So far it's been a good bowl season for Western and the military academies, and a bad one for U of L and the SEC:
Boca Raton Bowl: W. Kentucky 59, Appalachian St. 38
Armed Forces Bowl: Army 24, Missouri 22
Gasparilla Bowl: Cent. Florida 29, Florida 17
Birmingham Bowl: Houston 17, Auburn 13
First Responder Bowl: Air Force 31, Louisville 28
With 7:36 left in the second quarter, Texas Tech leads Mississippi St. 10-7.
ReplyDeleteThe sports news is dominated by the death of John Madden at 85. He was a giant in many ways, and especially to all of us who grew up watching the NFL in the 1970's. His impact is not something that can be properly covered in a comment.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in Lexington, a big crowd has turned up at Lexington Catholic to watch a showdown between George Rogers Clark (9-1) and North Laurel (8-2) in the White, Greer, and Maggard Holiday Classic. The winner of this game will meet Louisville Ballard in the final. A lot of the crowd -- including Coach Calipari -- is there to see UK recruit Reed Sheppard, the son of UK legend Jeff Sheppard. Last night Reed Sheppard had 50 points as North Laurel beat PRP 100-94 in overtime.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Rogers Clark is out to an early 11-4 lead.
ReplyDeleteWith 5:18 left in the second quarter, North Laurel hits a three to tie their game with GRC at 21.
ReplyDeleteAt the half, Texas Tech leads Mississippi St. 13-7 in the Liberty Bowl.
ReplyDeleteNow word comes that Harry Reid, former Democratic Senator from Nevada, has died at the age of 82. We seem to have a lot of stuff happening tonight.
ReplyDeleteSummerall and Madden called the following Super Bowls: XVI, XVIII, XXI, XXIV, XXVI for CBS, and XXXI, XXXIII, and XXXVI for Fox.
ReplyDeleteMadden then called Super Bowls XXXVII and XL for ABC (with Al Michaels), and Super Bowl XLIII for NBC (with Al Michaels).
ReplyDeleteMadden, of course, won Super Bowl XI. That game was called by Curt Gowdy and Don Meredith for NBC.
ReplyDeleteI've heard some NFL Films guys--I don't think it was the Sabols--talk about Super Bowl XI being the most beautiful Super Bowl to shoot. The afternoon California light and everything. Super Bowl X, then, and its muddled dome pictures of Denver and Dallas was the worst, they said. It's obvious what they're talking about there, and it's interesting to see how the reverse transformation is effectively what Madden did to commentary and games around the NFL.
DeleteAt the half, George Rogers Clark leads North Laurel 36 to 33.
ReplyDeleteThis is an entertaining Liberty Bowl -- two scrappy teams, a big crowd in Memphis, a historic old stadium -- it's what bowl games should be. Tech leads 13-7 with 11:57 left in the third quarter.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, George Rogers Clark leads North Laurel 59-49 with less than a minute to go in the third quarter.
ReplyDeleteGRC is rolling; they lead North Laurel 65-50 with 7 minutes left in the game.
ReplyDeleteGRC leads 75-60 with 2:04 left. Meanwhile, down in Princeton, Lyon County leads Caldwell County 80-77 with 43 seconds to go.
ReplyDeleteTexas Tech leads Mississippi State 20-7 with 9 minutes left in the third quarter, and the SEC is about to go 0-4 in Bowl Games.
ReplyDeleteThe SEC has had some bad luck, with Florida's program in freefall and Auburn having to go up against a top-20 team in Houston. But the SEC also just isn't very good once you get past Alabama and Georgia.
ReplyDeleteAuburn, Tennessee, Florida, LSU: You'd be hard-pressed to find another season in which those four teams were as bad as they were this year.
DeleteLyon County beats Caldwell County 83-77 in Princeton, which is about like Vandy winning at Tennessee. The Lyons are now 5-3, but their three losses are to Goodpasture Christian (Tenn.), Ashland Blazer, and Louisville Trinity.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I want to see Lyon County, which is the most interesting of all the counties to me.
DeleteGRC beats North Laurel 77-64 and will play Ballard for the title tomorrow night.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Covington Catholic (11-2) won the King of the Bluegrass Tournament just before Christmas with wins over Lou. Trinity, Lou. Fairdale, Lou. Male, and North Laurel.
ReplyDeleteMississippi State collapsed in the second half, and Texas Tech rolled to a 34-7 win.
ReplyDeleteI saw every play of both WKU's and UK's bowl games and enjoyed them both immensely.
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