[NU Sports] Wildelk's Bowl games

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Eric -

I nearly spat out my drink all over the keyboard reading this - hilarious!:) Looking at the matchups themselves, I was snoring and wondering why we'd want to keep this tradition, but you actually made it interesting.

>   Who Cares Bowl: South Flor. vs. Memphis

There could actually be quite a few "who cares" bowls this year.:)

>   Under the Radar Bowl:  TCU vs. Boise St.

Now THIS is one of the few bowls I'll reshuffle the schedule to watch this year.

>   Charlatan Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Hawaii ( I hate Hawaii

So how come when we have six wins there's no bowl to be found, but suddenly the F'ing Irish get a trip to Hawaii. Ugh. Some guys have all the luck!:)

>   Wish we 8-4 and at this Bowl: Wisky vs. Flor. St

Dunno about that ... playing FSU in Orlando is a tall order.

>   Blow-out Bowl 2:  Ga. Tech hands LSU their ass 

I would LOVE to see that. Hope you're right and all those fans choke on their "SEC! SEC! SEC! chant"

>   Sit back and watch the fun Bowl:  Okie St. vs. Oregon

There are only a few bowls left with great tradition, solid community involvement and genuine excitement every year - the Holiday Bowl is definitely on that list.

>   OH MY GOD; WE HAVE TO BEAT THE ^&&*((_#@$%^OUT_
> (mailto:#@$^OUT)  OF OSU 
> AND HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!  Bowl:  Texas vs. Ohio
> St.

Be very careful here. Texas is a good team, but the last few teams to be snubbed for some major bowl have come out and laid an egg. With a healthy Beanie Wells and a mature Terrelle Pryor, this is not the same team that we've seen in the BCS recently.

And I'll say it again - everyone harps on Tressel for two losses (one a blowout, one a game that got away on the opponent's virtual home field) ... but no one gets on Stoops for losing to a BCS buster in Boise State and then getting clobbered by the Big Least champ. Same 0-2 BCS mark the past two years. Same # of BCS titles (though Stoops has one more title game loss). Yet Tressel and the Buckeyes are viewed as pariahs and OU is the second coming this year. Sheesh.

>   Good game which you should watch Bowl:  UConn vs. Buffalo

Perhaps, but I just can't get excited about UConn and Buffalo. Heck, I'm trying to remember how long ago (not so long) they even entered the FBS.

>   Rose Bowl :  Penn St. vs. USC   "nuff said.

Amen - looking forward to a classic Granddaddy. Two great teams. Two great bowl coaches. Two great traditions. The sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains. The true Big Ten-Pac 10 matchup and the parade (the only parade worth watching ... well, maybe Macy's once and awhile).

Pasadena is NEVER a consolation prize and is still the best argument to keep the bowls. I get goosebumps remembering our visit.

>   Weak sister visits SuperDome so SEC can gloat
> "We're the best"  Bowl:  Utah 

Yeah ... two SEC slaughters in a row should hurt the argument for the BCS busters. They'll want to be heading to Arizona more instead of NO.

>   And finally, the Win this MO FO Bowl: NU vs Mizzou:  GO
> CATS!!! 

A-freakin'-men!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT