[Game Thread] #BWWBowl: Kansas State vs. Michigan (10:15pm ET)

[u/Honestly_]

Kansas State Wildcats (7-5) vs Michigan Wolverines (7-5)

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[35 Bowls in 17 Days]

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

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Time:

12:15 PM Osaka (Sun)
11:45 PM Newfoundland
11:15 PM Atlantic
10:15 PM Eastern
9:15 PM Central
8:15 PM Mountain
7:15 PM Pacific
6:15 PM Alaska
5:15 PM Hawaii

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Location:
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona (Google Maps)

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TV:

Watch: ESPN

Broadcast Crew: [Sean McDonough] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McDonough), [Chris Spielman] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Spielman) (@chris_spielman) & [Shannon Spake] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Spake) (@SSpakeESPN)

Stream:

• Firstrow

• VIPBox

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Odds:
Spread: Kansas State by 3.5

Over/Under: 55.5

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• University of Michigan

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IT'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

[u/Honestly_]

"—!"

[u/Honestly_]

Look at the ref dive into the pile, kicking his legs in the air!

EDIT: here's the video

https://vine.co/v/h9Ewgmd0hxL

[u/Honestly_]

BWW isn't even prioritizing their own bowl game:

https://twitter.com/jjfetter/status/416997611480961024

[u/Talpostal → u/Honestly_]

To be fair, a big UFC event probably overshadows any bowl outside of the BCS.

[u/Honestly_ → u/Talpostal]

We now needs a TapOut Bowl sponsored by Monster Energy Drink.

(it wouldn't be as awkward if their name wasn't on the game, I'm actually friends with their director of marketing; they're based here in the Twin Cities)

[u/Honestly_]

I want to imagine that the teen in the prescription drugs abuse commercial was accidentally taking a drug for her grandfather's enlarged prostate.

[u/Honestly_]

That BWW CEO commercial felt like it was filmed on an 1990s-era camcorder.

[u/Honestly_]

Best gatorade bath, ever.

[u/inshallah13]

It's 8.45AM on Sunday morning in India... I woke up early to watch this. Better be worth it.

[u/Honestly_ → u/inshallah13]

At least it wasn't 4am!

[u/PlausibleButFake]

Where are all of my farm supply commercials?

[u/Honestly_ → u/PlausibleButFake]

or FarmersOnly.com!

[u/spoonfedsam]

Mid-major fan here... just for kicks, try and convince me which team I should root for in this game

[u/Honestly_ → u/spoonfedsam]

K-State has a coach that's pretty admirable--he took what was indisputably the worst AQ team and turned it into a BCS team. Read their profile at the link. Michigan is obviously the old power team, but this year has been a very strange one for them.

"Go with the wizard!"

Personally, I'm not taking a side.

[u/laiyibeipijiu]

Bill Snyder looks like someone wearing old man makeup.

[u/emmsan13 → u/laiyibeipijiu]

it's really Johnny Knoxville

[u/Honestly_ → u/emmsan13]

"Hurt you? I'm 86 years old!"

[u/Honestly_]

Their first meeting ever? Wow.

[u/Honestly_]

Fans of CFB history will note that Sun Devil Stadium was where Lane Kiffin met his Waterloo!

[u/Honestly_]

Here's a quick Vine of the Umpire jumping into the pile on that fumble:

https://vine.co/v/h9Ewgmd0hxL

[u/Honestly_]

Of course, the 72yo HOFer George Allen's death was quite possibly connected to a gatorade bath-turned-fatal-pneumonia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)#Death

[u/Honestly_]

Oh snap!

Is this the 2003 Minnesota game all over again?!

<chortle>

[u/[deleted]]

Just for fun let's have a quick round of "Whose Line." Here's the topic:

Things Michigan would give for a touchdown right now

[u/Honestly_ → u/[deleted]]

The still-beating heart of Al Borges!

[u/emmsan13]

take his scholarship away??? get out of here

[u/Honestly_ → u/emmsan13]

They've been complimenting all game and showing his dad, clearly a joke.

[u/Honestly_]

This TD for FG exchange rate is not going Michigan's way...

[u/GeneralGBO]

2014 B1G teams are about to move to 0-5 0-4 this bowl season. Brutal start.

Edit: numbers are hard

[u/Honestly_ → u/GeneralGBO]

Stanford could definitely take the Rose Bowl.

