OT: 2023 NCAA Bowl Games Thread 12/16-1/1

[ashokan]

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When Beckham made his famous catch vs Dallas, the NFL was in middle of deciding whether or not to ban new, super-grippy gloves that players were using. With all the attention OBJ's catch received, NFL decided to allow gloves and one-handed catches are pretty routine even if still impressive . Even Army is making highlight one-handers

 

[ashokan]

Holiday Bowl
No. 15 Louisville vs. Southern Cal
San Diego, California
8 p.m. ET | FOX

Reminds me that Teddy Bridgewater just announced his retirement from NFL after ten years.
Seems like yesterday that Ted was beating RU with a cast on his hand and a gimpy leg.
Good player who was worth millions to Coach Strong lol

 

[DHajekRC84]

The WR from WKU decides to remove his gear and not to play the 2nd half because the team was losing so bad ooops I mean for "Precautionary Reasons" and then his team comes back from 28-0 to win the game without him. HAHA.. hope his teammates ignore him all night.

 

[vkj91]

The WR from WKU decides to remove his gear and not to play the 2nd half because the team was losing so bad ooops I mean for "Precautionary Reasons" and then his team comes back from 28-0 to win the game without him. HAHA.. hope his teammates ignore him all night.

He’s there all time leading receiver. Are you sure he wasn’t hurt

 

[DHajekRC84]

He’s there all time leading receiver. Are you sure he wasn’t hurt

Well if he was that was not how they were describing it during the game and did him an injustice.

 

[PSU_Nut]

ODU's HC is the former OC for Penn State. Franklinized? 😬 @PSU_Nut -Ricky Rahne, Kirk Ciarocca as your OC. You MUST choose one--who you going with?

Good question. Tough call because neither of them is clearly better. I like Ciarocca run game better and I like Rhane passing game better. I felt like Ciarocca had no intermediate passing game. Everything was either deep or short. Rhane run game was to read focused and slow developing. If I had to choose I would say Rhane. While both were predictable it felt like Rhane was a little more diverse. Rhane is also much younger and is a better recruiter of the two.

 

[hoquat63]

Tua skipping MD bowl, RU maybe one of few B1G schools with their starting qb playing

 

[Knight Shift]

Tua skipping MD bowl, RU maybe one of few B1G schools with their starting qb playing

Northwestern?
Wisconsin? Not sure if Mordecai is back or not.
McCarthy will play.
Wonder who starts for Ohio State.
Nebraska- not sure who starts
Iowa- that QB that shredded RU will start?
Minnesota- from Richie and Mike's podcast--they had to pay the senior QB who had scheduled his wedding and plans to move to Arizona $30K to stay to play in their bowl game.
PSU-Allar will start?

Is that all?

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[RUShea]

Heading over the Frisco Bowl. No rooting interest but it's not often I get a college football game 2 miles from my house. Why not.

 

[Knight Shift]

Heading over the Frisco Bowl. No rooting interest but it's not often I get a college football game 2 miles from my house. Why not.

How's the game? Nobody watching Marshall v. UTSA? Entertaining game.

Marshall's QB is Cole Pennington, son of Marshall legacy Chad Pennington! Some parents like their kids playing QB where they did. Cole looks like his dad. He is a redshirt freshman, and this looks like his third start.

A lot of QBs who are kids of pro QBs (or at least a few), and none to highly rated:

EJ Warner- in Portal
Hasselback
Cole Pennington

Cole Pennington 2024 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN

The 2024 NCAAF season stats per game for Cole Pennington of the Marshall Thundering Herd on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.

www.espn.com

 

[Knight Shift]

How's the game? Nobody watching Marshall v. UTSA? Entertaining game.

Marshall's QB is Cole Pennington, son of Marshall legacy Chad Pennington! Some parents like their kids playing QB where they did. Cole looks like his dad. He is a redshirt freshman, and this looks like his third start.

