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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We we gotten the matchup everybody wants to see," said Bill Hancock, the BCS executive director. "We felt we'd get the two best teams, and we did."
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013
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FACT OF THE DAY
This is the final year of the two-team BCS championship system
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. Who was the first BCS National Champion? (hint it was 1998)
A: Tennessee
THE MORNING BREW
Top 20 bowl games to watch over the break
Bowl season is upon us, ladies and gentlemen. And while it would be nice to see those layhawks in the postseason for the first time in half a decade, there are still plenty of great games this month and next. I have ranked the 20 best bowl games, so you don't have to.
1. Rose Bowl, Stanford vs. Michigan State.
Jan. 1: How many bowl games feature top five teams? Two. How many of those bowl games are played at the Rose Bowl? One. It's science.
2. BCS National Championship, Florida State vs. Auburn, Jan. 6: Soon-to-be Heisman trophy winner Jameis Winston leads his Florida State Seminoles against the second best team in the SEC for the final BCS championship, a trophy that will eventually carry as much weight as a Helm's national championship. Congrats, guys. Good luck next year.
3. Cotton Bowl, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, Jan. 3: Is there anything more Mizzoum than having a shot at the school's first conference title since 1969 and first national championship, only to have a team run for 545 yards and beat you by two touchdowns? Probably, but this is the latest instance of Mizzou being Mizzou.
4. Orange Bowl, Clemson vs. Ohio State, Jan. 3; Ohio State played its first team with a pulse in the Big 10 Championship game and lost, 33-24 to Michigan State. Clemson wasn't much better against good teams this season. Someone has to win, though.
5. Sugar Bowl, Alabama vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 2: If Bob Stoops wasn't so mediocre in big games and Nick Saban cared about bowl games that didn't involve a national championship, this game would be higher. But Bob Stoops is mediocre in big games, and I don't think Nick Saban knows which team he is playing. The month of bowl practices is likely focused on West Virginia, Alabama's opening day opponent next year.
$ \mathbf{6}. $ Alamo Bowl, Oregon vs. Texas, Dec. 30:
By Kory Carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com
If you like seeing Texas lose, which is most of you, the Alamo Bowl is the bowl for you. The Longhorns were rolled by Baylor's up-tempo offense last week, 30-10. Oregon does exactly what Baylor does, only better. Oh, and Texas head coach Mack Brown looks to be gone by then as well. What's not to like?
7. Capital One Bowl, Wisconsin vs. South Carolina. Jan. 1. New Year's Day used to be nothing but good bowl games. Now most big games have moved days to avoid television competition. Props to the Capital One Bowl for giving us Jadeveon Clowney on New Year's Day.
8. Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, Dec. 28. If the 10 million Notre Dame T-shirts we saw last year while the Irish were heading to the national championship are any indication, Yankee Stadium will be sold out with people begging to get in, right? Right? Watching Notre Dame subjected to a winter game in New York on a baseball field against Rutgers is too much to pass up.
9. Fiesta Bowl, Central Florida vs. Baylor, Jan. 1: Baylor was the cinderella of the Big 12 all season and got stuck with playing a bigger cinderella in Central Florida, which is playing in its first major bowl game after winning some league called the American Conference.
10. Sun Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. UCLA, Dec. 31: UCLA freshman Myles Jack is the best two-way player in years. He was named the Pac-12 offensive and defensive player of the year after making 70 tackles at linebacker—his natural position—and moonlighting as a running back the final four games of the season, running for 267 yards and seven touchdowns.
11. Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Duke vs. Texas A&M, Dec. 31; Upset Pick: After learning
he has to play football on New Year's Eve, Texas A&M Johnny Manziel fakes an injury, sneaks to a tailgate or house party at Georgia Tech, and the Blue Devils win, 28-17.
12. New Mexico Bowl, Washington State vs. Colorado State, Dec 21: Two states that legalized the use of certain extracurricular activities, this bowl was
originally slated to be played
outside of a Pizza Hut. And if we knew for sure that Washington State head coach Mike Leach's dating advice video would be played during the broadcast, this one would be in the top five.
14. Liberty Bowl, Rice vs. Mississippi St,
Dec. 31: Not only does the Liberty Bowl take place in an actual bowl called the Liberty Bowl, but fans can get a glimpse at Rice's offense, led formerly by John Reagan, Rice's former offensive coordinator who took over at Kansas at the same position a few weeks ago.
