2u: Jacob Clark

DNPs: Cam Cook, Cortez Braham

Postgame Thoughts: Boise got spanked and Maddux Madsen was absolutely horrid in this game. Thank god for him getting benched for Max Cutforth. Kinda knew the game script would be on our side for this one with Washington up a good bit at some point but didn't think it'd be that much of a challenge for either Boise QB to get the ball out. Their offensive line was terrible but Cutforth eventually connected with a few 20-yard passes in the 4th to send him over.

Final line: 5 Rec, 70 Yds 

Bowl Record 1-0

This was a wash as Cam Cook was a gametime opt-out that nobody knew about until the game kicked off. Fun !

Bowl Record 1-0-1

Postgame Thoughts: This was an incredibly frustrating sweat for a majority of the game. Henicle had 24 rush attempts with 4 sacks, so I felt comfortable with that read either way. Two of those sacks made it the sweat that it was. On the second drive of the game, Henicle fumbled on the sack he took and the ball bounced about 15 yards back for a 19-yard sack in total. He then had another "fumble" on a sack in the 2nd quarter that pretty clearly seemed like a forward pass but was never reviewed and led to a loss of 12. But just when it all seemed dead, Henicle got his name in the hall with a 51-yard keeper to ice the game. 

Final line: 24 Rush, 107 Yds

Bowl Record: 2-0-1

Postgame Thoughts: This game wasn't exactly the shootout a lot of people expected it to be. Delaware came out pretty slow offensively and never really found it through the air. Minicucci only finished with 176 passing yards with a pregame line that got steamed up near 300. Thankfully he really only found success throwing to his two guys. Sean Wilson and Kyre Duplessis accounted for 13 of his 19 completions and 150 of his 176 yards. All the chunk plays came through them and Minicucci found Wilson across the middle for some big conversions down the stretch, which was also huge for Squad Ride bettors.

Final Line: 8 Rec, 81 Yds

Bowl Record: 3-0-1

Postgame Thoughts: This sweat was absolutely something. We were boots on ground for this one and it was incredibly apparent from the second the teams ran out that one team was juiced and wanted to be there and one team did not. Arkansas State's front seven was getting repeated instant pressure on Jacob Clark and they had no response early on. It looked as dead in the water as could be. Game script was on our side pretty much the entire game but the offensive line was so bad that they couldn't get anything going for the first three quarters. It was 31-7 going into the 4th quarter with Clark sitting on 169 yards after a huge 36 yard pass to Jmariyae Robinson right before the quarter ended. Then the magic started. It was a repeated cycle of sacks and penalties getting them into 2nd and 3rd and longs, then Clark throwing a bomb to convert. The sequence of events needed for this to cash was pretty incredible, capped off by a 59-yard pass to Dash Luke on the final scoring drive that cut their deficit to 6.

Final line: 25/35 349 Yds, 4 TDs

Bowl Record: 4-0-1

Postgame Thoughts: Definitely one of my least favorite bowl games, and the result showed it. Wasn't really too sure about the game script I figured we'd get but thought regardless that Kennesaw would have to run the ball against a really good Western Michigan pass defense. I was right about that but wrong about the guy getting the carries. In a game they lost by 35, RB2 Chase Belcher had 16 carries for 148 yards while Coleman Bennett only had 9 carries for 48 yards. Would have missed by a lot more if it wasn't for a late 23-yard run to bring him right to the line. But can't complain too much about losing one with a game script like that despite the Belcher moochjob.

Final line: 9 Rush, 48 Yds

Bowl Record 4-1-1

Another wash here as Cortez Braham was another inactive we found out at kickoff. Not even an opt out but had a sneak surgery nobody knew about and couldn't go after trying to warm up. Sad end to his career for the guy.

Bowl Record: 4-1-2

Postgame Thoughts: A weird sweat for sure and figured Bama would need to throw some wrinkles in. The large comeback script was probably not the right one for that. He did get his rush attempt though, it just happened to be pretty much a regular inside zone rather than a jet sweep to the outside and ended up getting stopped at the line of scrimmage which sucked. Was a demon but still a tough one.

Final line: 1 Rush, 0 Yds

Bowl Record: 4-2-2

Postgame Thoughts: Hitting a square in this game actually felt incredible. Steel curtains with hurricane winds and Marcel still found a way to get Bethel-Roman the ball. Absolute legacies. Whether he stays with A&M or even follows Collin Klein to Kansas State, I think he'll be a guy that'll find his way into a lot of lineups next year. If that game was a little more offense-friendly, Bethel-Roman could've exploded for an even bigger game. But we only needed 23!

Final line: 4 Rec, 44 Yds

Bowl Record: 5-2-2

Postgame Thoughts: This was a game script square, and we had it from the jump. Just another one where the backup got what we wanted. George Pettaway caught 2 passes for 37 yards including a 24-yard TD. That 13-yard catch was painful too. On JMU's last drive they ran Knight on a texas route that was pretty covered but also went right off of his facemask. The next down they brought Pettaway in and ran the same play that was wide open for that 13-yard gain. So yeah that sucked, but given the lack of volume didn't really deserve that one anyway.

Final line: 3 Rec, 18 Yds

Bowl Record 5-3-2

Postgame Thoughts: Not too much to say about this one, it was absolutely free. He had a 17-yard catch on their second drive of the game that brought him to 24 yards immediately. Obviously Tulane got blasted so massive W game script on this one especially for ladder bettors since he nearly tripled his line. Been sweating too many of the squares deep into the game so felt good to get one early.

Final line: 4 Rec, 52 Yds

Bowl Record: 6-3-2