Going Bowling

Thoughts from the Bowl Season so far...

San Diego County Credit Union, Meineke Car Care, AutoZone, PetroSun, Bell Helicopter, R+L Carriers, Brut, Gaylord Hotels. What do all these have in common? They all unfortunately sponsored bowl games and their companies led to the ridiculousness of calling a game, " The Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl" and "The R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl." I know these games need sponsors but the product saturation is overkill. Every commercial break you can bet on hearing something about the company sponsering the bowl.

Now, onto the play on the field...sort of (See Above Video)

If you watch college football or are even a casual fan, chances are you heard the name Chris Jessie after the Texas-Arizona State game. Jesse, a member of the Texas staff and stepson of Mack Brown, received a penalty after he touched the ball while it was on the field. Jesse thought it was an incomplete pass but it was clearly a lateral pass and a fumble. Jesse's blunder helped give momentum to ASU, even though they got crushed in the second half and lost 52-34.

Now, game reactions...

Dan LeFevour and Curtis Painter put on a show during Purdue's 51-48 win in the Motor City Bowl. Central Michigan's close loss also helped coach Butch Jones jump into the West Virginia coaching search.

California RB Justin Forsett closed out his season strong with 140 yards and 2 TD's in the Bears 42-36 win over Air Force. The Bears had a very disappointing season and they ended strong with a win and hopefully can take some momentum into 2008.

Oregon's redshirt freshman QB Justin Roper threw for four scores and RB Jonathan Stewart ran for 253 yards as the Ducks crushed South Florida 56-21. Oregon's swarming D frustrated USF QB Matt Groethe as he and backup Grant Gregory each threw 2 INT's. Oregon looked lost without Dennis Dixon but coach Mike Bellotti rallied his guys to an impressive W.

Missouri was snubbed from the BCS games and took out their frustration on Arkansas. They roughed up McFadden and company 38-7. RB Tony Temple had a Cotton Bowl record 281 yards and ran threw the Arkansas D like mall shoppers on Black Friday.

Michigan sent Lloyd Carr to Del Boca Vista (Phase 3) a happy man with a huge win against heavily favored Florida 41-35. Senior QB Chad Henne had a career high 373 yards and showed fans and scouts that he could be a steal in the NFL Draft. Michigan's seniors finally gave Carr the Gatorade bath for the first and only time in their Wolverine careers

Illinois never had a chance in the Rose Bowl as USC blitzed them 49-17. Freshman RB Joe McKnight showed the Reggie Bush like flashes of game breaking ability that led him to be so highly recruited out of high school. On the flip side, USC blitzed Juice Williams and forced him to be a passer downfield, something that obviously did not turn out to well. The Illini are young and could make even more noise next season.

Hawaii is no Boise State. The faster and stronger Georgia Bulldogs dismantled the boys from the island. Freshman RB Knowshon Moreno had two TD's and very well could challenge golden boy Tim Tebow for the Heisman next season.