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Bowl Pickoff - This postseason, which teams will pull a Boston?
SI.com ^ | 19 December 2005 | John Walters

Posted on 12/19/2005 1:17:38 PM PST by MikefromOhio

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To: mainepatsfan

possibly.

MY guess is that Bowden will throw the entire playbook at Penn State, but the Penn State defense is 1 and 1a with the Ohio State defense as the best in the nation.


21 posted on 12/19/2005 1:58:31 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: MikeinIraq

Other than playing Pasadena this year, from an exposure standpoint the Buckeyes couldn't have asked for a better bowl situation.

I just got my Pats playoff tickets!


22 posted on 12/19/2005 1:59:08 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: MikeinIraq

Trick plays against good defenses usually leads to disaster for the offense.


23 posted on 12/19/2005 1:59:52 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: MikeinIraq

I'm thinking Rose Bowl: USC 42, Texas 31


24 posted on 12/19/2005 2:00:37 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (Greatness is not appreciated until it is gone)
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To: mainepatsfan

nice....

well in a couple years I will probably be getting my Browns playoff tickets so it's all good :)


25 posted on 12/19/2005 2:03:18 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Cyclopean Squid

it's possible.

I don't think either has the defense to completely shut the other down, especially USC, but USC is far superior on offense.

for UT to have a chance, they need their defense to play relatively well and they need another playmaker on offense to compliment Vince Young.


26 posted on 12/19/2005 2:04:03 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Cyclopean Squid

Oh, and Rose Bowl MVP = Matt Leinart. The Longhorns will play close to the line of scrimmage to shut down Reggie Bush's running game (or try to), and consequently will be eaten alive by Leinart's arm. I think Bush's numbers will good, but at more human levels. Vince Young will also play a good game, but it won't be enough to overcome the Conquering Trojans.


27 posted on 12/19/2005 2:04:27 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (Greatness is not appreciated until it is gone)
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To: MikeinIraq
Wow. Talk about cosmic analogies....

I'm assume the SI author was reminscing over his 70s vinyl collection while doing a doobie while coming up with this angle for a "story" mere hours before his publishing deadline.

28 posted on 12/19/2005 2:06:48 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: F16Fighter

possibly....

Generally his columns try to tie in something from the 70s or 80s to the current trends in College football, so it isn't completely out there...


29 posted on 12/19/2005 2:08:25 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: mainepatsfan; scott says

I don't know about you guys, but your bandwagon just had a gigantic fat guy jump up on it...


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/peter_king/12/18/mmqb.week15/index.html


30 posted on 12/19/2005 2:09:45 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: MikeinIraq
I just realized that the last time the Browns hosted a playoff game was when Bill Belichick's Browns beat Bill Parcells and the Patriots in a 1994 AFC wild card matchup.
31 posted on 12/19/2005 2:11:15 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: rockthecasbah
No, and We don't eat condoms (Trojans) either!
32 posted on 12/19/2005 2:12:39 PM PST by wolfcreek
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To: MikeinIraq

I don't know if he ever jumped off.

This one's on ESPN's front page.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&page=morning15


33 posted on 12/19/2005 2:12:50 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Chi-townChief
BIG TIME, could screw up my sleep schedule.
34 posted on 12/19/2005 2:14:21 PM PST by wolfcreek
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To: mainepatsfan

yep :)

Ironic huh?


35 posted on 12/19/2005 2:24:16 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: mainepatsfan

I don't know.

When they were 3-3, he was wavering....

Of course he was on the Bears bandwagon a couple weeks ago


36 posted on 12/19/2005 2:24:59 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Cyclopean Squid

USC by > 10


37 posted on 12/19/2005 2:26:12 PM PST by rockthecasbah (4th & 9. 1:32 left in the 4th quarter. Down by 3 at Notre Dame. No problem. Fight on!)
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To: MikeinIraq

Actually our last regular season loss that season was also to the Browns.


38 posted on 12/19/2005 3:06:56 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: MikeinIraq

I wonder if Vick will be getting any grief from the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP?


39 posted on 12/19/2005 3:07:48 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Chi-townChief
So how much does it blow to have the Rose Bowl on a Wednesday night?!?!?

Well, I for one hope it causes a lot of people to stay home and scalper's prices to hit the dumpster.

My wife has a ticket, courtesy of her brother. I am left out in the cold, but driving her to the game. We leave on Tuesday (Jan 3) at 2:00 PM and return Thursday!

If anyone has an extra ticket.....................

40 posted on 12/19/2005 3:18:33 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Don King: "I am not a murderer, I am a manslaughterer")
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