New Mexico Bowl Preview
Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4)
First game of the Sabowl season. The much anticipating game is finally here. It will be for some of you the closest that you will to the lead (or to me).
Mountain Boys vs. City Boys
Wyoming is much improved from last year’s of 3-9. Take a close look at Brett Smith, Wyoming QB and key to the drastic Cowboy
improvement. His stats include 28 TD’s (18 passing, 10 rushing), 2,495 yards passing and 645 rushing. Smith is a freshman by the way. Their offensive line, the key to any solid offense, takes very good care of Smith by only allowing 11 sacks. This is another reason for Smith’s success.
Temple comes into the game with a strong running game that is led by Bernard Pierce, averaging 257 yards per game. Bernard rushed 1,381 yards this season with an amazing 25 touchdowns.
Bernard Pierce
Wyoming defense will be a key to the game in combating the Owl offense. It has been described as average versus the run giving up 230 yards per game. One aspect regarding the Wyoming defense is that they average a plus-1.25 margin per game with turnovers. This is fourth in the nation. If it is a close game, this could be the game breaker.
The big questions will be if Wyoming can stop Temple’s strong running game. Can Temple keep Wyoming’s freshman QB under control?
Other worthy notes:
-Temple has had three straight 8 win seasons and was snubbed from a bowl game last year. For that reason they may be more hungry and ready to show the country (and the world) that they should be recognized as one of the top level mediocre programs in the east.
-Temple is feeling the pressure of having to pick up the slack of the city of Philadelphia and their disappointing professional sports teams lately.
The line is Temple by 6.5.
The picks are:
Temple (Emily, Ellen, D/S, Josh, April, Jim, Joe, Joey)
Wyoming (Michael, Christina, Jonathan, Jimmy, Rebecca)
Enjoy the game. Post comments throughout the game. Remember that one of the things that the Sabowl encourages is trash talking and poor sportsmanship. Just remember to keep it clean (especially you Mom and Rebecca). We do have kids who are watching as well as a nation.
Have a great Sabowl day. -Michael
Happy SABOWL Day to everyone! Good luck today as long as you picked Wyoming. I look forward to welcoming the SABOWL to its new home on January 9th. This will be an exciting year for the SABOWL. In case you were wondering, Yes the SABOWL will be an important part of the wedding party.
Wyoming…more like Whypickme
Could Rebeca throw the Sabowl instead of bouquet? Little dangerous but definitely memorable.
The quest for number three is about to begin. History in the making. I would like to thank you all for allowing this to happen.
First of all, in regards to Champ…I would LOVE to throw the Sabowl…however there are a few technical difficulties in that endeavor: a) I can barely pick up the Sabowl, and a “throw” may become more of a “roll” b) I’m afraid the Sabo men will plow down any single ladies in the process of “catching” the rolled Sabowl and it may become a human bowling game. c) I’m fine with the above conditions and I’ll be ready to play if you are!
Second of all, in regards to my trash-talking abilities. Ellen and I have our own trash-talking that we try to keep under cover because it may just threaten you all and force you to forfeit your competition. And who more than Ellen and I doesn’t love a good little Sabowl competition?
Third of all, I would like to make a little confession. Your Sabowl posts are written in “football-ease” and I tend to skip the entire message until the final paragraph. I would appreciate a “glossary” of terms defining inside jokes and who these random names are…because if Payton Manning is helping to make Sabowl picks then I wish I would’ve known because he sounds like he’d be a nice help. Honesty is always the best policy.
Fourth of all, I’d like to make my first attempt at a trash-talk. At midnight this past week when I asked my future husband-to-be what he was doing, he asked me for my opinion in what colors to make a spreadsheet because fellow Sabowler Josh would like the colors to “flow” better with the Sabowl website. This comment raises several questions. (WARNING: Sabowl men, welcome to my world of misunderstanding trash-talk…you MAY not understand the following comments) First of all, (part a of the fourth part of this comment) Josh are you available to “feng shui” my apartment? Are you available to “feng shui” Jonathan’s wardrobe and/or shaving habits? Are you available to “feng shui” our wedding? Second of all (part b of the fourth part of this comment), due to the recent technological developments where I can no longer see the beautifully colored spreadsheet to make my picks, this makes me question…will the Sabowl someday be a figment of my imagination as it will become a mere digitized projected image of a Sabowl and no longer the glorious ceramic hunk that it is?
