Stoney Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 #5 Texas A&M takes on #13 North Carolina in the Orange Bowl. Jimbo Fisher taking on Mack Brown. Should be a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 A&M will strangle UNC like they have the other opponents in their winning streak. They will win by TOP. UNC will score, but A&Ms ability to control the game will be too much for Mack and co. A&M 34- UNC 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB2point0 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 29 minutes ago, WETSU said: A&M will strangle UNC like they have the other opponents in their winning streak. They will win by TOP. UNC will score, but A&Ms ability to control the game will be too much for Mack and co. A&M 34- UNC 24. Better be able to stop the running game. UNC has two good backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue82 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Are all of the bowls set? I know some bowls had already canceled, and with the shortened schedules, it made it virtually impossible for enough teams to get to 6 wins to fill all of the games. Will they suspend the 6-win rule for this season? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAFan11 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, trueblue82 said: Are all of the bowls set? I know some bowls had already canceled, and with the shortened schedules, it made it virtually impossible for enough teams to get to 6 wins to fill all of the games. Will they suspend the 6-win rule for this season? Just curious. The 6 win total was suspended for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, trueblue82 said: Are all of the bowls set? I know some bowls had already canceled, and with the shortened schedules, it made it virtually impossible for enough teams to get to 6 wins to fill all of the games. Will they suspend the 6-win rule for this season? Just curious. The thing causes cancellations today is all of the Big 10 and PAC 12 schools opting out of bowl games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhornfan Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I absolutely hate this choice for A&M. What's to gain in playing a team that has already been beaten by the team that I think kept the Aggies out of the playoffs and a team that is ranked 8-9 spots below you? A&M vs OU would have been a great match-up. Both teams are hot with good winning streaks going. Heck A&M vs Georgia would have been a great game, but I know the SEC doesn't want to play against itself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Before I make my prediction, I need to know: which team doesn't want to be here? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, LOL said: Before I make my prediction, I need to know: which team doesn't want to be here? I mean to think A&M won't be disappointed and let down at being left out is ludicrous. We've seen it happen time and time again. OU is so disappointed that they're not #1 every year that they get blown out in the playoffs... Nothing new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, DB2point0 said: Better be able to stop the running game. UNC has two good backs. And a killer QB. This could be a tough matchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 29 minutes ago, LOL said: Before I make my prediction, I need to know: which team doesn't want to be here? Mack Brown joining all the other snowbirds heading south to Florida for the winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I may be wrong but IMO A&M has everything to lose and nothing to gain in this match up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue82 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Valhalla said: The thing causes cancellations today is all of the Big 10 and PAC 12 schools opting out of bowl games. Well those are the two conferences that didn’t want to play this season anyway. No surprise that most of them don’t want to travel to exotic places like Shreveport or Memphis to receive a swag bag and play in a meaningless game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, trueblue82 said: Well those are the two conferences that didn’t want to play this season anyway. No surprise that most of them don’t want to travel to exotic places like Shreveport or Memphis to receive a swag bag and play in a meaningless game. The independence bowl not having a Big 12 or SEC tie in just sets them up for failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB2point0 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, JohnnyFootball said: And a killer QB. This could be a tough matchup. The qb is pretty good, but those backs have been real impressive to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, DB2point0 said: Better be able to stop the running game. UNC has two good backs. A&M is 6th in the country in rushing defense. ND at 19th is a comparable defense and play style and held UNC to just 87 yards rushing. I don't expect UNC to run on A&M. A&M may get beat deep, but they haven't been run on all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB2point0 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, AllGoodNamesRGone said: Agree why did they get away from this? Couldn’t be ticket sells or ratings. Couple of lower tier teams from the big 12 and sec is more interesting than what they got. Kinda surprised Shreveport got a bowl game in the first place. Too small of a venue for the two conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, DB2point0 said: Too small of a venue for the two conferences. Not enough weedeater sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 4 hours ago, AllGoodNamesRGone said: Agree why did they get away from this? Couldn’t be ticket sells or ratings. Couple of lower tier teams from the big 12 and sec is more interesting than what they got. Kinda surprised Shreveport got a bowl game in the first place. Shreveport was a much bigger deal 80 years ago when the bowl games originated lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 UNC just had one of their RBs opt out and others are supposedly considering it. Looks like we answered your question LOL 16 hours ago, LOL said: Before I make my prediction, I need to know: which team doesn't want to be here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETXfan16 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I said this back when the playoff started, even when Texas beat Georgia. If you're not in the playoff, bowls are pretty much pointless now. Players opt out, you don't always get the other teams best shot, etc. Other than $$$, the draw just isn't there, at least for me as a fan it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 37 minutes ago, WETSU said: UNC just had one of their RBs opt out and others are supposedly considering it. Looks like we answered your question LOL Now a receiver and possibly LB too. Smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, JohnnyFootball said: Now a receiver and possibly LB too. Smh Yea UNC is about to be gutted and it will look similar to that NCst game from 2 years ago where A&M wins by a large margin but it means very little because half the other teams production wasn't playing. On the flip side of this, I do not view this A&M team like I viewed the georgia team that didnt make it. Georgia was a playoff favorite for most of the year and it truly was a letdown. They were more disappointed than mad to be left out. I get the opposite vibe from what Ive seen of fisher and the Aggies on twitter and in interviews. They appear to be #### off more they are disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I don't know. Jimbo gave good coach speak in saying, "If you need to have a chip on your shoulder to play hard, you aren't where you need to be as a program". I hope we come out and play physical and look good because we have pride, not because we're trying to stick it to the CFP Committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, JohnnyFootball said: I don't know. Jimbo gave good coach speak in saying, "If you need to have a chip on your shoulder to play hard, you aren't where you need to be as a program". I hope we come out and play physical and look good because we have pride, not because we're trying to stick it to the CFP Committee. I tend to look at it from another angle. You should ALWAYS have a chip on your shoulder. It doesn't have to be about proving it to others, but to yourself. You'll see saban win a national title and then turn around and after the celebration talk about how they gave up a cheap touchdown during a garbage time game in october and he wants the young guys to clean that up next year. That chip isn't there because someone put it, its there because you put it. Good coaches will find a way to keep that chip there IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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