Bowl Preview 29: The Fiesta Bowl
by Barking Carnival Staff on Jan 4, 2010 11:28 AM CST
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PrintWhere: Glendale, AZ
When: January 4th, 7:00 Central on ESPN
Line History: Opened at 7 and has bounced between 7 and 7.5 since the open. Total is 54.5.
Trips Rights' Blind Line: I made TCU a 10 point favorite.
The Computer’s Pick: The computer is torn between the ypp model and power ratings model.
Conference Strength: MWC big time
When TCU has the ball.
Andy Dalton has quietly had an all-American caliber season leading the undefeated Horned Frogs. Dalton has completed nearly 60% of his passes for a ridiculous 9 yards per attempt good for 22 TD's and only 5 picks. He's also rushed for over 500 yards on the season and his legs will come into play tonight against Broncos. More importantly for the Junior from Katy is how he has played in TCU's 3 biggest games @Clemson, @BYU, and vs. Utah. In those 3 games Dalton played nearly perfect football throwing for 6 TD's and just 1 pick.
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Looking forward to hearing “TCU is the best team in Texas” jackassery.
by Woody Bombay on Jan 4, 2010 11:29 AM CST reply actions
Looking forward to the first “national champion” being crowned tonight. Since there is no NCAA National Championship in football, there is no set criteria so any undefeated team can call themselves “national champions”. Why not?
by Ag_in_TX on Jan 4, 2010 12:00 PM CST reply actions
@ag_in_tx
i guess if it worked for you jokers back in 1939, why not?
by Christian Wofford on Jan 4, 2010 12:48 PM CST reply actions
The Ags were AP MNC in 1939, and that was a period when SWC teams had to fight for national respect.
If TCU wins, and Texas loses, they have a very strong claim to being the state’s best team. Why wouldn’t they? We wanted the BCS CG, and we got it, so we can’t complain about the tumble down effects should we lose.
by TaylorTRoom on Jan 4, 2010 12:52 PM CST reply actions
The computer is torn between the ypp model and power ratings model.
This seems to have happened multiple times recently: any idea which has been more accurate this bowl season?
by parlinhall on Jan 4, 2010 1:41 PM CST reply actions
Boise State is going to give TCU all it can handle tonight, IMO.
by Newy25 on Jan 4, 2010 1:49 PM CST reply actions
I’d go with the ypp model. Huck went back and assigned the ypp model to past games and changed the ratings because it was more accurate over the last two years, which is a better sample size than just the bowl games.
by dick on Jan 4, 2010 2:04 PM CST reply actions
Ag_in_TX makes a very good point. That’s how USC got one of their recent national championships and I don’t even think they were undefeated. If everybody is D1 then they have a legit claim if they get past Smurf tonight.
And don’t even get started on the 73 Alabama titles.
by Sailor Ripley on Jan 4, 2010 2:07 PM CST reply actions
I expect TCU to beat Boise like borrowed mule tonight.
by CloseToJumping on Jan 4, 2010 2:11 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, I’m with CTJ. This has mudhole all over it. Speaking of which . . .
by ghostofagroundgame on Jan 4, 2010 2:12 PM CST reply actions
My little Horny Toad neighbors will give BSU a tater dick skull fucking tonight.
by DFW on Jan 4, 2010 2:34 PM CST reply actions
Teams that usually spend a large portion of their bowl preperation complaining about the system that put them in their bowl game usually get struck with a dose of reality around the midway point of the first quarter.
At least that is what I am banking on. I have Boise to cover.
by Newy25 on Jan 4, 2010 2:44 PM CST reply actions
There is only one thing that will put my soul at ease. I need a mudhole post
by Gonz on Jan 4, 2010 2:50 PM CST reply actions
Who is this meat head the Doritos Bowl got for the coin toss?
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 7:12 PM CST reply actions
Nothing so far that screams “mud hole”. Love to see the smurf turfers shut the hell up out of froggy.
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 7:17 PM CST reply actions
Gary Patterson is borderline retarded. Does he not watch game film? You run the ball between the tackles against Boise and then bring Dalton’s arm into the mix. Not the other way around. So far he’s cost his team 7 points and nearly its starting QB. Run the ball, and make Boise come out of that zone.
by Trips Right on Jan 4, 2010 8:04 PM CST reply actions
The Horned Frogs seem to have settled down a bit, don’t you think?
I hope the underdog starts with +7 on Thursday night!
Hook ’em!
by java on Jan 4, 2010 8:11 PM CST reply actions
TCU needs to deliver on the field before they ‘talk’ smack with their stupid signs!
by java on Jan 4, 2010 8:20 PM CST reply actions
I feel the same way about TCU fans as I do about Mike Leach: Your shit’s tired. You’re not nearly the special snowflake you think you are. Go away.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 4, 2010 8:27 PM CST reply actions
TCU has way more talent than what they are showing on TV.
by dick on Jan 4, 2010 8:33 PM CST reply actions
Chi-O myyyy.
“Boy see”, thats getting annoying.
The TCU dance chicks are sassy and not bad.
