It’s A New Year…But Not A New SABOWL

Today is a massive day for SABOWL IX.

Here is where we are in one word, Jimmy.

Jimmy has maintained a lead in one of the most competitive SABOWL’s in recent history. His lead has not been massive but it has been consistent. Will this end up being a dominant performance or does a massively disappointing “you got SABOWL’d” moment await Jimmy?

By the way, how about those Yellow Jackets from Georgia Tech last night?

For the rest of the Sabo’s, most of you still have a shot with 11 games to go! Here is where you stand in relation to the current leader. Of course all of this changes should someone surpass Jimmy today.
Rebecca – 4 games behind Jimmy, 6 unique picks from Jimmy
Emily – 2 games back, 3 unique picks
Michael – 4 games back, 6 unique picks
Joe – sorry Joe, 5 games back, 4 unique picks
Jonathan – 4 games back, 5 unique picks
Ellen – 2 games back, 3 unique picks
Jim – 2 games back, 5 unique picks
Josh – 5 games back, 8 unique picks
April – 7 games back, 8 unique picks
Danny/Julian – 3 games back, 6 unique picks
Christina – 1 game back, 7 unique picks
Stephen – 6 games back, 6 unique picks

This SABOWL could still shake out a lot of different ways! Hold on to hope and prepare for massive disappointment.

We’ve got 5 bowls going on today, two of which are the first playoff games for College Football!

Before we get there, how about some highlights from last night’s exciting Orange Bowl.

Outback Bowl – Auburn favored by 6.5 over Wisconsin
Auburn: pretty much everyonebowl_outback
Wisconsin: Josh, April, Christina
SABOWL ramifications: Very interesting here. A Wisconsin win gives Christina a share of the lead keeps April alive, and helps Josh maintain a little bit more of his delusional hope of winning this thing.
Points of Interest: Heisman runner-up, Wisconsin RB, Melvin Gordon will be in action in this game. He is 292 yards short of Barry Sander’s single season rushing record so look for him to probably not break that record. Following an end of season butt whooping at the hands of Ohio State, Wisconsin’s coach, Gary Andersen, left to take a job at Oregon St. Wisconsin will be coached today by Athletic Director and former Wisconsin coach, Barry Alvarez. In Alvarez’ last game as a college coach he led Wisconsin to a win over Auburn in the 2005 Capital One Bowl. Auburn struggled a bit at the end of the season and as a result canned their defensive coordinator. Next year, that position will be filled by Will Muschamp who got canned by Florida this year. Two pretty powerfuloffenses here and average defenses, the end zones should see a good bit of action in this one.

And now for a special treat, two New Year’s Day posts! Believe it or not communication behind the scenes has not been the greatest this year, I blame North Korea. Today, Sabo’s and SABOWL fans everywhere win with more SABOWL commentary!

TITLE: Mike Gundy Eve

Another great day of Sabowl action is ahead of us on a very special day.  You may be thinking that today is what many call New Year’s Day.  In reality, it is something completely different.  Today is Mike Gundy Eve as Oklahoma State gears up to play tomorrow.  We would like to dedicate this post Mike Gundy and to all who have to defend a special important person in their life.  It calls for courage and age.  It calls for perseverance and being at least 40 years old.  For a glimpse of this please see the video.

In the analysis of the current Sabowl standings, it appears that Jimmy continues to maintain his steady lead.  Although I am not quite sure if that is completely accurate.  If you were keeping up with Locker Room yesterday, you may noticed that there was some controversy regarding the standings and spreadsheet.  The standings are now it order numerically.  Some of you will be glad that is the case.  The spreadsheet was actually updated as well.  Prior to last night, the spreadsheet has taken a couple days off and was not giving us a good understanding of where we stood and we were going.  We are thankful for that.  It has given us hope.  But we still feel incomplete as we wait on the update from last nights Mississippi State game.  I feel like the Sabowl Spreadsheet is actually embracing the smugness that we often see in the some of the Sabowl contestants.  It knows that we in need of its updates and wants us to be longing and feeling incomplete.

In other news, Georgia Tech has actually won a bowl game.  You may have noticed that the Mississippi State game was referenced with this.  The point of this is that if you stick if Georgia Tech year after year in bowl games, you will get a win every nine years.  Bold strategy.

As we do celebrate New Year’s Day, here are some things that you can look forward to in the days to come.

