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GaYellowDawg

(4,886 posts)
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:56 PM Dec 2011

Can't believe no one's talking about college bowl games.

There were two really good ones on Saturday, with Ohio winning on a TD with 13 seconds left, and Louisiana Lafayette driving for a winning 50 yard field goal after starting on their own 18 with 40 seconds and no timeouts.

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Can't believe no one's talking about college bowl games. (Original Post) GaYellowDawg Dec 2011 OP
Marshall is up against Florida International tonight. Lasher Dec 2011 #1
This one's for all the beef, baby! KamaAina Dec 2011 #3
Still tied in the fourth quarter! Lasher Dec 2011 #5
Herd wins! KamaAina Dec 2011 #6
Apparently FI was loaded up against a 5 yard run for the first and ten. Lasher Dec 2011 #7
Neither of those teams had ever won a major college bowl game before. Elwood P Dowd Dec 2011 #2
No one from Acadiana really needs a reason to go to "la ville". KamaAina Dec 2011 #4
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
3. This one's for all the beef, baby!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 09:51 PM
Dec 2011

Oh, and the Bradys, too. Tied 10-10 at the half.

That temporary field looks like $#*! The little rubber pellets are getting kicked up into the players' faces!

Lasher

(28,375 posts)
5. Still tied in the fourth quarter!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 10:47 PM
Dec 2011

That shitty turf is the same on both sides of the field so I guess it doesn't work to any team's advantage. I just wish Marshall would at least try a pass or two every now and then.

Go Herd!

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. Herd wins!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 11:46 PM
Dec 2011

But what was with the fake punt at the end?! If you're going to call that, just go for the first down and ice it. If it's dropped or overthrown, you may be looking at OT or worse.

Lasher

(28,375 posts)
7. Apparently FI was loaded up against a 5 yard run for the first and ten.
Wed Dec 21, 2011, 07:27 AM
Dec 2011

Marshall hadn't been passing downfield enough to suit me and for that play the receiver was wide open. Even if the pass had been incomplete, Marshall would have turned the ball over to FI on downs at the 35. That same result, or one very close to it, would have been just as (or more) likely with a short gain attempt like we saw from the Herd most of the night.

And what if you just go ahead and punt? What are you going to get out of that when you're already on the 35? It was a good call.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,444 posts)
2. Neither of those teams had ever won a major college bowl game before.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:21 PM
Dec 2011

Louisiana Lafayette had a win in a lower division bowl decades ago, but that was it. Also, there were surprisingly good crowds for both of those games. I was expecting to see stadiums 75% empty, and the fans saw two very entertaining games.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
4. No one from Acadiana really needs a reason to go to "la ville".
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 09:52 PM
Dec 2011

But the Ragin' Cajuns gave them a damn good one!

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