It’s prediction time as the college football season is here. Here are a few big picture forecasts for season, or ammo for you guys to make fun of me for in December. Take your pick.
Four teams will enter, 14 more will argue they should enter instead
Florida State is guaranteed to win the ACC
Simply put, the ACC is a disaster and Florida State is the only team with firepower. Clemson and North Carolina are good but don’t have the horses for FSU. The toughest conference game for Florida State will probably be at AAC import Louisville on a Thursday night. Maybe Miami can do something but FSU has everyone else outclassed on paper.
PAC-12 is more likely to have two teams in the playoff than the SEC.
The PAC-12 plays nine conference games a year while the SEC still does eight. Last season, that trait alone boosted the PAC-12’s rankings and they’ll be right there with the SEC this year. All 14 SEC schools play a FCS opponent compared with eight of the PAC-12 schools. If the selection committee values non-conference schedules then the PAC-12 has the inside edge.
SEC champ will come out of the East division
The East division has been pushed around by the West lately and I’m calling that to change this year. Georgia was banged up last season and look for them to be deeper this season as a result. South Carolina is waiting to break through after three-straight 11-2 seasons. Luck should come to one of these schools and upset Auburn or Alabama in the SEC championship. I give the edge to Georgia.
Everyone in the Big Ten will have at least two losses.
With Ohio State losing quarterback Braxton Miller the Big Ten is lacking a power team. Look at this candidate for the most depressing tweet of the year.
Official Statement: Braxton Miller will miss 2014 season Sr/QB re-injured right shoulder Monday throwing short pass http://t.co/JSrMNpCn2a
If Michigan State loses to Oregon (Sept. 6) and Wisconsin loses to LSU this Saturday in Houston then the conference is out of options. Will the committee select a Big Ten team with two losses? Highly unlikely. Maybe the Spartans can run the table in conference play and get in with just the Oregon loss. Hard to see that happening though.
Oklahoma is a lock to be in the playoff.
Oklahoma is coming off a huge win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and should be favored in every game this season. OU gets Baylor at home, the team in the league with the most explosive offense. With Texas rebuilding and Oklahoma State having to replace most of its team this has to be Oklahoma’s year.
The mid-majors will struggle for attention
The “Group of Five” has little chance of breaching the playoffs and that’s a problem. The top mid-major will get into a BCS level bowl but that’s not part of the playoff. Schools like Boise State, Central Florida and Louisiana have loaded up on their non-conference schedules but that will only help them if they go undefeated. Marshall is the favorite to win Conference USA but plays nobody. The MAC is the most unpredictable conference as its schools will beat each other up. These five conferences are going to have to reevaluate things soon.
The playoff format will work… for the most part.
Four is better than two but someone is going to be upset when the selections are announced. I predict that will be Big Ten fans as the odds are shaky for them in getting a spot. The mid-majors might have to make their own subdivision soon as the power conference schools are taking things over. Still, this will be better than last decade of postseasons. New Year’s Day matters again without compromising the regular season.
As for the championship I’m picking Oregon to beat Georgia. Hey, the more things you guys have to make fun of me for the better.
Making fun of how schools, conferences, and media personalities operate on social media is what sports bloggers that are not credentialed do best. Now that we have hit the doldrums of the college sports calendar it’s time unveil best and the worst from the past year. Note there is no way anyone can see every tweet and Facebook video that made it online. Well, unless you’re Lt. Commander Data. This is about the stuff I actually saw and that you may have missed.
Best School to Follow on Twitter: Morehead State
When it comes to Twitter I want a school that gives me the stats and updates from a game yet still have passion and humor. Morehead State does that during every basketball game. Take a look at their “Blackout.”
Big crowd on hand already for the “Blackout Belmont” men’s basketball game tonight at Johnson Arena. Go Eagles! pic.twitter.com/5Kxsf4jRCW
Helping the Eagles out though is men’s basketball coach Sean Woods. He is an emotional guy and props to Morehead for posting his postgame comments on You Tube. Just looking at his eyes you can tell he wants to tell the world how he truly feels but is holding himself back.
Worst School to Follow on Twitter: Grambling State
Manhattan, Kansas: where romance and college sports social media collide.
