Other Bowl Game Thread

[nelsonmuntz]

UAB vs. Miami (OH) was a great first game. UAB stopped Miami 2 yards from scoring the go ahead TD on the last play of the game.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Not a bowl game, but the FCS semifinals this weekend:

7 PM EST on ESPN2: #7 Incarnate Word @ #3 North Dakota State
4 PM EST on ESPN2: #4 Montana State @ #1 South Dakota State

My NDSU obsessed/alum in-laws just informed me half of NDSUs starters are injured including my favorite player: 6'1 236 Peyton Hillis clone Hunter Luepke (6.3 yards/carry and 9 TDs).

I got my green and gold on tonight!

 

[king conn]

Friends and family at the start of the Fenway Bowl

 

[BugsyCT]

Saturday 12/17 games:
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11am, ESPN
Wasabi Fenway Bowl - Cincinnati vs. Louisville

2:30pm, ESPN
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl - Florida vs. Oregon St.

3:30pm, ABC
Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl - Washington St. vs. Fresno St.

5:45pm, ESPN
LendingTree Bowl - Rice vs. Southern Miss.

7:30pm, ABC
New Mexico Bowl - SMU vs. BYU

9:15pm, ESPN
Frisco Bowl - North Texas vs. Boise St.

 

[Husky25]

Say what you want about sweating a bowl invite as a 6-6 Independent, but the AAC tie-ins are awful. Cincinnati went from a National Semi-finalist for the National Championship to 9-3 and playing on the 2nd day of bowl season in a 110 year old Boston baseball park.

 

[AzHusky]

Looks like nobody is at Fenway. To bad we couldn't have gotten that one. Just saw a different view and looks like better showing than I expected.

 

[businesslawyer]

Say what you want about sweating a bowl invite as a 6-6 Independent, but the AAC tie-ins are awful. Cincinnati went from a National Semi-finalist for the National Championship to 9-3 and playing on the 2nd day of bowl season in a 110 year old Boston baseball park.

So we really want to be a P-5 school? Thank you for clearing that up.

 

[billybud]

Louisville looked good against Cincinnati...in 24-7 win.

419 yards to 127

 

[billybud]

The Louisville win is a tribute to the players who willed it to happen...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – This could have been a Fenway Fiasco. It had all the earmarks of a game nobody cared about. All but three regular assistant coaches had left the staff. Head coach Scott Satterfield defected – for the opposing program. There were transfer portal defections among Louisville’s players, and others decided not to play, especially quarterback Malik Cunningham, running back Tiyon Evans and cornerback Kei’Trel Clark.

But there were people who still cared about this game. They were the guys wearing Louisville uniforms, and the coaches who stayed, and quality assistant coaches and graduate assistants who stepped into new roles, and acting head coach Deion Branch. And those guys were as impressive as Louisville has been all season, pounding their way to a 24-7 victory, keeping the Keg of Nails trophy in Louisville.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Looks like nobody is at Fenway. To bad we couldn't have gotten that one. Just saw a different view and looks like better showing than I expected.

Does anyone know what the attendance was at Fenway? UConn vs. Buffalo or UConn vs. Cinci. may have been interesting

 

[coachcap]

Wonderr if "Coach Prime" is 2nd guessing himself about only kicking the extra point at the end of regulation to go to OT,,Where Jackson State lost. Had he gone for 2, JSU Would have won if the attempt was made. Out of character for Deion.

 

[History Geek]

Fresno continuing to make our win vs. them look more impressive. Up 16-0 at half. Yes, Haener was out vs. us, but still.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Looks like nobody is at Fenway. To bad we couldn't have gotten that one. Just saw a different view and looks like better showing than I expected.

CBS NEWS BOSTON REPORTED: "The school bands tried to make up for a sparse crowd – more like Red Sox-Royals in July than a Yankees game in the thick of a pennant race. The center field bleachers and left field grandstand were completely empty, with fans mostly clustered behind the dugouts and low in the right field bleachers; the red seat that marks Ted Williams' longest home run stood out among the empty green rows."

 

[Jimdish255]

Great win by Fresno State. Hope they get a spot in the PAC.

 

[billybud]

Does anyone know what the attendance was at Fenway? UConn vs. Buffalo or UConn vs. Cinci. may have been interesting

15,000 announced....in seats ? Who knows.

 

[UConnRock]

UConn plays at Rice next year. They have a quality freshman QB. The only 5-7 team to get a bowl. Both kids go to Rice now. Some think they are still going to fire their coach

 

[Husky25]

So we really want to be a P-5 school? Thank you for clearing that up.

 

[Tdaley]

Air Force up 23 to 7 against Baylor in the 3rd quarter tonight.

 

[gars44]

Pinstripe bowl.

 

[maple]

Minnesota up 28-13 against Syracuse in Q4. Playing in the Bronx.

I was watching while at the gym — maybe I’m delusional, but I feel like we could be at the level of these two teams with HCJM and some solid years of coaching and recruiting.

 

[huskyinfl]

Oof. What a horrible penalty to commit on fourth down with 50 seconds left for Syracuse. No discipline.

 

[Rich]

This Johnny Wilson dude on FSU is a beast and a half.

WOW.

 

[billybud]

61,520 Cheezit Bowl.

90/10 FSU/Oklahoma according to anecdotal sources.

Game decided in last minute.

 

[storrsroars]

What a game Pitt vs UCLA was. Best bowl game this year so far.

Watch the replay if you missed it.

Pitt is probably 11-2 if Patti starts over Slovis all year.

 

[BugsyCT]

61,520 Cheezit Bowl.

90/10 FSU/Oklahoma according to anecdotal sources.

Game decided in last minute.

A bowl game in Orlando with those 2 schools playing needs a better name than Cheez-It Bowl.