Word to Beano

ESPN analyst Beano Cook expresses what Dishongh, Sims, and I have long believed about the USC Song Girls:

"It’s unfair that the USC Song Girls only appear at USC games. They are a national treasure. They should visit other teams across the country."

New Coach Scenario

This would have been an interesting scenario if Bobby Patrino had changed
his mind about the Arkansas job. Bobby Petrino announces he is taking the
Arkansas job, accepts the job at the press conference, then shakes John White's
hand, pulls off his shirt and tie and is wearing an nWo shirt. Petrino
picks up a steel chair and knocks out John White and walks off with Kevin
Nash and Scott Hall. He went nWo on the Atlanta Falcons.

Final football season haiku:
Petrino goes nWo
We got that wood
Need ECW bowl.

The Bowl Games

Here are the last games of the year. Someone is going to be more than $1,000 richer after making these picks. Someone else is going to be nearly $300 richer for coming in second place. And the third-place winner is going to get their $10 back to ease the frustration of being so close.

All games are worth two points as usual unless otherwise indicated. Not that the winner of the national championship game is worth four points. All picks must be turned in at one time. When you send them in, please list your winners one under the other in the same order of the bowl games.

The bottom half of the standings after this weekend's games will be automatically entered into a separate consolation bowl pool called the Chris O'Brien Challenge, so named for perrenial bottom-of-the-standings-dweller Chris O'Brien. The winner gets free entry into next year's football pool, and anyone who Chris O'Brien beats must send him $1 in the mail.

San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Navy-Utah
8 p.m., Dec. 20, ESPN
Line: Utah by 8
* Underdog worth three points in this game

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Florida Atlantic-Memphis
7 p.m., Dec. 21, ESPN2
Line: Florida Atlantic by 2

PapaJohns.com Bowl
Cincinnati-Southern Miss
Noon, Dec. 22, ESPN2
Line: Cincinnati by 11
* Underdog worth four points in this game

New Mexico Bowl
Nevada-New Mexico
3:30 p.m., Dec. 22, ESPN
Line: New Mexico by 3

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
UCLA-BYU
7 p.m., Dec. 22, ESPN
Line: BYU by 6
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl
East Carolina-Boise State
7 p.m., Dec. 23, ESPN
Line: Boise State by 10
* Underdog worth four points in this game

Motor City Bowl
Purdue-Central Michigan
6:30 p.m., Dec. 26, ESPN
Line: Purdue by 8
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Texas-Arizona State
7 p.m., Dec. 27, ESPN
Line: Texas by 2

Champs Sports Bowl
Michigan State-Boston College
4 p.m., Dec. 28, ESPN
Line: Boston College by 3

Texas Bowl
TCU-Houston
7 p.m., Dec. 28, NFL Network
Line: TCU by 3

Emerald Bowl
Maryland-Oregon State
7:30 p.m., Dec. 28, ESPN
Line: Oregon State by 4

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Connecticut-Wake Forest
Noon, Dec. 29, ESPN
Line: Wake Forest by 3

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Central Florida-Mississippi State
3:30 p.m., Dec. 29, ESPN
Line: Central Florida by 3

Valero Alamo Bowl
Penn State-Texas A&M
7 p.m., Dec. 29, ESPN
Line: Penn State by 5
* Underdog worth three points in this game

PetroSun Independence Bowl
Colorado-Alabama
7 p.m., Dec. 30, ESPN
Line: Alabama by 3

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
California-Air Force
11:30 a.m., Dec. 31, ESPN
Line: California by 3

Brut Sun Bowl
South Florida-Oregon
1 p.m., Dec. 31, CBS
Line: South Florida by 6
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Roady's Humanitarian Bowl
Georgia Tech-Fresno State
1 p.m., Dec. 31, ESPN2
Line: Georgia Tech by 4

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Florida State-Kentucky
3 p.m., Dec. 31, ESPN
Line: Kentucky by 1

Insight Bowl
Indiana-Oklahoma State
4:30 p.m., Dec. 31, NFL Network
Line: Oklahoma State by 4

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Clemson-Auburn
6:30 p.m., Dec. 31, ESPN
Line: Clemson by 2

Outback Bowl
Wisconsin-Tennessee
10 a.m., Jan. 1, ESPN
Line: Tennessee by 3

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
Missouri-Arkansas
10:30 a.m., Jan. 1, Fox
Line: Missouri by 3

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
Texas Tech-Virginia
11 a.m., Jan. 1, CBS
Line: Texas Tech by 6
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Capital One Bowl
Michigan-Florida
Noon, Jan. 1, ABC
Line: Florida by 10
* Underdog worth four points in this game

The Rose Bowl
Illinois-USC
3:30 p.m., Jan. 1, ABC
Line: USC by 13
* Underdog worth five points in this game