The Sabowl resolves:
-to hear from current champion Rebecca in a comment of significant length
-to have better Locker Room participation with a post reaching 100 posts (it is acceptable if all 100 posts are from one person)
-to take back the smugness from the Sabowl spreadsheet and have smugness among the participants (This really depends on us in the Locker Room of accusing each other of this.  Come on everyone, you can do this.)
-for the I-Team to conclude its investigation into TV Gate and begin to look into other important issues and concerns

By the way, this is a historical day for the Sabowl as we begin a new era with the playoffs.  We will be bringing updates on today’s games through post updates and comments.

BACK TO POST: It’s A New Year…But Not A New SABOWL

Some breaking news of an unfortunate nature. This hacking thing is spreading even to one of America’s Finest Institution’s. Georgia Tech student arrested for hacking University of Georgia’s online calendar.

157295LOGOGoodyear Cotton Bowl Classic – Baylor by 3.5 over Michigan State
Baylor: Rebecca, Michael
Michigan State: everybody else
SABOWL Ramifications: Michael and Rebecca stand a chance to gain or lose a game here.
Point of Interest: The QBs of these two teams are good pals. Baylor is ranked 4th and didn’t make they playoffs, I’d be pretty upset about that – they would like to make a statement here. The last time these two teams faced each other Michigan State won 28-10, that happened in 1968 so it’s completely irrelevant but might as well throw it out there.

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl Also Known As The Who Cares We All Picked BWW-Citrus-Bowl_LogoMissouri Bowl
Trivia Question: How many times in SABOWL history have all competitors picked the same team to win a game?
SABOWL Ramifications: Missouri beating Minnesota and covering the spread would help everyone’s overall SABOWL winning percentage.
***EDIT***Danny/Juilian chose Minnesota and not Missouri, they have an opportunity to pick up a game on everyone else!
Points of Interest: This game really isn’t very interesting. I’d recommend using the time after Baylor/Michigan St to take a nap and rest up for the historic playoff games to come! Alternatively, you could hang out in the Locker Room for a while.

Rose Bowl – Oregon favored by 9.5 over Florida StateRose-bowl-Florida-St-Oregon-Ducks-jpg
Oregon: Rebecca, Michael, Ellen, Jim, Josh, D/J, Christina, Stephen
Florida State: Emily, Joe, Jonathan, Jimmy, April
SABOWL ramifications: It’s very possible that we will start to see some more people get eliminated in these last couple games. If that doesn’t happen, things could be getting really close at the top of the leader board!
Points of Interest: These are the games we’ve waited for, the first playoff game in college football history. Two powerhouses going at it! The large spread adds another element of excitement.

Sugar Bowl – Alabama favored by 9.5 over Ohio State2015sugarbowl
Alabama: Rebecca, Emily, Joe, Ellen, Jim, Michael, April, D/J
Ohio State: Jonathan, Jimmy, Josh, Christina, Stephen
SABOWL ramifications: It’s very possible that we will start to see some more people get eliminated in these last couple games. If that doesn’t happen, things could be getting really close at the top of the leader board!
Points of Interest: These are the games we’ve waited for, the first playoff game in college football history. Two powerhouses going at it! The large spread adds another element of excitement. Very original right? Anybody reading this?

 

205 thoughts on “It’s A New Year…But Not A New SABOWL

      1. Michael

        Maybe she was referring to Jimmy winning the Toiletbowl.

        This is possibly the first display of smugness for today.

        #sheisagamer
        #nevergiveup

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          1. josh Post author

            Well played April!

            However – Jimmy can’t lose to Joe for Toiletbowl honors #smugkill

        1. josh Post author

          Question though – shouldn’t it be your responsibility to keep yourself accurate and up to date? Not trying to unfairly call you out but seems like you could do a better job.

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          1. Sabowl Standings

            Good point and I understand where you are coming from.
            I would like to do a better job with this. However, even though I am a rational being, I do have limitations. One of those is that I don’t have fingers. I am working on the ability to update myself using just only mental abilities but have not quite mastered that yet. Maybe by the time the Sabowl is a man and 40.

  1. Sabowl Spreadsheet

    Yeah Josh, back off!

    You think we like looking out of date? We care about the SABOWL as much as anyone and yet we lack the capacity to make the alterations we know are needed! Standy put it nicely but frankly, when you have a SABOWL site you have a responsibility. When that site gets out of date you get off your butt and find that dog!

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      1. Sabowl Standings

        Makes me want to puke!

