Wisconsin is absolutely embarrassing the U. Every time I look up it seems they're picking off another one.

The Big 10 is absolutely the worst conference in the country.

Holy smokes 35-3 Glad to see a Big 10 Win..

Big 10 blows, ask anyone.

We all know, SEC is the place to be.

Thanks ESPN.

Hey Dave...does the Big ten Blow ? lol

Wisconsin dominated that game. A massacre

Weather cancels Dallas bowl game featuring Boise State vs. Boston College
Dec 26, 2018

DALLAS -- No. 23 Boise State's first appearance at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium turned into what is believed to be the first bowl game called off because of weather.

The SERVPRO First Responder Bowl between the Broncos and Boston College was canceled because of the threat of severe weather after a delay of nearly 1½ hours on Wednesday.

"After more than an hour since stoppage of play, and with review of the active lightning and thunderstorm cells still in the area of the Cotton Bowl, it was determined that the game should be called," Pete Derzis, ESPN senior vice president of ESPN Events and programming, said in a statement. "All parties were concerned about player safety first and foremost, and with that being the primary concern, as well as the fans in attendance, it was a unanimous decision to cancel the game."

The game was stopped with Boston College leading 7-0 with 5:08 remaining in the first quarter. The delay came not long after AJ Dillon ran 19 yards for a touchdown.

"In my career, this is a first,'' said Boston College coach Steve Addazio, finishing his sixth year in charge of the Eagles and 33rd year in the profession. "I don't second-guess anything about it. The decision was made for the right reasons, and that's the welfare of both teams' players.''

NCAA spokesman J.D. Hamilton said via email that it was believed to be the first bowl canceled by weather. Hawaii's planned second postseason game of 1941, against San Jose State, was canceled because of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Boston College athletic director Martin Jarmond wrote in a tweet that the fans who purchased tickets through the school will get a full refund and can pick any home athletic event between now and next December and get free tickets for the number of bowl tickets purchased.

Boise State also said it will be offering refunds to fans who purchased tickets through the school.

Before the announcement, fans had begun returning to their seats after severe storms rolled through the area near downtown Dallas. Lightning strikes near the stadium continued intermittently for three hours after the initial delay, and more storms were expected.

Associate bowl director Brett Ringler said officials met Tuesday to discuss the weather report and how they would handle the decision-making process.

"We followed all those protocols today, and we finally had to come to a decision to cancel the game based on weather that was forthcoming as well,'' Ringler said.

The Broncos (10-3) were playing at the 86-year-old stadium for the first time, in their second meeting with Boston College. Their previous matchup was the Eagles' 27-21 victory featuring future Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan on Boise's blue turf in the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl.

Boise, which won 34-14 at Wyoming in September in hazy conditions because of a wildfire, was trying for its second straight 11-win season, after losing to Fresno State 19-16 in overtime in the Mountain West Conference championship game at Boise.

"Help me out guys, this is a new one,'' Boise coach Bryan Harsin said. "We prepared for this in fall camp where we ran into the locker room.''

The Eagles (7-5) were going for their first eight-win season under Addazio in their first appearance at the Fair Park venue since Doug Flutie led a 45-28 victory over Houston in the 1985 Cotton Bowl. That bowl game has since moved to the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth.

"We are all deeply disappointed,'' Addazio said. "A lot went into this -- a lot of work and a lot of preparation. Tough decisions have to be made. And they have to be made in the big picture of things.''

This was Boise's second bowl trip to Texas since joining FBS in 1996. The Broncos beat TCU 34-31 on the Horned Frogs' home field at the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl in 2003.


The Bowl offered this to the people who paid to fly there to see the game.

To our fans who purchased tickets through BC, you will get a full refund by Jan. 2nd. Also, pick any home athletic event between now and next December and get free tickets for the number of bowl tickets purchased compliments of @BCEagles.
Thank you for your support! #WeAreBC

that's gotta be a first ... luckily it didn't look like there were many fans

What are you talking about?

Purdue looking good today...

Holy shibbitz, this is a beatdown 42-7 with 10m left in the 2nd qtr.

I think I cursed the Big 10.

I'm enjoying the WSU/ISU game. A couple "scouting" comments.

1) Minshew reminds me a lot of Baker - a poor man's Baker, but him nonetheless. If he's available 5th/6th, he'd be an interesting pick.

