I was surprised to read a post game OB headline calling the game a blowout.....?

How do you know when you have witnessed a blowout or not?

The title game was a blowout. The OB wasn't.

A blow out is when a fans team looses so bad that the fan will hate everyone and everything, nothing can be said to said fan that will make them feel better, NOTHING.....
Usually followed by binge drinking, diarrhea, dizziness, uncontrolled swearing and hating the world.

I felt none of those things, so it was not a blowout.

(01-08-2013 08:22 PM)MileHighHuskie Wrote:  A blow out is when a fans team looses so bad that the fan will hate everyone and everything, nothing can be said to said fan that will make them feel better, NOTHING.....
Usually followed by binge drinking, diarrhea, dizziness, uncontrolled swearing and hating the world.

I felt none of those things, so it was not a blowout.

...And if it lasts longer than four hours, call Dog Fan.

Me thinks a blowout can be figured by the score at halftime. If one team is leading by 24 or more points and the margin never gets much closer until garbage time , it's a blowout.

(01-08-2013 08:22 PM)MileHighHuskie Wrote:  Usually followed by binge drinking, diarrhea, dizziness, uncontrolled swearing and hating the world.

S#*t. That's me the week of the Toledo game. Then, based on the result, I decide if I can stop or if I have to power through with foul-mouthed puke-breath for the rest of the year.

It wasn't a blow-out to NIU fans but to most people it was. When the spread is 13-14pts and you lose by 21, I can see why it was considered a blow-out.

(01-08-2013 08:28 PM)niucyberdawg Wrote:  Me thinks a blowout can be figured by the score at halftime. If one team is leading by 24 or more points and the margin never gets much closer until garbage time , it's a blowout.

I tend to agree with that definition. The Golden Domers experienced a blowout.....NIU did not. Hell, we were down 17-10 at the end of the 3rd qtr. If Lynch doesn't throw that INT, who knows what might have happened.

(01-08-2013 08:24 PM)DoubleHuskie84 Wrote:  

(01-08-2013 08:22 PM)MileHighHuskie Wrote:  A blow out is when a fans team looses so bad that the fan will hate everyone and everything, nothing can be said to said fan that will make them feel better, NOTHING.....
Usually followed by binge drinking, diarrhea, dizziness, uncontrolled swearing and hating the world.

I felt none of those things, so it was not a blowout.

...And if it lasts longer than four hours, call Dog Fan.

No need. A blow out can last greater than 4 hours with no negative effects. As a matter of fact, it is recommended that blow outs last longer than 4 hours. However, if erectification results from the blow out, then you should see me. The rule of thumb is that flaccidity is more socially acceptable in blow outs. Please remember this.

(01-08-2013 08:18 PM)niucyberdawg Wrote:  I was surprised to read a post game OB headline calling the game a blowout.....?

How do you know when you have witnessed a blowout or not?

The title game was a blowout. The OB wasn't.

If the FSU receiver doesn't make the tremendous play on the football barely staying inbounds for the TD just before half it's 7-3(14-3) vs 28-0(game over).

(01-09-2013 10:02 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(01-08-2013 08:18 PM)niucyberdawg Wrote:  I was surprised to read a post game OB headline calling the game a blowout.....?

How do you know when you have witnessed a blowout or not?

The title game was a blowout. The OB wasn't.

If the FSU receiver doesn't make the tremendous play on the football barely staying inbounds for the TD just before half it's 7-3(14-3) vs 28-0(game over).

Yep. I literally turned to some others around me and said that is why EJ Manual is going to play in the NFL. Perfect pass and catch. Can't really defend that.

(01-08-2013 09:47 PM)bigdhuskie Wrote:  

(01-08-2013 08:28 PM)niucyberdawg Wrote:  Me thinks a blowout can be figured by the score at halftime. If one team is leading by 24 or more points and the margin never gets much closer until garbage time , it's a blowout.

I tend to agree with that definition. The Golden Domers experienced a blowout.....NIU did not. Hell, we were down 17-10 at the end of the 3rd qtr. If Lynch doesn't throw that INT, who knows what might have happened.

yep. We held our own for 3 qtrs of the game. ND was down by 3 TDs in the FIRST qtr. ND was blown out. Florida was blown out. NIU was not blown out IMHO.

(01-08-2013 08:22 PM)MileHighHuskie Wrote:  A blow out is when a fans team looses so bad that the fan will hate everyone and everything, nothing can be said to said fan that will make them feel better, NOTHING.....
Usually followed by binge drinking, diarrhea, dizziness, uncontrolled swearing and hating the world.

I felt none of those things, so it was not a blowout.

it was 17-10 at the beginning of the 4th Q. We had chances to put us in a position to win and missed. Against a team like FSU, have to hit them all. I got tired of the David vs Golith thing. I don't think the announcers did there homework or they would have realized thais was not out first rodeo. And I wish they would have done a piece on the MAC caoching tree

My wife and I always called it a blowout when the crap is coming out of the top of the diaper usually up the back.

Its especially dangerous when you sit a little one down and they then roll backwards to a laying position. The causes the most frequent blowout which is also the most unnecessary one. Sometimes it seems like the little one knew exactly what they were doing.

Hard to classify the OB as a blowout since it was a one score game in the 4th quarter. I would say to define blowout...see National Championship

Just rewatched the game. Very impressed with the defense. Man, how far the group has come from last year....

Way too funny...and if you have ever been a dad of a toddler experiencing a blowout, you particularly appreciate the imagery.

(01-09-2013 05:23 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  My wife and I always called it a blowout when the crap is coming out of the top of the diaper usually up the back.

Its especially dangerous when you sit a little one down and they then roll backwards to a laying position. The causes the most frequent blowout which is also the most unnecessary one. Sometimes it seems like the little one knew exactly what they were doing.

I don't really look at a blowout as having a definition, but it's one of those things where you know it when you see it. The actual score or margin can be somewhat immaterial depending on the flow of the game, fluke plays, etc. The Orange Bowl definitely didn't fit into that category.

A "blowout" isn't 2 teams separated by one score entering the 4th quarter.

I think many people were watching into the 4th to see what would transpire in this blowout.

To me a blowout is when there is a 21 pt or greater differential at the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 4th quarter. Or at half time when the differential is greater than 21 pts.

That said there were several "blowout" bowl games this year but the OB was not one of them.

Examples of Blowout games this bowl season were the Heart of Dallas bowl, Beef O Brady Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Independence Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Fight Hunger Bowl, Sugar(even though final score differential was 10, Florida was down 33 halfway thru 4th quarter), Fiesta, Cotton, Compass Bowl and BCS title game.

That's 12 of the 35, whoever is picking these matchups needs to do a better job next year or the ratings will be even worse.