Subj : NY6 games
To   : GREASE
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Jan 02 2020 06:57 pm

> Scattershooting while contemplating life:

>Well B12 finished opposite of what I thought. Utah was a hoax and t.u. played t
>eir best game of the year. Conference finishes 1-5.

Utah is Pac-12.  Is that what you meant?

>Possibly Baylor a hoax too? How do you not defeat a Georgia team with 12
>starters out? (our 2nd team is better than you)

That is a head scratcher.

>Auburn loses to a pesky Minnesota. Auburn is not consistent (as usual). They wi
>l only have 4 starters back next year.

IMHO, while some teams in the Big 10 were over-rated this year, I think
Minnesota was under-rated.

>Watching bowl games the last few years. If you're not in the final four, does i
>really count? Hard to say.

I think it depends.  If you are a fan of a team that expects to make it to
the final four every year, then maybe not.  If not, I think it still
counts.  Some of those teams really get up for their games, especially if
it is a chance to knock-off a team who expected to make it.

This trend of players sitting out bowls may start to take a toll, though.

The only bowl game I watched start to finish this year so far was the Citrus.
That one turned out as I would have expected (UMich was a Big 10 over-rated
team), even with Alabama having some players out due to injury or sitting
out.  The only surprise to me was that it took them a whole half before
they put them away.

It will be the only one I watch start to finish, too, so I guess that the
final 4 games don't mean much to me this year.  If LSU doesn't win, and
big, I will be shocked.  I think they are in a league of their own this
year.

As for tonight's games, I hope IU upsets UT.  Being a Kentucky citizen, I
am a little pissed at how UT complained and got their bowl switched around.
 I actually know people who had bought tix and made reservations after the
announcement only to find out that they'd switched UK to the Belk Bowl so
that UT could play where they wanted to.  They got lucky and were able to
get everything switched.


 * SLMR 2.1a * Veni, Vidi, Velcro. (I came, I saw, I stuck around)

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