Bowl Week Wrap-Up
You know how the playoffs went. No write-up needed.
NOTE: The top 25 was so messed up, I just didn't include it. Had Auburn ahead of UCLA despite Auburn losing, only one change in the top 25...just messed up. All that matters is UConn is #1.
Bowl Map
Again, for those of you who may or may not have caught up, I started changing corporate sponsors of a bunch of bowl games last season, as you'd see in real life. Found a list of Fortune 500 companies and related their locations to the games and went from there. There was a list of changes posted earlier in the month, but if anyone's curious I'll repost it. CAC bowl games are highlighted.
Royal Purple New Mexico: Kentucky (8-5) def. Baylor (8-5)
41-35
Famous Idaho Potato: Wyoming (9-4) def. Ohio (9-4) 28-24
San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia: Memphis (8-4) def. Boise St. (10-4)
28-24
Tropicana St. Petersburg: Southern Miss (8-5) def. Navy (7-6)
41-38
R&L Carriers New Orleans: FIU (7-6) def. #20 New Mexico St. (10-3)
31-24
Amazon Las Vegas: #24 Arizona State (9-4) def. San Diego St. (11-3)
34-21
Sheraton Hawai'i: Western Kentucky (10-3) def. Colorado St. (8-5)
52-34
Quick Lane (pres. by Ford): Purdue (7-6) def. Buffalo (7-6)
42-24
CitiBank Military (pres. by Northrop Grumman): Army (8-5) def. Bowling Green (6-7) 35-23
Chevron Holiday: #16 USC (10-3) def. West Virginia (6-7) 52-17
Bank Of America: Clemson (8-5) def. UCF (7-6)
38-28
Duck Commander Independence: NC St. (7-6) def. Tulsa (8-5)
30-24
Advocare V100 Texas: #18 Michigan (9-4) def. #25 BYU (9-4)
38-24
Russell Athletic: #23 Georgia Tech (9-4) def. Notre Dame (8-5)
31-24
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces: Florida Atlantic (8-5) vs. New Mexico (7-6)
24-14
eBay.com: Cal (7-6) def. #21 Florida St. (7-6)
58-24
Valero Alamo: #19 Oklahoma St. (9-4) def. #15 Oregon St. (10-3)
31-22
TicketCity Cactus: Nebraska (8-6) def. Texas (8-5)
27-22
Franklin American Mortgage Music City: Boston College (8-6) def. Tennessee (6-6)
20-17
Hyundai Sun Bowl: Miami-FL (9-4) def. #11 Arizona (9-4)
35-26
AutoZone Liberty: Rice (10-4) def. USF (9-4) 38-27
ExxonMobil Dallas: Northwestern (7-6) def. Temple (6-7)
31-21
TECO Energy Outback: Georgia (8-5) def. #13 Ohio State (9-4)
55-43
Fidelity: Vanderbilt (8-5) def. Rutgers (8-5)
24-21
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus: #22 Ole Miss (10-4) def. #17 Michigan St. (10-4)
38-28
Birmingham: Penn St. (7-5) def. Tulane (9-5)
45-21
Time Warner Cable: Kent State (9-5) def. Texas St. (7-6)
31-21
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New Year's Six
Discover Orange: #12 Western Michigan (13-1) def. #10 Oklahoma (9-4)
35-31
Goodyear Cotton: #8 Marshall (12-2) def. #9 North Carolina (9-4)
38-33
VIZIO Fiesta: #6 UCLA (12-2) def. #5 Auburn (11-3)
34-16
Chick-Fil-A-Peach: #14 Virginia Tech (12-2) def. #7 Missouri (9-4)
35-21
Rose pres. by Best Buy (CFP SEMIFINAL): #3 Florida (13-1) def. #2 TCU (11-2)
66-10
Allstate Sugar (CFP SEMIFINAL):#1 UConn (14-0) def. #4 Oregon (11-3) 10-3
College Football Playoff Championship (January 8, Miami, FL): #1 UConn (15-0) def. #3 Florida (13-2) 30-14
All-AAC 1st Team
| 2017 1st Team All-AAC |
| Pos | Player Name | Ht | Wt | Year |
| QB | Tanner Lee, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| HB | Josh Marriner, UConn | | | Sr. |
| HB | Sherman Badie, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| WR | Cedric Lancaster , SMU | | | Sr. |
| WR | Niguel Veal, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| TE | Kendall Ardoin, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| OT | Josh Parrish, UConn | | | So. |
| G | Trey Rutherford, UConn | | | Sr. |
