The 2013 Bowl Selection Vigil

[uh_no]

I have died of dysentery.

R.I.P.

that's two top posters in as many days.

[loran16]

Agreed, but not sure whether Wake or UNC is more probable. We should beat State...they are in free fall right now, playing without confidence or pride. Miami is a tall task, despite the closeness of their last two games. They have a formidable run game that they've gone to late in games, with very good results. Wake is better right now than people seem to realize. They dominated State and were in position to win at Miami. They have the key Jim Grobe features of a reliable quarterback and run game, one real playmaker, and a respectable defense. And we're playing at Wake, which is a consistently frustrating experience. UNC is more of a wildcard. They have athleticism but are horrendously inconsistent. If they get fired up for the Duke game as a chance to redeem what is shaping up to be a lousy season, they could be tough. But, realistically, Duke is a better team than Carolina this season.

2-2 down the stretch would be good. 3-1 and undisputed North Carolina state champions would be awesome. 4-0...unbelievable...but does anyone doubt this morning whether Duke CAN do it?

Wake is more probable. Remember, UNC also held Miami to basically needing a last second score to win. Meanwhile, Wake's wins are against:
Presbyterian (1-AA)
@ 3-5 Army
Home vs NC State - a bad team with a bad backup QB
Home vs a MD team with an injured QB and with both of their star WRs injured, who had just needed a UVA missed FG to win at Maryland by 1 point.

Wake is still a very mediocre team. UNC just faced a ton of tough teams up front.

[OldPhiKap]

R.I.P.

that's two top posters in as many days.

Literally.

[Olympic Fan]

Wake is more probable. Remember, UNC also held Miami to basically needing a last second score to win. Meanwhile, Wake's wins are against:
Presbyterian (1-AA)
@ 3-5 Army
Home vs NC State - a bad team with a bad backup QB
Home vs a MD team with an injured QB and with both of their star WRs injured, who had just needed a UVA missed FG to win at Maryland by 1 point.

Wake is still a very mediocre team. UNC just faced a ton of tough teams up front.

And how did that Wake-Miami game go Saturday?

(And remember, UNC took Miami to the wire at home; Wake did it on the road).

Think they are very comparable teams right now. Both UNC and Wake had some issues in September ... both are playing MUCH better right now.

[75Crazie]

All the remaining regular-season games are winnable.

All the remaining regular-season games are losable.

Zero chickens counted as yet.

[budwom]

Yup, Wake is rapidly improving, should've beaten Miami yesterday. They are most definitely not a gimmie.

[BigWayne]

All the remaining regular-season games are winnable.

All the remaining regular-season games are losable.

Zero chickens counted as yet.

Yep, and if you ever raised chickens, you know that a hatched chicken is like a halftime lead. The work is not done yet.

[loran16]

All the remaining regular-season games are winnable.

All the remaining regular-season games are losable.

Zero chickens counted as yet.

Advantage Duke: Bowl Eligible with all the chickens still there to roost.

[wilson]

There's a fresh round of bowl projections out today. Two projectors who last week had us on the outside looking in now have us in: Mark Schlabach now has us pegged for the Belk Bowl vs. Houston, though that would seem to expose his lack of intimate knowledge of the situation since, as noted earlier in this thread, the Belk is unlikely to select us in two straight years. Schlabach's ESPN colleague (same link) has moved us from the Military Bowl last week to a date with Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl this week. That would be a very fun bowl trip IMO...a good test against an SEC team, and Nashville is great fun.
Jerry Palm at CBS, another projector who had Duke out of the mix last week, now has the Devils slotted for the Military Bowl vs. North Texas.

[hurleyfor3]

All the remaining regular-season games are winnable.

All the remaining regular-season games are losable.

Zero chickens counted as yet.

We'll have to do a better job of scoring the football than we did against VPI.

[johnb]

If you follow Sagarin's predictor, the lines for Duke's remaining 4 games are:
Duke -12 State
Miami -3 Duke
Duke -4 Wake
UNC -1 Duke

In other words, 4 winnable games, 1 absolutely should win, and 1 probable win. And we already have 6 wins.

a field goal between us and Miami but two touchdowns between us and state? even with home field differences, it seems unlikely.

but so was yesterday.

[devildeac]

I have died of dysentery.

Try this:

http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/chan...ation_id=10884

[devildeac]

We'll have to do a better job of scoring the football than we did against VPI.

Absolutely.

[sue71, esq]

This one has the Independence Bowl.

[ricks68]

Literally.

Where do you get all of your cleverness?

ricks

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

Where do you get all of your cleverness?

ricks

He's a Duke graduate.

[OldPhiKap]

Where do you get all of your cleverness?

ricks

Clean living, and plenty of naps.

He's a Duke graduate.

That's where I learned the above-referenced traits. Yup.

[Tappan Zee Devil]

Clean living, and plenty of naps.

.

Not my memory of Phi Kaps

[OldPhiKap]

Not my memory of Phi Kaps

What is this "memory" of which you speak?

[throatybeard]

If we're in the Sun Bowl, how many Duke people show up? Two grand, max? That's a bowl with a proud history, but not one that's good to have an smallish eastern school in.