-Detwat, Meechigan (n)
First off David Lassen from some paper out in California, came out with a solid formula to find out how watchable a college football bowl game is.
For those fair weather bowl fans and non gamblers out there here is a scale that will determine if you should invest your 3 hours of television time into the game.
I will list the best of the best here....
5. Award one point if a team nicknamed the Horned Frogs is involved, just because it's fun to hear a play-by-play guy say "Horned Frogs" repeatedly. (The only game to which this applies has already been played, but we include this rule for those who might want to clip and save for future use.) 6. Award one point for public service if the game is played at the home of a traditionally lousy NFL team, so fans there can see what a winning team looks like. (This is called the Motor City Bowl rule.)
7. Award one point if the game has enough clout to keep its traditional name as part of the title. (The AutoZone Liberty Bowl qualifies; the former Peach Bowl, now named for a chicken sandwich, doesn't.)
On the other hand:
8. Deduct one point if the game is named for a chicken sandwich.
9. Deduct one point if you have no idea what the title sponsor does (Hello, R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl) or the name gives you no idea where the game is played (Greetings, Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl.)
10. Deduct one point if you suspect the game exists only to give the hometown team a place to play (Hiya, New Mexico Bowl.)
11. Deduct one point if the game is televised by Fox, because you'll almost certainly have to put up with silly sound effects, animated robots, shots of the cast of "24" sitting together in the stands, and the network's traditional hyperactive direction. Deduct one point if it's televised by the NFL Network, since that's the next closest thing to not being televised at all.
12. Deduct one point if the game is played on a blue field. (This is the MPC Computers Bowl rule, for the game played on the inexplicable turf at Boise State.)
14. Deduct one point for mediocrity if the game includes a 6-6 team. Deduct five points if the game includes two 6-6 teams (special thanks to the Independence Bowl for making this rule necessary.)
16. And finally, deduct one point if it takes longer to say the name than to play the game. (Can the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl even fit its name on a T-shirt smaller than an extra large?)
Or if your npoc it comes down to if he has enough money to bet on it. I don't care if you'll be in church during most of it (Hawaii Bowl) at a bar with only one 7 inch tv (New Orleans Bowl) in flight (Music City Bowl) or during a bowl game you will personally be at (Cotton Bowl, Outback Bowl, Capital One Bowl).
Lets recap last week....
7 units ******* on ECU +6 LOSER
4 units **** on San Jose State +3.5 WINNER
1 unit * on Utah -1 WINNER
npoc is now...
Yesterday: 2-1 -2units
Overall: 7-3 +5.5 units
10th Annual Motor City Bowl
Ford Field
Detwat, Meechigan
7:30 pm
ESPN
Middle Tennesee State
vs
Central Michigan (-9)
Over/Under 51
This game opened up at -11 and with good enough reason as Middle Tennesee State backed into this game and appears awful on paper compared to the MAC CHAMPIONS who played their last game in this very filled.
It dropped to as low as -7.5 in some places even though over 70% of america is on Central Michigan.
What that means is that the wise guys and sharps in Vegas are pounding the hell out of Middle Tenn. State enough to drive the line down even with less than 30% of the betting action on them.
The total has held steady with a very slim advantage going to the unders.
3 units *** on Middle Tennesee State +9
(via Bodog)
71% of america CAN be wrong
1 unit * Under 51
This game has a history of going over. Which means absolutely nothing
Bowl Challenge
npoc 2
Pulaski 1
In agreement tonight
-n
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