Really we should just be worried about the UConn game and not look to the bowls. Still…
Oregon State’s beat writer is not enthused about the Beavers’ chances if Pitt is in the Sun Bowl.
… exhaustive digging has brought me to the conclusion that Pitt is not a good matchup for Riley’s guys unless the OSU defense regains consciousness.
If the Beavers gave up 219 yards rushing to Jeremiah Johnson, how many yards will Pitt’s LeSean McCoy go for?
While UConn isn’t even being mentioned for the Sun Bowl, they are holding out hope.
The UConn-Pitt game Saturday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford is seemingly getting bigger by the minute.
Sun Bowl officials will be in attendance.
They may want to see No. 23 Pitt (8-3, 4-2 Big East) in person but they’ll have to keep a watchful eye on UConn, too. If they win, the Huskies (7-4, 3-3) would have the same record as Pitt and would have to become a part of the conversation when it comes to playing in El Paso, Texas, against the third-place finisher in the Pac-10 on New Year’s Eve. Some other things would have to break in the Huskies’ favor as well.
I’m not seeing it, but I suppose it would be possible if UConn really runs roughshod over Pitt and WVU loses badly to USF. Oh, and the crowd at the Rent would have to be loud, big and in their seats before kickoff. The latter is something they are even worse at doing than Pitt fans.
9-3 and a sun bowl bid makes this season a hell of a lot more satisfying than 8-4 w/ yet another loss to uconn and papajohns bowl bid.
I might go to the game at Rentschler High School just so I can throw around slices of pizza after the game like a jackass.
Guess we’ll see how the coaches do tomorrow…i’m more worried about them than the players…
If others are going, let me know. We can get a good tailgate or something going.
Though lets wait and see if Pitt gets picked first I guess. =-)
Of course, if you look at Teel’s career at RU you’d have seen that the kid can pass pretty darn well, and has done so on a rather regular basis. So the “game of a lifetime” against PITT gets replicated a month later… funny how that happens.
HTP