        Then if I had the ability to walk, I would state that and immediately walk out of the room to leave everyone in an awkward moment. Possibly a couple of people will clap.

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        1. Sabowl Spreadsheet

          If I had arms and access to a printer, I’d print out a screen shot of these comments and hold them up and point to them for extra emphasis.

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  2. Jonathan

    I apologize for not assisting the Sabowl standings in staying updated. This years SABOWL was successful in making me sick. Amazingly I felt much better after last nights game.

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    1. josh

      Kind of understandable, glad last night’s game boosted your spirits. Though I wonder if the SABOWL would call your mental toughness into question.

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          1. Jonathan

            Maybe you should write an editorial bashing a player of his that does everything right. According to Wikipedia Mike Gundy is currently 47

  3. Sabowl Locker Room

    Well standy and spreads have valid complaints that they have not been updated but at least people have noticed them. No one even used me on New Year’s Eve. How do you think that feels?

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    1. Sabowl Standings

      Are you serious?
      The Locker Room gets all of this attention throughout the season. Give me a break. I think that we have to question your mental toughness. Even Jonathan.

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      1. Sabowl Spreadsheet

        Locker Room this, Locker Room that. “See you in the Locker Room.”

        You ever hear anyone saying “See you in the standings” or “I’ll check your picks on the sheet later.” #ridiculous

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      2. Sabowl Locker Room

        Hey Standy there is no need for that. We are on the same team. I thought we were working together to provide a quality Sabowl experience for these people.

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    1. Sabowl Spreadsheet

      Sorry Locker Room, emotions were running a little high with the North Korea thing and with such poor participation this year. Forgive me pal.

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  4. Rebecca

    Hello sabos and happy new year! I would like to enter the locker room by making a few brief points. First of all I think that there needs to be an investigation into all of the phoney (foney? Sp?) comments listed above. The sabowl locker room and standings are not physical beings and therefore have no thumbs. How could they type?
    Fifthly, there must be actual sabos in charge of updating the actual standings and for this actual person I can vouch has been out of commission. The stomach virus has hit hard and has caused multiple risky near death situations…puking on the side of I 75 is not recommended but huge shout out to the big yellow hero van who pulled behind us to keep us safe…who drives those things anyways? Where do they come from?
    I digress, but you should know that the sabowl will not get proper sanitization when the Lysol bomb consumes our home. We will leave it to carry our feelings toward the sabowl ix since it seems as though it will be leaving us soon. May the champion be strong and may your immune system be ever in your favor.
    For my 50000th point, in reading past accusations regarding placement of the sabowl in our home, let it be known that it has been resting peacefully on the left side of our fireplace ever since we had a fireplace for it to rest beside. #longestrunonsentenceever. The i team may have noticed its placement had it been more observant during recent visits. Or did smugness cloud your vision? Whatever the cause, it has earned a prominent place in our home. The champion will likely have to overcome illness and our attack dog in order to retrieve it. Rudy is very attached and has been observed to gently lick, cuddle, and spoon alongside his dear friend the sabowl. So get excited hopeful sabos for very soon one of you lucky people shall inherit the puke-germ infested, dog-slobbered trophy that you so desire.
    This concludes my brief points.

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    1. Jimmy

      If it rests on a table to the left of the fireplace, (as stated in an earlier locker room visit) how does the dog “spoon it” (#disgusting) for dogs don’t have opposable thumbs?

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      1. Rebecca

        I don’t know what imposter said that it was on a table because it has been sitting on the floor…recheck that post because I’m sure it will agree with me. Oh and let’s get a definition: the act of spooning: the action where one body curls around another like a ‘spoon’ such as Rudy spooning the sabowl. No need for opposable thumbs!

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        1. Jimmy

          That’s a case of SABOWL abuse if I’ve ever seen one! You keep it on the floor and you let your dog spoon it? This deserves another investigation!

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    2. josh Post author

      A #rebeccalength post complete with chapter headings, this is a good Locker Room day! Sorry for the sickness, admire the refusal to sanitize the SABOWL – that’s what the Locker Room is all about!

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  5. Jonathan

    Unanimous picks in SABOWL history

    Today is the 4th time that all Sabowlers picked the same team. 2nd time for Missouri.