Fox is absolutely the worst. Really did me in w/ the Tostitos bag/ camera trick.
Wife likes Fox coverage as it shows more fan shots then game.
by WWGDD on Jan 4, 2010 8:35 PM CST reply actions
TCU dance chicks are very nice. Cameramen must have a “ugliest date” bet going or something.
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 8:37 PM CST reply actions
TCU’s school colors are purple, white, black, gray, red and a purple-to-silver gradient fill.
by BrickHorn on Jan 4, 2010 8:41 PM CST reply actions
This article is about Texas and Alabama, but it is a good one. I’m still laughing.
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/as-far-as-rednecks-go-alabama-may-have-159671.html
by java on Jan 4, 2010 8:45 PM CST reply actions
From piggies military rolls to a chick who’s not to fond of playing the cow bell…wow. I love BoySee
by WWGDD on Jan 4, 2010 8:57 PM CST reply actions
Got a screen cap of cowbell girl and was able to start recording it in time. That shiat is going on youtube.
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 9:01 PM CST reply actions
Cowbell girl had some serious lazy right eye action going on.
by Magnificent Bastard on Jan 4, 2010 9:04 PM CST reply actions
Watching the replay, I think she’s almost too drunk/altered to stand. Much less bang that cowbell.
Band leader blondie was working it hard.
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 9:10 PM CST reply actions
I like Boise State because I think their blue turf is funny, I love trick plays, and they beat OU. Only reason I can think of to like TCU is that they’re from Texas, so I’m torn. I’m just glad neither team is making much of a case so far for any “we deserve a shot at the championship game” bullshit.
by Kate on Jan 4, 2010 9:14 PM CST reply actions
TCU looks like shit. So do the fat Boise flag girls. Plus 1 to the cowbell chick though. That entire Boise band seemed like extras from Napolean Dynamite.
by ghostofagroundgame on Jan 4, 2010 9:15 PM CST reply actions
That entire Boise band seemed like extras from Napolean Dynamite.
All VOER the freakin’ screen my Diet Coke goes! YOU BASTYARDQ!!!!
by Ag_in_TX on Jan 4, 2010 9:25 PM CST reply actions
“Did anyone take the under on this game?”
If not, they clearly should have. Two spread teams familiar with each other, playing a month since their last games, on a stage vastly bigger than they’re used to with a shit-ton to prove to the CFB world at large.
Recipe for bad if potentially exciting football.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 4, 2010 9:56 PM CST reply actions
This also seems to be the year of the Defense, CJD.
by java on Jan 4, 2010 9:59 PM CST reply actions
Max Knake. There’s a blast from the past.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 4, 2010 10:03 PM CST reply actions
a few people over on FLV took the under. TCU isn’t a spread passing team, they have 3 good rbs and their QB has run for over 500 yards on the season. they should have been sharper than they have shown. a pick 6 and tons of penalties in the first half. we would anihilate those idiots.
by dick on Jan 4, 2010 10:08 PM CST reply actions
I wonder what Ivan Maisel and Chris Fowler are thinking? If anyone remembers Fowler’s comments immediately following our win over Nebraska in the Big 12 CG. He was openly lobbying for voters to put TCU ahead of Texas on their ballots. Rumor is that ESPN led by Fowler were calling voters trying to influence their votes.
by Groundhog Day on Jan 4, 2010 10:18 PM CST reply actions
Anyone that mentions Andy Dalton in the same breath as Colt McCoy needs to eat a pube sandwich from Chef sizzlechest.
by Trips Right on Jan 4, 2010 10:32 PM CST reply actions
Brother connection > room mate connection?
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:34 PM CST reply actions
ESPN is getting their hands really dirty these days, GHD, if half the rumors are true. Chris Fowler had so many botched lines during the Heisman ceremony, they should pull him off of the air.
tree, is Antoine related to Anthony Hicks?
dick, I think TCU just came out too tight and played from behind all night. Execution just wasn’t there. They looked whipped before the last possession. Boise State came out with a few jitters, but played really well most of the game.
by java on Jan 4, 2010 10:36 PM CST reply actions
“I wonder what Ivan Maisel and Chris Fowler are thinking?”
They’ve long since moved on. They’re deep into “How is Texas even gonna score on Alabama?” territory now. And crafting paeans to how magnificent Nick Saban’s robotic approach to college football is.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 4, 2010 10:37 PM CST reply actions
This game was won in a battle between the head sets.
by Trips Right on Jan 4, 2010 10:37 PM CST reply actions
I don’t know who is worse, these two QB’s trying to throw deep balls or Sam Rosen’s PBP, in which he calls Boise “TCU” and calls a timeout a first down.
by Jorty on Jan 4, 2010 10:40 PM CST reply actions
Trips, I respectfully disagree with you. Andy Dalton is the best ginger quarterback since Mike McQueary.
Ballgame, Ginger just threw a pick.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:42 PM CST reply actions
BOISE ST. AP NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:44 PM CST reply actions
Funny blurb by none other than the man with the plan, Greg Davis, on Andy Dalton, from the NYT blog today:
When the Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis was asked if the Longhorns recruited Dalton, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound junior, there was silence.
