So, I go on GoDuke to buy a ticket. $50 for mid-field chairback seats. Not bad. $25 for “processing fee”. Geez, Ticketmaster doesn’t charge that much. (It’s per order. But when you’re just buying one, that’s a 50% up charge.)
This year's Independence Bowl marks 20 years since Cut's first victory as a head coach, and one of his finest victories ever. Tuberville left Ole Miss for Auburn at the end of the regular season, Cut was hired December 2, and he got Ole Miss prepared in 26 days and they beat Spyke Dykes's Texas Tech team: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Independence_Bowl
Just crazy, to swoop in (in December) to a new team that just lost its coach and get it prepped and win a bowl game against a quality opponent (TTU ended #34 in the SRS that year; Ole Miss #51).
#2 Clemson/#5 ND
#22 Syr/#11 WVU
#29 Mia/#42 Wisconsin
#33 NCSU/#19 TXAM
#41 Pitt/#32 Stanford
#44 UVA/#24 South Carolina
#46 BC/#28 Boise St
#47 GT/#53 Minn
#48 Duke/#49 Temple
#69 WFU/#51 Memphis
#79 VT/#31 Cincy
Bold = ACC team higher than opponent in SRS: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb...8-ratings.html
Of ACC bowl opponents, only Memphis and Minnesota ranked lower than Temple.
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Point spreads of ACC games, in order:
Clemson -11.5
GT -3.5
Miami -3
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BC +2.5
Wake +4.5
Duke +6
UVA +6
Pitt +6.5
NCSU +7
VT +7
Syr +7
https://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...s-odds-spreads
Duke appears to be the best value bet of the ACC teams -- ranked higher than its opponent in the SRS, yet getting points. Every other ACC team follows the traditional path (ranked higher/giving points ... or ranked lower/getting points).
only trouble with our rating there (Sagarin has us as the lesser team by approx. 3 pts I believe) is that Temple is clearly a team on the rise, and we are not. We get a lot of justifiable credit for
wins like NW, but that was then.
I completely agree with Reilly and HereBefore...IF (big if) we get all our guys back, Cut has shown that he prepares for bowls very well.
Teams have learned to defend us by only rushing the bare minimum of guys (often three), dropping the rest into coverage. A hobbled Jones couldn't take advantage of that vs Wake.
I suspect Jones and Humphreys will be back, have no notion of JGH...
tshirts for sale: https://independencebowl.shop/shop/c...147982&ctype=0
Any info on team hotel? Sorry if posted and I missed it.
Steve Wiseman's very thorough update this AM in the News and Observer:
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...222612715.html
Encouraging news about JGH and BH:
"Both said Tuesday they are recovering and hoping to play in the Independence Bowl."
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.