Oh I forgot that the worst Michigan starting qb of all time is the Alabama oc
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Last ASU history bit.
Skimming through several decades, the '87 and '97 Rose bowl teams were high points, but there was a lot of mediocrity. Darryl Rogers (NFL) and John Cooper (OSU) were successful but left when they got a better offer. Bruce Snyder had 2 very good teams in 9 years but the rest were forgettable. Dennis Erikson couldnāt seem to control his players, especially Vontaze Burfict (tbf, nobody really ever did). Todd Grahamās teams had some initial success but fell off; his biggest achievement was probably getting Lane Kiffin fired at the airport. The Herm Edwards experiment blew up in our faces. The people (Edwards, his AD buddy Ray Anderson, Antonio Pierce, Jayden Danielās mom, and our corporate hack of a university president) responsible for the COVID recruiting scandal made out fine.
Now Kenny Dillingham has come home and has magically turned things around after a painful first 3-win season. Who knows what the future will bring but thereās hope.
And weāre back in the Peach Bowl, baby. Just like 54 years ago, weāre happy to be here. Also like then, not everybody is pleased to see us. Letās face it, ASU is a 13 point underdog, so most people saying ASU has a real chance are selling something. But of course they have a chance. Maybe they win 1 in 5, 2 times itās a close loss, 2 times it gets ugly. If itās ugly and ASU and/or Boise State prove the playoffs suck, blame the people who set it up: the people who want superconferences, who blew up the PAC 12, who only care about money. This is what they wanted, this is what they gave us. If they cry about it itās only because they want to go further down that road.
But enough of that. Game time is tomorrow 1 PM ET. What are ASUās assets and liabilities?
Liabilities:
- Their best WR by far, Jordyn Tyson, is out.
- No kicker. They wonāt attempt FGs if going for it is remotely reasonable.
- A starting safety is out for the first half. His likely replacement is a redshirt freshman.
Assets:
- Cam āthereās nobody out there that can stop meā Skattebo. A zero-star guy out of HS. Texas has a good run defense and they will try to prove him wrong. I expect they will limit his yards early but he gets better at the end of games. I think he feels like he has something to prove and will play angry. With his approach to contact I worry heāll get hurt.
- Sam āIām the better quarterbacKā Leavitt. A redshirt freshman, he looked shaky early in the season but has improved a lot. Heās confident, smart, and can run. His numbers are comparable to or better than Ewersā. Kid might have a future.
Overall Iād say ASU is a better than average team that caught a few extra breaks this year. Their OC will get creative. Dillingham will gamble. If that turns out well, ASU can make it interesting. If not, weāll be hearing it from the haters. But F those guys. Go Devils!
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ASU has the better QB, Texas is better at pretty much every other position
Ticky tack nonsense call in that spot.
Not sure Iāve seen an official get lit up during live play quite like the official just was by Illinois.
Kalen DeBoer perfecting his resume for Ohio State in a few years.
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Haaaaaaaahahahahaahaaaaha
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Close the season beating Ohio and Alabama, same as it ever was
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Is there any objective evidence that the SEC is good this year? The entire conferenceās āgood winsā out of conference consists of multiple schools beating Clemson and thatās it.
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Texas has transitive wins over Ohio State and Alabama
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Texas was really good in Sept against us but donāt seem like the same team
i dont think anything about these non playoff bowls matters. there is no information to be discerned about the teamās seasons nor any comparisons across conferences. and it seems like the only people interested in them are the fans of each individual school in the game. i wonder what the ratings are like.
i feel like they are going to need to do something to give people some reason to watch themā¦ like how the poptart bowl is trying to be the Waste management open party atmosphere type thing.
The smaller bowls have always been meaningless except for fans.
I used to watch more bowl games before the BCS. More games had national championship implications. Undefeated Michigan losing to 2 loss UCLA means if Nebraska wins the Orange Bowl, theyāre National champs.
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maybe itās just me but even the ranked vs ranked/major program vs major program just dont seem to be as interesting now that there is a playoff system.
like i have to be in the target demo for this stuff, i watch college football during the season, iām visiting relatives over the holiday with nothing else really to do and iām still not turning most of these games on.
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During the BCS there was almost never consensus on the top 2 teams, so there was always some intrigue that the lesser bowls were going to change resumes for or against whichever teams were picked. Kind of interesting for CFB nerds.
Even with 4 teams in a lot of that went away.
Also, 10-20% of the roster of a lot of school bailing sorta takes the fun out of it.
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Bowl season is like NBA regular season now, its hard for the fans to care about it when they can tell the players dont even care and half of them dont even bother to dress for the game.
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SC vs Illinois has been a close game. Bert out here trollin too
Another sec fraud
itās really odd how alabama and south carolina totally shouldāve been over indiana but lose to b1g teams that finished behind indiana.