Sunday, December 16, 2007

Bowl Season Fan Reactions....

Well, with bowl season upon us, there is optimism in the air as some schools have headed into uncharted waters (Kansas). There are schools that expected to be in the Bowls, so lets see how some of these fans are taking bowl season.

Boise St. Fan-Well since we arent a BCS bowl, throw out the trick plays...we dont need them.

FAU & Memphis Fan-Does anybody care about the N.O Bowl.....

Alabama Fan-Hey, like 9-11 and pearl harbor we rebound from tragedy, and go to the Independence Bowl...yea..

Michigan Fan-Is Les Miles still available...

Tennessee Fan-You cant spell Outback without the U and the T...

USC Fan-Hey, aren't all Big 10 teams the same, ok that means we will win by 4 TD..

Hawaii Fan-If a school finishes undefeated in college football, does it make a sound

Kansas Fan-(Looks around in confusion). You mean, us...are you sure you aren't making a mistake. I mean we did nothing to deserve this, but if you say so...

Ohio St. Fan-(Praying). God thank you for this day and thank you for the Big 10.

LSU Fan-(Praying). God thank you for this day and thank you for the Superdome for our Home Game on the 8th of January.

Monday, December 10, 2007

They're Back.......

At the start of the season, the two most important storylines surrounded Texas and Duke, and how they would rebound from disapointing seasons and key players that left. If this week was any indication of how they are doing you would have thought that they were in "mid-march mode" as they have both had undefeated starts and got huge wins over ranked opponents. Texas defeated UCLA in the Pac 10-Big 12 Hardwood series at Pauley Pavillion and earlier beat Tennessee. Duke won the Maui Invitational by defeating Marquette in the final, the devils also have wins over Wisconsin, Illinois.

The Longhorns are doing very well by having DJ Augustin and AJ Abrams leading the way and with the loss of Kevin Durant, Texas seems more balanced. Right now I see Augustin as a top 5 finalist for the Wooden Award.

The last time most of america saw the Duke Blue Devils, they were being defeated by the VCU rams in the 1st Round of the NCAA tournament. This year the devils seem to be on a rampage and using methods of the Phoenix Suns offense, PG Greg Paulus has made strong improvements over the off-season. Kyle Singler has done an excellent job buy my favorite freshman so far is Nolan Smith, he reminds me of a young Chris Duhon.

If these two teams have this same kind of success in March Look out.....

Monday, December 3, 2007

The BCS, more like WTF.....

Everything started out good on the BCS selection show, untill the Orange Bowl was announced Virginia Tech vs Kansas. On the BCS Selection Show, Fox Analyst Charles Davis said it best,"Kansas deserves all the accolades this season, except this one". I fully agree, while KU is in the Orange Bowl, Missouri (KU's only loss) gets to play in the Cotton Bowl. Kansas does not deserve a BCS bowl because (1. They didnt play anybody ranked up until the Mizzou game. (2. The non-conference schedule ranked 109th in country. (3. They didn't Win there own Division.

The sad thing is that wasn't the only screwed up thing that happend that night. Ohio St. gets into the BCS Title game by default. Just because the Buckeyes had a weak schedule (Akron, Youngstown St. and Kent St.) and played in a horrible Big 10 (Illinois is the best team in that conference). For the second year in a row there is a Big 10 vs. SEC Matchup in the National Title Game. Ohio St. Vs. LSU. Here's a key stat, Ohio St. is 0-8 versus SEC teams in bowl games.

The best game in the BCS is in the Sugar Bowl, Hawaii versus Georgia. Colt Brennan willl get the toughest test of his career as he will go against a top 10 defense in Georgia. The Warriors will have all of the weapons but can they Pull off the upset.

BCS Matchups

Rose Bowl -USC v. Illinois
Sugar Bowl-Jan 1. Hawaii v. Georgia
Fiesta Bowl-West Virgina v. Oklahoma
Orange Bowl-Kansas v. VA. Tech
BCS Title Game-LSU v. Ohio St.

The Andrew Hammond Show Daily Log 12/3/07

Hour 1, Segment 1-BCS (KU gets over MU, Ohio St. gets in by Default)

Hour 1, Segment 2-BCS (Illinois gets in, and everyone is pissed)

Hour 1, Segment 3-What the BCS should have looked like

Hour 1, Segment 4-Other Bowl Games

Hour 2

Hour 2, Segment 1-Sports News

Hour 2, Segment 2-NFL News and Notes

Hour 2, Segment 3-Borderline Playoff Teams

Hour 2, Segment 4-Was the Pac 10-Big 12 Hardwood series a success

Hour 2, Segment 5-Ten Burning Questions (The Bowl Game Edition)

End of Show