# College football bowl game thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673 "2012-12-31T15:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/101 "2013-01-05T03:42:04Z")
Is every else annoyed at the remote control camera that is suspended over the football field? I have never seen a shot from that camera that really added anything to my viewing experience. It is really distracting when it gets in a regular cameras field of vision. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/102 "2013-01-05T04:33:07Z")
I don’t follow college football, but my boss’ s brother is OU alum and was spouting off about how OU would this and that and Aggies and SEC so I waved a $100 bill at him and it was on. Not often I look forward to Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/103 "2013-01-05T04:54:11Z")
**Whoooop!** 😃 Sorry, I’m required to do that. It was great to watch the Ags dominate that second half. I don’t think anyone expected a first year in the SEC like this. An 11-2 season, ranked in the top ten, and a freshman Heisman Trophy winner. Major props not only to Manziel, but also head coach Kevin Sumlin for a great season. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/104 "2013-01-05T04:57:53Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I don’t think anyone expected a first year in the SEC like this. An 11-2 season, ranked in the top ten, and a freshman Heisman Trophy winner. I’ve always thought it was a mistake to pick the Heisman winner before the bowl games, but it looks like they got it right this year. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/105 "2013-01-05T05:17:30Z")
I cut waaay back on my Saturday football watching this year, only watching 6 or 8 games, 😃 and consequently that was the first A&M game I saw this season. That Johnny Football is something else! I’m glad we don’t play them. I wish I was his accountant. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/106 "2013-01-05T05:46:12Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Is every else annoyed at the remote control camera that is suspended over the football field? > > I have never seen a shot from that camera that really added anything to my viewing experience. > > It is really distracting when it gets in a regular cameras field of vision. And really distracting when it falls into the playing field, as I remember it doing at one of the bowl games last year right about this time… Ah, yes, [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFwIcLDME0k) ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/107 "2013-01-05T16:56:46Z")
Manziel is more Kaepernick than Tebow but I don’t think it’s a lock that he’s going to need a money manager. He lacks the height and the jury’s still out on his arm. His speed definitely won’t cut it. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673/108 "2013-01-06T04:34:30Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > Well, I don’t have any doubts about Bama vs. Notre Dame. And in about an hour everybody will see that Bama’s one loss had more to do with TAMU’s abilities than 'Bama’s. Told you so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673.md?page=5)