well for a while, but the uncharacteristic (and very poorly timed) penalties really derailed things. But yeah, 31-7.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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Mich-Placed Meg Lover says:
Hey 43!
take it easy on my Meg, damn you!
January 1st, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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Studley says:
D-Nice – USC, IMHO, have taken the mantle once held by Nebraska, where the program “reloads” instead of rebuilds.
I like them from the standpoint that they are always in serious consideration every year for making a run at the MNC, whether they actually get there or not. They are the standard by which all other programs should ascribe to (I definitely wish LSU could be like this).
January 1st, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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kel_varnsen says:
44-
Wow. I undermined myself by not checking my post.
Obviously should be OrSU 27, USC 21
January 1st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
44,
ya lost me there, buddy.
huh?
Is OrSU those hairy little Beavers?
if so, didn’t they beat USC?
…I see your point.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:09 pm