Most Impatient School in Social Media: Western Kentucky
It only snows in Bowling Green, Kentucky a few times a year so I you have to make the most of it when you can. The Hilltoppers though took it a little far and went full football countdown in January. Instead of witty joke it came across as a depressing reminder that the season is far, far away.
Worst Promotion in Social Media: Texas Christian University
The Horn Frogs have been cannon fodder out on the basketball court since joining the Big-12. So how does TCU fill seats in its gym? FRIED PICKLES! Yuck.
School with the Most Swagger on Social Media: North Dakota State
The Bison won the FCS title and won a game in the NCAA Tournament this past year. Throw in this jab at the SEC schools during a blizzard in the South and you have one school ready to flaunt itself all over the web.
The only time I think I’ve seen an athletic department engage in a Twitter war with a fan. Thought it was impossible but I was proven wrong. Please tell the Georgia State athletic department to never use the phrase “Boo You” again.
Best Conference to Follow in Social Media: Big West Conference
The Big West is great at having large photo galleries of their events and athletes of the week. They are also the most patriotic placing their All-Americans in front of a computer generated American flag.
The Big West Conference is more American than the American (AAC).
The Big West is also one of the few leagues that celebrate holidays and special events.
That’s right, the Big West celebrated Easter and Groundhog Day by changing their profile pictures. You would think some league in the nation’s heartland would do that but nope. A league based in Hawaii and California did instead.
Best Campaign in Social Media: Atlantic-10
The A-10 is tired of being treated as a Cinderella and did a pretty good job of shedding that perception in their Who Wants Next Campaign. You can read my previous post about it here.
Would still be a great episode on “Once Upon a Time” though.
Best Video Made by a Conference: Missouri Valley
The MVC made a video hosted by Teryn Schaefer to meet all of the fan bases as they came to St. Louis for the Conference Tournament. While I’m tired of “Happy” the song worked well here and it captured the awesomeness of “Arch Madness.”
Most Creative Conference in Social Media: Conference USA
Conference USA is a league that is constantly changing. Members of the league joined the Big East to play BCS ball only to see that league split off into the American. Whoops. Now, Conference USA is filled with teams that were once in the Sun Belt, so educating people on who is a member is a challenge. Conference USA tackled that with this awesome graphic on their Facebook banner that showed who was playing where in the bowl season. Conference USA, the more you know.
To non football fans it looks like Captain Jack Sparrow and a green “T” are going deep.
Best Interview on Social Media: Marist Red Fox Mascot “Shooter”
Elizabeth Sim had the honor of showcasing the excitement around the women’s basketball team at Marist and did that and then some with her interview of the school’s mascot. If you can watch her interview starting at 1:35 mark just once then you’re since of humor needs checking.
Best Selfie in College Sports Social Media: Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach
As a writer for USA Today, Auerbach enjoys the pleasure of sitting courtside to some of the biggest games in college basketball. That is great in every venue except at Cameron Indoor as she snapped this selfie at a Duke game.
Shows the passion of college basketball for Duke fans and some of the pitfalls of being a college basketball writer for a national publication.
Best Female Sports Personality to Follow on Twitter: Samantha Ponder @sam_ponder
Auerbach was close but I had to give it to Ponder. Ponder replaced Erin Andrews on College Gameday a few years back and has been an internet darling ever since but that’s not why I find her to be the best follow on Twitter.
While listening to a Christian radio station in my car I almost had to pull over once the disc jockey started quoting Samantha Ponder’s blog post on being happy with yourself.
Name another female sports media personality that was quoted on Christian radio? She’s like the Tim Tebow of female sideline reporters at this point.
Ponder is also great at poking fun of herself or her husband, NFL quarterback Christian Ponder, on Twitter. She was able to tie M.A.S.H with marital counseling for this funny.
My husband just said he doesn’t know who Alan Alda is & he’s never seen MASH. How do we go on? Pre-marriage counseling didn’t address this.
Best Male Sports Personality to Follow on Twitter: Pat Forde @YahooForde
Pat Forde is the only guy that’s covering college football and college basketball equally. Most others focus on one. This makes him a must follow for anyone that loves both sports. Plus, he is amazing at making fun of life in the press box. Take a look at this tweet during the BCS National Championship Game.
