Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Cotton Bowl

I was actually pretty excited for the Cotton Bowl tonight -- Florida v. Oklahoma.  I was prepared to settle in and make a night of it.  But apparently a lot of the Florida players have decided not to play because they don't want to hurt their draft status, and Oklahoma is now favored by 8 1/2 points.  So you shouldn't feel obliged to watch.

I'll probably watch anyway.  But I'm a fanatic.

12 comments:

  1. Sure enough, less than three minutes into the game Oklahoma leads 14-0.

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  2. If you're an Oklahoma fan, is crushing a depleted Florida team in the Cotton Bowl better than getting crushed by Alabama or Clemson in the College Football Playoff? I think it would be for me.

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  3. Last Five Oklahoma Bowl Games:

    12/31/15: Orange Bowl (Playoff): Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17
    01/02/17: Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 35, Auburn 19
    01/01/18: Rose Bowl (Playoff): Georgia 54, Oklahoma 48 (2 OT)
    12/29/18: Orange Bowl (Playoff): Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34
    12/28/19: Peach Bowl (Playoff): LSU 63, Oklahoma 28

    See, I think OU fans would enjoy this game a lot more than those playoff games.

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  4. Oklahoma now up 17-0 with 8 minutes left in the first. This is an embarrassing performance for Florida, which will end the season with three losses in a row.

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  5. Florida drives down the field only to throw an interception in the end zone. That's Kyle Trask's second INT of the game -- the first was returned for a TD.

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  6. Also, they should play the Cotton Bowl at the Cotton Bowl -- especially in years where it's not part of the playoff.

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  7. Oklahoma 17-3 with 31 seconds left in the first quarter. Trask has actually thrown three interceptions already -- I must have missed one.

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  8. Belmont smashes Murray State 68-55. That always puts me in a bad mood.

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  9. Florida has moved to within 17-10 with 8:08 before the half.

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  10. Florida kicks a field goal, and OU now leads 17-13 with 6 minutes left in the half.

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  11. But then Florida's defense gets out of the way, and OU easily drives down the field to make the score 24-13 with 4 minutes before halftime. That's going to be my last update -- I've seen enough of this game.

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  12. Oklahoma won 55-13. Florida turned one of my favorite events of the year -- the historic Cotton Bowl, which has been one of the best parts of college football history -- into a farce. That was a shameful performance -- if the Gators didn't want to be there, they should have let another team have that slot.

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