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Aberdonian Stu
06/12/2008, 11:50 PM
Florida look very strong. I expect the human polls to place them number 1 meaning they'll be number 2 overall (the computers will keep Oklahoma ahead of them if the Sooners win tonight).
Looking at the BCS matchups, based on what I think is the selection order, I expect this to be the breakdown.
BCS title game: Oklahoma* vs Florida
Rose Bowl: USC vs Penn State
Fiesta Bowl: Texas* vs Ohio State
Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs Utah
Orange Bowl: Boston College vs Cincinnati
*Based on prediction that Oklahoma wins Big 12 title.
In the case of Alabama, this will mark a rare occasion where a BCS bowl selects a team that lost its conference championship game.
Should the Sooners lose tonight, well aside from the change to the title game, it could have significant implications for how the other bowl games go.
strangeirish
07/12/2008, 12:08 AM
That about sums it up Stu. Florida will have Harvin back for the big game also.
OneRedArmy
08/12/2008, 11:33 AM
Tried to avoid the scores on the web yesterday morning as I wanted to watch the game on replay.
Unfortunately the email in my inbox from the Gator Store suggesting I get my SEC Champs merchandise kind of gave the game away......
Florida have a huge amount of momemtum at this stage and unlike two years ago when they didn't travel to Phoenix in huge numbers ("sun doesn't go to sun"), huge numbers should be heading down the interstate to Miami on Jan 8th.
Should be a great game, hard to see beyond the Gators with Tebow timing his form to perfection.
Aberdonian Stu
08/12/2008, 12:31 PM
Notre Dame might actually break their record bowl losing streak against Hawaii in...eh...the Hawaii Bowl. It won't be easy, largely because the team is rubbish, but Hawaii is a beatable opponent. I'll be staying up late Christmas Eve for this one.
My Steelers are 10-3 now thanks once again to the best defence in the entire league for many a year.They came up so good last night,granted Romo isnt 100% and Cowboys were without Barber but to see them go 3 and out 3 times in the 4th quarter and Steelers Offence to eventually click warmed my heart.:).Next week is huge vs Ravens Offence.
max power
08/12/2008, 8:21 PM
Tried to avoid the scores on the web yesterday morning as I wanted to watch the game on replay.
Unfortunately the email in my inbox from the Gator Store suggesting I get my SEC Champs merchandise kind of gave the game away......
Florida have a huge amount of momemtum at this stage and unlike two years ago when they didn't travel to Phoenix in huge numbers ("sun doesn't go to sun"), huge numbers should be heading down the interstate to Miami on Jan 8th.
Should be a great game, hard to see beyond the Gators with Tebow timing his form to perfection.
I should be one of them......over there for 2 weeks and it would be an amazing game to go to. Tebow is the key, some talent.
Aberdonian Stu
08/12/2008, 9:14 PM
If I wasn't exquisitely broke and spending a week in Cork I would be on the first plane to Hawaii.
I got an email about tickets to the Chick-Fil-A bowl in Atlanta (email said it's one of Americas most beautiful cities!!) between LSU and Georgia Tech. How the mighty have fallen.. Not able to make it so may just go over around Mardi Gras time again!
Nice trip for the Notre Dame Alum!
paul_oshea
09/12/2008, 4:27 PM
was sitting in wimbley watching the baa baaa baack sheep last week and thinking its the perfect stadium for NFL. The toilets could have more sh1tters in there. The place dwarfs Croke Park given the relative capacities would probably be equal if the horseshoe became an oval cornered rectangle. Croke park far steeper though. Bobby moore suite is equally impressive.
OneRedArmy
09/12/2008, 5:02 PM
was sitting in wimbley watching the baa baaa baack sheep last week and thinking its the perfect stadium for NFL. The toilets could have more sh1tters in there. .Do rugby fans use the crapper more?
if the horseshoe became an oval cornered rectangle.WTF?
Aberdonian Stu
09/12/2008, 5:37 PM
He's referring to the shape of Ohio Stadium, though I'm not exactly sure what his new vision entails.
paul_oshea
10/12/2008, 9:44 AM
http://www.antique-rings.co.uk/0253.JPG
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z288/thetramwalker/southmelboval.jpg
and finally:
http://www.the-ozone.net/photos/12713.jpg
notice how the corners of the rectangle are curved in an oval shape.
THe point about the crappers, was that they have loads and loads of urinals but in the section i was in anyway from 1 to 29 there were very few sh1tters. For the capacity of the stadium surely there should be a lot more of them based on ratios?!
Aberdonian Stu
10/12/2008, 9:57 AM
Ah right, now I getcha.
strangeirish
08/01/2009, 12:25 PM
Big game tonight for the BCS National Championship. This has the potential to be a shoot out, with two high powered offenses. Not even going to try and predict the score, but looking for Florida to win this as they have a much better defense. It will be interesting so see how the Gators adjust to Oklahoma's hurry up tactics.
OneRedArmy
09/01/2009, 1:07 PM
SEC wins again.
Yet again, high flying offence with a Heisman-winning QB is brought down to earth.
Also shows up the awarding of the Heisman before the Bowl season.
Aberdonian Stu
09/01/2009, 1:10 PM
I think the Sooners did far better than many of their doubters expected. Still I'd love to see a Utes-Gators game. It would make for an interesting match-up.
Aberdonian Stu
01/02/2009, 11:27 PM
Currently 10-7 to the Steelers but I'm still worried.
Dunny
01/02/2009, 11:57 PM
100 yard return there for the steelers, Steelers up 17-7 at the half.
paudie
02/02/2009, 12:38 AM
That TD looks like a big turning point. Cards could have gone ahead but end up conceding a interception TD on half time.
TD Cards! Fitzgerald, Steelers 20-14 Cards.
Cards winning 23-20 with 2.37 to play!
Pitts winning 27-23, pulled it out of the bag, fair play.
Aberdonian Stu
02/02/2009, 2:36 AM
That was heart attack inducing stuff, superb!
strangeirish
02/02/2009, 3:06 AM
Great game. Gutted for the Cardinals, thought they had it with a little over two minutes left. But, fair dues to the Steelers, they made the big plays when they had to.
HarpoJoyce
07/03/2009, 5:11 PM
Tragedy off Florida
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/04/sports/nfl4.php
"The Coast Guard's three-day search for two NFL players and a third man sent adrift in chilly seas ended in futility, dashing hopes they might be found after rescuers plucked one survivor from the Gulf of Mexico.
Crews combed more than 24,000 miles of ocean before calling off their search Tuesday for Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida player William Bleakley. The four friends had been missing since Saturday when their boat capsized during a fishing trip.
On Monday, Crews did rescue Bleakley's former South Florida teammate, 24-year-old Nick Schuyler, who managed to stay with the 21-foot boat. But Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Close said if there were any other survivors, they would have been found......."
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