They just announced something in press box about terminating cell hot spots. Think they said BCS reserves the right to kill us if we don’t
The Duke women’s golf team took to the air to celebrate their national championship.
While most celebration photos are basic team huddles behind a banner and the trophy, this photo of the Duke women is hard to forget. Who cares if they took 10 shots to get it right?
Wait, are the Blue Devils are reaching out to heaven?
Tweet of the Year: Stanford Press Conference
Anytime a college sports team tries to act like a nerd after a big win it is awesome in my book. Congratulations to the Stanford football team for making nerds everywhere proud and for David Lombardi for his tweet.
South Florida should be praised for retweeting a lot of its fans during games but I’m afraid USF should have checked the user name before retweeting this one. I blocked out the third letter myself for the kids out there.
Never retweet without thinking, unless it’s my account.
The retweet was deleted but not before I got the screen shot. Go Bulls! I guess?
Is this still the best conference in the country or the acronym for the Securities and Exchange Commission?
Ranking conference power has become a never ending debate for college football fans. Conference prestige leads to better chances of gaining BCS slots and next year, playoff seeds. With only four playoff seeds expect huge feuds between the leagues. And what if three SEC teams get into the four-team playoff? Welcome to Armageddon.
To sift through the propaganda, we need an objective tool to do this. That is where the Sagarin rankings come in. Sagarin, a formula created by Jeff Sagarin, is the only system that rates all FBS and FCS teams. The main components of the system include strength of schedule and margin of victory. As the season goes along it becomes more accurate. Here is an example I did a couple of years ago on how the Big Ten compares to the Mid-American Conference.
Sagarin does create his own conference rankings too but breaks it down by division. Hence, the SEC West is separated from the SEC East. That’s not what college football fans want.
Using the individual team ranking I simply added the conference teams together and divided by the number of teams in the league to find the average. I also found the conference median, an example would be the seventh best team in a 13-team league. Splitting the difference between the average and the median would be the total score. Here are the results. FCS leagues are italicized and non-BCS leagues are underlined. Remember, a lower score means you are closer to a top 25 ranking.SEC and PAC-12 equal?
The difference is virtually insignificant. The biggest distinction is between the outliers of the conference, Kentucky and California. You guessed it, the worst team in each league. Kentucky (2-10) came in at No. 104 while Cal (1-11) was borderline cancer at No. 118. Cal did not beat a single FBS opponent all year and was only competitive once in PAC-12 play (Arizona). Kentucky was nothing to be proud of but it did make South Carolina and Mississippi State work for it. The better margin of defeat (Kentucky’s football slogan and I say that as a Lexington native) gave the SEC the edge.
The real story though is the SEC is not so vastly better than everyone else. Stanford and Arizona State ended up with the No. 1 and No. 2 most difficult schedules respectfully. This is partly because the PAC-12 plays nine conference games, eliminating a soft non-conference game against a FCS or low level FBS team. Contrast that with Alabama, who played FCS Chattanooga and the leaky nuclear reactor known as 0-12 Georgia State.
ACC bottom feeders
Congratulations to Florida State on winning the championship. Problem is your conference only has three teams in the top 40 (FSU, Clemson and Georgia Tech). The PAC-12 and SEC have 10. Having two teams outside the top 100 (Virginia and N.C. State) is a disaster for a power conference looking for credibility. Florida State better go undefeated again next year if it wants to be in that four-team playoff.
No hope for the AAC
If the SEC and PAC-12 are fine dining then the American Athletic Conference is Long John Silver’s. No one in the league had a strength of schedule in the top 60. Connecticut won three conference games and still finished at No. 121. Don’t even mention dead weight South Florida at No. 143. Oh, and Louisville is going to the ACC next year. Good luck.
Missouri Valley and Colonial make the leap
The other eye-popping score came from two FCS conferences. The Missouri Valley blew past two FBS conferences (MAC and Conference USA) and would have caught the Sun Belt too if it had more than eight teams. This is thanks to No. 17 North Dakota State winning its third FCS title. North Dakota State is the first FCS team to even crack the top 25 of the final Sagarin rankings since the end of the 1996 season (No. 21 Marshall). Its win at No. 23 Kansas State inflated the strength of schedule for the rest of conference.
FBS level football on a FCS budget.
