From: kevink@fugitive.soac.bellcore.com (Kevin Klinge)
Subject: Re: Big Ten Bowl Preview (12-30-92)
Keywords: Big Ten, Penn State
Organization: Bell Communications Research
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 22:39:44 GMT

Since it's been sort of slow here due to the holiday week, I thought I'd add 
my $ 0.02 for what its worth to Randy's synopsis:

In article <C03C6w.I6F@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, peppler@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Peppler) writes:
|> Holiday Bowl, Wednesday, December 30, 1992, ESPN, 7:30 pm CST:
|> 	Illinois (6-4-1) vs. Hawaii (10-2):  Well, the last time a Big
|> 	Ten team played Hawaii in a bowl, Michigan State stomped the
|> 	Rainbow Warriors at the Aloha Bowl.  MSU was physically superior
|> 	to UH, and overcame their speed deficit.  I'm not sure this Illinois
|> 	team is capable of stomping anyone (really, anybody that loses
|> 	to Northwestern should be barred from bowl participation), but
|> 	the Illini had Lady Luck next to them all year.  I find no reason
|> 	to think otherwise here...

Hawaii has impressed me by going 5-1 against teams with a winning record
and winning a conference that I'm gaining respect for as each bowl game
their members are in gets played (OK, so BYU needs a kicker).  Illinois, 
on the other hand, hasn't really looked impressive at all this year (don't 
forget a loss to 2-9 Minnesota, Randy!), and their tie against Michigan IMHO
was more a result of the Wolverine's attrocious play (lots of fumbles and a 
dropped TD pass) than anything Illinois did.  I'll take :

                Hawaii   24, Illinois    19

|> Peppler		Illinois 23, Hawaii 14
|> Stassen		Illinois 20, Hawaii 17
|> Salty		Illinois 20, Hawaii 17
|> Betz		Illinois 28, Hawaii 16

|> Florida Citrus Bowl, Friday, January 1, 1993, ABC, 12:30 pm CST:
|> 	Ohio State (8-2-1) vs. Georgia (9-2):  Two pretty evenly-matched
|> 
|> 	teams in my book.  OSU was 7 points away from a perfect record
|> 	this year, despite little offense.  I think UGa has the advantage
|> 	because of Eric Zeier and Garrison Hearst.  Uga slobbers all the
|> 	way back to Athens with a big, juicy bone...

I agree, these are two evenly-matched teams.  There's two reasons why
I like Ohio State though:  their win over Syracuse 35-12 on the road,
and their shutdown of Michigan's offense in the 13-13 tie.  Add in the
fact that Georgia is 1-2 vs. winning teams while Ohio State is 2-1-1,
and the fact that Cooper has no pressure to win the game to stay in 
Columbus next year, and I'll take:

				Ohio State 25, Georgia 21

|> Peppler		How 'Bout Them Silver Britches! 24, Ohio State 16
|> Stassen		Georgia 24, Ohio State 21
|> Salty		Georgia 24, Ohio State 14
|> Betz		Ohio State 28, Georgia 24

|> Blockbuster Bowl, Friday, January 1, 1993, CBS, 12:30 pm CST:
|> 	Penn State (7-4) vs. Stanford (9-3):  Beano "Martini" Cook is
|> 	hyping this as the Walsh-Paterno Bowl.  I have the greatest respect
|> 	for Joe, but Bill is a genius.  This is a momentus (or sad) occasion
|> 	for PSU - its last game as an independent.  The big question I have
|> 	is whether the Stanford band will be appearing?!

Two sets of numbers sum up this game in my book:

Stanford 6-3 vs. winning teams
Penn State 2-4 vs. winning teams

Add in the challenge of beating JoePa for Bill Walsh (remember how he
outcoached Lou this year?), and you've got the makings of a major romp:

                Stanford 38, Penn State 17 

|> Peppler		LSJU 31, Penn State 23
|> Stassen		Stanford by 8 (I make up a score:  LSJU 28, PSU 20)
|> Salty		Stanford 28, Penn State 20 (I'm so original!)
|> Betz		Penn State 35, Stanford 24

|> Rose Bowl, Friday January 1, 1993, ABC, 4 pm CST:
|> 	Michigan (8-0-3) vs. Washington (9-2):  It's Turmoil Times in
|> 	Seattle these days.  Normally, I'd pick U-Dub by at least two
|> 	touchdowns, but because of all of the distractions, we'll make
|> 	it closer...

Well, logic would suggest that I take U-Dub considering how much Michigan
has struggled since the Purdue game, but U-Dub has had their share of
problems too, and since I think revenge will factor into this game, I'll
say:
                Michigan 24, Washington 22  (this one's from the heart, folks)

|> Peppler		U-Dub 27, Michigan 17
|> Stassen		Michigan 20, Washington 18
|> Salty		Michigan 23, Washington 17
|> Betz		Washington 42, Michigan 31
|> 
|> ENJOY!  Have a safe New Year!

And you as well.  Thanks for all the great work you put into these 
reports.  Here's hoping all the bowl games will be as exciting as the 
ones that have been played so far.

|> | Randy Peppler               |

-- 

Kevin H. Klinge
Bell Communications Research
kevink@soac.bellcore.com

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