Bowl Games Gameday Thread (Part 2): December 31st, 2009

by Drew K on Dec 31, 2009 2:58 PM PST Comment 21 comments

I 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.

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MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS VS IOWA STATE CYCLONES

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# 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

by mountaindew77 on Dec 31, 2009 4:17 PM PST reply actions

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.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions

unless you're dealing with al davis LOL

by srill waiting on Dec 31, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions

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.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions

insight bowl

there’s some pretty good hitting going on here. i don’t think they like each other much

by srill waiting on Dec 31, 2009 4:26 PM PST reply actions

city of crompton

finally a good throw.

by srill waiting on Dec 31, 2009 5:31 PM PST reply actions

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.

by Tre9er on Dec 31, 2009 5:38 PM PST reply actions

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.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions

That was some really impressive open field running

Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 5:59 PM PST reply actions

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.

by chikmagnet_565 on Dec 31, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions

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.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions

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 chikmagnet_565 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.

by smileyman on Dec 31, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions

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 chikmagnet_565 on Dec 31, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions