CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL: OPEN THREAD
by Orson on Dec 29, 2009 5:15 PM EST
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PrintFor fact-type analysis, Holly's preview is as good as you'll get, but consider this to be your open thread for the Champs Sports Bowl, where Wisconsin fans hopefully will watch out for each other better than they have in the past. You can't do that in the savage streets of Orlando, where you'll be kidnapped and butchered for parts by the degenerates who serve as costumed characters for the theme parks.
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In Holly’s preview:
just remember this is an honorable contest that once saw fit to name infamously awful Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball its Most Valuable PlayerThat game is #1 on the Top Ten Worst Syracuse Football Games of the Aughts. GO [Reggie Ball-lead, lolz] JACKETS; STING ’EM!
by softbatch on Dec 29, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions
Reggie Ball was the MVP because he was throwing to Calvin Johnson.
by Brian on Dec 29, 2009 6:32 PM EST reply actions
This should be a fun one…better than that insufferable Eagle Bank Bowl…
by Paragon SC on Dec 29, 2009 6:46 PM EST reply actions
I live slightly north of Orlando, and at about 2pm this afternoon I received 4 texts from friends and former co-workers telling me that they were literally given handfuls of tickets at about lunch time and they didn’t know what to do with them. I’m not sure exactly how, but I was able to turn down each and every one of them. This must be a really well-attended bowl game.
by rjsplow on Dec 29, 2009 6:49 PM EST reply actions
IIRC that particular incarnation of the Champs Sports Bowl saw Syracuse’s brand new AD basically fire his head coach during a half-time interview, thereby ushering in the Gerg Robinson era.
Probably the proudest moment in Chan Gailey’s entire tenure.
by wfguiteau on Dec 29, 2009 7:10 PM EST reply actions
Lou and Mark trying to comment on this whole Texas Tech deal is painful.
by Kevin@LSU on Dec 29, 2009 7:55 PM EST reply actions
I think the Eagle Bank Bowl has been getting a bad rap here. Did you see ESPN’s field reporter ask Al Golden what it would take to get him to put on a coat at the half? Golden replied that he was “Temple Tuff,” jogged away, then came back to the camera to clarify that “Tuff” is spelled “T-U-F-F.” Also, they interviewed Maurice Jones Drew who was on the UCLA sideline and asked him about Tebow joining the Jags, to which Drew replied “I’m not sure that’s the kind of player we need right now” before backing off and saying “I’m not a GM, but whoever drafts him will get a great player.”
I don’t see how Wisky stands a chance tonight. Thanks to the documentary, The U has been imbued with a sense of the moment and its place in history. Also, Miami’s only three losses came 1) at Virginia Tech in a typhoon after the Canes’ hyped 2-0 start over ranked opponents; 2) vs. Clemson with Jacory Harris throwing three picks and C.J. Spiller going apesh*t with 300 total yards and two 50+ yard touchdowns; and 3) another three-pick performance by Harris against the UNC defense. Tonight: No typhoon; no Spiller; and no UNC defense.
Big Ten will have to wait until Jan 1 for the Buckeyes to get over on the Ducks.
by Cleveland Frowns on Dec 29, 2009 8:03 PM EST reply actions
This may not go well. However, I did work at Champs in high school—and therefore may need to scotch away the flashbacks.
by Zone Left on Dec 29, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions
@Paragon SC – Al Golden classed that Bowl up with the tie and slacks.
by collegegameballs on Dec 29, 2009 8:20 PM EST reply actions
@CGB yes he did…he is a class guy. Slick Rick on the field OTOH cheapens any bowl though…
by Paragon SC on Dec 29, 2009 8:21 PM EST reply actions
Interesting start here. Miami speed and air Wisky?
by Another damn Dan on Dec 29, 2009 8:37 PM EST reply actions
Excuse me Orson/Holly – whoever, I am new at this and thought that email was still good. Please delete my entries and I will try again if I can think of something worthwhile.
by Another damn Dan on Dec 29, 2009 8:47 PM EST reply actions
For the record, even the organ-harvesting costume characters of Orlando make may when the traveling Jersey Shore road show that is the Miami fanbase comes to town.
Kidding, of course; everyone knows Hurricane fans don’t travel to Landshark Stadium, much less Orlando.
by Jack Fact on Dec 29, 2009 9:21 PM EST reply actions
WAX MY TRUCK, BITCH! [/giggles, sips something]
by TwoBeez on Dec 29, 2009 9:36 PM EST reply actions
eesh…. Reggie Ball…. going to have nightmares tonight…
by NittanyJackets on Dec 29, 2009 11:11 PM EST reply actions
WILL EVERYONE JUST LEAVE POOR REGGIE BALL ALONE
by 4.0 Point Stance on Dec 29, 2009 11:12 PM EST reply actions
Also, Miami decided to nap through the first 58 minutes and start playing offense long after it’s too late to matter.
by 4.0 Point Stance on Dec 29, 2009 11:13 PM EST reply actions
Iowa-USC Orange Bowl, Ohio State-Florida, Bears-Colts. If a team returns an opening kick-off for a touchdown, they will lose.
by John on Dec 29, 2009 11:13 PM EST reply actions
@ 20 Don’t forget Alabama Florida (’99 SECCG)
by ColoBama on Dec 29, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions
I may not have a reason to say this again this year—
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG TEN BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
by Zone Left on Dec 29, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions
badgers, bitches. 325 lb lineman + john clay, 3 TEs and a smart QB is the new new thing. Lets hope those pussies for from Iowa can show up.
by kurt on Dec 30, 2009 12:32 AM EST reply actions
“Leave Reggie Alone!”
No Sir, I will take every opportunity to pot shot that lousy guy, as a GT student during his entire reign of terror. This is because he played with minimal integrity, not because we lost 40% of the games he started.
The dude had the indecency of not passing his classes and was academically intelligible to play in the Gator Bowl, which is pretty piss poor, when you’re a senior. Even a chimp can pass Management at GT, it’s rigorous but not hard when you get the athletic benefits. This on top of the fact that he played the most selfish ball ever, routinely trying to run his way out of a mess when he’d have been better off throwing it away. He was obviously arrogant because didn’t accept any coaching in the 4 seasons he played. He didn’t improve from game 1 til the end. If we had had a decent QB in those times, we had a 1st round WR and a 3rd round draft RB, among studly other defenders, we would have been much better.
by Brian on Dec 30, 2009 1:04 AM EST reply actions
Field conditions were shitty and look to only get shittier for the Cap One game.
by Kevin@LSU on Dec 30, 2009 1:21 AM EST reply actions
Conversely, Wisconsin slapped Miami around for 58 minutes, and eased up for the last two.
by DanF on Dec 30, 2009 9:50 AM EST reply actions
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