Bowl Games Gameday Thread (Part 2): January 2nd, 2009
by Drew Kerr on Jan 2, 2010 2:30 PM PST
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PrintWe are down to the last two bowl games this evening and the last day before we start hitting the major bowl games.
We will take a look in to the teams in The AutoZone Liberty Bowl and The Valero Alamo Bowl.
The teams that will be facing off in The Liberty Bowl will be The (7-5, 3-5) Arkansas Razorbacks and The (9-4, 7-1) East Carolina Pirates. The Razorbacks finished 4th in the SEC - West while the Pirates finished in 1st place in the C-USA - East. Despite the difference in records and placing in their respective conferences, I think this should be a pretty decently matched game.
The last game of the evening will be The Alamo Bowl which will feature The (6-6, 4-4) Michigan State Spartans and The (8-4, 5-3) Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Spartans finshed in 5th place in the Big Ten and The Red Raiders finished 3rd in the Big 12 - South.
After the jump we will look at all four teams and their key players, stats, along with other information regarding the two games.
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS VS ECU PIRATES
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS VS TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
THE LIBERTY BOWL PREVIEW
ECU PIRATES
Key players to watch for the Pirates:
Patrick Pinkney QB
Comp Rate 59.5%, 2738 Yards, 6.7 Yds/Att, 14 TD's
Dominique Lindsay RB
206 Attempts, 1029 Yards, 5.0 Avg, 5 TD's
Dwayne Harris WR
79 catches, 914 Yards, 11.6 Avg, 6 TD's
Darryl Freeney WR
42 Catches, 624 Yards, 14.9, 3 TD's
Van Eskridge CB
6 INT's, 126 Yards
Career Stats: 324 Tackles, 5 Fumbles Forced, 11 INT's, 1 Sack
Led by Coach: Skip Holtz (5th year, 38-26)
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Key players to watch for the Razorbacks:
Ryan Mallett QB
Comp Rate 57.2%, 3422 Yards, 9.3 Yds/Att, 29 TD's
Greg Childs WR
45 Catches, 862 Yards, 19.2 Abg, 7 TD's
Jarius Wright WR
37 Catches, 591 Yards, 16.0 Avg, 4 TD's
Joe Adams WR
28 Catches, 553 Yards, 19.8 Avg, 7 TD's
Led by Coach: Bobby Petrino (2nd year, 12-11)
WHEN: 5:30 PM ET, 2:30 PM PST
WHERE: LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM, MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
TV: ESPN, ESPN-HD, ESPN360
THE ALAMO BOWL PREVIEW
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
Key players to watch for the Red Raiders:
Taylor Potts QB
Comp Rate 65.6%, 3068 Yards, 7.2 Yds/Att, 20 TD's
Baron Batch RB
146 Attempts, 784 Yards, 5.4 Avg, 12 TD's
Alexander Torres WR
65 catches, 791 Yards, 12.2 Avg, 6 TD's
Detron Lewis WR
55 Catches, 730 Yards, 13.3 Avg, 5 TD's
Lyle Leong WR
42 Catches, 513 Yards, 12.2, 8 TD's
Tramain Swindell WR
48 Catches, 645 Yards, 13.4 Avg, 5 TD's
Led by Coach: N/A
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
Key players to watch for the Spartans:
Kirk Cousins QB
Comp Rate 61.5%, 2460 Yards, 8.2 Yds/Att, 18 TD's
Blair White WR
64 Catches, 876 Yards, 13.7 Avg, 8 TD's
Mike Dell WR
26 Catches, 449 Yards, 17.3 Avg, 1 TD
Joel Nitchman C
Led by Coach: Mark Dantonio (2nd year, 16-10)
WHEN: 9:00 PM ET, 6:00 PM PST
WHERE: ALAMODOME, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
TV: ESPN, ESPN-HD, ESPN360
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Petrino
I’m in no way a Falcons Fan and I wanted to spit upon seeing him. He was just a disgrace in the NFL as was Saban.
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 3:34 PM PST reply actions
bowl games
have not been kind to several QB’s…
Snead played poorly, Robinson wasn’t great, Canfield unspectacular…Mallett doesn’t look good so far…
"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 have seen that so far
in a few games. Balls going through guys hands, drops, poor protection. Def. not favoring QB’s raising their draft stock…
"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.
No doubt...
That Cotton Bowl as an awful bowl. I haven’t seen that much awful offensively in a premier game in a LONG time. Snaps were getting screwed up, communications breakdowns were all over the place, and both O-Line’s were getting blown out of the water. Neither Snead or Robinson looked like high school prospects, much less NFL prospects.
I’ve seen enough from Robinson to know that when the entire system doesn’t collapse, he can play good ball. Snead showed some good passes. But dear lord, that was lousy play.
ECU
looks great. Skip Holtz, I mean c’mon did we see this team not continuing to improve under him?!?
"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.
Arkansas
was not expecting this level of speed and size from a C-USA team.
"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.
Yep and that's on the coach
One of the big duties of the coach is to say “Look I know you’re going ‘Ha Conference USA they’re whimps!’ Well these guys aren’t and we need to not take them too lightly.”
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting
The announcer noted that the Razorbacks failed to realize that the other team might be what they are. Seems to denote the coach not doing his homework and not helping his kids understand who they were facing.
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 4:02 PM PST reply actions
Anybody been watching the other game?
How’s TT and Michigan State doing?
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 4:58 PM PST reply actions
Sorry
Yeah this was the 5:30 EST game wasn’t it? Got mistaken there.
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
I like Ruffin
Ok there’s some bias there cuz he’s a hometown boy (From Virginia Beach). On that note Bly is from the same school my daughter went to. She wasn’t as good a CB as he was, darn her! LOL
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 5:01 PM PST reply actions
Wow
ECU’s kicker missed 3 field goals at the end of the game… How bad that kid must feel…
Seaking of kickers
the Niners have a new kicker for this week again. Schmitt is out, Nedney is out, now we have Shane Andrus (whoever that is)
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
Cousins is throwing some good passes
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
Wow nice TD pass
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
Maybe a good late rounder with some upside
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
I am liking this Cousins kid more and more
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
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