The Bowl Season So Far

First and foremost, I want to congratulate my Bowling Green Falcons for a great season that took us to a bowl game and saw us finish the season with a winning record. The new coaching staff that is in place is going to be great for a lot of years and I couldn't be happier with the direction this team is heading. That being said, we just couldn't hold on in the end to win the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl.



With 30+ seconds remaining, Freddie Barnes caught his final collegiate catch, and it was a touchdown to put the Falcons up by seven. Not only that, it was also his 17th catch of the game and 155th catch of the season, breaking Manny Hazard's single season record set back in 1989. FredEx was one of just a few weapons that the Falcons put on the field every week, was triple teamed and still had the talent to catch everything thrown his way. Unfortunately, the season didn't end with a victory. But what a game! Idaho had a 50 yard pass to get them in striking distance, caught a (questionable) touchdown with four seconds remaining and went for the 2-point conversion and got it. A well deserved win for the Vandals.



Speaking of well deserved, the Bearcats of Cincinnati got owned by Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators. Cinci looked like they didn't even belong in a bowl game the way they got manhandled. Tebow, alone, accounted for 531 yards of offense. Are you kidding me? Does the Big lEast know what "defense" is? Had Flordia wanted to put 70 points on the board, they easily could have. I guess the team really wanted to give Urban Meyer an easy time, knowing his heart is in a bit of trouble. "No need to worry or stress, coach. We're playing Cincinnati."



In other Big lEast news, Bobby Bowden went out on top at Florida State, taking down the Mountaineers of West Virginia. Rutgers seems to be one of the only Big East teams that can actually get it done when it counts. Anyways, it was nice to see Bobby Bowden go out on top (kind of). The man made that school's football program what it is and without him, they'd still be a bottom feeder in the ACC. Bowden goes out as one of the best coaches to ever coach the game.

One of the other top five coaches of all time, Joe Paterno, had a great day yesterday as well. The Nittany Lions of Penn State were able to take down LSU in a game played on a disaster of a football field. If I'm Capital One, I'm asking for my money back because my logo was ruined five minutes into the game. Chunks of sod were coming up any time someone tried to plant a foot. The field really helped Penn State slow down the usually fast Tigers.

It was a great day for the Big 10/11 all around as the Ohio State Buckeyes, led by Terrelle Pryor, took down an Oregon offense that was thought to be nearly unstoppable. Well, the Buckeyes held them to just 17 points. OSU dominated every aspect of the game. Ohio State offense racked up 419 yards of offense and held Oregon to 260. Ohio State held the ball for 41:37 while Oregon only had it for 18:23, a result of Ohio State running 89 plays to the Ducks 53. Oregon had 20 more penalty yards and one more turnover, one being a costly fumble into, and out of, the endzone which gave the Buckeyes the ball at the 20. Lagarrette Blount punched a Boise State player to start the season and his entire fan base in the gut to end the season.

And the best part of all of this??? There is MORE to come!!! We still get to see TCU and Boise State lock horns, the Big Ten can win it's 2nd BCS game of the season with a win over Georgia Tech and then on Thursday, Alabama and Texas go at it in a battle for the BCS National Championship. Look, I think the Bowl system is definitely flawed, but this is a fun game to watch and the more games, the better!