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Pokes!I realize that getting into a bowl game today isn't such an awesome thing compared to 1985. But I have a number of arguments here: There are a ton of teams that did not play in a bowl game this year and crappy bowls have been around for a long while. I sort of felt that the Sun Bowl or Liberty Bowl were relatively recent games.
Instead, I've been learning just how old these second- and third-tier bowls really are. Maybe there weren't 40 bowl games in 1983, but there still teams probably less deserving of a post-season playing in late-December.
Anyway, a review of those who played:
Oklahoma State 41, Stanford 38
I kept waiting for Stanford to get a stop. One stop would have won the game. As much as I wanted Oklahoma State to get the win here, I didn't really feel they played very well. They couldn't run the ball. Their defense was terrible. If Justin Blackmon decided upon Texas A&M or Baylor when he was being recruited, the Cowboys lose.
Baylor 67, Washington 56
I loved that the talk after this game was how Washington's quarterback "outplayed" Heisman winner Robert Griffin. Meanwhile, Griffin's team beat the shit out of you piling up 777 total yards while completing 72 percent of his passes, totaling 295 yards, a touchdown and no turnovers. Yeah, really outplayed. Extremely good year for the Bears.
SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6
Wow. Surprise of the post-season, I think. SMU hadn't played consistently well all season, they just went through the drama of almost losing June Jones to Arizona State and they were going up against a Big East team, a huge test considering their move. Huge win. June Jones is 2-1 in bowl games at SMU. Big story: Defense. The Mustangs grabbed two turnovers, allowed 205 yards, had seven sacks and held Pitt to 6-17 on third downs. Really, really good post-season for the Ponies.
TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24
The classic "We-Deserved-Better" game from the Frogs. Went from a possible BCS berth to playing before Christmas against a directional Louisiana school. TCU played down to the competition four three-quarters of the game.
Arkansas 29, Kansas State 16
Arkansas is superior to K-State. I realize their ranking and record might match up, but Arkansas has been really good all season against tougher competition and looked good even losing. K-State needs to ugly up a game and play defense and Arkansas is a little too good for that.
Oklahoma 31, Iowa 14
Landry Jones is coming back. Hasn't the Oklahoma-Jones relationship run its course? Don't they just need to break up. Oklahoma is now 6-6 under Bob Stoops.
Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22
Where Aggie fans scared when Northwestern got to within one score in the fourth quarter? Never felt that this game should have been as close as it was. Yet, Northwestern was a stop away.
Texas 21, California 10
Texas punted nine times. California had five turnovers. It was the ugliest bowl win in Texas history, it has to be. Proof here that the Big XII is superior to the Pac 10, at least. Mack Brown needs to decide on a quarterback.
Missouri 41, North Carolina 24
The Tigers just dominated the Tar Heels scoring on all of their five first-half possessions. Game. Over. North Carolina had the ball for less than four minutes in the second quarter alone.
Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13
I didn't think the Cyclones were going to win this game and I really don't know why. Other than Rutgers is just better. But we've seen Iowa State beat better teams before.
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