13. Holiday Bowl, Arizona State vs. Texas Tech, Dec. 30: Also called the Disappointment Bowl. Texas Tech has lost five in a row and Arizona State head coach Todd Graham, after winning 10 games this season, isn't even allowed to interview with his old boss Steve Patterson for the soon-to-be vacant opening at Texas. Patterson was allowed to move from Arizona State to Texas last month, but Arizona State's one stipulation was that he couldn't hire any ASU coaches. Tough luck, Todd.
15. Advocare V100 Bowl, Arizona vs. Boston College, Dec. 31: Someone decided it would be cruel or hilarious to take 150 college students away from Boston and Tucson on New Year's Eve and make them play in Shreveport, La. What did those kids do to you, Advocare V100 Bow?
18. Outback Bowl, Iowa vs.
LSU, Jan. I: Another bowl that
does it right and plays on New
Year's Day. This time we have
iowa, which has been 8-4 every
year since the beginning of time,
against LSU and head coach Les
Miles, who might be the only nal-
national championship-winning coach
who isn't even the second best coach
in his own division.
17. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Michigan vs. Kansas State, Dec. 28: The Jayhawks and Wildcats have been going in opposite directions since 2009, but Kansas has three bowl wins since Kansas State's last win in 2002. Will the four-game bowl losing streak continue against Michigan?
18. Las Vegas Bowl, Fresno State vs. USC,
Dec. 21. Watching an unranked UCS team
in the Las Vegas Bowl is like watching Kentucky
or North Carolina in the NIT. It's entertaining,
but you almost feel sad. Almost.
19. Gator Bowl, Nebraska vs. Georgia, Jan.
1: Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini is the Tony Romo of football coaches. He will never win you a championship but never be so bad where you get rid of him. His middle name should be "8-4," if Iowa hasn't already claimed it.
20. Russell Athletic Bowl, Miami vs. Louisville, Dec. 28: Louisville entered the season with national title hopes. But when you play a schedule easier than half the high school teams in Texas, one loss sends you to the Russell Athletic Bowl against Miami.
Edited by Hannah Barling
This week in athletics
Thursday
Women's Basketball
Texas Southern
7 p.m.
Lawrence
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Saturday
Volleyball Washington 7 p.m. Los Angeles
Men's Basketball
New Mexico
6 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Women's Basketball
Purdue
2 p.m.
Lawrence
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smith scores 19 points as No.3 Ohio State rolls over Bryant
It was an early round game in the Blackrock Gotham Classic which
Amir Williams added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Buckeyes (9-0).
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 19 points and No. 3 Ohio State pulled away early to beat Bryant 86-48 on Wednesday night.
Wednesday No Events
will conclude on Dec. 21 with the Buckeyes meeting Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden.
Dyami Starks had 16 points for Bryant (6-5), which was playing its second game in three nights. The Bulldogs lost at Notre Dame, 70-59.
The Bulldogs hung around with the Buckeyes for a while, but then went scoreless over the last 5:25 of the first half and watched the Buckeyes close on an 8-0 run to take a 43-23 lead.
Ohio State then scored the first five points of the second half before Garvin's layup ended a drought of 6:40.
Starks came in averaging 22.1
Smith hit 6 of 9 shots from the field including half of his four 3-point attempts. He had eight rebounds and three assists.
points a game, eighth-best in Division I. He had scored at least 20 in five games and 30 in three others.
He was held to 5-of-15 shooting from the field.
The Buckeyes led 8-7 early and then scored 14 of the next 18 points to take command.
A driving layup by Garvin cut the lead to 28-20 with 8 minutes left but Williams dunked off an assist from
Marc Loving, Scott hit a baseline layup and Smith followed a blocked layup with a three-point play to push the lead to 15 points.
The Buckeyes shot 54 percent in the opening half, hitting 15 of 28 shots with 22 points coming in the paint.
For the game, they shot 52 percent on 32 of 61. They hit 8 of 20 3-pointers (40 percent).
Bryant shot 28 percent from the field (16 of 58). It was 6 of 24 from behind the arc.
The Bulldogs dropped to 0-5 all-time against Big Ten opponents. Talk about a tough schedule: They played preseason No. 1 Indiana in the opener a year ago — in their first official game in Division I. They lost that game 97-54.
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