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ergopher said:
Was listening to the Las Vegas Bowl on the radio and as soon as A&M went up three scores the USC announcer starts talking about how Texas A&M will beat USC for the first time in the last four meetings while the game is still in the third quarter… Then proceeds to talk about bowl results from two weeks ago in between plays. And now, of course, USC is starting to close the gap. Was their season really *that* bad?
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Considering that they started out the year with a win over LSU.....yeah......it was a bad year for USC.

But once down 17 in the 3rd.....USC cut the lead to three and have the ball back. Dumb returner fair caught the ball at the four yard line. A Texas Tech player fair caught a ball at the two yard line in the Liberty Bowl.....which led to a safety. How are these players too stupid not to know to let the ball go?
 

Interception likely a result of standing in the end zone with the ball. Bad choice by Maivia (who looks pretty bad).....but also need to lay some blame toward returner who fair caught the ball that close to the end zone like a dope. Also.....stupid play call.
 

And USC scores their third straight TD to take the lead 28-24.
 

USC TD with less than ten seconds to take a 35-31 lead. Might be one of the first times I've ever been rooting for USC to win a game.

Bet USC +150 at half. Looked burned halfway through the 3rd.
 

stocker08 said:
USC TD with less than ten seconds to take a 35-31 lead. Might be one of the first times I've ever been rooting for USC to win a game.
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Definitely one of the first times I have been pulling for USC to win a game.

Great comeback for another SEC defeat. 6-6 USC takes down 8-4 aTm.

It just means more.
 





stocker08 said:
Considering that they started out the year with a win over LSU.....yeah......it was a bad year for USC.

But once down 17 in the 3rd.....USC cut the lead to three and have the ball back. Dumb returner fair caught the ball at the four yard line. A Texas Tech player fair caught a ball at the two yard line in the Liberty Bowl.....which led to a safety. How are these players too stupid not to know to let the ball go?
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Didn't see the USC knucklehead fair catch, but saw the Texas Tech blunder. Either coaching has become worse or players have become dumber.

Question for me as I watched the first quarter and a bit of the second: "Why do I hate Texas A&M this much?"

Another note. After the USC intercepted Texas A&M in the end zone and the USC player ran it back to about the 25, a Texas A&M lineman shoved (but not too violently) the USC player in the back when he was clearly (and by clearly I mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay) out of bounds. Refs initially threw a flag, but then picked it up.

Point being, I have seen referees let so much sh*t go on the sidelines this year that clearly merited either an unsportsmanlike or an unnecessry roughness penalty that it's no wonder we are having more shoving matches on the field. That stuff needs to be called or we're just going to end up having--in the immortal words of the late Roger Kent--a bunch of Pier 6 brawls.

Glad short-handed USC won.
 



Some guy said:
Fleck is probably an average game manager
If you watch a lot of football at nfl and college. A ton of bad managers out there
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Yeah I know people get up in arms over early timeout usage but I don’t remember a lot of clock management blunders under PJ.
 

Gophers1992 said:
Yeah I know people get up in arms over early timeout usage but I don’t remember a lot of clock management blunders under PJ.
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At Colorado, before the half, is the one I remember off the top of my head.
 

Strongazzoffer said:
There a team full of four and five stars they lost to a military school. Lol you claim to know ball? You even lift?
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A GH bench off? Followed by a spelling 🐝?

Live from some nondescript HS weight room and streamed by dozens.
 

Guessing this will be an unpopular opinion:

I don't think there should be Bowl Games (not talking playoff games) after NYD.


Practically, I do recognize that there won't be any Thurs night or Sat games in Week 18 of the NFL season, and so ESPN wants to fill empty football slots for next week's Thurs, Fri, and Saturday. That's the real reason.
 



GopherGrit said:
Guessing this will be an unpopular opinion:

I don't think there should be Bowl Games (not talking playoff games) after NYD.


Practically, I do recognize that there won't be any Thurs night or Sat games in Week 18 of the NFL season, and so ESPN wants to fill empty football slots for next week's Thurs, Fri, and Saturday. That's the real reason.
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Counterpoint: bowl season should be two whole months.
 

It took until the 14:28 mark of the very first quarter of the Pinstripe Bowl for the announcers to mention the Nebraska program is focused on the college football playoff next year. I’m assuming they will begin August with a top 20 ranking. Again.
 


ergopher said:
Was listening to the Las Vegas Bowl on the radio and as soon as A&M went up three scores the USC announcer starts talking about how Texas A&M will beat USC for the first time in the last four meetings while the game is still in the third quarter… Then proceeds to talk about bowl results from two weeks ago in between plays. And now, of course, USC is starting to close the gap. Was their season really *that* bad?
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Not really, but they have high standards, outside of Rutgers their best wins were those easy SEC games.
 

GopherGrit said:
Guessing this will be an unpopular opinion:

I don't think there should be Bowl Games (not talking playoff games) after NYD.


Practically, I do recognize that there won't be any Thurs night or Sat games in Week 18 of the NFL season, and so ESPN wants to fill empty football slots for next week's Thurs, Fri, and Saturday. That's the real reason.
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The way the holidays fell this year were kind of weird.
 

Glad we are not playing on that crap turf in the Pinstripe bowl. Lots of guys having issues with the turf.

Seems like there have been quite a few bad weather bowl games this year as well.
 

Loving all the shots being taken at the SEC and their "It just means more" slogan. Apparently Navy was tweeting about it after they took down Oklahoma.....gotta love seeing the SEC taken down a peg, hopefully they get bounced from the CFP in a few days as well.
 

WashedGoph said:
On one hand, Oklahoma was down their starting QB, and that alone is enough to make life tough on any team. Add in the impact of other transfers out and it’s not surprising that a mediocre Oklahoma team would lose to a pretty good Navy team.

On the other hand, it’s incredibly funny that an SEC team lost to a service academy, and so I’m going to ignore Oklahoma’s transfer problem in favor of pushing my favored narrative, which is that the SEC is terrible and Navy was snubbed from the CFP.
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"'It just means more at Navy.'

When you beat an SEC team for the first time in 69 years (nice), you’ve earned the right to troll the conference and its slogan."

https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/navy-trolls-sec-armed-forces-bowl-oklahoma.html
 


Holy shit. Most egregious hands to the face missed on Nebraska on a 4th down stop. Knocked the BC helmet off and then continued to push his actual face. 😂😂
 

Schnauzer said:
It took until the 14:28 mark of the very first quarter of the Pinstripe Bowl for the announcers to mention the Nebraska program is focused on the college football playoff next year. I’m assuming they will begin August with a top 20 ranking. Again.
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Current quote from the color commentator regarding Nebraska: “You are looking at a team that should be starting the season next year in the top 25.”
 

Schnauzer said:
Current quote from the color commentator regarding Nebraska: “You are looking at a team that should be starting the season next year in the top 25.”
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Yet Minnesota could beat Va Tech 69-0 while sitting on a positive transfer balance for next season and we won't get the same quote.
 



CentralGopher said:
I see the Pinstripe bowl is played in great conditions as always again
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By payouts this is the same tier as mayo and Nashville. Big ten is 9-1 in this bowl after today all against a power 5 opponent. The one loss was in overtime.

Big ten likes to pretend their New Yorks college football conference (I don’t think anyone is)

This bowl isn’t going away, in my opinion.
 



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