RIPPA Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Apparently Rutgers will indeed be offered and they will accept the Gator Bowl spot Of course all their good players have already signed with agents so that is amusing Even sadder is that apparently this will be the most prestigious bowl Rutgers has ever played in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Good for Rutgers? And good for the entire Big Ten, I think they are one of the conferences that split all bowl money equally amongst all the schools. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 14 hours ago, RIPPA said: Apparently Rutgers will indeed be offered and they will accept the Gator Bowl spot Of course all their good players have already signed with agents so that is amusing Even sadder is that apparently this will be the most prestigious bowl Rutgers has ever played in TBF, that 2006 team deserved way better than a Texas Bowl spot. They were one bad loss (Cincy) away from a real quality game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 My nephew is going to be in his first bowl game today! He's a backup and it's unlikely that he'll get minutes, but it's still very exciting to me! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) They had (really short) goalposts. They're a little tough to see in this pic but they're there: Edited December 23, 2021 by Tabe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Hawaii is out of the Hawaii Bowl due to COVID outbreak. How many more bowl games do we think are going to get whacked? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32931805/hawaii-rainbow-warriors-hawaii-bowl-due-covid-19-issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, cubbymark said: Hawaii is out of the Hawaii Bowl due to COVID outbreak. How many more bowl games do we think are going to get whacked? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32931805/hawaii-rainbow-warriors-hawaii-bowl-due-covid-19-issues Deeply amused at the idea of some random 5-7 school like Illinois mobilizing their players, staff and fan base to hop on planes and save the Hawaii Bowl on 24 hour's notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I am more deeply amused at the fact that the Hawaii bowl was created out of thin air so all bowl eligible teams would be in a game and now it’s not happening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Military Bowl and Fenway Bowl are both off due to COVID issues BC is the reason for the Military Bowl Virginia is the reason for the Fenway Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/22/2021 at 7:03 PM, RIPPA said: Apparently Miami is iffy but their AD claims their players are trending in the right direction. Guess not any more. Couple of notes: Miami's numbers were trending down, so they let the players go home for the holidays. Which, good for them, bad for the bowl. Though the Sun Bowl's director said it's "too late" to look for a replacement, they are. The top candidate is Cal (5-7), who notably beat 4-win USC in their final game to be in this position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 20 hours ago, RIPPA said: Military Bowl and Fenway Bowl are both off due to COVID issues BC is the reason for the Military Bowl Virginia is the reason for the Fenway Bowl My stepdaughter is friends with some of the UVa players and it really sucked for them. They were all basically holed up in kind of a crappy hotel here. Couldn't go home and their Christmas dinner was a shitty boxed lunch. Their players are all vaxxed (I think) as UVa was making it a school wide requirement. A couple of guys got it and it spread. I know for sure that their QB, Brennan Armstrong had it and was going to be out if the game had ended up being played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Nevada has a 6 foot 9 QB in this bowl game against Western Michigan. Has to be one of the tallest QB ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 3 hours ago, hammerva said: Nevada has a 6 foot 9 QB in this bowl game against Western Michigan. Has to be one of the tallest QB ever Only guy close I can think of is 6'8" Dan McGwire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Boise St is out of the Arizona bowl Edit - there is talk that Central Michigan will seek a release from the game so they can go replace Miami in the Sun Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Currently have a 100 CP lead in my bowl pick-em league, and at the rate games are being canceled, I might just coast through the finish line. *shrug* If I somehow manage to lose, though, I’m definitely filing an injunction to get my ten bucks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: Boise St is out of the Arizona bowl Edit - there is talk that Central Michigan will seek a release from the game so they can go replace Miami in the Sun Bowl And the Chips are indeed going to the Sun Bowl. Not a bad upgrade, going from a streaming only game with a total payout of 350K to a CBS national broadcast with a total combined payout around $4.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I am also not sad that the game sponsored by Barstool isn’t happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 All these games getting canceled and we can't get the West Virginia vs Minnesota game moved to a reasonable hour like 9. Not like we are spring chickens around these parts. Still wonder if an FCS school like James Madison would want to play in a bowl even though their playoffs ended a week or so ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, hammerva said: All these games getting canceled and we can't get the West Virginia vs Minnesota game moved to a reasonable hour like 9. Not like we are spring chickens around these parts. Still wonder if an FCS school like James Madison would want to play in a bowl even though their playoffs ended a week or so ago I was thinking Jackson State might something to prove after they got spanked by SC State. In other news, the Pirate brought the heat against Texas Tech yesterday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: I am also not sad that the game sponsored by Barstool isn’t happening Kind of ironic that a bowl sponsored by a jerk with a pension of spreading covid myths for attention has to cancel because of said thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Auburn needs to pull a Western Kentucky and import a new QB and whole new set of receivers from some FCS school. These guys stink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 So, not for nothing... But are the semis getting played on Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) I am probably wrong but I thought there was a deadline to when the semis can be played. So whether it plays Friday who knows. I am confused how the holiday bowl made it until 4 hours before gametime. What is the latest they could test? Although it sure seems like UCLA was in deep shit before today Edited December 28, 2021 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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