SI ranks the bowl games, check out the cotton bowl

[Collier11]

LOL, the Preseason fraud bowl

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/12/08/bowl.rankings/index.html?xid=cnnbin

[Boomer.....]

I guess they feel the need to put all of the BCS bowls at the top. Iowa vs Georgia Tech should be near the middle of the list.

[badger]

SI Cover Curse bowl.
http://blog.al.com/chatter/2009/08/medium_ole%20miss%20si%20cover.jpg
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2009/0819_large.jpg
:D

[Mississippi Sooner]

Behind even the Meineke Bowl. Classic!

And yes, it is absolutely the Preseason Fraud Bowl.

[NormanPride]

Iowa/Georgia Tech will be boring as sin.

[BoulderSooner79]

Amazing to see us switch from a marquee offense to marquee defense in 1 season. (Wish we could have had both). I agree that we got one of the better matchups of the minor bowl - just a lousy location.

[BoulderSooner79]

Iowa/Georgia Tech will be boring as sin.

... or even worse - the lack of sin. :D

[illinisooner]

Iowa/Georgia Tech will be boring as sin.

Not a fan of the triple option?

[TopDawg]

I'm going to enjoy the GT/Iowa game. Both teams are run-oriented and, like Illini pointed out, GT runs the triple option. That's awesome!

In the Oklahoma State/Ole Miss game, both teams will be trying to make that big defensive play to turn the tide. In the GT/Iowa game, both teams will be trying to make that big offensive play to turn the tide. Both should be fun games...unless you're only interested in marquee teams and/or high point totals.

[Collier11]

yea I think the orange bowl will be fun as well

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Josh Nesbitt and Jonathan Dwyer in Orange Bowl = me watching

[12]

If I had to go for one, I'd go with The King's advice... "Defense wins championships."

[humblesooner]

If I had to go for one, I'd go with The King's advice... "Defense wins championships."

I appreciate the King as much as anyone, but:

Big Offense = 13 wins in 2008
Big Defense = 7 (+1) wins in 2009

[sooneron]

Dear NP,
Welcome to Wrongsville. Population : You.

I love me some triple option football.
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sooneron

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Dear NP,
Welcome to Wrongsville. Population : You.

I love me some triple option football.
\
\\
sooneron

THIS a million times over

[Sooner04]

I taped the ACC Championship Game, and once the dry heaves ended from the Big 12 Championship Game I began to watch the ACC tilt. I never saw a single Clemson offensive play. Fast forwarded through every one of them. I saw nothing but the Ramblin' Wreck and their option attack.

It was beautiful seeing the scoring drives recapped. 11 plays, 80 yards, 7:00. That's winning football right there.

You can bet your *** I'll be watching the Orange Bowl, and I'll be cheering like mad for the Ramblin' Wreck of Georgia Tech.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I switched over and watched it instead of the big 12 championship....It was like watching a big 8 matchup....

I hope you caught some of CJ Spiller in that game...absolutely carried that team on his back...10 TDs scored this year on plays over 50 yards...2500 YFS....what a beast

[TopDawg]

I switched over and watched it instead of the big 12 championship....It was like watching a big 8 matchup....

I hope you caught some of CJ Spiller in that game...absolutely carried that team on his back...10 TDs scored this year on plays over 50 yards...2500 YFS....what a beast

04 doesn't like to see teams in orange score.

I watched the ACC instead of the Big XII. Glad I did. I love a good defensive matchup, but if I would've sat through that entire game pulling for Nebraska only to see them blow it like they did, I would've had the dry heaves too.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

04 doesn't like to see teams in orange score.

I watched the ACC instead of the Big XII. Glad I did. I love a good defensive matchup, but if I would've sat through that entire game pulling for Nebraska only to see them blow it like they did, I would've had the dry heaves too.

Honestly I couldn't watch the big 12er because of the Nebraska offense...maybe one of the most inept I've seen in a while..

[Denton_Sooner]

I switched over and watched it instead of the big 12 championship....It was like watching a big 8 matchup....

I hope you caught some of CJ Spiller in that game...absolutely carried that team on his back...10 TDs scored this year on plays over 50 yards...2500 YFS....what a beast

My father in law is a Clemson alum and I went with him to watch with the local Clemson Club here in town... That was one heck of a performance by Spiller, and a pretty exciting game all around.

A very weird stat from that game... If I remember right, not a single punt the whole game.

[Jello Biafra]

SI Cover Curse bowl.
http://blog.al.com/chatter/2009/08/medium_ole%20miss%20si%20cover.jpg

jevn sneed showing his skillz at the flying camel
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2009/0819_large.jpg
mansacara going for the rear admiral
:D

dirty sanchez list wins again.

[sooneron]

I pretty much switched to the ACC game every time that the bugeaters were on offense. I knew exactly how long I had before it was time to switch back over- 3 plays or about 2 minutes 13 seconds of real time.

[TopDawg]

A very weird stat from that game... If I remember right, not a single punt the whole game.

You're right. Here's how the drives went:

Clemson: Rushing TD
GT: FG
Clemson: FG Miss
GT: Rushing TD
Clemson: INT
GT: FG
Clemson: Rushing TD (2-pt fail)
GT: FG
Clemson: End of half

Halftime score: 16-13, GT

GT: Rushing TD
Clemson: Rushing TD
GT: Passing TD
Clemson: INT
GT: FG
Clemson: Rushing TD
GT: Turnover on downs
Clemson: Rushing TD
GT: Rushing TD (2-pt fail)
Clemson: Turnover on downs
GT: End of game

Final 39-34, GT