Bowl Season 2013-14

[Pete]

College football is simply the greatest.

So hard to predict, so much passion... The older I get, the more I prefer it over the NFL.



And as I always like to remind my friends, bowl games are way more unpredictable than the regular season because you usually have inter-sectional games between teams with few if any common opponents, there is almost a month of preparation (new schemes, players back from injuries or suspended) and usually, one of the teams is facing much more pressure which means the other has little to lose.

You simply never know what is going to happen in bowls, which is why I watch almost ever single one of them.

[shawnw]

I'm not a gambler, but I'm curious, did anybody bet big on OU? Any stories out there about someone making a bunch of money off Vegas on OU?

[Laramie]

I'm not a gambler, but I'm curious, did anybody bet big on OU? Any stories out there about someone making a bunch of money off Vegas on OU?

I was thinking along the same lines shawnw. Vegas took a hit on this game...

A crippled and battered Sooner football team goes into New Orleans and dismantles the most powerful football program within the last five years; this was hysterical if you're a Bama fan following the most successful coach of the decade. They saw Nick Saban work the Alabama brass for a new $7.2 million annual contract for ten years and peter-out against Auburn & Oklahoma.

This was not meant to take away from the Sooners' outstanding performance.

Talking about football coaching incognizance--Alabama's performance is one of the most devastating sports disasters since the Lake Placid's 1980 Winter Olympics' Miracle on Ice...

This should really boost OU's recruiting efforts...

[OKCisOK4me]

Well, the way my bowl picks are going, OSU will lose tonight!

[Stan Silliman]

Feeling good for Trevor Knight. What a turnaround from the first game to his last.

[Pete]

Great highlight reel from the Sugar Bowl:

[Laramie]

Oklahoma vs. Alabama series

Oklahoma is (3-1-1) against Alabama

2014/01/14 Oklahoma 45 - Alabama 31 W Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
2003/09/06 Oklahoma 20 - Alabama 13 W Tuscaloosa
2002/09/07 Oklahoma 37 - Alabama 27 W Norman
1970/12/31 Oklahoma 24 - Alabama 24 T Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston
1963/01/01 Alabama 17 - Oklahoma 0 L Orange Bowl, Miami

[OKCisOK4me]

This is hilarious:

[venture]

I saw that. The poor thing doesn't know how to take losing.

[shawnw]

I heard so much on the radio that Alabama fans were among the classiest...

[Pete]

Yeah, that woman was lucky the OU fans were so nice about everything.

But yes, the Bama fans in general are fantastic and there is a great mutual respect with OU. They were great when they came to Norman several years ago and everyone that traveled to Tuscaloosa had nothing but great things to say about their experience.

As someone else observed, that woman looks more like an LSU fan.

[zookeeper]

Yeah, that woman was lucky the OU fans were so nice about everything.

But yes, the Bama fans in general are fantastic and there is a great mutual respect with OU. They were great when they came to Norman several years ago and everyone that traveled to Tuscaloosa had nothing but great things to say about their experience.

As someone else observed, that woman looks more like an LSU fan.

I agree, Pete. There were many tweets from Sooner fans last night from the Sugar Bowl talking about how surprised they were at the graciousness of Alabama fans even with the disappointing loss. I think it's a southern thing.

[venture]

I agree, Pete. There were many tweets from Sooner fans last night from the Sugar Bowl talking about how surprised they were at the graciousness of Alabama fans even with the disappointing loss. I think it's a southern thing.

I wonder how well the Orange Bowl will go tonight when tOSU loses?

A lot of flipping between games tonight. Both should be pretty darn good...hopefully.

[KenRagsdale]

B.A. Oklahoma ('73). O-State will come out smokin' and light up Mizzou. That's Coach Gundy's style.

[venture]

Game time...should be another fun one.

[Richard at Remax]

The game was awesome. Had a buddy upgrade us to espn media suite cause half of them didn't make it out of Chicago. Alabama fans were for the most part great. A few smug terds were real chummy before the game but other than that they were solid. Got to see The Boz too so that was worth it alone.

[ljbab728]

Not looking good for OSU after the first half anyway. The offense just can't get anything consistent going. I expected Mizzou to score points though.

[ljbab728]

Well my two favorite coaches (not) ended their seasons with two losses. Congrats to Urban and Mr. Saban.

[ljbab728]

OMG for OSU. What a disaster for them. They played a terrible game but still had a chance until that fumble.

[betts]

I don't often root for OSU, but I was doing so tonight. I hated to see them lose. Ohio State losing helped remove the sting. I'm a Michigan alum.

[Mississippi Blues]

Both OSU teams lost. So sad. :/

[ThomPaine]

Bowl Records in old conferences...

Big 8 - .800 - 4 wins (OU, Nebraska, KSU, Mizzou) to 1 loss (OSU)
Big XII - .667 - 6 wins (OU, Nebraska, KSU, Mizzou, aTm, Tech) to 3 losses (texas, Baylor, OSU)

[Snowman]

I heard so much on the radio that Alabama fans were among the classiest...

You get 70,000+ people in a building from anywhere, you are going to have at least a few crazy people there

[ljbab728]

You get 70,000+ people in a building from anywhere, you are going to have at least a few crazy people there

That's especially true if they might have consumed a few "hurricanes" first. LOL

[OKCisOK4me]

B.A. Oklahoma ('73). O-State will come out smokin' and light up Mizzou. That's Coach Gundy's style.

sniff sniff--sarcasm OR don't place bets ;-)