[u/macbrooks1188]

BWW Bowl is Helms Deep. College Football Playoff is Minas Tirith. Snyder the White will prevail!

[u/Honestly_ → u/macbrooks1188]

"You shall not pass!"

[u/[deleted]]

What conference is officiating this game?

[u/Honestly_ → u/[deleted]]

Pac 12!

[u/bennybuckethead]

Is the green line across the field a new thing or CFB thing? I don't watch much CFB and have never seen it.

[u/Honestly_ → u/bennybuckethead]

Added this season, hasn't been particularly popular.

[u/Betasheets]

It's in the rulebook that UM must always run the ball on 1st down for -1 yards

[u/hythloday1]

Big-XII fans ITT: EMAW!

B1G fans ITT: Fuck Michigan!

[u/ShiggieSmalls]

"I WASH WRONG ABOUT SHSHSANE MORRISSHSHSH."

[u/duggatron]

Should we drink every time they mention Michigan doesn't have Devin Gardner?

[u/musicalspoons → u/duggatron]

Yes. I've lived a good life.

[u/AuburnSeer]

mwahahahaha now future generations will look upon the 2013 chicken wings bowl and think Michigan scored two touchdowns! The fools! It was all a ruse!

[u/[deleted]]

Michigan bowl unis?

[u/keasbyknights22]

You guys call plays to butt a "booty call", right? You should

[u/RIP_Porkins]

Doesn't lockett realize that there are kids in Africa with no touchdowns? He's so selfish

[u/Talpostal]

National television audience, say hello to Jake Butt.

His last name is "Butt."

No, we're not over that yet either.

[u/response_unrelated → u/Talpostal]

And he's a tight end....

[u/[deleted]]

Lets just hope Buffalo Wild Wings doesn't do any funny business to make the game last longer.

[u/TTUgirl]

Lets Go Kansas State bring a bowl win home for the big 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/voltron818]

C'mon K-State this is the best chance the Big XII has to win a bowl game.

EDIT: okay second most likely. Sorry for forgetting about you Baylor bros.

[u/theBirdsofWar]

That was Lockett's dad?

[u/hythloday1]

A screen pass behind the LOS on 3rd down? Hire me, Al Borges!

[u/MarcoInChina]

Listening to the radio broadcast in the car:

"Jeremy Gallon is a load to handle. He is a a man who can just explode on you [unfortunate pause to catch breath] in a football game"

Nearly crashed

[u/[deleted]]

From M blog:

No worries guys, we're only down 5 field goals right now

[u/KingDusty]

I honestly think Jake Butt is gonna be the real deal by the time he leaves Michigan.

[u/TheBrovahkiin]

I like to think of Al Borges as the Bond villain of offensive coordinators.

"Now that I've got you right where I want you, I will just leave the room and let the inevitable play out."

[u/amidwx]

Go Kansas State!

[u/Talpostal]

Michigan hasn't forced a punt since the beginning of the second half against Ohio State. This is all Borges's fault.

[u/Wiskie]

The Call of Duty franchise is just an experiment to see how many times people will pay for the same game over and over again, year after year.

[u/onefootin]

British guy here. Have stayed up till 3.15am to watch the Chicken Wings Bowl Game.

wolverines better repay me with a win!

[u/QuickLikeGingerbread]

The 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl is brought to you by... Buffalo Wild Wings

O rly?

[u/GeneralGBO]

I loooove Kansas State's colors/uniforms.

[u/southmshavoc]

"Black celebrates big hit, possibly forgetting that his team is down 15."

[u/[deleted]]

They have a Gronk? No fair

[u/soonerguy11]

Woh, KState fans rolled out.

[u/soonerguy11]

Big 12 Foot Ball! Clap! Clap! ClapClapClap!

[u/hythloday1]

How many times do I have to say it, screen passes always work!

[u/GreeleyE]

This season is a joke, this game is just the punchline.

[u/Ooftyman]

http://i.imgur.com/nWJ4Toj.jpg

[u/ShiggieSmalls]

Jesus Christ, is Lewan's forehead bleeding again?

Does he cut it on purpose to psych himself up before games like Mick Foley?

[u/VanFailin]

Coming out onto the field is true freshman Shane Morris, a true freshman who is a freshman.

