Maze Bowl Vol. 2

Day 2 and things have already been interesting thus far. We had some blowouts which were awesome for those on the winning end. We had a few close games too, Ball State and Florida State. The elite school let the eliteness shine through and carry them to victory. We now look to the second round of bowl games, hopefully we get some good ones.

In the same city as the Super Bowl we are going to have the Houston Bowl. The question is, are we going to have a similar story as we did in the Super Bowl. Now wouldn’t that be something. We already have an awesome team in Houston in the form of the Houston Cougars but today we have Stanford under coach hitman1979 taking on Central Michigan under coach chris6969. On paper, I think Stanford should win this one but the game is not played on paper, with that said I am leaning towards Stanford winning. I think they have too much talent to lose the game.

This is going to be the first meeting of the coaches and what a place to meet. They meet in the Alamo Bowl. This is going to be a meeting of coach munchuchos and his Eastern Michigan team with coach slicknick777 and his San Jose State team. We have another Michigan school in a level 2 bowl game. For this one I must say I like San Jose, they have a better record and they played Pete and won and that is a signature win in my book even though Pete is rebuilding. I know Vegas says pick the Michigan school I say nope. I know San Jose had a lower SOS which might cause you to pause on picking them. For me it doesn’t in this case. I am still going with them. The coach on the other sideline is in his first season with the team and that does not give me much confidence in the roster. I say San Jose for the win.

We have another first meeting of coaches with coach tampafla at Duke meeting coach mmclaughlin at Wisconsin. This is a heck of a matchup, great programs with great coaches locking horns. I would keep an eye out for this one. Both teams come in having the same record for the season. I will be leaning toward tampafla in this one. He went through a tougher road according to the SOS, 44 vs 64 for Wisconsin and Duke finished the season with a higher ranking. The rankings going in are 40 for Duke and 47 for Wisconsin, they were close enough at the end but still I think Duke will pull it off.

We have a lot of first meetings in today. With another first we have coach z32fanatic and the ‘Cuse taking on coach leinbacker at Missouri. This should be an interesting game. We have a coach trying to save his job at Missouri and a coach in his first year at the “Cuse wanting to start off on the right foot. I played Missouri this year and I lost to them so I know they ain’t no joke, but coach z ain’t no joke either. Looking at the roads traveled to get here, one has to put money on the ‘Cuse and coach z. I know it is his first year but a quality coach like him knows how to get the job done. He had a good season with an SOS of 6 this year. But a coach on the brink might just come out swinging and that might be dangerous for the ‘Cuse. On this one I am really conflicted but I have to lean towards a fellow Big 12 coach. I think they will JUST sneak across the line, like what we might see in the Kentucky Derby.

With another first in the Holiday Bowl, we have coach kensei44 leading Minnesota taking on coach madhatter324 and his Ole Miss squad. Coach madhatter beat the legendary awags this year so we know he knows what he is doing with his squad. With this in mind I have to pick against him and go with the Minnesota boys and their coach. I think they might have better talent and that should carry them along with the coaching. Vegas thinks this is going to be a close one and I have to say I agree, and we both lean the same way, towards coach kensei.

Last level 2 bowl game is one between coaches who have meant once before. We have coach babcick leading Kent State taking on coach da_goat who leads Louisville. Coach babcick trails in the matchups against the other coach. In this one I think coach babcick will be able to level the series between the two coaches. This is not going to be easy for him but I think he might be able to pull it off. To do so his boys will have to be on point. They cannot afford to make mistakes across all three phases of the game. Any mistakes and they will be punished severely. The Louisville boys will be there and they will have their coach riding them hard to bring the W back to Kentucky.

I hope everyone enjoys these bowls as much as I will. There are some great matchups that have great implications. I again hope I did not jinx anyone, but we all know I do not have such power. I hope everyone is relaxing well this weekend and having fun. Until the next one I say take it easy people.