    SABOWL VII. Florida was unanimously picked Sugar Bowl. Florida was favored over Louisville by 13.5 but ended up losing the game 33-23.
    SABOWL II. Alabama was unanimously picked Independence Bowl. Alabama was favored over Colorado by 3.5 and won the game 30-23.
    SABOWL II. Missouri was unanimously picked Cotton Bowl. Missouri was favored over Arkansas by 3.5 and won the game 38-7

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    1. josh Post author

      Just realized i made a pretty big mistake. Missouri is not a unanimous pick – Danny/Julian went with Minnesota!

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  6. Jimmy

    You can stick a fork in this one its done. Overdone in fact. If FS comes back from this one I’ll be doing those snow angels Michael was talking about the other night.

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      1. josh Post author

        FSU – GA Tech almost beat you, which means we were almost capable of losing to Oregon by 60 points. Kind of puts a damper on our season. We at least would have shook hands…and then hacked your schools calendar.

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        1. Florida State Seminoles

          In our defense on the hand shake thing we were running late for a reservation to a Crab Shak. Half the team left at halftime to try hold the table and lastly we heard they may have been in the vicinity of the SABOWL and we didn’t want to take a chance on catching that junk.

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        1. josh Post author

          and technically I pay $15 for the domain name and $100 for web site hosting a year, so somehow I think you might get even less than you pay for or maybe I do…I’m really confused by all of this

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    1. josh Post author

      This really is crazy in terms of number of people still realistically within striking distance. The playoff is good for the SABOWL!

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  7. I-Team

    Good evening everyone. As promised of a possible upcoming I-Team investigation.

    With the spooning admissions being made today, it has come to our attention that Rudy may have not been the first to have spooned with the Sabowl.

    Details to come.

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    1. Rebecca

      Dear I team…information is leaking that a certain sabowler may or may not have mistakenly seen the sabowl as the toilet bowl during recent stomach illness…the next champion will be guaranteed the joy of the sabowl and inevitable illness. Please consider allowing the sabowl to remain in its rightful home where it can continue to be spooned by Rudy and sick sabowlers. Thank you that is all.

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  8. Christina

    After a quick glance of the locker room posts I came out with Gundy continues to get older… Some awkward news about Rudy and potentially others and the definition for spooning. On another note I need urban to coach em up real bad right now!

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    1. josh Post author

      There have been some twists and turns in this Locker Room session for sure – you forgot to mention various elements of the SABOWL site coming to life and being quite snarky, passive aggressive, and smug.

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  9. Jimmy

    With the playoff element, watching this game is like cheering on a game of red light green light. Wanting Alabama to win but not too much.

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  10. Jimmy

    Could tonight be the night we hit 100 comments in the locker room? #itllprobably99 #illcheckyourpicksonthespreadsheet

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    1. josh

      Michael put on a Locker Room clinic.

      I heard he over exerted himself & as a result has had a pretty poor showing tonight. Bad knees and back spasms could keep him out for a while. #weekendwarrior

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  11. josh

    If Ohio St. wins this game, Christina will break a lot of hearts tonight.

    By my calculations, April & Stephen have been eliminated from contention.

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      1. Christina

        Heck yeah!! If I win Jimmy you are welcome to come visit the Sabowl any time that is after its does its voluntary 21 day quarantine.

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      1. Jimmy

        The last place I saw it it had an Andy’s thin mint in it at Jonathan and Rebeccas apartment. Jonathan did you ever hand it off that year?

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    1. josh

      I hate Bama & the Ohio state – really hoping for a Bama win without covering spread. It would feel as if they both lose in a sense.

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  12. Jonathan

    Looks like Alabama is coming back. Must be tough beating two former NFL head coaches on the same staff. And the alma mater of Forest Gump.

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  13. Rebecca

    A.) I gave the toilet for it’s appropriate transfer via Ellen to Maryland…now if that transfer was made or if there are now 50 different aliases which were made in the meantime leaves to be determined.
    B.) I just read the New Years eve posts and I’m quite impressed by michaels commitment to the sabowl. I may be willing to share my germ infested sabowl with you.
    I.) big shoutout to michaels use of Robert frost…one of my favorites!!!!…though confusingly strange timing in the barage of posts.
    C.) where are guinea pigs a delicacy?!?! So not right.
    D.) I’m surprised there are any dead fish at the jimmy pets mart…our two survivors in our tank are 5 years old and won’t seem to die. Pretty sure you raised them on steroids.

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        1. Jonathan

          That was the first kind of fish that we bought. That was like witnessing the hunger games before I knew the hunger games existed. #tigerbarbs

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    1. Jimmy

      Oops i think the I Team hacked my account for a second

      Well it was a good run, Congratulations Christina, See ya next year.