A lot of QBs who are kids of pro QBs (or at least a few), and none to highly rated:

EJ Warner- in Portal
Hasselback
Cole Pennington

Cole Pennington 2024 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN

The 2024 NCAAF season stats per game for Cole Pennington of the Marshall Thundering Herd on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.

www.espn.com

And the UTSA QB Owen McCown is the son of former NFL QB Josh McCown.

UTSA up 21-17 going into half

Owen McCown - 2023 UTSA Football Roster

Owen McCown - 2023 UTSA Football Roster

goutsa.com

 

[RUShea]

How's the game? Nobody watching Marshall v. UTSA? Entertaining game.

Marshall's QB is Cole Pennington, son of Marshall legacy Chad Pennington! Some parents like their kids playing QB where they did. Cole looks like his dad. He is a redshirt freshman, and this looks like his third start.

A lot of QBs who are kids of pro QBs (or at least a few), and none to highly rated:

EJ Warner- in Portal
Hasselback
Cole Pennington

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How's the game? Nobody watching Marshall v. UTSA? Entertaining game.

Marshall's QB is Cole Pennington, son of Marshall legacy Chad Pennington! Some parents like their kids playing QB where they did. Cole looks like his dad. He is a redshirt freshman, and this looks like his third start.

A lot of QBs who are kids of pro QBs (or at least a few), and none to highly rated:

EJ Warner- in Portal
Hasselback
Cole Pennington

Cole Pennington 2024 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN

The 2024 NCAAF season stats per game for Cole Pennington of the Marshall Thundering Herd on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.

www.espn.com

Was an entertaining game. Cold, which made it tough if you didn't really have a dog in the fight. Nice stadium. Small crowd. Took me a bit to realize the QB situation. Pennington's kid looks just like him.

 

[colbert17]

Interesting note.
Marshall's Rasheen Ali rushed for 92 yards on just nine carries in the first half. In a four point game the coach sat him out in the second half for "precautionary reasons". Had nothing to do with an injury he didn't want to take the chance that the kid would get hurt. The color announcer wasn't buying it and that if Ali told the coach to play him he would have. The announcer said either play in the bowl game or sit it out.

 

[dconifer]

Tua skipping MD bowl, RU maybe one of few B1G schools with their starting qb playing

If I read the point spread correctly (notorious for misunderstanding those), it immediately went from "Maryland +2" to "Maryland+7" upon this announcement.

Billy Edwards won two games for the Terrapins last year when Taulia was hurt. I guess we'll see what he can do this time...

 

[Knight Shift]

Saturday, Dec. 16​

Myrtle Beach Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Ohio
Conway, South Carolina
11 a.m. | ESPN

Celebration Bowl
Florida A&M vs. Howard
Atlanta, Georgia
12 p.m. | ABC

New Orleans Bowl
Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
2:15 p.m. | ESPN

Cure Bowl
Miami (Ohio) vs. Appalachian State
Orlando, Florida
3:30 p.m. | ABC

New Mexico Bowl
Fresno State vs. New Mexico State
Albuquerque, New Mexico
5:45 p.m. | ESPN

LA Bowl
UCLA vs. Boise State
Inglewood, California
7:30 p.m. | ABC

Independence Bowl
Texas Tech vs. Cal
Shreveport, Louisiana
9:15 p.m. | ESPN

Monday, Dec. 18​

Bahamas Bowl (Temporarily renamed the Famous Toastery Bowl)
Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion
Nassau, Bahamas (Temporarily relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina)
2:30 p.m. | ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 19​

Frisco Bowl
Marshall vs. UTSA
Frisco, Texas
9 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 21​

Boca Raton Bowl
USF vs. Syracuse
Boca Raton, Florida
8 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Dec. 22​

Gasparilla Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. UCF
Tampa, Florida
6:30 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 23​

Birmingham Bowl
Troy vs. Duke
Birmingham, Alabama
12 p.m. | ABC

Camellia Bowl
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois
Montgomery, Alabama
12 p.m. | ESPN

