When the Holiday Bowl first came to be in 1978, many people wanted to name it the Poinsettia Bowl.
Now that the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is entering its third game, it looks like the bowl slot was well worth the wait.
The Poinsettia Bowl match-up Thursday night between Navy (8-4) and Utah (8-4) is one of the better non-New Year’s Day bowl pairings.
Or would you rather see Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Indiana (7-5) in the Insight Bowl, or perhaps Alabama (6-6) vs. Colorado (6-6) in the Independence Bowl?
Even the BCS games between USC (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3) in the Rose Bowl and Virginia Tech (11-2) vs. Kansas (11-1) in the Orange Bowl aren’t all that appealing on a nationwide basis.
Illinois has no business being in a major bowl, and Kansas didn’t even make it to the Big 12 championship game.
Utah boasts one of the nation’s better runners in Darrell Mack of Utah, who rushed 50 times for 248 yards in leading Monte Vista High School to a San Diego Section CIF championship four years ago.
Navy may very well suffer because head coach Paul Johnson has already moved on to become the new coach at Georgia Tech.
Look for the Utes to prevail.
Prediction:
Utah 27, Navy 17
Now that the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is entering its third game, it looks like the bowl slot was well worth the wait.
The Poinsettia Bowl match-up Thursday night between Navy (8-4) and Utah (8-4) is one of the better non-New Year’s Day bowl pairings.
Or would you rather see Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Indiana (7-5) in the Insight Bowl, or perhaps Alabama (6-6) vs. Colorado (6-6) in the Independence Bowl?
Even the BCS games between USC (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3) in the Rose Bowl and Virginia Tech (11-2) vs. Kansas (11-1) in the Orange Bowl aren’t all that appealing on a nationwide basis.
Illinois has no business being in a major bowl, and Kansas didn’t even make it to the Big 12 championship game.
Utah boasts one of the nation’s better runners in Darrell Mack of Utah, who rushed 50 times for 248 yards in leading Monte Vista High School to a San Diego Section CIF championship four years ago.
Navy may very well suffer because head coach Paul Johnson has already moved on to become the new coach at Georgia Tech.
Look for the Utes to prevail.
Prediction:
Utah 27, Navy 17
1 comment:
Yeah, the Poinsettia is a good game. I'm glad San Diego has two bowls.
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