Three other MVC teams cracked the top 100 as even last place Indiana State did its part. The Sycamores went a dreadful 1-11 and stayed in the top 200 at No. 198. This was in part thanks to a close defeat at Big 10 Purdue. While the Boilermakers shot the average of the Big 10, the Sycamores did only moderate damage to the MVC.
The Colonial Athletic Association also had four schools in the top 100 with No. 66 Towson leading the way. Villanova came in at No. 88 despite its 6-5 record. That’s unheard of for a FCS program.
Honorable Mentions
The Ivy League for having an average FCS ranking despite not giving out scholarships. When six BCS teams are behind No. 112 Princeton and No. 114 Harvard, it’s time to point and laugh. Also to the Pioneer League, another league that does not give scholarships, for staying close with the SWAC.
It was a great game but was it great enough to protect me from the brainwashing power of ESPN?
8:00 – Starting off my four hour ESPN binge. So far so good. A tasteful time lapse video of the grounds crew preparing the field after the Rose Bowl.
8:12 – After a series of bad commercials, including a promo for “Chozen,” (might be the worse cartoon ever) we see a spot for the new Chris Pine movie “Shadow Recruit” featuring the Auburn mascot. It promoted the movie and college football at the same time. Nice job advertisers.
8:16 – With the Florida State band blaring in the background, Lee Corso picks the Seminoles to win by dawning a throwback helmet. All of this occurs while Alabama coach Nick Saban awkwardly critiques Auburn. Shouldn’t he be recruiting or watching film? I’m sure Auburn fans muted the television whenever his face appears.
8:29 – Bo Jackson and Bobby Bowden hug each other at midfield for the coin toss. Cool sight.
8:32 – With smoke still on the field from opening fireworks, we have kickoff. Someone screwed up.
8:33 – Cam Newton introduces Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall, Another moment where Alabama fans muted the TV.
8:36 – Auburn calls a time-out after three plays. Anxious?
8:38 – Chris Weinke reappears out of nowhere to introduce Jameis Winston. The fact I know who Chris Weinke is makes me feel old.
8: 46 – Start checking out the “spider” cam on ESPN 3. It’s just a sky cam but I love hearing the game audio as oppose to the announcing. No commercials but no replays either. FSU is up 3-0.
8:53 – Turn to ESPN 2 for “Title Talk” and instantly regret it. Michael Smith, Jemelle Hill, Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, and someone with a southern accent I can’t identify. Shouldn’t Jesse Palmer should be watching the bachelor instead?
9:01 – The woman I couldn’t identify was Cheryl Hines from “Suburgatory.” Disney is just doing everything it can to promote itself.
9:04 – Touchdown Auburn. The Title Talk on ESPN 2 is crazy mismatch of personalities that will be on Awful Announcing soon. Even Taylor Hicks from American Idol would later enter the room. Changing the channel at warp 8.
9:16 – The best tweet so far comes from Pat Forde.
They just announced something in press box about terminating cell hot spots. Think they said BCS reserves the right to kill us if we don’t
9:24 – Touchdown Auburn on a 50-yard pass. So much for that great FSU defense.
9:30 – Florida State’s offense looks lost. Winston might have been too loose coming into the game.
9:43 – Auburn misses a chip shot field goal. Still only up 14-3. Might be a turning point for FSU.
9:46 – Florida State fumbles giving the ball right back to Auburn. So much for turning point. A friend texted me saying the score will end up being 45-24 Auburn. It kills him that the SEC is dominating another BCS title game.
9:50 – Touchdown Auburn, 21-3. This could get ugly.
9:58 – Touchdown Florida State, 21-10. Nice to see the Noles quickly get off the mat.
10:06 – Half ends on a punt, how exciting.
10:22 – More Nick Saban offering analysis on how Florida State can get back into the game. How does this make Auburn fans feel?
10:34 – After a three an out for FSU, Auburn nearly fumbles the fair catch. Still not looking good for the Seminoles.
10:46 – Went back to Title Talk and low and behold, Johnny Football is in the room eating food. And get this, they are actually having an intelligent conversation on life after winning the Heisman trophy.
Maybe the “spider” cam should become the primary viewpoint in football broadcasts. It’s like playing Madden.
10:49 – Auburn forces another three and out to protect its 21-13 lead. I thought the experts said this defense was going to give up six yards a play.