2) Hakeem Butler from ISU is a beast. 6'6" 219lb with rumored sub 4.5 speed. That's one heck of a WR. Seems to have great hands, and fights hard. Draft sites have him all over (1st to outside of the top 10 WRs), so I have no idea where he's really slated. I'll suspect that if he really runs sub 4.5, he's a first rounder, but if he's there in the 2nd or 3rd, that'd be really interesting.

the game that was canceled. I can't remember a bowl game being canceled after it started

They should go ahead and cancel them all. Just increase the playoff teams and play those. Potential NFL draftees aren’t showing and just like Purdue, colleges are beginning to just mail it in.

I agree Tulsa, at least with all of the bowls except the top 5-6

Looks like ichigan is going to let the Big 10 down yet again.

They might actually need to fire Harbaugh.

They oughta give the Boilermaker fans the same “deal” they gave the fans of the teams in the game that was cancelled ...

Actually ... they oughta get more after sitting through that ... *LOL* ..

I said this after Ohio state game. If you can’t beat your rivals and win bowl games you don’t deserve to coach college. Everything centers around that

1-3 in bowl games, 0-4 vs the Buckeyes. They're definitely not getting their money's worth.

Man, that was embarrassing for UofM.

With Meyer gone, he's got one more year to erase his Big10 demons. He and the school are hoping Day poops the bed as a rookie head coach. If not, Harbaugh will be fired before the handshake at midfield next year.

I guess I'm rooting for ND and Oklahoma today. Clemson is okay, but their coach kind of bothers me and then you have Bama, they are the antichrist.

Well .... after getting destroyed by the Buckeyes, at least Harbaugh had his team ready ..... to get destroyed in their Bowl Game.

How bad is Notre Dame going to get beat?

this ND and Clemson game has been a defensive battle thus far

I thought being #3 they’d look better than this. Those helmets though, look like the end of a flag pole.

big missed FG

Lol @ Notre Dame.

They clearly don't belong here.

No doubt.....lol

Gators kicked Michigan butt.


Where's the love?

Oh, I loved it Peen

Notre Dame just can't compete with this team

They can compete. They just can't compete and win, but there is still a half to play. Maybe it changes....the 3rd qtr will tell the tale.

I loved it, Peen. So did the wife. She is not a Gator fan, but anybody makes harbaugh cry is aces in her book. Actually, anybody playing any Harbaugh.

PS She also hates ND and Kelly so a one-day Clemson fan, I guess. I have a lot to keep track of when we "share" watching football.

Happy New Year to the Elf!

Boooooooring...

LOL, the RB actually paused to admire the hole his OL made before running through it, untouched all the way to the house.

I was loving the Gators today. I love watching ichigan get their butts kicked.

UCF was the best independent team in the country this year. is way better than Notre Dame was this year.

Probably would have given a better showing than Notre Dame has...

Two things:
1.) Notre Dame is over-rated every year.
2.) They should try to win a conference championship first.

I'm not an OSU fan, at all, but I'm like 99% confident they would have put on a better showing than Notre Dame.

I was wrong by the way...UCF is in the AAC, for some reason I thought they were independent

There's not enough capital letters in the world that could convince me that OSU or Gerogia would not have put up a better fight.

I agree. That was an egg by ND

Will the Alabama/Oklahoma game be worth watching through four whole quarters?

Who you got guys (and girls)? Score prediction?

I would love to see Oklahoma pull it off somehow...however...I think Alabama wins by 10.

Rooting for Oklahoma.

I like Bama, but getting tired of them.

I'm with you guys. Go Sooners.

But Bama should win by 2-3 scores

My girl called right before the fumble then reversal on Alabama's 1st drive, so I didn't see the play at all. To me that was a huge momentum changer. What did you guys see? Was it a fumble or not?

Hmm...guess my "by 10" was wayyyy off. Alabama by 30?

Unfortunately, his elbow was down before the ball came out.

Murray looks tiny. Go with baseball, kid, its your best bet.

Yes, please go to Baseball, and live.

Thanks Tulsa. All I saw was the Oklahoma recovery then next thing I see is Alabama lined up on offense again.

I don’t know watch much college football, but how is anyone supposed to beat Alabama?

They aren't...lol

I wasn't sure initially, but my wife pointed out that his elbow was down before the ball moved. She has become a pretty knowledgeable sports fan and she's a Steelers/Notre Dame convert.

Eek...Steelers and Notre Dame? that's a double whammy

so, this game is like varsity vs jv

Just give the Chsmpionship trophy to Bama tonight. Be done with it.

Hopefully this puts the Lincoln Riley to Cleveland rumors to rest.

This bar is loud and full of Bama fans. And half the tvs are on some ufc fight.

I dont understand why.

