# College Football Bowl Season, Bowl Pool? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 10, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733 "2009-12-10T15:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/241 "2010-01-02T02:56:47Z")
Cinci was insisting they were overlooked all year. I wonder why that was bad. Now they are being exposed in a major bowl. Perhaps they will cry less next year. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/242 "2010-01-02T03:03:00Z")
Did any Dopers pick Cinci? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/243 "2010-01-02T03:06:46Z")
I did at first, just to be contrary, but then chickened out before the game. šŸ˜ƒ And whatā€™s with all the FL injuries? Are the Cincy players carrying switchblades or something? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/244 "2010-01-02T03:12:42Z")
Ouch. This is ugly. Fla is simply in a different league entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/245 "2010-01-02T03:12:48Z")
Another easy pitch-and-catch for a Florida TD. Cincinnati is majorly, majorly outclassed. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/246 "2010-01-02T03:17:58Z")
Florida doesnā€™t even care how long the punts are. They know they can score at will. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/247 "2010-01-02T03:19:05Z")
Maybe the Cincinnati band will come out for the second half. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/248 "2010-01-02T03:28:42Z")
But they blocked a PAT! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/249 "2010-01-02T03:50:49Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > But they blocked a PAT! And they did it very well. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/250 "2010-01-02T03:50:58Z")
After 10 days of ESPN, itā€™s startling to watch a game on Fox. And not in a good way. Itā€™s all style over substanceā€¦flashy graphics, product placement, human interest stories and idiotic announcers. Who is doing the color? Hereā€™s what I have from him in just the 1st half: After stating how the key to the game is holding Florida on 1st & 2nd down because theyā€™re deadly on 3rd and shortā€¦Florida converts 3rd and 7. And he says ā€œjust like I was sayingā€¦deadly on 3rd and shortā€¦or mediumā€¦ā€ After Florida runs that play where Tebow takes 2 steps towards the line, before handing off to Moody: ā€œthatā€™s impossible to defendā€. The next time they run it, Cinci drops Moody for a loss. ā€œThatā€™s the only way to defend thatā€ Late in the half when thereā€™s nothing to talk about except Tebowā€¦he tells an odd story about how the players protect Timmy from ā€œcompromising situationsā€. Likeā€¦? They hustle him into a cab away from the crime scene before the cops arrive? This game is unwatchable for anybody but a Gator fan, btw. Which is why Iā€™m on the computer. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/251 "2010-01-02T03:52:22Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I did at first, just to be contrary, but then chickened out before the game. I did too, but forgot the chickening out part. Between the Sugar and the Rose, I am totally hosed. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/252 "2010-01-02T03:53:29Z")
Well, if Pike were kicking this much ass, Iā€™m pretty sure thatā€™s all youā€™d hear about. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/253 "2010-01-02T03:56:14Z")
And theyā€™re giving him all kinds of shit about his throwing style, and saying heā€™ll never make it in the NFL. So you canā€™t say the coverage is all a lionization of Tebow. And this after he had over 300 yards passing in the first half. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/254 "2010-01-02T03:56:26Z")
Is there some way for the bowl sponsors to invoke the mercy rule? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/255 "2010-01-02T04:04:32Z")
Well, Cincy looks like theyā€™re about to put SOME kind of score up. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/256 "2010-01-02T04:14:09Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And theyā€™re giving him all kinds of shit about his throwing style, and saying heā€™ll never make it in the NFL. So you canā€™t say the coverage is all a lionization of Tebow. > > And this after he had over 300 yards passing in the first half. Donā€™t get my wrong; itā€™s not the lionization of Tebow. Itā€™s just the general idiocy of the announcers. Given the nature of the game, Tebow is all they have to talk about. Some more: describing Floridaā€™s coach as interim ā€œfor the foreseeable futureā€. Apparently they havenā€™t been reading the papers, or canā€™t foresee as far as next August. And ā€œthatā€™s good running by Pead, even with his team down 30-7.ā€ Did they expect him to take a knee? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/257 "2010-01-02T04:17:28Z")
I must admit, I do find the Gatorade product placements really fucking annoying. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/258 "2010-01-02T04:21:25Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Is there some way for the bowl sponsors to invoke the mercy rule? Does Dennis Haysbert still have any eligibility left? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/259 "2010-01-02T04:24:29Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Does Dennis Haysbert still have any eligibility left? Just in baseball. ā€œHats for batsā€¦keep bats warm. Gracias.ā€ btw, do you know how much tattoos cost? Seeing a player with $500 worth of ink on their arms makes me think they mustā€™ve sold a lot of textbooks to get that much pocket money. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/260 "2010-01-02T04:26:47Z")
OK, jsc1953. Iā€™m with you. They havenā€™t even talked about the last 4 or 5 plays. They just keep harping on the NFL QB thing. SHUT THE FUCK UP! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=14)