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Hawai'i-Georgia
7:30 p.m., Jan. 1, Fox
Line: Georgia by 8
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Tositos Fiesta Bowl
West Virginia-Oklahoma
7 p.m., Jan. 2, Fox
Line: Oklahoma by 6
* Underdog worth three points in this game

FedEx Orange Bowl
Kansas-Virginia Tech
7 p.m., Jan. 3, Fox
Line: Virginia Tech by 3

International Bowl
Ball State-Rutgers
11 a.m., Jan. 5, ESPN2
Line: Rutgers by 10
* Underdog worth four points in this game

GMAC Bowl
Bowling Green-Tulsa
7 p.m., Jan. 6, ESPN
Line: Tulsa by 4

BCS National Championship Game
Ohio State-LSU
7 p.m., Jan. 7, Fox
Line: LSU by 4
* Points worth double in this game


Good luck.
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Michigan, Arkansas fans anxious over prolonged coaching searches

click title for link to ESPN article

More bowl ideas

I have an idea for a couple of more bowls for college football. The first
is the Toilet Bowl, which Auburn should get an automatic bid for every
year. Auburn fans really like their corndogs and burritos.
Second, is the ECW bowl. This is a no holds barred bowl. You can use
steel chairs, metal garbage cans, and barbed wire in the game.
With all the hooplah in Fayetteville this week I have to include it in
my haiku:

RIP Evil Kinevil
Drama in Fayetteville continues
Still no coach.

Truthiness

This week's games

The lower divisions of the NCAA have come up with a crazy idea called "playoffs." The next five games cover the bracket madness of the lower-division teams with the SWAC game and the Heisman thrown in. Please note that any lines used for these games are generated by power ratings rather than Vegas, which ignores the lower-division match-ups. The line and possible bonus points for the Division I championship game will be determined after the semifinals. For choices where more than two teams are currently left in the playoffs, pick the one team among the four remaining that you think will win the championship. All picks must be turned in at one time.

Division I FCS Semifinals
Richmond-Appalachian State
7 p.m., Fri., ESPN2
Line: Appalachian State by 1

Division I FCS Semifinals
Delaware-Southern Illinois
3 p.m., Sat., ESPN
Line: Southern Illinois by 3

The Heisman Trophy
Write in winner
7 p.m., Sat., ESPN

Division I FCS Championship
Choose one of remaining teams in above semifinals
7 p.m., Dec. 14, ESPN2
Line: To be determined after semifinals

SWAC Championship Game
Grambling-Jackson State
Noon, Dec. 15, ESPN Classic
Line: Grambling by 8
* Underdog worth three points in this game

Division II Championship
Choose among Grand Valley State, NW Missouri State, Valdosta State, and
California of Penn.
Noon, Dec. 15, ESPN2
Line: No line

Stagg Bowl XXXV
Division III Championship
Choose among Mount Union, Bethel, Mary Hardin-Baylor, and
Wisonsin-Whitewater
3 p.m., Dec. 15, ESPN
Line: No line

Good luck.
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Mo' money, mo' problems

Razorback basketball fans, recognize anybody?

(Note: This has allegedly been floating around the sports blogosphere for several months. But it just resurfaced again, so I thought I share it on Poolsville.)

200th post

I have the distinct privilege of having posted the 200th blog on poolsville.
That kicks ass. Back to the usual business of kicking Auburn's ass again
this week. The acadeimic article was a complete joke and a waste of time.
Why would you be proud of going to school in a state where the best scenery
is trailer parks and outhouses? You better hope the Auburn van dosen't
break down and someone dosen't bend you over and make you squeal like a pig.
There has been a lot of change at Arkansas this week, Houston Nutt is gone
and hopefully Tuberville won't come to Arkansas. He can stay in Auburn and
sit in his outhouse toilet and squeal like a pig.

This weeks haiku:
Nutt is gone
Broyles flicked a booger
Don't get Tuberville.

Who is in the BCS

In case anyone wants to weigh-in before the official announcement is made tomorrow, post a message on who you think will be in the BCS Championship game, as well as who you think should be in (not necessarily the same two teams). Of course all of this depends on if Oklahoma holds out to win tonight.

I think it will be Ohio State vs Virginia Tech. I think it should be VA Tech and Oklahoma. These two teams had harder schedules than OSU or USC. They are also playing very well right now. Georgia and Kansas... sorry, win your division, let alone your conference and you would be in New Orleans Jan. 7th.

I think LSU is struggling too much with lesser teams and would lose to a top 10 team right now. In a month, they may be much better when players are healthier. I hope that is the case because I want to see the best game of the bowl season... Hawaii vs LSU. Offense vs Defense. Is Colt Brennan really that good? Is the SEC's most talented defense really that strong? I want to see that answered.

Here's to one of the greatest football seasons in a long time.