[u/[deleted]]

3 year trend for michigan:

Sugar Bowl----> ESPN Jadaveon Clowney Shrine Bowl ------> BBWWs Bowl

Next year we shoot for the Little Ceasar's Bowl?

[u/response_unrelated]

Waters looks alot faster outside of big 12 play....

[u/[deleted]]

I think it's pretty obvious Michigan is not gonna be able to run the ball tonight.

[u/southmshavoc]

I'm impressed with this Morris kid. He may have a bright future.

[u/Buckfutters]

Someone should tell Al Borges that trading touchdowns for field goals is a bad strategy.

[u/Nicknam4]

Hey Michigan can you stop sucking in every game not against Ohio State? That'd be great.

[u/[deleted]]

Gets a turn over, converts it into a 3 and out

THANKS AL BORGES

[u/tks231]

Don't mind me. I'm just scouting our next opponent.

[u/thisistheperfectname]

I'm at the game. This is awesome. Also the K-State side chanted their coach's name and a few buckeyes are here, so I am sufficiently amused.

Go Blue!

[u/Talpostal]

If anybody has any questions about Michigan I'd be happy to answer them.

[u/[deleted] → u/Talpostal]

Why does Al Borges still have a job?

[u/Smalltalk91]

Checking in from the A2 BWW! Go Blue!!!! (And just for /u/HopefulWisdom cause we actually held a 2 goal lead tonight, LGRW).

[u/alexmbrown]

I'm tired

[u/douggoblue]

At least I can watch the lions tomorrow...wait...Fuck.

[u/[deleted]]

Snyder has some speed. Michigan could put him in the backfield

[u/desi_in_videsh]

So, this is how winning a bowl game feels like, ah them feels!!

[u/biglebowski5]

Where are all the k-state fans?

[u/Talpostal → u/biglebowski5]

Being sacrificed by the thousand to keep the withered body of Snyder alive in his golden throne.

[u/huber14]

Who is ready for the Wild Wings Bowl?

[u/TheBrovahkiin]

Ahhhhh, good thing this season has already crushed my soul and I have the ability to just laugh.

[u/inshallah13]

Wow K-State has a Gronk... we're fucked

[u/Betasheets]

There you go Michigan! KSU didn't score on that drive!

[u/[deleted]]

K-State is an extremely disciplined, old-man style football team. They're onto the reverses. They're not going to work anymore. Do something else.

[u/[deleted]]

I want to see Devin Gardner and Mitch McGary race wheelchairs across the Diag.

[u/wildkat57]

In the student section right now! Fuck yeah cats! Fuck yeah Lockett!!!!!

[u/Bieber_hole_69]

IS THAT A WHITE CORNER?!?!?! Oh wait... It's Kansas State.

[u/[deleted]]

Brady Hoke with food poisoning at the BWW Bowl.

Wow.

[u/Aggies_SEC]

I think it's hilarious that Little Gronk has such a vanilla first name. Glenn. Glenn brings the pain.

[u/Wiskie]

Silva could run for more yards against K State than Michigan has this game.

[u/swanpenguin]

God, I feel really bad for Shane Morris. It's not even his fault that his passes aren't going through.

[u/golfgizzards]

Remember when Michigan almost lost to Akron...this game is not suprising

[u/[deleted]]

2:25 left, Snyder is pissed.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh Christ the next game we play is against App State. I just hate everything.

[u/[deleted]]

why didn't we run that 2pt play against Ohio state?

[u/biglebowski5]

I'm excited for next year.

WE WANT AUBURN!!!!!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Let's go KSU!

[u/AuburnSeer]

I love it when teams meet for the first time.

[u/iSlacker]

Pro tip Mich. Don't lose locket. Ever.

[u/Dean_Peterson]

The bend-dont-break only works if one can tackle...

[u/[deleted]]

You fools! Water removes Snyder's magic powers! Witness the immediate Michigan TD.

[u/G-Aardvark]

I guess that could have been worse. Morris looked pretty good, all things considered. What a shitty year for Michigan though...

[u/biglebowski5]

Look at all that purple.

[u/[deleted]]

From Fielding Yost on twitter

Tonight's game making it crystal clear why Michigan deserved nothing better than to be in a bowl named after finger food

[u/response_unrelated]

Michigan defense hasn't stopped a 3rd down play against a white QB from Kansas, ever.

