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Pretty sure I will be eliminated today after I lose my 9th Straight game. Is that a record?
Advocare V100 Bowl
Arizona (-7.5) vs. Boston College
When: Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. ET
Where: Shreveport, La.
TV: ESPN
Arizona (7-5) lost three of four to finish the season fourth in the Pac-12’s South Division. The Wildcats, who are ranked 11th nationally in rushing offense, have the No. 2 running back in the country in Ka’Deem Carey (156 yards per game) and a quarterback in B.J. Denker who has thrown for 14 touchdowns and rushed for 12 more.
Boston College (7-5) features FBS’ top-rated running back, Andre Williams, who ran for 2,102 yards despite getting hurt early in the Eagles’ season finale. BC finished third in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, partly because it was 0-3 against teams that finished with better records.
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Hyundai Sun Bowl
UCLA (-7.5) vs. Virginia Tech
When: Dec. 31, 2 p.m. ET
Where: El Paso, Texas
TV: CBS
UCLA (9-3) faced five ranked teams and lost to three of them, finishing second in the Pac-12’s South Division. The Bruins’ top rusher for the season was also its quarterback, Brett Hundley, but toward the end of the year they also discovered a hidden offensive gem in freshman linebacker Myles Jack.
Virginia Tech (8-4) finished with the eighth-best scoring defense (17.4 points allowed per game) but only scored 23.4 per game itself, part of why the Hokies finished in a three-way tie for second place in the ACC’s Coastal Division. QB Logan Thomas has been decent, though his rushing numbers have been down.
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Mississippi State (-7.5) vs. Rice
When: Dec. 31, 4 p.m. ET
Where: Memphis, Tenn.
TV: ESPN
Rice (10-3) navigated a watered-down Conference USA to beat Marshall for its first conference title since 1957. The Owls have a solid run game and a game manager in QB Taylor McHargue, not to mention a defense that has been able to slow opponents down.
Mississippi State (6-6) won its final two games to reach bowl eligibility, including an overtime victory in the Egg Bowl over Ole Miss. The Bulldogs have been sluggish on offense, but they’re better when dual-threat QB Dak Prescott is moving the ball around.
Don’t really have anything interesting to say here. Nothing says Happy New Year like the combination of Rice and Auto Parts.
Chick Fil A Bowl
Texas A&M (-13.5) vs. Duke
When: Dec. 31, 8 p.m. ET
Where: Atlanta
TV: ESPN
Duke (10-3) made its first-ever appearance in the ACC title game but got blown out by unbeaten Florida State. Nevertheless, this has been the best season in school history for the Blue Devils, which won the Coastal Division and used a smoke-and-mirrors approach to get to 10 victories.
Texas A&M (8-4) has the country’s most polarizing player in QB Johnny Manziel, but the Aggies couldn’t do any better than eight wins despite his exploits because of a defense that made it impossible to stop anyone. A&M went 0-4 against ranked teams and allowed 33.5 points per game in wins over four other bowl-bound opponents.
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Be on the lookout for this in the Georgia Dome during tonight’s game. The cows are known to terrorize evil burger vendors.
Some disturbing videos you have there. Kind of dark. Looks like early indications of Sabowl Syndrome.
The Kool Aid video provides some good points on how to include definitions for the Sabowl Dictionary.
I am fully engulfed in Sabowl syndrome. I don’t think I have ever been sabowld worse than the last couple of days.
Hang in there. Fight to the end.
this is a good job diagnosing #drmike
I have personally experienced this a few times.
Thinking you have a reasonable chance at winning the Sabowl = I drank the Sabowl Kool Aid
Got to be careful with the Kool Aid.
I hope to one day drink the Sabowl Kool Aid out of the Sabowl.
Better yet….maybe purchase some Sabowl-Aid from the Sabowl Store.
My favorite flavor would be Passion Bucket Grape- designed to meet the nutrient intake for “40 year olds”.
SABOWL-Aid…the SABOWL and I are dreaming a concoction up as we discuss #inspired
BetaBowl (get your vitamins to be able to clearly evaluate talent and hot teams)
Uh oh, looks like two straight losses for Rebecca. This is her downfall
Things are getting interesting.
#idon’tthinkso
This may be one of the best Sabowl finishes that we have had.
…at least in the last decade.
I can’t remember having this tight of a battle for the lead with this many competitors. SABOWL “the ocho” could go down in SABOWL history.
Also, this many people with a shot to win means a lot of broken hearts too, as evidenced by Jonathan’s dark post here.
May want to work on a public service video from the Sabowl itself to help with the future coping and loser denial.
SABOWL FOR KIDS updated spreadsheet – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlHypXycEzfKdFRKcVp6NGVWLWJXSDl6N1pkX3cxNFE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Standings update coming – basically Izabella, Lydia, and Jensen are crushing it, Ellie, Trey, Caleb and Kain not so much.
Had a talk with Caleb about this.
Would expect to see some improvement soon.
I heard Jonny Football has his offseason all planned out: learning to crotchet with his grandmother, teaching children to read, digging wells in underdeveloped countries, and freeing the oppressed whales at Sea World.
Wonderful things and all but I’m just hoping he can focus enough to beat Duke by two touchdowns for crying out lout.
This game is shocking. Never would have thought.
Did Rice play or did they pick random people out of the crowd?
Duke better start trying to run time off the clock now. Johnny is getting cranked up.
Blame it on the spread.
I went to bed thinking it was over. That would’ve been a good one to watch in spanish, even though I got Sabowled. Stinkin spread.
Games like that are one of the many reasons I appreciate the SABOWL. I probably would have never watched that otherwise…though I did stick with it even though I knew all hope of covering the spread were done at halftime.
Great game!
I think they still had chance of covering the spread until beginning of 4th quarter.
Well, well! Do I have a new record in the SABOWL for the first to be eliminated then directly to the longest win streak so far this bowl season.
Please replace period at the end of my question with – well you know.
Exclamation point?
Possibly?
Thats pretty brutal Danny
I was thinking that as well. However, we have really not been beat down by the SABOWL yet so I suppose I am due. Maybe I will win the remainder of the games just to still lose. Now that would certainly be some sort of record.