Green Bay Packers Linebacker, and former Ohio State Buckey AJ Hawk is married to Brady Quinn's sister. She is a carbon copy of Brady Quinn! Is it weird I think she is kinda hott???
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12/7/09
Capital One Bowl Could Be The Second Most Watched Game If....
I found it interesting that the Orange Bowl elected to pick Iowa. Most believe that if The Fiesta Bowl passes on a Big Ten team with its pick, which they did, (and they leaned toward Iowa over Penn State in terms of Big Ten) the Orange Bowl would most certainly take a Big Ten team, which would probably be Penn State given the good relationship between the bowl and school.
I believe that the BCS wants to avoid any additional back lash and the Orange Bowl went safe and took Iowa since they were indeed more deserving given the head to head match-up. However, the bowl probably would fare better with a bigger name like Penn State given the name recognition, more well known players, and a coach like Joe Paterno.
Given that the Fiesta bowl elected to match up TCU and Boise State, which is in itself controversial, having Penn State go over Iowa would just add fuel to the fire.
In turn, the big winner here is The Capital One Bowl which now probably has the 3rd most nationally appealing game (and maybe even 2nd in terms of matching up 2 programs with so much national appeal).
Given that BCS games naturally have more appeal just because they are deemed the elite bowls, they will do very well regardless of the match ups. When ranking the bowls, you would have to put the National Title (with two national programs) as the most appealing game obviously given that it's THE championship game and has two very appealing programs. Second would probably have to be the Rose Bowl because as they say, it is the Gran-Daddy of the them all, and has a nationally appealing program in Ohio State. However Oregon does not have quite the pull and appeal as a school like Penn State or LSU. A team like USC would have been much better for the Rose Bowl.
With that said, because it is the Rose Bowl, it would still have to rank second in terms of most anticipated bowl game. However, I would argue that Penn State and LSU both have more appeal than Oregon thus making the Capital One Bowl game, in some ways have more national appeal than any other bowl game outside of the National Title.
Looking at some of the other teams in the BCS bowls, Cincinnati has no national appeal outside of Notre Dame fans hoping that they are watching their next coach, Georgia Tech has no national appeal, although they do run a very fun and effective triple option.
TCU and Boise State don’t have national appeal but create an interesting match-up for College Football fans thus creating somewhat of a national appeal. The BCS controversy of having two non power conference teams matched up, and being the first bowl game, not named the national championship to have two undefeated teams creates some interest. However, it may be tough attracting the casual fans which such unknown programs that lack the history that is needed to have a national appeal, and that's what BCS games are all about, aka: show me the money.
With all that information, I would argue that Penn State vs. LSU is the 2nd most nationally anticipated game based on the amount of fans these programs have. In addition, if the Capital One Bowl could air later in the day, say 4pm or 7pm on January 1st, rather than 1pm as it is always scheduled, this game would be the second highest rated bowl game on the slate. It is hard to have casual fans tune in at 1pm on New Year’s Day given that most are just waking up.
Give me your thoughts on my claim to the ranks of most appealing games on the side bar!
12/3/09
Randy Moss Top Bobby Bowden Recruit?
Bobby Bowden ends his career second in wins to Joe Paterno but accomplished something that no other coach ever has, and probably ever will. Florida State finished 14 straight season's (1987-2000) with at least 10 wins and ranked in the top 5, and 2 national titles in that time. The list of players below shows you how Bowden accomplished this.
10. Terrell Buckley, DB, Pascagoula (Miss.), 1988.
9. Fred Rouse, WR, Lincoln (Tallahassee, Fla.), 2005.
8. Lorenzo Booker, RB, St. Bonaventure (Ventura, Calif.), 2002.
7. Xavier Lee, QB, Seabreeze (Daytona Beach, Fla.), 2004.
6. Derrick Brooks, DB, Washington (Pensacola, Fla.), 1990.
5. Ernie Sims, LB, North Florida Christian (Tallahassee, Fla.), 2003.
4. Charlie Ward, QB, Central of Thomasville (Thomasville, Ga.), 1988.
3. Joe Mauer, QB, Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minnesota), 2001.
2. Deion Sanders, DB, North Fort Myers (Fort Myers, Fla.), 1985.
1. Randy Moss, WR, DuPont (Belle, W.Va.), 1995.
The standard by which all subsequent wide receiver prospects have been judged, Moss was a man amongst boys. He emerged as a star in basketball and track at DuPont in addition to leading the football team to two state titles.
Moss originally signed a letter of intent to play for Notre Dame, but was cut loose after an incident during his senior year of high school. That’s when Bowden swooped in, bringing arguably the greatest recruit of all time to Tallahassee.
Unfortunately for Noles fans, Moss never played a down at Florida State, transferring to Marshall after one season on campus. With the help of Thundering Herd quarterback Chad Pennington, Moss put up gaudy numbers at Marshall before the Vikings drafted him 21st in the 1998 NFL Draft. He has since compiled 143 receiving touchdowns in an illustrious NFL career.
Source: http://www.maxpreps.com/
Full Article with info on each recruit here.
AccuScore Says It Will Be A Close Game
AccuScore says that the Jets will win 51% of the time. Lets hope tonight is one of those 49%!
Lebron - Another Full Court Shot
Is this real? And why do the Cav's practice with a football? Maybe they should focus on playing with a basketball and cut down on the full court shots if they want to surpass the Magic and the Celtics in the east.
12/2/09
Klown Of The Day
Buffalo fans are very passionate and have shown over the years that their passion can borderline on rowdiness. Having been a spectator at Ralph Wilson stadium for a couple games, I have been a witness to this behavior. I am all for having a passionate fan base, but when the passion boils over into fights and arrests, I think it's just terrible for the team, the city and the fans who are there. Here is one Klown, a woman no less, who was arrested after Sundays win for allegedly punching a security guard in the face.
Buffalo News:
A sunny, relatively balmy day. A close game that kept fans in -- and jumping out of -- their seats until the final gun. And, of course, a Buffalo Bills win, thanks to 24 unanswered fourth-quarter points.
On the surface, things sounded perfect for law enforcement officers working the Bills -Dolphins game Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
But they still had a busy day, logging 34 arrests, 32 by deputized APEX Security officers inside the stadium and two by Orchard Park police outside.
"That is starting to become an average number of arrests now," Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew D. Benz said.
The number of arrests can be a tricky barometer. A high number can reflect a particularly rowdy day, or it can suggest that the Bills and law enforcement officials are cracking down harder.
"I think this is a result of the Bills taking a more pro-arrest approach toward people causing problems in the stadium," Benz said.
Sunday's arrest number, between 30 and 35, has become the norm for Bills games lacking any major negative crowd-control factors such as a night game, a blowout loss in nasty weather or a game with the Oakland Raiders.
No such negatives showed up Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium, but law-enforcement officials still had their hands full.
One of the people arrested inside the stadium, Kevin McLeary, 20, of Williamsville, was charged with inciting a riot and was issued a ticket for alcohol possession by a minor after he allegedly approached several dozen people in a smoking area and screamed, "Jump the cops. Jump the cops," according to police reports.
Sarah A. St. John, 27, of Lake View, was charged with second-degree assault for allegedly punching a deputized APEX Security officer in the face.
Fast forward to the 4 minute mark to see the fun stuff!
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