11:03 – James Franklin of Vanderbilt is taking a lot of time on the “title talk” set. Also gives a sarcastic conspiracy theory as to how Vandy almost loss to Houston in the BBVA Compass Bowl. Houston fans must be throwing the remote at the TV after hearing that joke.
11:08 – After three quarters it’s Auburn 21-13.
11:10 – Holy Cow, a trailer for the new Lego movie. How did Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson sign up for this.
11:20 – Check out ESPN NEWS in the “Film Room” So much better than the chaos of Title Talk. Meanwhile FSU gets an interception and scores a touchdown. Auburn still leads 21-20 as the two point conversion option is taken out due to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger love the call. I do not. Too big of a stage for that flag.
11:29 – Tre Mason has been carrying Auburn on the ground like he has all year. If he breaks one it’s all over.
11:32 – Auburn bleeds the clock with a long drive but only gets a field goal to make it 24-20. Don’t think that’s good enough.
11:34 – Improbable touchdown on a kickoff for FSU. 27-24. Viewed it on Fan cam as the Seminole fans went nuts in the bottom left corner.
Go Crazy FSU fans! Except for the guy in the corner who never moved.
11:36 – Friend who thought FSU was about to get rolled is befuddled when he turns the game back on. “How are they ahead?”
11:39 – Auburn converts on third and long as Marshall escapes the rush. Another miracle in the works?
11:46 – Tre Mason finally breaks one for a nice touchdown. 31-27. FSU’s defense is clearly winded.
11:52: – Winston completes a 49-yard pass to Rashad Greene with a touchdown saving horse collar tackle the refs missed. Under a minute to go and FSU must get a touchdown.
11:55 – Auburn’s secondary miscommunicated on a 1st down play from 12 yard line. Lucky to get an incompletion as the coverage was a traffic jam of Tigers running into each other.
11:57 – On third down the Tigers get too physical in their press coverage as Chris Davis is called for pass interference in the end zone. Only a matter of time now.
11:58 – Touchdown FSU on first and goal. The Seminoles have successfully completed their first miracle comeback of the season. And they picked the best time to do it too.
12:03 – Ball Game. Congratulations to Florida State on their undisputed National Championship. Not every BCS title winner can say “undisputed.” Hopefully that will change in the playoff format. Bye bye BCS.
Yeah, we are North Dakota State and … we are completely overlooked.
The college football bowl season (like it or hate it) provides copious amounts of sports television opportunities during the holidays. Out of the 35 games played, 34 really don’t matter in terms of the national championship. Because of this, the other 34 games are slugging it out for media attention that just is not there. Here are some things that were overlooked.
11. Inflating attendance numbers
UNLV and North Texas were playing on New Year’s Day in the Heart of Dallas Bowl and people appeared to not get the memo. The game was on ESPNU so even the Worldwide Leader thought little of a Conference USA/Mountain West duel. Can’t blame ESPN as bigger bowl games were going on.
Only 38,380 showed up despite the contest being a virtual home game for North Texas. That didn’t keep North Texas from boasting about it.
Great crowd? Maybe for a Conference USA school but for a New Year’s Day bowl game that’s a sad turnout. I hope this bowl changes its date for the future years.
10. UNLV’s useless stat
UNLV also made a silly tweet during the game. With the scored tied at half 7-7 the Rebels went deep into the stat book and came out with this gem.
#UNLV is 1-0 this season when tied at halftime. — UNLV Athletics (@UNLVAthletics) January 1, 2014
Talk about small sample size. One game makes it stat worthy? Sounds like the athletic department was bored and was trying to get out as many statistics as possible. Needless to say, UNLV was outscored 29-7 in the second half for a 36-14 defeat.
9. Team photos
Part of the bowl preparation for each team is tacking new team photos. Few tend to be noteworthy or even eye appealing, but this one from Iowa at the Outback Bowl is. How many times do you see a football team by a pirate ship?
Part of the problem of being a mid-major conference is educating fans who you are. Most Americans can’t name three Conference USA schools so what does the conference do to promote its bowl games? Make a graphic a kindergartner can understand and post it as the cover photo on your Facebook page.
To passionate football fans this somewhat makes sense. To non football fans it looks like Captain Jack Sparrow is going deep.
