{"id":142,"date":"2006-12-27T02:40:10","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2006\/12\/27\/bowls-part-2\/"},"modified":"2006-12-27T03:23:52","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T08:23:52","slug":"bowls-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2006\/12\/bowls-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowls part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, first a quick update on the standings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nMike<\/th>\nAl<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
old<\/td>\n98-101-9<\/td>\n95-104-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wk 15<\/td>\n9-7<\/td>\n8-8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wk 16<\/td>\n8-8<\/td>\n7-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
total<\/b><\/td>\n115-116-9<\/b><\/td>\n110-121-9<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Hey, I\u2019m almost up to being as good as flipping a coin. Ugh.<\/p>\n

Next, a raft of bowl games. I\u2019ll do all the New Year\u2019s Day games (and the later ones) when it\u2019s a little closer.<\/p>\n

12\/28, Independence: Oklahoma State vs. Alabama(+2)<\/em>
\nYeah, I\u2019ll give the points. Who\u2019s coaching Alabama again? <\/p>\n

12\/28, Holiday: Texas A&M vs. California(-4)<\/em>
\nI like getting points here. A&M is actually decent, and Cal has been shaky lately. The one thing about the Holiday bowl: take the over.<\/p>\n

12\/28, Texas: Rutgers vs. Kansas State(+7)<\/em>
\nSeven seems kind; I don\u2019t see the Wildcats with much of a shot in this game.<\/p>\n

12\/29, Music City: Clemson vs. Kentucky(+9.5)<\/em>
\nNormally I would say that\u2019s too many points, but so far we\u2019ve seen a ton of bowl blowouts, so I think I\u2019m going with the Tigers here.<\/p>\n

12\/29, Sun: Oregon State vs. Missouri(+3.5)<\/em>
\nGive the points; the Beavers are on a roll!<\/p>\n

12\/29, Liberty: South Carolina vs. Houston(+5.5)<\/em>
\nUgh, if there\u2019s one thing we learned from the early bowls, it\u2019s that C-USA is really, really bad. Gamecocks.<\/p>\n

12\/29, Insight: Texas Tech vs. Minnesota(+6.5)<\/em>
\nThe Gophers can\u2019t stop the pass. Oh, look, it\u2019s the Red Raiders. Yikes, they could score 50. Give the points.<\/p>\n

12\/29, Champs Sports: Purdue vs. Maryland(+1)<\/em>
\nI don\u2019t have a good sense of this. Purdue didn\u2019t play the better teams in the BigTen, and there are no better teams in the ACC, so I have no idea how these teams match up. Uhh, Purdue, I guess.<\/p>\n

12\/30, Meineke Car Care: Navy vs. Boston College(-6)<\/em>
\nGive the six. The service academies shouldn\u2019t be on the field against ranked teams… other than padding Notre Dame\u2019s record, that is. Sheesh.<\/p>\n

12\/30, Alamo: Texas vs. Iowa(+9)<\/em>
\nThe Hawkeyes are limping into what will effectively be a home game against Texas, a team which will be mad about the A&M thing and the crappy bowl they got. I expect the Longhorns to simply smoke Iowa here, give the points.<\/p>\n

12\/30, Peach, err, Chik-fil-A: Georgia vs. Virginia Tech(-2.5)<\/em>
\nHey, look, the Dawgs in a bowl game close to home… again. Ugh. I\u2019d generally say this should be more than a field goal, but VATech has been kind of spotty this year. I mean, you can\u2019t lose to Tech and be any good, right? But still, Hokies.<\/p>\n

12\/31, MPC Computers: Miami vs. Nevada(+3.5)<\/em>
\nI just love<\/strong> getting points in this game. Miami is just plain bad, and doesn\u2019t deserve a bowl, and just wants the nightmare to end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, first a quick update on the standings: Mike Al old 98-101-9 95-104-9 wk 15 9-7 8-8 wk 16 8-8 7-9 total 115-116-9 110-121-9 Hey, I\u2019m almost up to being as good as flipping a coin. Ugh. Next, a raft of bowl games. I\u2019ll do all the New Year\u2019s Day games (and the later ones) … Continue reading Bowls part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}