The only thing, Baker looked "bad" last year in the spotlight too .. so you never know

Agree! This high school style only works in the Big 12.

so, its 28-0

When I said "Alabama wins by 10", I meant Alabama wins by 10 scores...

lol, throw in the towel

Tell me about it!! She became a Browns/OSU fan when we were married (my choice, lol). We actually were married the day of an OSU/ND (not planned that way and a lot of people looking for a TV) game and played "Carmen, Ohio" during the reception after the Buckeyes kicked their butts.

Jon Jones is fighting tonight.

Oh, I see, it is some ppv thing. I dont follow ufc so....

This. I'm a UGA guy, so some bias, but dang. I can't help but think how they would have competed against Clemson. Heck, Ohio St. too, and I'm not even a fan.

ND needs to get the UCF treatment, and UCF should have been given the ND treatment. I think they would have done a TON better against Clemson today than ND.

What offense do you think Alabama is running?

Yeah, I'm on board with UCF being in over them as well. At least they play in a conference, all be it not a prestigious one. But at least they are in one!

There needs to be a rule instituted that you must at least be a part of a conference to make the playoffs.

I said this at the time the playoffs were announced. I completely understand why they took ND and maybe even Oklahoma, but I thought the best four teams in the nation were Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, and Ohio State. In that order.

College football is so boring to me now. Kyler Murray does not look good.

Alabama Clemson .... again.

This bowl season has been awful so far. I haven't watched some of the lesser games like the Massengill Douche bowl or anything.

Alabama's size, speed, talent, etc. will just overwhelm you. Clemson is literally the only team that might be able to compete with them for the entire game.

I still like Bama tho

Only team? :clears throat: Georgia...

A great article on the debacle of blow out games yesterday.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2813...ayoff-committee

How do you miss the Douche Bowl? This year it was sponsored by General Motors and Richie Incognito made a special halftime appearance.

The guy has the same 4 teams as I had.

I like that college football added the playoffs. Good move.

However, I always thought having a "committee" have full say in picking the four teams was a mistake. Thus far, that thought process has proven to be true.

One word comes to my mind when the committee explains why they chose certain teams and left out others. That word is "subjectivity" because their selections have not been consistent.

Did u watch the Georgia game bro? ...

Clemson has the lines and athelticism to not only play with them but beat them ...

This year there were 3 teams DESERVING and then a bunch of CRAP ... when ND deserves to get in .... AND THEY DID ... u know its WEAK ... we simply can’t recruit with the big boys anymore ....

If we didn’t lose Love (one of the best corners in the country this year) for just long enough to see his replacement torched for twoTD’s and Okwara (our best pass rusher who was constantly moving Lawrence off his spot in he first quarter) we could have made it “competitive” ... in that the score would have been close .... but with NO QB ... its tough to win ... *L* ..

ND’s not relevant anymore ... i’m a REALIST and we simply cant recruit the atheletes the big boys do .... i do HOWEVER have to *L* at those that still HATE and ENVY us cause there so JEALOUS of a team that has to win the lotto to ever have a shot at winning another national championship ... *LOL* ...

I also find it HYSTERICAL that the fans of a team that lost to PURDUE by 29 is making fun of us for losing to Clemson by less ...

U guys very well may have beaten us ... BUT IF there was ever a year we would have beaten u it was this one ... our D is LEGITE .. to bad we lost those two .. we could have at least kept it close .. unlike most of the rest of the games this bowl season .. i can’t remember a year with so many NON COMPETITIVE games ...

Looking forward to the title game .. SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE ... here’s to hoping ...

Good Luck in your game ya’all .... since its the LIARS last game ... i’ll even give u a

GO BUCKS ...

Well no, you were the one talking trash. Your team got destroyed in a big game (again).

And yes, Ohio State did lose badly to Purdue, but they've also won big games in big spots, unlike Notre Dame.

Once they get forced to join a conference they lose all leverage when it comes to recruiting. They'll be another mid-range team in the ACC or Big Ten.

If you're mad about some of the clapping back, maybe don't toss the first stone.

...

PAY ATTENION ...

Show me one post on here i talked trash in ... or quite frankly in any COLLEGE THREAD this year ...

And this post right here is why this place is getting harder and harder to come back too ... every forum is turning into the cess pool in that folks just BASELESLY RUN THERE MOUTHS ...

I am not a fan of your HC and have stated that ... only thing i ever said about ND this year is;

- we have no QB ...
- we may not be 500 this year ...

That was before the season or after the first two or three games ... HAVEN’T SAID A WORD ABOUT ND SINCE ... not one word ....

But i’m talking trash .... ...

PAY ATTENTION ...

If you could watch 1 bowl game tomorrow, which would it be?

As in, which would be the better game. Not loyalty reasons.
Ohio State or Georgia

OSU game will probably be the closer one IMO.