Not sure if this is genius or incredible infantile. Probably both. Nice marketing? Maybe? Conference USA would go a respectable 3-3 in bowl season.
7. People freaking out on the SEC
A few bowl games did receive attention especially the Sugar Bowl involving SEC powerhouse Alabama. With Alabama’s defeat to Oklahoma, people on social media began unleashing jabs at the “overrated” SEC. The stats fail to back that claim up. Prior to the championship game, the SEC has gone an impressive 7-2 in bowls. Compare that to the Big 10, (2-5) and you’ll see there is nothing overrated about the best conference in college football.
6. ESPN vs. Fox
Moving to more of a media debate, Friday night saw Fox going head to head with ESPN as it aired the Cotton Bowl against the Orange Bowl. It was really the first time where the whole Fox/ESPN rivalry became more than a joke. Following the game, Sports Center did everything it could to bury the Cotton Bowl behind the Orange. I would love to see Fox broadcast more of these bowl games next year and make ESPN work for it. ESPN has been upsetting the past few years not using ABC at all. They are the same Disney company but only one bowl game aired on ABC. Network television is still carries more weight than cable and shame on Disney for not using ABC.
5. New Commercials
The Super Bowl is the big event for advertisers, but bowl season has some firepower too. Sadly, there was more bad than good.
The ugly: Any commercial for AT&T and Chevy trucks.
The bad: Rally’s featuring Terrell Owens and the infinite promos for ABC’s new show “Killer Women.”
The Good: Lay’s potato chips featuring Mr. Potato Head. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad spot with a Mr. Potato Head endorsement. I also saw this Interstate Batteries spot for the first time and it made me chuckle.
4. Buffalo loves spuds
Bowl games are suppose to be a rewarding experience to the players for a winning season. The exception being the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. That’s just pure torture. When you see the program you can tell what you’re in for.
Buffalo would go on to lose to San Diego State 49-24. Not that anyone cared.
3. Non BCS spoilers flop
Northern Illinois and Fresno State were undefeated deep into the regular season and had BCS hopes. Late losses prevented that dream for both teams but they could make up for it in the bowl game. Not so much. Northern Illinois was blasted by Utah State and Fresno State was non competitive against USC. It was a bad reflection on the rest of the Non Automatic Qualifiers.
2. Awkward press conferences
Losing a bowl game stinks, but rubbing salt in the wound would be this scene at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Bowling Green had a tough loss to Pittsburgh yet had to stare at the trophy it lost in the press conference. Just brutal.
These guys are representing BGSU in a post game press conference for the final time. Thank you all for everything! pic.twitter.com/KHVfXqwKpf
Those faces are common for the loser of a bowl game and they tell you two things.
1. “This blows”
2. These “meaningless” bowl games matter.
1. North Dakota State repeats as FBS Champs for the third straight year.
No. 1 is not about a bowl, it’s about a national title. The Bison dominated everyone in the FCS playoffs including Towson in the title game. North Dakota State’s three-peat is absolutely incredible. The program shows the value of competing in the FCS level as opposed to breaking the bank in the FBS.
Even more shocking is its coach Craig Bohl, after his third FCS crown he is finally leaving for a FBS job. The prestigious job of … Wyoming? The Wyoming Cowboys?
Where are all the BCS schools looking for quality coaches? Bohl is everything a booster or athletic director should want in a coach. A consistent winner. As high profile jobs like Texas and USC come off the board, I can’t help but wonder how broken the coaching carousel is. Saying FCS coaches should spend time at a lower level FBS schools before going to the big boys is a fallacy. North Dakota State defeated Kansas State this season. A Kansas State team that pummeled Michigan in it’s bowl game. He has built a team that can compete against anyone with only a fraction of the budget FBS juggernauts have.
Look for Bohl to build Wyoming into the new powerhouse of the Mountain West Conference soon. His coaching skills will not be overlooked for long.
My last bowl preview takes a look at the final bowl of the season and the most important. The BCS National Championship Game between Florida State and Auburn. Helping me make a pick are two loud and proud rap songs a few crazed fans created. Gotta love the football passion in the deep South.
Baylor will score at will against Central Florida in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, but does that mean I’m picking the Bears? And which mascot loves taking pictures of cheerleaders? Find out in my third bowl preview.
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