Bowl Games
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
If you're a college football fan, you've got to be in heaven the next couple of days. I'm glad we're finally to New Year's Eve and some real bowl games. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like if you've got a winning record, there's a bowl for you. The "We've Got a Sponsor and a Stadium So Let's Have a Football Game" Bowl, anyone?
My interest has been piqued in the Louisville/Boise State game today, due to LSU interviewing Bobby Petrino, Louisville's head coach. He is one of the hottest young coaches in the country because of his high-octane offense, but I'd rather LSU get someone with more head coaching experience. Petrino has only been a head coach for two years and his offense-first philosophy is totally contrary to Nick Saban's defensive minded teams. I'm not sure if that offensive game plan would work in the SEC, but Petrino could very well be the next Steve Spurrier.
I'm also anxious to see if all this coaching distraction will affect LSU's players in the bowl game against Iowa tomorrow. Saban usually has his boys focused despite the surroundings, but I wonder how focused Nick himself is. It will be a defensive game, no matter what, but I would give the advantage to the Tigers (of course, I'm unbiased) because of their superior running game.
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If you're a college football fan, you've got to be in heaven the next couple of days. I'm glad we're finally to New Year's Eve and some real bowl games. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like if you've got a winning record, there's a bowl for you. The "We've Got a Sponsor and a Stadium So Let's Have a Football Game" Bowl, anyone?
My interest has been piqued in the Louisville/Boise State game today, due to LSU interviewing Bobby Petrino, Louisville's head coach. He is one of the hottest young coaches in the country because of his high-octane offense, but I'd rather LSU get someone with more head coaching experience. Petrino has only been a head coach for two years and his offense-first philosophy is totally contrary to Nick Saban's defensive minded teams. I'm not sure if that offensive game plan would work in the SEC, but Petrino could very well be the next Steve Spurrier.
I'm also anxious to see if all this coaching distraction will affect LSU's players in the bowl game against Iowa tomorrow. Saban usually has his boys focused despite the surroundings, but I wonder how focused Nick himself is. It will be a defensive game, no matter what, but I would give the advantage to the Tigers (of course, I'm unbiased) because of their superior running game.
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