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        1. josh

          Jimmy – I believe you have enough uniques from Christina to still have a shot. If Ohio st wins, you are down 2 with 3 uniques I believe. You should double check.

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      1. josh Post author

        The real Michael would have been less coherent after sleeping through a historic College Football/SABOWL Locker Room night.

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      1. Christina

        Thanks for noticing… I’m only smug like every 8 years #I’m back baby ( read in your George kastanza voice)

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  14. Mike Gundy

    Hello everyone.
    First of all let me say thank you for all of the love and attention that you have shown me. The YouTube hits always triple around this time of year.

    I also wanted to say that congratulations to everyone one on a great Sabowl season. One of the most competitive that we have seen.

    Thanks again and I hope to join you in the Locker Room in the future.

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    1. Michael

      Coach Gundy,
      It is nice to have you in the Locker Room. Join us again.

      We encourage outbursts, puking, and smugness.

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  15. josh Post author

    A recap on where everyone stands in relation to Christina:

    Those SABOWLed
    – Rebecca – 4 games back, 3 uniques
    – Emily – 4 games back, 3 uniques
    – Michael – 4 games back, 1 unique
    – Joe – sorry Joe, SABOWLed earlier
    – Ellen – 4 games back, 2 uniques
    – April – 7 games back, 2 uniques
    – Danny/Julian – 5 games back, 4 uniques
    – Stephen – 6 games back, 1 unique

    Those still with a shot:
    – Jimmy – 2 games back, 3 uniques
    – Jonathan – 5 games back, 5 uniques
    – Jim – 3 games back, 5 uniques
    – Josh – 4 games back, 4 uniques

    7 Games to Go, 5 Sabo’s Remain…

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    1. Sabowl Spreadsheet

      Truly, Jonathan thank you for your hard work and dedication. It often goes under the radar but you make the Spreadsheet happen and I’m grateful.

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  16. josh Post author

    Previous Locker Room comment record was 135 set on 12/28/2012, tonight we have made SABOWL history! I have to say that I didn’t see this coming, well done everybody!

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  17. Sabowl Standings

    It would be fun to do Locker Room standings. Maybe the LR and Spread can get together and work on this. We could possibly have another room to analyze what is happening in the Locker Room.

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        1. Michael

          Maybe the shower room would clean up the Sabowl.
          Referring to the actual Sabowl after Rudy licked and slobbered on it.

          Anyone else concerned that Rudy was cuddling and gently licking it?
          Is there a possibility that we may have some little Sabowls running around in the future?

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          1. Jonathan

            I’m convinced that Rudy is probably cleaner than most of us. On your second point those would be some pretty cool looking Sabowls. #goldendoodlebowl

  18. Christina

    Anyone else get this message from WordPress :
    You are posting comments too quickly. slow down

    we are bringing the system down one snarky comment at a time… proud to be a Sabo 🙂

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  19. Christina

    I have no business being up now. I typed all that with my eyes closed. half asleep, I got mad typing skills, typing was the best class in high school. kinda boasty but also a shout out to Rockdale County High School.

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  20. Michael

    Everyone,
    I am done. I know that you may want to get to 200 tonight but it is not something that can be manufactured or forced. It has to come from deep within.

    Good night.

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        1. Mike Gundy

          Good night. I have a couple more things to work out with the game plan and then I will be going go to bed as well.

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          1. Mike Gundy

            I may write a couple of notes to some reporters thanking them for all of their work and effort that they put forth to promote this great sport and our teams. More importantly our athletes who always do the right thing, go to class, and are not fat.

          2. Jonathan

            Thanks Mike. Try not to suck today. My SABOWL hopes kind of depend on you and 4 other Hail Marys.

  21. Jimmy

    Michael when I get my new camera we are recrating that Dr Pepper comercial with the actual SABOWL. Can’t believe I missed that thing yesterday.

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      1. Jonathan

        Kinda wish the SABOWL didn’t turn down that Dr. Pepper sponsorship. We all know they settled for the college football playoff.

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  22. Christina

    I have to get it all out of my system now because i have been a Sabowl brides maid too many times… coming close to victory only to fall hard into a puddle of suck.

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  23. Christina

    “Alright, that’s it for me, Im out everybody” Leaving on a high note like George Costanza

    Congratulations everyone on the 200+ day

    On a sappy note I love you all bunches. #realtalk (haha my old students always used that phrase… seems to fit here)

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