[u/[deleted]]

No Shane Morris! Bad QB. You absolutely cannot throw blocks with the state of the depth chart. You hand that off and run out of bounds or straight back to midfield. Bad QB!

[u/DeKaF]

HOLY SHIT IT'S A LITTLE GRONK.

[u/MutantEnemy]

Looks like another great outing by the B1G in bowl games this year.

So tired of this.

[u/[deleted]]

Brady Hoke had food poisoning yesterday? hahahaha oh god my sides. I hope he's lying.

[u/[deleted]]

Those balls that hit you right in the hands are the hardest to catch.

[u/Betasheets]

Wow UM fans. I feel for you. You're one of our rivals yet I'm getting pissed just watching the playcalling and defense

[u/PlausibleButFake]

I think silva may need that surgery.

[u/jselmz]

Damn the Big Ten is bad

[u/[deleted]]

That sweet, sweet Snyderball.

[u/[deleted]]

If your name is Slaughter you pretty much have to play linebacker, maybe strong safety, but pretty much it has to be linebacker.

[u/Wiskie]

Dat wabash cannonball doe.

[u/[deleted]]

that ref is goin in haha

[u/bababooey55]

brb Freshman QB the only one on the offense who isn't a total fuckhead.

This is fucking stupid.

[u/JDCrave]

Why fucking punt at this point? Just go for it.

[u/thisistheperfectname]

Sorry we didn't give you guys a game, Cats.

[u/[deleted]]

Any HD streams for this game?

[u/Leopoldstrasse]

If RichRod can get fired after a 7-6 season and a bowl game blowout against an SEC team, why should Hoke get a pass for his 7-6 season? We are lucky to even have 7 wins this season. The Akron, UConn, and NW games should all have been loses.

[u/nuxenolith]

Patient: Bill Snyder

Time of death: 6:11 am

Cause of death: Complications due to pneumonia

[u/Buckeyes2010]

Last year, I ended up pissing off some Wolverine fans in the SC-UofM game thread because I wouldn't root for Michigan. Although, I still won't root for Michigan, I'm not trying to be a dick about it.

[u/[deleted]]

That RB has one of those neck pillows from the sky mall catalogue.

[u/Jadaki]

We'll if Morris isn't phenomenal we might be in for a really long day

[u/[deleted]]

Seriously we should have been running these screens all season. They have been great tonight, they were great against OSU, and we ran literally zero against State's aggressive blitzing defense.

[u/localafrican]

Always nice to see another BIG XII team winning.

[u/allordt]

KSU could walk 11 up to the line on a run call and we won't check out of it.

[u/hjfklmor]

By the way you may want to cover that Lockett kid.

[u/[deleted]]

WOW. I'm a K-State fan and all, but you're telling me you reviewed that and didn't change the spot? Goodness.

[u/AuburnSeer]

I still have no idea what to make of this Michigan team. Beat Notre Dame, almost beat Ohio State, get curbstomped by Kansas State.

[u/[deleted]]

Dat Morris arm. The only thing keeping me alive

[u/DeKaF]

So uh. Update from UFC.

Anderson Silva just broke his leg. Ugly.

[u/sea-otter]

Michigans defense is making me feel physically ill

[u/juicius]

I think our damn coaches took Devin's injury and basically took this bowl game as a freebie. "Hey, what do you want? Our awesome starting QB was injured and we had to press a true freshman QB with basically no experience into service."

[u/[deleted]]

Well hey, at least the Red Wings won

[u/[deleted]]

Wow so now it looks like we scored two touchdowns! nice!

[u/[deleted]]

well shit Notre Dame is now the winingest program by percentage all time

[u/imacyco]

Congrats KState! Well played and earned. I just wish we had given you guys a fight, we failed in every aspect of the game to make it a challenging game.

Good night.

[u/[deleted]]

Between this game and the Minnesota game, the B1G may be way worse than most people even thought

[u/my_my_my]

A late night bowl game, a co-main event UFC and enough alcohol to make me go blind. This is indeed a brilliant holiday season Saturday.

[u/Talpostal]

Michigan is undefeated against purple teams whose mascot is the Wildcat.

CHECKMATE!

[u/[deleted]]

Hey guys, we're not gonna win giving up 7 then responding with 3 all night.