Armed Forces Bowl
Air Force vs. James Madison
Fort Worth, Texas
3:30 p.m. | ABC

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Georgia State vs. Utah State
Boise, Idaho
3:30 p.m. | ESPN

68 Ventures Bowl
Eastern Michigan vs. South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
7 p.m. | ESPN

Las Vegas Bowl
Northwestern vs. Utah
Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 p.m. | ABC

Hawai'i Bowl
San Jose State vs. Coastal Carolina
Honolulu, Hawai'i
10:30 p.m. | ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 26​

Quick Lane Bowl
Bowling Green vs. Minnesota
Detroit, Michigan
2 p.m. | ESPN

First Responder Bowl
Texas State vs. Rice
Dallas, Texas
5:30 p.m. | ESPN

Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Kansas vs. UNLV
Phoenix, Arizona
9 p.m. | ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 27​

Military Bowl
Tulane vs. Virginia Tech
Annapolis, Maryland
2 p.m. | ESPN

Duke's Mayo Bowl
North Carolina vs. West Virginia
Charlotte, North Carolina
5:30 p.m. | ESPN

Holiday Bowl
No. 15 Louisville vs. Southern Cal
San Diego, California
8 p.m. ET | FOX

Texas Bowl
No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M
Houston, Texas
9 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 28​

Fenway Bowl
No. 24 SMU vs. Boston College
Boston, Massachusetts
11 a.m. | ESPN

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers vs. Miami (Fla.)
The Bronx, New York
2:15 p.m. | ESPN

Pop-Tarts Bowl
No. 18 NC State vs. No. 25 Kansas State
Orlando, Florida
5:45 p.m. | ESPN


Alamo Bowl
No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Arizona
San Antonio, Texas
9:15 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Dec. 29​

Gator Bowl
No. 22 Clemson vs. Kentucky
Jacksonville, Florida
12 p.m. | ESPN

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
No. 16 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 Oregon State
El Paso, Texas
2 p.m. | CBS

Liberty Bowl
Memphis vs. Iowa State
Memphis, Tennessee
3:30 p.m. | ESPN

Cotton Bowl
No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Missouri
Dallas, Texas
8 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 30​

Peach Bowl
No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 11 Ole Miss
Atlanta, Georgia
12 p.m. | ESPN

Music City Bowl
Auburn vs. Maryland
Nashville, Tennessee
2 p.m. | ABC

Orange Bowl
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 6 Georgia
Miami Gardens, Florida
4 p.m. | ESPN

Arizona Bowl
Wyoming vs. Toledo
Tucson, Arizona
4:30 p.m. | CW Network/Barstool

Monday, Jan. 1, 2024​

ReliaQuest Bowl
No. 13 LSU vs. Wisconsin
Tampa, Florida
12 p.m. | ESPN2


Citrus Bowl
No. 17 Iowa vs. No. 21 Tennessee
Orlando, Florida
1 p.m. | ABC

Fiesta Bowl
No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 23 Liberty
Glendale, Arizona
1 p.m. | ESPN

Who to root for tonight? 🤔
Guess Fran will not be coaching, according to the article? No Schrader either at QB. Go Bulls.

“We feel like our program is definitely trending in a great direction,” said Syracuse interim coach Nunzio Campanile, who took over for the fired Dino Babers and will continue to lead the Orange in the bowl game.

South Florida has gone 8-2 against Syracuse all-time, and this game is a reunion of past Big East rivals.

Syracuse’s two wins were close ones, 13-9 in 2010 and 37-36 in 2012. Take those away, and the average score of a Syracuse-South Florida game was USF 38, Orange 14.


