Holiday Bowl (12-27)

[Cuck Flemson]

Texas
Arizona St.

No spread ( Pick-em)

Dec. 27 at 8:00pm

[papasmurf]

Texas (9-3) vs. Arizona State (10-2) Dec. 27, 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN


Arizona State will win if... it can keep Carpenter upright. Texas doesn't have much in the way of a steady pass rush, but that hasn't mattered against a porous ASU offensive line that gives up sacks in bunches allowing 51 on the year, along with 61 tackles for loss. If Carpenter can get a little bit of time, he should be able to light up the porous Longhorn secondary like a Christmas tree. With little help from the defensive front, the UT defensive backs have been under pressure and the they haven't come through allowing 276 yards per game. As long as Carpenter doesn't get knocked out, he should be able to throw for at least 300 yards on a group that allowed an average of 393 yards per game and 13 touchdown passes over the last four including 362 to Texas A&M.
Texas will win if... it wins the fourth quarter. ASU has been a notoriously slow starter all season long having found ways to win late. Texas has had some of the same issues and has been particularly fantastic in the fourth quarters scoring 94 points in the last five (an average of 18.8 per quarter). The Sun Devils likely won't be able to run the ball and will try to win with midrange passes while getting the ball out of his hands as soon as possible. The Texas Tech game will be a blueprint, so Texas will have to get ready for a bit of a shootout, and with better parts than ASU will be happy to get the offense moving.

What will happen: This should be an entertaining four quarter battle with ASU able to bomb away on Texas and the Longhorn offense able to use its balance to keep up the pace. Both teams will be fired up, but neither team is really all that great with gaping holes that will be exploited throughout. ASU's running game will go absolutely nowhere while Charles, after being bottled up for most of the game, will hit at least two home runs to get Texas ahead in the second half just enough to hold off a late Carpenter scoring drive.

Line: Texas -1... CFN Prediction: Texas 34 ... Arizona State 27
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ESPN College Bowl Mania

Arizona State http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/9.gif 56.8% 43.2% http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/251.gif Texas

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[Cuck Flemson]

Pending bowl games will be on a Sticky!

[Cuck Flemson]

Game tomorrow.

[Gamecockfanatic4]

ok don't let me down Sun Devils

[Snake]

This game is a tough one to pick......going with Texas

[U-Dub Gamecock]

Hook em' Horns bytaches!! (I hate Texas.. but I cant ever root for that crook Dennis Erickson)

[Will4144]

The Sun Devils played like the Sun Debbies.

[Ga_Gamecock]

SOT - take a look at the QBs from Colts class ...

where are the all-decade 5* QBs and where are the 3* Qbs?

just goes to show how grey the star sys can be

CM played lights out tonite





Pro-style quarterback Stars RR (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:openHelp%281%29) Ht/Wt/40 Hometown Rank Schools

Mark Sanchez (http://texas.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=25498) http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gif 6.1 6-4/211/4.7 Mission Viejo, CA 1 Southern Cal (http://texas.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?Year=2005&School=71&Sport=1)

Colt McCoy (http://texas.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=22880) http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gif 5.6 6-1/180/4.72 Tuscola, TX 15 Texas (http://texas.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?Year=2005&School=81&Sport=1) http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/spacer1.gif




Dual-threat quarterback Stars RR (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:openHelp%281%29) Ht/Wt/40 Hometown Rank Schools

Ryan Perrilloux (http://texas.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=18672) http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gif 6.1 6-2/207/4.5 Reserve, LA 1 LSU (http://texas.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?Year=2005&School=37&Sport=1)

Chase Daniel (http://texas.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=26802) http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gifhttp://vmedia.rivals.com/images/database/stargold.gif 5.7 6-0/214/4.5 Southlake, TX 6 Missouri (http://texas.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?Year=2005&School=49&Sport=1)

[gotrice?]

More vcash for me. Someone pay this thing out.

[Rice Rice Baby]

did anyone see the coaches stepson accidently touch the ball??? they had to show the replay 20 times. It was hilarious!!!

[King_Ash1974]

did anyone see the coaches stepson accidently touch the ball??? they had to show the replay 20 times. It was hilarious!!!

I thought it was good that it didn't end up changing the outcome. Personally I don't think he touched it, but it was still a bone-headed thing to do.

[cack]

/\ what happened ... i was in a bar and i noticed they kept showing some guy on the sideline but never knew what they were talkin about

[Snake]

TEXAS HAS SIDELINE DEBACLE AT HOLIDAY BOWL

During the Holiday Bowl tonight, a member of the Texas football operations staff stepped on the field and touched a loose ball after an Arizona State fumble, giving Arizona State the ball back after Texas recovered. Here's the video, via Awful Announcing:

The staffer who touched the ball was Chris Jesse, who also happens to be head coach Mack Brown's stepson. On the play, Jesse clearly stepped on the field while the play was in progress, which is a 15-yard penalty, whether he touched the ball or not. (Brown seemed to think he didn't touch the ball.)

Jesse's penalty set up Arizona State's first touchdown, although Texas is still winning the game handily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOjja6KY-Q&eurl=http://www.collegefootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

[U-Dub Gamecock]

Im gonna give my friend (Penn Wagers) hell about having to make that call.. (Penn Wagers was the ref in that game.. SEC crew)

[Gamecockfanatic4]

more vcash down the drain