The three appetizers before the playoff games.
I'll leave this right here.
Nice job Wolverines, you had one job, win and give the Big Ten a perfect 8-0 bowl season record. On the upside, since South Carolina won you can get a free Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse on January 2nd. I have a feeling I know where our friend in maize will be going Tuesday.
Slow start to the game, neither team could do much of anything. I watched the first quarter and would be back for much of the second half.
Michigan got it rolling a bit and was up 19-3, and then let South Carolina score 23 straight points. How close were you to a "big win" coach?
I would say his seat in Ann Arbor will start to heat up if UofM doesn't beat Notre Dame on September 1st.
South Carolina 26 AAJC 19
My Pick: The Wolverines, my record now 21-14. Idiot.
What Did I Eat: Queso Dip (On The Border cheese sauce, Herdez salsa and Secret Aardvark hot sauce) and some Frontera chips.
Bowl Game Swag: Jostens ring, Fossil watch, $125 Best Buy gift card, Outback Steakhouse gift card, hat. Do college guys wear rings?
Fun Fact: Jim Harbaugh's record as a head coach in bowl games is now 2-3, which is better than his record against Ohio State and Michigan State, which is 1-5. Did I mention something about a hot seat?
This was the game I picked up after a fast first quarter at the Outback Bowl. First quarter live and then again back for the finish.
Perfection for the UCF Knights. This team went 0-12 two years ago. Good to see head coach Scott Frost stay to coach the team to the win before he leaving for Nebraska.
Auburn had a chance to tie the score on their final possession after a missed field goal by UCF but they wound up turning it over on an interception.
UCF 34 Auburn 27
My Pick: Auburn, record 21-15.
What Did I Eat: Nothing
Bowl Game Swag: $300 Vanilla Visa gift card by InComm, Ultimate Ears Wonderboom bluetooth speaker, Fossil watch, football.
Fun Fact: This year's edition of the Peach Bowl was the 50th. The most exciting game was probably in 2013 with Texas A&M beating Duke 52-48 with the Aggies led by Johnny Manziel. The least exciting game, the 1974 edition when Texas Tech and Vanderbilt played to a 6-6 tie. Here are the highlights.
Hard to believe this lasts more than three minutes, but hey, B.T.O.!
Picked this game up with a live second quarter and saw some of the finish. The first half was a real dud, 3-0 lead for the Irish at the half. Not much to see in the second half.
Noted hothead and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly ignited a quarterback controversy swapping out Brandon Wimbush who started every game this season for Ian Book in the second half. Book played better and Wimbush never came back in the game. The Irish won.
Notre Dame 21 LSU 17
My Pick: You guessed it, LSU - record now 21-16
What Did I Eat: Half a peanut butter cookie
Bowl Game Swag: $400 Best Buy shopping trip, Timely Watch Co. watch,
Fun Fact: This game was originally the Tangerine Bowl, established in 1947. Toledo ripped off three straight Tangerine Bowl wins, beating Davidson, William & Mary, and Richmond from 1969 to 1971. Chuck Ealey was the Rockets quarterback for all those wins. Ealey's son Damon would go on to play for Toledo in 1995.
The SEC's bowl record is now 2-5, may not bode well for Georgia and Alabama.
Not-so-fun fact #1: My wife is working on her doctorate at UCF, so I was rooting for the Knights; really modern, gorgeous campus, and UCF is now the largest (by student population) university in the US.
ReplyDeleteNot-so-fun fact #2: Back in the early 1990s, I vacationed in Myrtle Beach and stopped at the original USC, where I picked up a hat. I still have it and broke it out for yesterday's game. South Carolina used to have t-shirts (maybe they still do) that said "Can't Lick Our 'Cocks!".