Fifth of all, I would like you all to know that this is the last opportunity for a non-official-Sabo to win the Sabowl trophy for many years to come. (That is, until Stephen, Izabella, Trey, Jack, Caleb, Lydia, and Jensen (sp?) meet Sabowl-worthy boyfriends/girlfriends…now THAT’S a thought!) So I think it is the nice thing to do if you would give me a little bonus points for winning the Sabowl. I’m not asking you to forfeit your competition….because I’d never do that!….but taking it a little easier on me would be nice….a little “leg up” if you will, that I can make this the best Sabowl year ever by making it the last and final “Lewisabowl” because my opportunity is fleeting.
Now since I know you all are not likely to read this entire post because c’mon, who does? I’ve reached my final paragraph where I will provide you with a few glossary terms to reference so that you may better understand this post, use these terms in conversation with a grocery store clerk, you know, wherever the opportunity strikes you.
1. “football-ease”: A term used for Sabowl-related speech that is utterly and completely mind-boggling for Rebecca (and may I take a leap and assume most Sabo women?)
2. “Feng shui”: pronounced as “fung shway” in case you intend on using this term in public. This is a Chinese term which has been manipulated by the Western culture through a lost translation. For example, “… feng shui has become an aspect of interior decorating in the Western world and alleged masters of feng shui now hire themselves out for hefty sums to tell people such as Donald Trump which way his doors and other things should hang.” (copied by Wikipedia…don’t sue me). In other words, asking Josh if he will “feng shui” Jonathan’s wardrobe means, Josh, will you please help Jonathan to match his clothes, and overall “style” Jonathan?
3. “Lewisabowl”: This term refers to the new name of the Sabowl for the few months that Rebecca is a Lewis before she becomes a Rebecca Sabo. That is, when she wins the Sabowl this year.
Thank you for your attention.
Rebecca
Future Sabo
Future winner of the Sabowl for this competition
Future name changer of the Sabowl to the Lewisabowl
Rebecca could you repost this with chapter distinctions & subheadings? I think I got lost around chapter 12. Haha
Wow – just finished your novel. Several clarifications:
– first off – well done, I’m proud, you were born to be a SABOWLer
– the multi-colored SABOWL spreadsheet is a foundational piece of the SABOWL & has always been available in the top right corner, it was linked to from the selection form
– fungshway? Or however you want to spell it – the SABOWL is no place for Chinese propaganda, the SABOWL was made in America, but I would be happy to do some basic matching excercises with Jonboy
-The Sabowl spreadsheet was not visible…I cannot read my computer’s mind to find links within links. What happened to the good old days?
-By the way thank you for fung-shway-ing my wedding website…this further proves your fung-shway abilities. And isn’t the Sabowl all about mixing together all of our diverse backgrounds for the good of the Sabowl? You’ve met my very German Granny roots and I bring that to the table.
-You bring the fung-shway.
I was trying to be nice but:
– visible? Ever started up a computer & checked email? There are 3 pretty obvious links to the spreadsheet (2 blatantly obvious), we’re simply talking 3rd grade web skills. In the good ole days folks figured things out. No worries, Jonathan can teach you.
touche. Maybe it’s the lack of a color scheme on the website that distracted me from finding the spreadsheet. But I’m not worried, I’m sure your interior decorating skills will continue to improve the website’s fung-shway.
There will be no need for temporary name change as the Sabowl will be in Maryland beginning January 2012. However, we will gladly bring to the GA for the wedding.
Great. Temple has shreaded the Wyoming defense on the first drive.
Sabowl is pretty much over for me. Oh well. I am going to start watching basketball to get ready for Sabomadness.
Great! After we bring the Sabowl to Maryland we can win Sabomadness. This is fun.
I am about to start reading Rebecca’s post. I will talk with you guys tomorrow.
Crap, just realized you beat me to this bit. Well done.
Is “shreaded” even a word? Perhaps you should read my book for referencing a glossary of “football-ease” terms.
