SKIPSTER......
*well you asked........
>>> I gotta get a life someday...whatever TF that is.......
in your earlier thread you said you were down small on arky st. Reason for change?
*ASU/MALZAHN......
was.... a machine and way too much for the Flashes....now...Malzahn is GONE...while KSU HC Hazell is STAYING WITH HIS TEAM FOR THE BOWL......
what a concept....so for me KSU now a strong play...ML too definitely worth a shot....recall Ark St HC has hauled azz the last 2 years....players gotta be tired of it
Also agree that TCU/MSU should be low scoring but I gravitated towards sparty thinking their slightly more
experience team might pull it out. *might be right...but thinking here is Sparty (had high hopes) not really too excited about being here...last 4 bowls faced Georgia twice....Bama and Texas Tech (lost by 10)....now facing (in their minds) a stinkin' MTW team in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl?.....
Frogs with a very young team....with a ton of adversity (self-inflicted yes)....but super fired up to be facing a top B10 team here......any doubt Patterson has them ready????
*recall Frog fr
QB Boykin was working at
RB....before called at last minute to start...so they basically played most of the year with their 4th string RB (Tucker hurt all year) and a RB at QB....having lost key players to the drug thing....and their best player ( DE Maponga) was hurt all year...now RB Tucker (6-1/230..4.45...NFL quality) is healthier....and have recently moved LB Jordan Moore (6-3/210 sprinter) to RB to help in spots....and Frog D can't tackle him..........
Match-up wise...both offenses should struggle yes...but Frog O....might be able to move it some anyway....Boykin a much better runner....and a better passer than Maxwell...(Boykin 59%...15/9...130 PR vs Maxwell 53%...13/9...109 PR).....Frogs have great speed at WR.....
Sparty running game was hit and miss for sure..ran
well only vs Minny...EMich and Neb.....
effectively vs Boise and CMich.....but shut out mostly vs rest....like Indiana for one......I don't think they move it at all vs TCU.......
note: keep in mind the offenses TCU faced....vs what Sparty has been seeing.....especially note the caliber of QB's......I see what ......ONE and a half maybe?.......
Boise St.
@ Central Mich.
Notre Dame
Eastern Mich.
Ohio St.
@ Indiana
Iowa
@ 19 Michigan
@ Wisconsin
23 Nebraska
21 Northwestern
@ Minnesota
*Mich St D faced......the #37 ranked schedule of offenses .... #98 ranked passing attacks.......
While TCU D......#4 toughest offenses / #2 passing...1st few lame yes
Grambling
@ Kansas
Virginia
@ Southern Methodist
Iowa St.
@ Baylor
Texas Tech
@ Oklahoma St.
@ West Virginia
Kansas St.
@ Texas
Oklahoma
*Patterson DESPERATELY needs a win here as a springboard for next year...when it appears they can compete to win the Big 12....Texas sucks yes...but Frogs did go to Austin and win Thanksgiving nite and spank a Horn team with MO...really needing a win....
But you're right....wagering hard earned cash vs a tough / underrated Sparty team maybe a dicey proposition..........
Hard to like CMU and Ohio. Wonder about mindset at Rutgers after blowing Orange Bowl and landing in Tidy Bowl vs. 6-6 ACC team
*wouldn't touch either....(gun to the head) leans....
I would go with the
dog in a bowl neither cares about..................but
Ohio ...really beat up in trenches.....who didn't expect to be in a bowl really....is kinda dangerous here after a great start...and terrible finish....they could play their azz off vs bowl VIRGIN ULM...or never get off the bus *(in-game or half-time wager the way to go)
*I would have to dig into the reason for the mid season slide.....injuries I assume
I think
Rutgers will be fired up to be facing the Hokies...Hokies not so much vs Rutgers maybe.....?
I do like the Rutgers D vs Hokie O....especially with lay-off factors..... VT last game 11/24....RU 11/29
BOL and Merry Christmas Skipster...............
The impediment to action advances action - what stands in the way becomes the way.
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just don't say.....DUDE.....Oregon is gonna murder Kan St !.....say how / why.....then I'll tell you why they (probably) won't..............
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