Team Award for Worst Bowl Performance

[Buzzbait]

The only right answer is Florida.

That LSU-Purdue game was much closer than the score indicated.

Not disputing what you saw but that wasn’t on my screen.

 

[Dudleys87]

That Clemson Defense….

 

[Zues1]

Trojans.....still laughing

 

[eaglevol]

I chose other bad performance and I have to go with Southern Cal. A team that was almost in the Final 4 and with the Heisman trophy winner and blows a 15 point lead in 4 minutes and 30 seconds against a Group of 5 school.

 

[onevol74]

I had to vote Kentucky since we are voting on worst performance and everyone knows that Kentucky has such a superior head coach. You would have thought that superior head coach would not have embarrassed his program, school, and conference with that performance.

 

[Emperor VOLpatine]

Michigan's QB threw a pick in FG range the 1st drive. spotted TCU 2 TDs and fumbled an exchange with the FB on the 1 yd line wasting another score. Plus Harbaugh's playcalls cost them at least 2 chances to score on bad 4th down calls. To me that's way worse than losing without your top players like UK and UF

 

[peaygolf]

Any team that gives up over 60 gets the nod!

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

It's Florida, and it's not even close, that was an embarrassing performance.

 

[Godfatha]

Florida - I can understand their loss
Kentucky - I can understand their loss, even to a very mediocre team
Michigan - they lost to a very good TCU team
Purdue - just grossly mismatched on talent
Ole Miss - would be my pick of the ones listed in the poll. Not only for the bowl game but for this last half of the season. What an epic collapse,.,, I would think it was Butch Jones coaching that team

Outside of the list...
USC - almost a playoff team with a so-called Heisman QB and lost to Tulane lol
Clemson - Dabo got outcoached, proving suspicions that he's built his legacy on out-talenting the ACC , not on his coaching acumen

 

[Rifleman]

Michigan's QB threw a pick in FG range the 1st drive. spotted TCU 2 TDs and fumbled an exchange with the FB on the 1 yd line wasting another score. Plus Harbaugh's playcalls cost them at least 2 chances to score on bad 4th down calls. To me that's way worse than losing without your top players like UK and UF

Harbaugh didn't have them prepared at all and made some horrible play calls. Two pick sixes and twice inside the 5 with no points for the offense.

TCU did their job and has some players, but the teams were basically who we thought they were.

Sad, because Michigan would have been a much better match up against Georgia.

 

[volfannga]

Purdue and UK both had starting QB opt outs so I give them a break. Michigan on the other had blew and don't think UF showed up. Based upon performance I give the W to UF for not showing up.

 

[LouderVol]

Purdue and UK both had starting QB opt outs so I give them a break. Michigan on the other had blew and don't think UF showed up. Based upon performance I give the W to UF for not showing up.

Florida was down their top 2 qbs. Not sure why they wouldnt be given the same considerations and Kensucky or Purdue.

 

[I4Vols]

I'd like to vote for them all and add in USC as well
But, re: I'll go Kentucky and say any high level State of Tennessee high school player that goes there now to play football needs to have his head examined. Enjoyed that drubbing... in the bowl game (21-0) and moreso on Oct 28th vs the Vols (44-6)

 

[BowlBrother85]

Iowa plays offense like there's a bomb in the stadium that will go off if they get a first down. I've never seen anything like it.

Of course, their genius AD just extended Kirk Ferentz through 2029.

One thing to be said for Iowa, their job comes with some security. They have only had 2 head coaches since 1979.

 

[StarRaider]

go ahead and crown their arse!

 

[volfannga]

Florida was down their top 2 qbs. Not sure why they wouldnt be given the same considerations and Kensucky or Purdue.

Didn't watch so yeah they would be in that group. Would still expect FL to put up more than 3 points.

 

[DaddyChad]

Kiffin is like many in sports, a great frontrunner, but his teams “tend to wither when it gets tough or they aren't on top any more.”

Layla said the same thing about Lane.

 

[Tnfan41]

South Carolina i can’t stand the fans and their goof ball coach. South Carolina was up 21-7 in the first quarter and blew the lead. Hope we beat them by 100 this season

 

[DawgInterloper]

Ole Miss for me. They weren't wrecked by opt outs like some teams and their coaching staff was intact except for the OL coach. It felt like a bad/distracted job by Kiffin and company.

 

[GoDucks349]

It's Florida, and it's not even close, that was an embarrassing performance.

I don't think Florida belongs on this list. They had something like a third of their players opt out. You can't expect much from a team when that happens so I think they performed as well as could be expected.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

I don't think Florida belongs on this list. They had something like a third of their players opt out. You can't expect much from a team when that happens so I think they performed as well as could be expected.

And their slated starting QB was a last minute scratch with a kiddie porn arrest.

 

[CR-vol]

Clemson.

The other teams listed (except Michigan) were fringe T25 teams (or worse). Michigan, meh it was a good game all around. I enjoyed watching it as just that-a game. I didn't really care who won or lost


The Tigers laid an egg on prime time TV when that was the only game in town to a team basically playing their second string offense and still got lit up. The game was not even as close as the score.

Embarrassing loss? Check
Said loss was to a major recruiting adversary? Check
HC making a horses rump out of himself? Check
Overall effect? Priceless

Not even close as the score? It's a good thing we don't find ways to lose games anymore. That game was too close for comfort for 3 full quarters.

 

[Rifleman]

Layla said the same thing about Lane.

 

[Vol since 77]

Went usc because there's never an excuse to lose to a Group of 5 school with a month to prepare.

 

[Grand Vol]

Of the choices, UK seemed the best since UF fell apart early on...

I blame us for breaking their soul. But anyway...

Most embarrassing has to be USCw. Top 10 team that gets beat by Tulane?