[NU Sports] Wildelk's Bowl games

Mon Dec 8 22:45:18 CST 2008

 I love that the 'Cats are big underdogs.? As has already been pointed out, it's a great motivating tool for Fitz, and also it takes a lot of pressure off of the team and puts it all on Mizzou, which "spit the bit" (to quote George Steinbrenner) against Kansas as a big favorite.

Paul Levinson

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From: Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
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IMHO, the Rose could wind up as the best bowl of the weekend.

Remember you heard it here.

rsl

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 11:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Wildelk's Bowl games

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

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