Gator BowlJacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.
Nebraska vs. Clemson
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: CBS
Line: Clemson –2.5
About Nebraska: The Cornhuskers play in the Big 12 North, which must be nice. It’s kind of like the Chargers being lucky enough to play in the AFC West. I mean, somebody’s gotta win it, right? Nebraska isn’t particularly good in any area of the game. But Bo Pelini curses a lot, so they’ve got that going for them.
Intangibles:
Bill Callahan fired: +5
Bo Pelini coaching: +2
Bo Pelini playing safety at Ohio State in late 80s: -6
1984 Orange Bowl: +4
Completely undeserving of being in a New Year’s Day Bowl: -3
About Clemson: The Tigers got a head start this year, imploding at the beginning of the season and firing Tommy Bowden. They replaced him with Dabo Swinney, who nobody had ever heard of before, after Swinney wasn’t totally awful as the coach. Nice standards. I hear Ohio State is considering hiring Darryl Hazell as it’s next head coach. See what I mean, Clemson?
Intangibles:
Death Valley: +2
Touch the rock: -1
Touching themselves: +3
Overinflated opinion of football program: -4
Completely undeserving of being in a New Year Day’s Bowl: -3
Impact Player: One of those Clemson running backs that doesn’t get the ball enough. James Davis and C.J. Spiller. Really, there’s no reason for Clemson to throw the ball.
Bowl slogan: “yeah, we know. But their fans travel.”
Little known fact: Whoever wins this game will point to it as some big win that means the program is “back.” In fact, it will just be a win over another bad football team.
Watchability (1-5): 2
The Pick: Clemson 30, Nebraska 24
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2 comments:
You are right. Neither team belongs here and the winner will claim some sort of bigger overall victory as they head into the offseason.
Oh yeah, how does every bowl preview get back to Ohio State?
c'mon, I didn't even mention the 30-year anniversary of the Woody punch on Charlie Bauman!
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