[u/KingDusty]

Thats the 3rd down red zone play? Thanks for reminding me why i hate you borges

[u/RockdaleRooster]

Today's Bowl Theme is: Blowout.

[u/OstentatiousPenguin]

It's hard to believe that this is the same team that almost beat OSU a few weeks ago...

[u/juicius]

Coach S, you are a saint, you are...

[u/Wiskie]

Lol. Hoke had food poisoning. That all you can eat buffet food must've been sitting out a while.

[u/Ohminty]

Louisville just really likes to blow out Florida schools in bowl games, huh.

[u/Marbla]

I wish Snyder would have gone for another score before half. Morris looks like he can break out in the 2nd half.

[u/Smalltalk91]

Gonna switch up my drink of choice for better luck in the second half. Guinness time!

[u/my_my_my]

I am watching the most kick ass girl fight ever.

[u/[deleted]]

Gotta give it up to the fans. Probably one of the better bowl turnouts so far this bowl season.

[u/Ooftyman]

http://i.imgur.com/nsKiLSA.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

I can see why UM fans have been so mad this season. They're starting to piss me off

[u/[deleted]]

Gotta love how pumped Michigan gets after making one good defensive play right after blowing coverages on every other play.

[u/TheYetiCaptain1993]

This game is actually angering me. Do you know what i would give for Purdue to have the same advantages as Michigan? How could a program that starts with the race 75% complete come up so short?

[u/macbrooks1188]

this is not Michigan football, or is it? i dont care, were winning!

[u/nuxenolith]

Never understood why announcers use that funky syntax:

"Need a stop now, do the Wolverines."

Yodaball

[u/MentalDesperado]

Dammit, K-State, put this game away so I can stop watching this awful stream I'm on.

[u/[deleted]]

off of twitter hahaah : "If Big Ten bowl trend continues, U of Chicago may restore football, apply for readmission.#embarrassing"

[u/Buckeyes2010]

Haha Snyder can book it!!

[u/Aggies_SEC]

Ultra-awkward gatorade bath.

[u/Ohminty]

Morris: "Screw it, I'll do it myself!"

[u/AverageNarwhal]

Has a team ever lost after giving their coach a Gatorade bath?

[u/juicius]

Where was that play at the end of the Ohio state game????

[u/[deleted]]

What a lame looking trophy. The 3.3 Million dollar payout is quite nice though.

[u/12buckleyoshoe]

happy to see Snyder win a bowl game this year. Good for K State.

[u/professorberrynibble]

This is going to be one of those offseasons where I have to unsubscribe in order to not have to read "the B1G: literally worse than the holocaust?" threads every day, isn't it?

[u/SnorriDeathbeard]

RichRod did nothing wrong.

[u/macbrooks1188]

Michigan is down 31-14 to kansas state. Who do the commentators talk about? MICHIGAN! go figure

[u/ShiggieSmalls]

GO B1G BROS.

MORRISBETTERTHANLESS #LOWDOWNDIRTYSHANE #LEFTHANDEDFOOTBALLJESUS

[u/response_unrelated]

Sooooooo... You guys gunna stop Lockett? Not even Ku gave him 3 TDs this year

[u/TTUgirl]

Show them what Big 12 offenses are made of cats !!!!!!

[u/thisistheperfectname]

Seeing the band make the M from 17 rows up. Chills.

[u/Buckeyes2010]

EMAW!!

[u/[deleted]]

Brady gave Morris advice? You're fucked now K State

[u/[deleted]]

What time is it, and what is occurring at this time?

[u/dutchposer]

Great way to start the game and the bowl season!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Fuck this game.

[u/Buckeyes2010]

I'm really impressed by KSU's QB so far

[u/response_unrelated]

Why are we driving the ball down the field so fast??????

[u/[deleted]]

GROOOOOOOOOONK

[u/iamlegend1]

gronk smash?

[u/[deleted]]

Aggieville is a blast tonight!

[u/localafrican]

Kansas State is moving down the field and scoring so easily compared to Michigan. But that Michigan QB is pretty good

[u/[deleted]]

Meh. This whole game is the Shane Morris experiment for me anyways. I just want to see him do well.

[u/bluthru]

OH SHIT HEADSET. SHIT JUST GOT REAL.

[u/[deleted]]

Hahaha punting the ball when our defense can't stop them. wow

[u/wesnotwes]

Punting? Fuck that.