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We’re off to the Poinsettia Bowl this evening. Navy v. Utah. We’ll be hooking up with B-Daddy, Mongo and others for some tailgating beforehand. The Poinsettia Bowl represents what bowls used to be about before the BCS. Two solid teams that would not make any playoff or BCS bowl but had good years nonetheless (one of which, Navy, ended 40+ years of futility by beating Notre Dame) and are rewarded for it by playing in a game that presents a good matchup and a nice send off for the seniors who have toiled for 4 years in their respective programs. Go Navy!
We’ll miss the Steelers/Rams this evening which has playoff implications obviously for the Steelers but for the Chargers as well, as far as who they may play in the playoffs. The Steelers’ backs are against the wall but we like Steven Jackson against a defense that suddenly can’t stop the run. Take the Rams at home and the 8 pts.
And we’ll try to have some thoughts formulated for tomorrow on Bobby Petrino’s hasty beat feet retreat from Atlanta and Bill Parcells taking a front-office job in Atlan….errr… in Miami.
And we’ll try to have some thoughts formulated for tomorrow on Bobby Petrino’s hasty beat feet retreat from Atlanta and Bill Parcells taking a front-office job in Atlan….errr… in Miami.
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For those who were there and those who watched the Poinsettia Bowl, it was a very exciting great game, played by two teams who don't know the meaning of quit. My congratulations to Utah for coming back in so strong a fashion. My congratulations to Navy for almost pulling this one out despite a very bad fourth quarter call that may have changed the outcome.
Some thoughts:
I hate this crap at the end of the season where teams lose head coaches as they head into bowl games. To win this game, the Navy offense needed to be on the field a lot more than it was in the second half. Maybe Paul Johnson, now headed to Georgia Tech, would have pulled a fake punt or just going for it on fourth down, to keep the Ute offense off the field. We'll never know. I would like to see some rule to prevent coaches being hired away until after the bowl games, maybe putting it in their contracts would be the free market way to handle this.
I don't recall the last time that officials admitting to blowing such an important call. Near the end of the fourth quarter a Ute receiver, Jereme Brooks, stretched the ball while going out of bounds. Before he hit the ground, the ball left his grasp and hit the pylon and went out of bounds. By rule, it should have been a touchback and Navy ball at its own 20. The play was reviewed from the booth and they still got the call wrong. No reporters ever really got to the bottom of how they could miss the call from replay.
The proliferation of bowls makes a wreck of their entertainment value. I looked at the schedule, and after these two 8-4 teams played, there is not another bowl game where both team have as good a record until Dec 28th and the Holiday Bowl.
Finally, what bowl game did Utah and Navy think they were playing, the Holiday Bowl? It had that high scoring, wild finish that we have come to expect from San Diego's other bowl game.
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