The teams haven’t met since 2016.
https://apnews.com/article/boca-bowl-syracuse-fran-brown-usf-a093a8a21f9b10f3bb7cdeb0e9f45125

Thursday, Dec. 21​

Boca Raton Bowl
USF vs. Syracuse
Boca Raton, Florida
8 p.m. | ESPN

 

[rutgersguy1]

Who to root for tonight? 🤔
Guess Fran will not be coaching, according to the article? No Schrader either at QB. Go Bulls.

“We feel like our program is definitely trending in a great direction,” said Syracuse interim coach Nunzio Campanile, who took over for the fired Dino Babers and will continue to lead the Orange in the bowl game.

South Florida has gone 8-2 against Syracuse all-time, and this game is a reunion of past Big East rivals.

Syracuse’s two wins were close ones, 13-9 in 2010 and 37-36 in 2012. Take those away, and the average score of a Syracuse-South Florida game was USF 38, Orange 14.


The teams haven’t met since 2016.
https://apnews.com/article/boca-bowl-syracuse-fran-brown-usf-a093a8a21f9b10f3bb7cdeb0e9f45125

Thursday, Dec. 21​

Boca Raton Bowl
USF vs. Syracuse
Boca Raton, Florida
8 p.m. | ESPN

I'm not sure if I'll see the game but I've been interested to see how Alex Golesh does there. He's a potential up and comer that worked under Heupel. USF won 4 games total in the previous 3 years under Jeff Scott and now has won 6 games and got to a bowl in Golesh's first season. That's a nice job, let's see if he can keep it up.

Also saw yesterday he got the highest ranked class in the G5 this year, although I think you always have to take portal into account as well these days for a sort of blended rating.

 

[Knight Shift]

I'm not sure if I'll see the game but I've been interested to see how Alex Golesh does there. He's a potential up and comer that worked under Heupel. USF won 4 games total in the previous 3 years under Jeff Scott and now has won 6 games and got to a bowl in Golesh's first season. That's a nice job, let's see if he can keep it up.

Also saw yesterday he got the highest ranked class in the G5 this year, although I think you always have to take portal into account as well these days for a sort of blended rating.

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Going way, way back when USF was flying high in the Big East/American, we seemed to have their number. I remember there was a super rich couple in our town who were USF alums and never wanted to talk football with me because Rutgers did well against them. They really went downhill after Leavitt got fired, and never seemed to gain traction except for one year under Charlie Strong. Kind of weird considering the size of the school and the location. UCF has done well for themselves in comparison.

You MUST watch the game tonight and participate in the thread here! It's mandatory to keep your "membership" here. 😂

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[rutgersdave]

Cuse doesn’t play defense, easy TD

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[RU205]

Cuse got lucky. That was a forward pass not a fumble.

 

[rutgersguy1]

I thought that was a forward pass by USF.

 

[RU205]

14-0,,,crazy game.

 

[bigmatt718]

USF is sooooo much faster than Fruit U.

 

[RU205]

21-0.

 

[Knight Shift]

 

[Knight Shift]

Ga Tech down 14-3 to UCF early in the 2nd Quarter

 

[mdk01]

Tied at the half

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[rurichdog]

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The other game on right now features 7th year QB Rocky Lombardi.

 

[rutgersguy1]

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[rutgersguy1]

 

[rurichdog]

Amazing the Camellia Bowl hinged on a brutally tough offsides call on an onside kick recovery.

 

[Captain Hogleg]

JMU QB is outstanding. 69% completion percentage. He’ll probably end up at IU following Cignetti but we could really use him.

 

[rutgersguy1]

JMU QB is outstanding. 69% completion percentage. He’ll probably end up at IU following Cignetti but we could really use him.

Cignetti just got a transfer qb from Ohio who was the MAC player of the year last year.

He also signed a JMU decommit Alberto Mendoza and a 4 star Duke commit Tyler Cherry.

So who knows if he’ll take any more qbs.

 

[Knight Shift]

The other game on right now features 7th year QB Rocky Lombardi.

Ben Mauk is protesting outside the stadium.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[mdk01]

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Wonder if there health issues.