My wife and I are spending the weekend at the Oregon Coast in Newport. It's about 45 degrees, windy & raining. Just returned from breakfast to catch some of this West Virginia/North Carolina game. Not what you'd call a defensive struggle. Heels up 23-21 with 4 minutes still left in the half. Really wish I'd taken the over in this one. I'm thinking the Champs Sports Bowl between Wisconsin and Florida State may turn into a cliche. Big, lumbering Badgers against the youth and quickness of the Noles. I'm sure many in Madison will point out with PJ Hill, they're packing some speed. As much as Wisky has underachieved all year, no reason to buy into their capability, even with the 6 1/2 points.
I think Miami will have a really tough time slowing down Cal and all their firepower, especially back Javid Best who has gone bonkers his last 2 games with 200+ in the Stanford romp and over 300 on the ground against the Huskies. Of course UW mailed it in and has become perhaps the biggest disgrace in Pac 10 history. How can a once prominent program bottom out like this? We've seen the mighty dip a bit like USC or Miami but the fall was from National Title contender to 5 or 6 wins, not the tank job we've seen in Seattle. Gotta thank Ricky Neuheisel and former bubblehead AD Barbara Hedges for getting the ball rolling in the wrong direction. Jim Lambright(not too bright) did well to allow the negative slide.
Really looking forward to the Holiday Bowl. Was stunned to see that 80% of those who voted on ESPN picked the Cowboys to win. Thought it would be more like 50/50 as this is really an even game. I'm guessing most around the country are buying into the superiority of the Big 12. We'll see.
Hope you all had a safe, fun Christmas and for those celebrating Hanakah, enjoy the last few days of the festival of lights. If you are on the Frank Costanza band wagon, it was a joyous "Festivus for the rest of us"!
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