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When did the Orange Bowl become so boring?
Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:49 pm
It was one of my favorites growing up, and it had arguably the biggest significance. I remember Miami/Nebraska and LSU/Nebraska vividly. Clemson, Colorado and FSU all won their first NCs there (I believe). The Tom Osborne Nebraska dynasty run in the mid 90s began there.
These days, it's still BCS/New Year's Six, but I can't even remember an interesting matchup.
FSU/Northern Illinois
WVU dropping 70 on Clemson
Virginia Tech/Cincinnati
Virginia Tech/Kansas :yack:
Iowa/Georgia Tech :yack:
Louisville/Wake Forest :yack: :yack:
Even their BCSCGs have been generally horrible or unmemorable.
Why? The biggest reason is obviously the breakup of the Big 8 and the tie-in, along with the Big 12 tie-in to the Fiesta Bowl.
What else? Why do they always seem to get the shittiest possible matchup?
These days, it's still BCS/New Year's Six, but I can't even remember an interesting matchup.
FSU/Northern Illinois
WVU dropping 70 on Clemson
Virginia Tech/Cincinnati
Virginia Tech/Kansas :yack:
Iowa/Georgia Tech :yack:
Louisville/Wake Forest :yack: :yack:
Even their BCSCGs have been generally horrible or unmemorable.
Why? The biggest reason is obviously the breakup of the Big 8 and the tie-in, along with the Big 12 tie-in to the Fiesta Bowl.
What else? Why do they always seem to get the shittiest possible matchup?
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Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:52 pm to lsutigers1992
2005 was the last good one.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:53 pm to lsutigers1992
stub hub always offering tickets for 3 dollars ruined their reputation. You would think tickets that cheap and even the locals would go catch the game.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:55 pm to lsutigers1992
Since they got tied into the ACC and Big East.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 7:56 pm to lsutigers1992
A lot of things factored in but that bowl really got hit when they decided we need 5 bcs games.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:01 pm to lsutigers1992
So boring they are making up things to keep it close.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:02 pm to lsutigers1992
When the Big8 went away
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:02 pm to lsutigers1992
When they added a new BCS game
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:04 pm to lsutigers1992
When it got tied to the ACC, which is usually awful.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:07 pm to lsutigers1992
Does that stadium fill to capacity for anything? I knew U Miami games were shite, but the last two home Dolphins games I noticed were terrible too, and now this.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:10 pm to lsutigers1992
ACC + At Large (usually the last pick - or so it seemed) = Craptacular ...
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:18 pm to TigerScratch
Even now post-BCS, this matchup is meh. On paper at least, the Peach Bowl got a better matchup between two teams ranked higher than the Orange Bowl's best team (or beat them outright).
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:35 pm to lsutigers1992
And for fans who care, they used to have the best half-time show. Now they don't even let us see the half-time shows, it's all about hyping the BIG games tomorrow. 
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:43 pm to CaLSUTigerFan
But like I said too, even the National Championship games they pulled were 75 percent awful. They pulled arguably the two worst games, period, in USC/Oklahoma and Alabama/Notre Dame (with apologies to Miami/Nebraska). FSU/Oklahoma was a completely boring and unmemorable game that was out of reach for Florida State the moment Oklahoma scored. Florida/Oklahoma was a good game, but that was about it.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:59 pm to lsutigers1992
This is a really good match up and a good game.
Much better than watching Ole Miss getting their teeth kicked in.
Much better than watching Ole Miss getting their teeth kicked in.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:07 pm to TexasTiger6777
Clemson and OSU game was a good game with two explosive offenses that was decided in the finals minutes of the game.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:08 pm to TexasTiger6777
I agree. What I saw of the first half was good.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:20 pm to lsutigers1992
2014 Orange Bowl and this Orange bowl have both been great so far
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:36 pm to TexasTiger6777
Agreed as soon as I saw this I knew it would be a great matchup. Love the gtech offense.
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:39 pm to BuckYoshi
as others said, when they added another bcs game, when they decided to add a zillion bowl games, when the big 8 went away, etc ...
the games in the last 70s and early/mid 80s were great ... clemson won a nc in the orange ... was always packed with fans ...
some things in college ball have changed for the better, but the bowl games, imo, have digressed a bit in many ways ...
the games in the last 70s and early/mid 80s were great ... clemson won a nc in the orange ... was always packed with fans ...
some things in college ball have changed for the better, but the bowl games, imo, have digressed a bit in many ways ...
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