Bowl Games Gameday Thread (Part 2): December 31st, 2009
by Drew Kerr on Dec 31, 2009 2:58 PM PST
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PrintI hope you all enjoyed the first three games... there were some good plays made by most of the prospects in all three. We will now take a look in to the last two games of the day. The first out of the two will be the Insight Bowl which NFL Network will be broadcasting and the second will be The Chik-Fil-A Bowl hosted by ESPN.
The Insight Bowl will feature The (6-6, 3-5) Minnesota Golden Gophers against The (6-6, 3-5) Iowa State Cyclones. The Gophers finished the season with a .500 record and watched their dam float downstream with a 3-5 conference record. The Cyclones spun there way back to .500 as well. Both teams will vigorously try to pop up one game above those even records.
The Chik-Fil-A Bowl will feature The # 11 ranked Virgina Tech Hoakies against The Tennessee Volunteers. The Hoakies finished 2nd in the ACC-Coastal Division with a (9-3, 6-2) record while The Volunteers finished 2nd in the SEC with a record of (7-5, 4-4).
Below the jump, we will zero in on some of the key players and their stats in '09.
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS VS IOWA STATE CYCLONES
# 11 VIRGINIA TECH HOAKIES VS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
THE INSIGHT BOWL PREVIEW
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
Key players to watch for the Gophers:
Adam Weber QB
Comp Rate 51.6%, 2321 Yards, 6.9 Yds/Att, 12 TD's
Eric Decker WR
50 Catches, 758 Yards, 15.2 Avg, 5 TD's
Nick Tow-Arnett TE
35 Catches, 458 Yards, 13.1 Avg, 2 TD's
Led by Coach: Tim Brewster (2nd Year, 8-14)
IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Key players to watch for the Cyclones:
Alexander Robinson RB
210 Attempts, 1058 Yards, 5.0 Avg, 6 TD's
Austen Arnaud QB
Comp Rate 60.6%, 1799 Yards, 6.5 Yds/Att, 13 TD's--Rush Attempts 126, 485 Yards, 3.8 Avg, 7 TD's
Marquis Hamilton WR
46 Catches, 574 Yards, 12.5 Avg, 4 TD's
Reggie Stephens G
6'3" 333 [# 73]
David Sims DB
4 INT's, 57 Yards
Led by Coach: Paul Rhodes (1st year, 6-6)
WHEN: 6:00 PM ET, 3:00 PST
WHERE: SUN DEVIL STADIUM, TEMPE, AZ
TV: NFL NETWORK
SATELITE: SIRIUS
THE CHIK-FIL-A BOWL
VIRGINIA TECH HOAKIES
Key players to watch for the Hoakies:
Tyrod Taylor QB
Comp Rate 55.8%, 2102 Yards, 9.3 Yds/Att, 13 TD's--101 Rush Attempts, 334 Yards, 3.4 Avg, 4 TD's
Ryan Williams RB
Attempts 268, 1538 Yards, 5.7 Avg, 19 TD's
Jarrett Boykin WR
36 Catches, 715 Yards, 19.9 Avg, 5 TD's
Danny Coale WR
29 Catches, 572 Yards, 19.7 Avg, 2 TD's
Ed Wang OT
Rashad Carmichael DB
5 INT's, 62 Yards
Kam Chancellor DB
65 Tackles, 2 INT's
Led by Coach: Frank Beamer (22nd year, 117-89-2)
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Key players to watch for the Volunteers:
Jonathan Crompton QB
Comp Rate 58.4%, 2565 Yards, 7.2 Tds/Att, 26 TD's
Montario Hardesty RB
264 Attempts, 1306 Yards, 4.9 Avg, 12 TD's
Gerald Jones WR
41 Catches, 610 Yards, 14.9 Avg, 4 TD's
Josh McNeil C
Jacques McLendon G
Rico McCoy LB
113 Tackles, 6 Fumbles Forced
Eric Berry S
83 Tackles, 1 Fumble Forced, 2 INT's, 7 Yards
Led by Coach: Lane Kiffin (1st year, 7-5)
WHEN: 7:30 PM ET, 4:30 PM PST
WHERE: ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY STADIUM, ATLANTA GEORGIA
TV: ESPN, ESPN-HD, ESPN360
SATELITE: SIRIUS
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Eric Berry
I say we give up one of our first rounders and a second rounder to trade up to get Mr. Berry
Oh, and don't re-direct me to the Offseason Thread
This thread involves Eric Berry, so I’ll talk about it all I want ;)
by mountaindew77 on Dec 31, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
If you'd read the offseason thread
you would know that it will take more than a 1st and 2nd to trade up
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
I'm not in offseason mode yet
So I stay away from it.. So what’s the concensus on what it would take to trade up?
by mountaindew77 on Dec 31, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Two first rounders
or a 1st and 2nd this year and a 2nd next year.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
insight bowl
there’s some pretty good hitting going on here. i don’t think they like each other much
Berry
does he seem to be shying away from the play at times? Too much on the line for him to be flying to the ball or what?
"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.
I dunno
something seems off. He’s not flying to the ball, he’s not shedding tacklers and making plays.
If I was him I’d hate to get injured (see McGahee) and lose out on millions because of it. Dropping a couple of spots because of a poor bowl game is much better than dropping a whole round because of a serious injury.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
That was some really impressive open field running
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
DrewK
Was this you?:
http://walterfootball.com/jerksoftheweek091228.php
The strength of schedule man.
I sure hope it wasn’t…….
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
The Corinne Brown part was really funny
The rest? Not so much. The dude tries to be funny but it mostly falls flat.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
I don't care if he's funny or not.
The strength of schedule man better not be from Niners Nation.
Given how we’ve been discussing this website recently (and someone complained that the draft order was wrong) I am inclined to believe that SOS-man also posts here.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Dec 31, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
That email doesn't seem Drew's style anyway
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
It seemed VERY familiar to me.
I was just trying to knock on Drew because he’s the “draft guy” (I don’t really think it was him).
But I get the feeling I’ve read similar comments somewhere around here.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Dec 31, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Definitely was not me
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
Good to know
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Jan 1, 2010 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
i like ryan williams for tech
that dude is going to be a pretty good back
"The Football The 49ers Team has The excitement of the bear, the velocity of the deer and strenght of the buffalo.
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