"Andy Dalton?" Davis said in a telephone interview.
Reminded that Dalton is the starting quarterback for T.C.U., Davis still didn’t remember him until it was mentioned that he had red hair and played at Katy High. But even then Davis had little to say.
"He did a great job for them," Davis said of Dalton and his days at Katy High. "I just remember him being a winner."
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/not-quite-making-a-name-for-himself-at-tcu/
by Jorty on Jan 4, 2010 10:45 PM CST reply actions
Petersen really is a witch when it comes to calling well-timed gadget/trick plays in the Fiesta Bowl. That fake punt really put TCU back on its heels.
Jeez, we’d better beat Bama if there is any hope of breaking this ESPN/SEC hegemony. If not, it’s going to be Bama and Florida at 1 and 2, and 3 won’t be anywhere close.
I’m not sure if the rest of the country realizes just how much more insufferable that arrangement would get if we don’t win. Everyone in the ACC, Big East, Big 10, Pac-10, MWC etc. should be pulling for us, if no rooting interest one way or another exists.
Actually, in that regard, it’s a lot like 2005/06. Not sure if anyone can possibly comprehend just how obnoxious USC would have been with that win. Much more egregious than anything we’ve been able to muster, and God knows we’ve tried.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 4, 2010 10:49 PM CST reply actions
So basically, we once again have to save the sporting world from ESPN? Let’s do this.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:51 PM CST reply actions
What the hell is Sonia Sotomayor doing handing out these trophy’s?
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:54 PM CST reply actions
Colt’s career win mark probably won’t be on the books for very long.
Boise State soph Kellen Moore is now 26-1 as a starter.
by srr50 on Jan 4, 2010 10:54 PM CST reply actions
How classic, the mongloid version of Jared Allen just responded “probably not,” when asked if Boise St. should be voted #1. Awesome.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 10:55 PM CST reply actions
I always find it ironic when someone uses a word like stupid, idiotic, retarded, or in this case “mongloid” and then they misspell it.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 11:00 PM CST reply actions
Holy Crap, Boise St. Cowbell Girl already has a group-
by TOR on Jan 4, 2010 11:03 PM CST reply actions
That was like watching two 12 year old special ed students trying to beat each other up using crane technique after watching an all day marathon of Karate Kid movies on TBS.
by Holy Cow on Jan 4, 2010 11:05 PM CST reply actions
Damnit, fox 26 is doing a story on what a great guy Andy Dalton is. Apparently he’s been a wonderful mentor to a young girl stricken with leukemia. Pretty damn touching. I take the “ginger” comment back.
Somewhere in Idaho, a similar story is being told about Jared Allen’s unfortunate brother. I take that crack back also.
I’m going to sleep, not pleased with myself.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 4, 2010 11:12 PM CST reply actions
You say mongloid, he says mongoloid, I say I was laughing my ass off when ‘probably not’ came out of that kid’s mouth. Wow.
Also, let’s go give ESPN/SEC a big Shitburger on Tuesday. BSU gave us a blueprint on how to beat an overrated (though still very good) defensive team with a marginal offense.
by uthookem on Jan 4, 2010 11:13 PM CST reply actions
You’re on a roll, Magnus. Sonia Sotamayor? Brilliant!
That was a painful game to watch. Not only are both teams vastly overrated, but I actually bet the game. Why the oddsmakers establish lines for high school games is beyond me. I promised I would not stoop so low.
I guess that puts the following things to rest at least for this year. Playoffs, the best team in Texas is TCU, TCU should play Alabama in the BCS Title game, etc., etc.
by Groundhog Day on Jan 4, 2010 11:21 PM CST reply actions
One ’dog wins tonight; another one Thursday.
by Brandon Collins on Jan 4, 2010 11:25 PM CST reply actions
Turns out Cowbell Girl is blind and we all are going to burn in Hell:
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/1/5/1234443/boise-state-sad-cowbell-girl-blind
“Just minutes after the Fiesta Bowl halftime show, Boise State Sad Cowbell Girl (BSSCG) launched into Internet History and began the Uninspired Cowbell Twang That Launched A Thousand Animated GIFs. We all spent the rest of the game trying to figure out how we could have fun with the image of her despondent bell-smacking effort.
Turns out, we’re all evil monsters (then again, you already knew that). According to a Boise State student and a Chicago sportswriter , BSSCG is actually blind, which explains why she seemed so nonplussed with a camera right in her face.
I do not look forward to our time in hell together, playing cowbell for all of eternity."
by Ag_in_TX on Jan 5, 2010 11:07 AM CST reply actions
Awesome, I’m just going to hell for making fun of gingers and mongoloids, not the blind. Although I didn’t really make fun of mongoloids, I just pointed out that BSU player was one.
All that said,
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Ronnie Milsap
Cowbell girl
One of these doesn’t quite fit.
by magnusbleuveigner on Jan 5, 2010 1:31 PM CST reply actions
Um, Edgar and Johnny Winters assholes.
by ghostofagroundgame on Jan 5, 2010 5:10 PM CST reply actions
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