Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Sackanomics 101

2007 Champs Sports Bowl ($2.25 million payout)

#14 Boston College 10-2 vs. Michigan State 7-5


BC +6, O/U 59

I never thought I'd ever looked through games and expeceted to see a team so dissapointed that they're not playing in the "Chik Fil' A Bowl. Did they really have to take the "Peach Bowl" part out of it? How many more $3.99chicken sandwiches are you really going to sell? It'a uneccassary. We've now offically crossed the line where now somewhat meaningful bowl games

Michigan State Defensive End Jonal Saint-Dic needed pass 6 whole credits worth of classes this semester. If he didn't, he would be declared academically ineligible for the Champs Sports Bowl. Hudson Valley Community College (the 13th grade for upstate New York high school seniors) transfer Saint Dic took 2 classes, one a sociology course worth 3 credits and another math class that was an ambitious 5 credits.

Here's a question that could've been put on his final: If he only passes one of these courses, and does not end up playing in this bowl game, what course did he pass?

So what if Jonal is not a numbers guy, but here's some that won't help the Spartans on Friday: 10.5 sacks and a Big-10 record 8 forced fumbles in 12 games this season. And alot of those forced fumbles were on strip sacks coming from the blind side. You think that won't have an impact on how effective Matt Ryan is? This gives All ACC OT and future lottery pick Godser Cherlius a huge adavantage, as he's struggled at times this season.

The type of plays that Saint-Dic makes have a huge impact on these type of games. They're momentum plays.

I look for Ryan to have a big day in his last game:

Michigan State, 27 Boston College, 30


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