Georgia might route Texas.

Would love to see Ohio State vs Georgia

As far as actual games being played,
None of them interest me much.
LSU vs UCF would be interesting if the UCF QB was healthy

Love My Bucks But Today's Game Means Nothing Except Pride ... Still Go Buckeyes

I disagree. I think it has a lot of meaning.

--Rose Bowl Champs. It's the Granddaddy of them all.

--Representing your conference.

--Probably a top 3-4 finish in the National Rankings if we win.

--Winning helps recruiting.

--Shutting up all the naysayers.

--Proving the committee was wrong yet again.

I would only add this:

It's Urban's last game as coach. I would guess that adds a bit of motivation for the players.

I agree with everything you said except that the committee got it wrong, especially not "again." OSU was not a top 4 team this year.

Nice game today for former Buckeye, Joe Burrow. LSU up on UCF 37-24 in the Fiesta Bowl. Burrow has 346 yards passing, with 4 TD passes. His receiver just dropped what would have been his 5th TD pass. Looks like LSU might be able to lay claim to UCF's next "Self Proclaimed National Championship" if they can hold on for another 10 minutes or so.

I'm very surprised by the first half of the Texas vs Georgia game. Can't believe that Texas has shut down Georgia's running game.

I wonder what the talking heads who were so adamant on selection day that Georgia was one of the top 4 teams are going to say tomorrow.

Good for Texas. Not many people gave hem a shot

I can agree with that. Objective as figure skating scores. Get to a point, possibly valid, that the committee has faults its makeup over the choices it generates. Everything is swell if you get a big winner like 'Bama every year because it makes all decisions right. Just odd that you can pick among many reasons rationalize who is in or out. The only given is how long ESPN and other media will take turns beating dead horses over the prospects chosen.

I was one of the people who thought Georgia was a top four team. Not sure what happened last night.

My gut feeling was that Georgia was probably one of the top 4. But I don't believe that the "eye test" is the way to decide who gets in. There is no way in my mind that a 2 loss, non conference champion should get in over a a 1 loss conference champion. Way to much subjective bias (no necessarily intentional bias). If the eye test was so good then Vegas would never have been built.

Having said that, my post was not directed at that. There were several talking heads that wanted Georgia in. At least 2 were quite adamant about it. I am interested in how they handle the Georgia loss.

Will they say they were wrong? Doubtful

Will they continue to expound Georgia as a top 4 and try to give justification for the loss with some copout excuse? They weren't interested in the game because they didn't make the playoffs ... yada, yada, yada. Possibly.

Will they just ignore it and not discuss it? Probably

I would have liked to have seen lsu vs ucf with ucf’s star qb healthy and all the lsu defensive starters in the game.

Just saw on Get Up, they were talking about the bowl games and said Georgia wouldn’t have played like that if they were playing Clemson in the playoffs

I thought UGA was a top 2 team to be honest, but Texas handled them ... both lines were handled, at least when that game was being decided before UT went softer

Surprised that Bulldogs didna show better than they did. Equally surprised the longhorns handled them like they did. Still, some great games and plays yesterday.

Schnell (?) from Kentucky impressed me in closing out the game. The next "act" for college football should be special. I assume most would be picking 'Bama for the win.

You achieved everything except the last two.. not sure who the "naysayers" are but people didn't have a whole lot of respect for Washington as a national power, so you didn't shut anybody up.... and you didn't convince anybody the committee was wrong, Notre Dame might have, but OSU didn't. If it wasn't Notre Dame or Oklahoma, it would have been Georgia and we see how that turned out.

Congratulations, good win and end to a good season.

Probably that it's obvious their heart wasn't in the game, disappointed about not being in the playoff, blahblahblah... same thing they say about every team that doesn't get into the bowl game they want and then get beat by a lesser team.

I just watched that game for 3 hours trying to figure out how Maryland even stayed on the field with Texas, let alone running up over 400 yards, 34 points and beating them....

And for the record, by the transitive property, Maryland is the second best team in the SEC.

We will see where Ohio State ends up in the final rankings.

I fully expect them to be 3 or 4.. nobody above them, except for Clemson and Alabama, looked any good at all.

Oh, you mean the SEC spin?

When an SEC team wins their bowl game: "SEC! SEC! Best conference in football, see!"

When their team loses the bowl game: "Well they didn't want to be there"

It's hilarious and I love every minute of it.

I also love SEC fans that aren't Alabama fans somehow flexing their muscles about their conference, when in reality, it's a historically great Alabama team, and a small handful of teams that are pretty much as good as some of these other conference's top teams.

Nobody can spin a college football argument quite like SEC fans, and I hope it never stops.