It has been good to be your Sabowl champion. Not looking good. Temple scoring again and Wyoming not even smelling anything good on offense. Offense is when the team has the ball and is trying to score.
We will work on the glossary of terms.
New update on the Utah State vs. Ohio game at halftime. Hopefully.
Keep the comments coming (even if they pust 800 words).
Again, “pust”??? I’m going to need more glossary definitions for your foreign language words.
Can we leave the wedding business to the wedding website please? Which by the way, is very nice and orderly.
Wow!! I missed alot while I was doing crafts with kids and making popcorn, let me get this straight…
1.The Sabowl is now in the wedding party
2. Rebecca just jumped in with two feet into the trash talk pool, no kiddie pool for that girl!! kudos 🙂
3. the main food groups for an elf are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup
Game On!!
Christina
Great job with the pusts everyone. That was fun because the game certainly was not. Did anyone mention the game? I think we have the wedding planned and some hurt feelings but football is the central component here. Totally fine with the hurt feelings. Definitely feeling like Sabowl time.
New update has been posted on next game.
Thank you, I’ve enjoyed my time in the trash talking pool. Feel free to get distracted from football in order to plan our wedding at any time.
That is why I love my wife right there. There are many other reasons also.
Wyoming just got a first down. Could this be the start of the comeback?
WOW, I walk away for a couple of hours and there are 23 posts on here. This has the makings of the best SABOWL ever. That means that that this SABOWL looks like it is going to be better than any of the previous SABOWLS. Rebecca, Thanks for your book and introducing the idea of a football-ease glossary. I love you and thank you for this contribution. However I don’t appreciate the second attack on me of this young SABOWL season. Everyone remembers the the comment from Michael earlier that “Jonathan is weak”, and now my own fiance is saying that I have no style. Come on? Me? needing help with style?
To bring this back to the topic of football. I Just realized that I made a mistake on the spread for this game. Temple should have been favored by 17,384.5 points. Commissioner can we go ahead and make this correction.
*Spread: The number of points that a team must win by in order to achieve a victory in the SABOWL.
Sorry I have missed all the trash talk today, but some people actually work this time of year.
I think the results for game 2 should not be finalized for a few days. The officials are still trying to figure out that call.
HAHA. In honor of the officials, we should alternate the results of that game each day until the completion of the SABOWL. Tomorrow Utah State will be given the victory, Monday we will give the victory back to Ohio, and so on…..
That comment made no sense. Oh wait a minute (or five) that was pretty funny.
I spoke to “Rookie Uncle Joe” today and he plans to go undefeated and take the Sabowl. He also has redesign plans for the trophy and said, “once I take possession of the Sabowl I will not forward to the next champion.” What frightens me is that he already has a history of this despicable behavior. I am not in the Nascar league but apparently is holding that trophy hostage. I’m just saying.
I would also like to take this opportunity to say “GO COLTS!! FINALLY A WIN!!”
TERM – Colts – Professional football team that was 0 -13 until today at 4pm.
I would like to congratulate Joe on his first place status! However I find the possibility of the Sabowl trophy being redesigned extremely disturbing. I appeal to the Commissioner — Is there anything in the guidelines that would prohibit such horrendous activity?
Only a rookie would dream of going undefeated, no worries…the SABOWL won’t allow that kind of thinking. Pretty soon he’ll get Aaron Rogers’ed
TERM – Aaron Rogers’ed – Aaron Rogers was an undefeated quarterback until yesterday. To be Aaron Rogers’ed is to lose after being undefeated.
The world is a better place now since that quarterback has lost (I can’t even say his name). Now if we can figure out how to keep him out of the Super Bowl – not to be confused with Sabowl.
Term – Super Bowl – Championship game for professional football teams. Usually altered by crooked refs. and soon to be outlawed onside kicks.
Term – onside kick – whimpy football trick used by weak teams to win battles they would otherwise lose.
Yeah, I remembered when was Aaron Rodgered! Sabowl is very humbling.
It looks like the “Rookie Uncle Joe” will at least go 12-0 because I plan on winning the next 9 games and unfortunately I have the same picks. I mean Stephen does – when we are losing they are Stephen’s picks.