St. Petersburg Bowl
presented by Beef O'Brady's
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Date: Dec. 19
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
Line: Rutgers -2.5
About Rutgers (8-4): The only thing worse than watching Rutgers play football is watching Rutgers play football against a team worse than Rutgers. Rutgers is so boring they make Ohio State look like the Harlem Globetrotters. Add 50,000 drunken, New Jersey-raised 20 year olds and every home game looks like an episode of "Jersey Shore" broke out.
Intangibles:
Watching "Jersey Shore" for ironic humor +2
"Oh shit, I'm still waching Jersey Shore" -6
Rutgers as "birthplace of collegiate football: +4
Rutgers football during Terry Shea "era": -4
About Central Florida (8-4): The Knights are still coached by the drunken Irishman George O'Leary (okay, it just looks like he's hammered.) O'Leary probably spent last week repeating the phrase "Brian F*ckin' Kelly" over and over in his sleep. The Knights are in Conference USA, which means next to nothing, and look like they bought their uniforms off Ebay from Purdue, circa 2002. They are constantly confused with South Florida and nobody really cares - at least I don't.
Intangibles:
Alma mater of Terrance Trent D'Arby: +7
Alma mater of Menudo member Angelo Garcia: +18
Located in Florida: +2
Not on beach: -7
Impact Player: Rutgers QB Tom Savage was coach Greg Schiano's first big-deal, five-star recruit. However, he tends to struggle when attempting to throw off his back. UCF can't do much, but they can rush the passer.
Bowl Slogan: "Suck it, Tampa."
Little Known Fact: I didn't even know what Beef O'Brady's was before I wrote this preview and now I know that Columbus has TWO of them. This bowl sponsorship has just paid huge dividends for you, Mr. O'Brady.
Second Little Known Fact: UCF's leading receiver and punt returner is A.J. Guyton, which seems like an odd job for 31-year old former Indiana basketball player.
Watchability scale (1-5): 1
The Pick: Rutgers 16, Central Florida 14
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