[NU Sports] Final: Oregon 65, Oregon State 38

Sun Nov 30 14:04:50 CST 2008

Great to listen to the Evil Empire's loss last night to Southern Cal

After the game, the broadcasters noted that if Rutgers beats  Louisville 
Thursday, The Big East will have enough 7-win qualifiers, so Charlie  and Company 
WONT be able to land their supposed safety bowl, the Sun.

Now, if Ohio State gets a BCS bid, we won't be able to fill our Motor City  
slot, making it an at-large slot

It would be great if ND had to settle for an afternoon in Detroit, and got  
knocked off by a MAC team

(I am of a mixed mind here, however...Charlie is a great coach for  keeping 
ND irrelevant - but if they get too irrelevant, maybe the Empire hires  
somebody good.  So I guess I want them to be just 'a little' embarrassing  and 
irrelevant...)

Chuck Herron   Tech '85

In a message dated 11/30/2008 12:52:58 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
sjtruog at yahoo.com writes:

I think  it certainly helps our chances as it's now all but certain Ohio 
State makes a  trip to the BCS and it appears that the Outback Bowl is actually 
giving us  serious consideration against Iowa.

It would be fun to see Fitz and  Spurrier - not sure I'd want to see LSU with 
all their raw talent and glad  that Ole Miss (and their terrific coach - 
think Arkansas wishes they still had  him now?) is likely gone to Dallas.

But hey, the Citrus may pick Ole  Miss after today -- wasn't an SEC team like 
UGa supposed to use all their  speed to stop the option? Sheesh - they're 
lucky most of the rest of the 10-20  bunch lost too or else Bama and Florida 
would both lack a win against a top 20  team (SEC = overrated this year, 
seriously).

And if it's the Alamo,  that could be fun as well. There are some great 
offenses in that league and  terrific QBs, but can anyone play defense? I thought 
OU and OSU would start  onside kicking in the 3rd quarter after it was clear 
neither was even going to  attempt playing defense. Heck, Stoops was just going 
for it every 4th down  after half (and all the bounces sure went the Sooners' 
way).

So all  that excitement, but the BCS can breathe easier. I'd have LOVED to 
see  ...

* TTech lose, so Texas goes regardless of OU's ranking
* OU  lose, so TTech goes to the title game but Texas to the real title  game

But wouldn't it be fun if, because Mizzou lost to KU, they wind up  hurting 
the winner of the whine game between OU and UT - i.e. the loser  doesn't have 
to play Mizzou and hurt their computer average - so the Sooners  jump slightly 
ahead this week, win a so-so game next week in bad weather, and  drop behind 
UT in the final standings? B-C-MESS! B-C-MESS!

So my latest  bowl guess ...

BCS: Florida vs. Oklahoma - I'm not sure we should hand  Florida the SEC 
already like the pollsters seem to be doing, but if they do  win that and get a 
home game for the title, hand them that joke of a crystal  trophy.

ROSE: USC vs. Penn State - Heck of a game with offense vs.  defense and two 
coaches with a proven record of preparing for bowl games and  winning the big 
ones (it's those doughnut ones in between that give JoePa and  Pete trouble).

FIESTA: Texas vs. Ohio State - I actually like the  Buckeyes' chances as UT 
is bummed about missing the title shot and OSU is a  heck of a lot better now 
than in September.

SUGAR: Alabama vs. Utah -  Couldn't be as ugly as last year's Sugar Bowl, 
could it?

ORANGE:  Cincinnati vs. Boston College - Can't we just have these two play 
basketball  instead?

CITRUS: Georgia vs. Michigan State - Run, run, run! If the  Dawgs are still 
snoozing, MSU could hang close.

OUTBACK: Northwestern  vs. South Carolina - Could be an intriguing matchup.

ALAMO: Iowa vs.  Missouri - Is there another pig these two can play for?

CHAMPS:  Wisconsin vs. Miami - Dunno who's gonna be here from the ACC, so 
I'll just  guess the Canes

INSIGHT: Kansas vs. Minnesota - If the Gophers are  healthy, could be a fun 
shootout

* * * * * * * * *
STEPHEN J.  TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!

--- On Sat, 11/29/08,  Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) 
<Alan.Abrahamson at nbcsports.com>  wrote:

> From: Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)  <Alan.Abrahamson at nbcsports.com>
> Subject: [NU Sports] Final:  Oregon 65, Oregon State 38
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Date:  Saturday, November 29, 2008, 8:53 PM
> Outback Bowl, anyone?
>  
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports  site list
> nwu-sports at tssi.com
>  http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports

_______________________________________________
nwu-sports  site  list
nwu-sports at tssi.com
http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports

**************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW 
AOL.com. 
(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)