| C | Will Clapp, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| G | Ryan Crozier, UConn | | | Jr. |
| OT | Tommy Hopkins, UConn | | | Sr. |
| DE | Cam Stapleton, UConn | | | Sr. |
| DT | Michael Raiford, Navy | | | Sr. |
| DT | T.J. Newell, UConn | | | So. |
| DE | Sam Rourke, UConn | | | Fr. |
| LB | Quintin Harrell, UConn | | | Sr. |
| LB | Craig Suits, Tulsa | | | Sr. |
| LB | Junior Joseph, UConn | | | Sr. |
| CB | Jamar Summers, UConn | | | Sr. |
| CB | Javon Hadley, UConn | | | Sr. |
| S | Nate Godwin, USF | | | Sr. |
| S | Ross Sinclair, UConn | | | Fr. |
| K | Mike Miller, UConn | | | Fr. |
| P | Tyler McCray, UConn | | | Fr. |
| RS | Arkeel Newsome, UConn | | | Jr. |
NCAA All-Americans
| 2017 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans |
| Pos | Player Name | Ht | Wt | Year |
| QB | Treon Harris, Florida | | | Sr. |
| HB | Josh Marriner, UConn | | | Sr. |
| HB | Shaun Nixon, TCU | | | Jr. |
| WR | ArDarius Stewart, Florida | | | Sr. |
| WR | Niguel Veal, Tulane | | | Sr. |
| TE | Jake Roh, Boise St. | | | Sr. |
| OT | Dave Sharpe, Florida | | | Sr. |
| G | Jake Pisarcik, Oregon | | | Sr. |
| C | Doug Brenner, Oregon | | | Sr. |
| G | Nolan Kelleher, Florida | | | Sr. |
| OT | Poasi Moala, UCLA | | | Sr. |
| DE | Cam Stapleton, UConn | | | Sr. |
| DT | Austin Maloata, Oregon | | | Sr. |
| DT | Gerald Sorley-Jones, Oklahoma | | | So. |
| DE | Caleb Brantley, Florida | | | Sr. |
| LB | Junior Joseph, UConn | | | Sr. |
| LB | Jophez Ross, Florida | | | So. |
| LB | Tyler Morris, San Diego St. | | | Sr. |
| CB | Jamar Summers, UConn | | | Sr. |
| CB | Logan Cheadle, Missouri | | | Jr. |
| S | Destri White, Rice | | | Sr. |
| S | Royquez Talley, Clemson | | | Fr. |
| K | Seth Seymour, Michigan | | | Jr. |
| P | Ken Jertoney, UCLA | | | So. |
| RS | Arkeel Newsome, UConn | | | Jr. |
Award Winners
| 2017 NCAA Award Winners |
| Award | Player | Pos | Team |
| Heisman Memorial Trophy | Treon Harris | QB | Florida |
| Maxwell Award | Treon Harris | QB | Florida |
| Walter Camp Award | Treon Harris | QB | Florida |
| Davey O'Brien Award | Treon Harris | QB | Florida |
| Chuck Bednarik Award | Jophez Ross | LB | Florida |
| Bronko Nagurski Trophy | Cam Stapleton | DE | UConn |
| Lombardi Award | Cam Stapleton | DE | UConn |
| Doak Walker Award | Josh Marriner | RB | UConn |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award | ArDarius Stewart | WR | Florida |
| John Mackey Award | Mike Heuerman | TE | Notre Dame |
| Outland Trophy | Nolan Kelleher | T | Florida |
| Rimington Trophy | Doug Brenner | C | Oregon |
| Linebacker of the Year | Jophez Ross | LB | Florida |
| Jim Thorpe Award | Logan Cheadle | CB | Missouri |
| Lou Groza Award | Seth Seymour | K | Michigan |
| Ray Guy Award | Ken Jertoney | P | UCLA |
| Returner of the Year | Arkeel Newsome | RB | UConn |
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Man, sounds like an awesome game - that 2nd quarter though, nice putting up 21 points! Would have loved to have watched the 4th quarter as it seems the pressure was heating up. Great work, great write up
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It was a very good game. It was kind of weird....I didn't even realize we scored 21 in the 2nd until I typed up the box score.
I actually recorded the game (thanks to my brother's camcorder) for my own purposes, but I don't have a capture card or anything like that, so the end quality was rather poor. Believe me, I would've loved to have done a post-commentary sort of thing and posted it here instead of writing that insanely long write-up, but I'd prefer not to do that until/if I get a capture card.
My only problem with that is, I wouldn't use it for much.. We'll see. Maybe it's something I look into later on in the dynasty.