Your Final Score of the 2010 Orange Bowl: Iowa 80, Georgia Tech 17
Hate to ruin the surprise, everyone, but we figured everyone should know the truth: Iowa is going to beat Georgia Tech by nine touchdowns in the Orange Bowl. Yep. It's true.

What's that? You're calling bullshit on Iowa racking up the single highest point total in bowl history? You don't think Cumberland's Revenge will actually take place?
Well, then. Allow us to retort. Because, if you haven't been paying attention to the FanPosts (and shame, shame on you if you haven't), you've missed the most interesting subplot of the entire bowl season thus far, which is this: Iowa is going to fucking murder the Yellow Jackets. We know this because of the superlative website WhatIfSports, which provides quality reconstructions of theoretical matchups between teams, regardless of year and all that.
So yes, Iowa 80, Georgia Tech 17. Let's take a look at the statistics, shall we?
Now, you might look at the box score and think to yourself, "well, in WIS's eyes, after Iowa ran up that quick lead, Tech just let Josh Nesbitt throw the ball all over the place and disaster ensued." That's a decent inference, except WIS had the complete and total opposite idea:

Yes, sure enough, What If Sports predicts that Nesbitt won't throw a single pass all game long. And why would he? As we've previously established completely by way of our own testimony, the Iowa defense is fast, so that completely erases any notion of even trying the forward pass, no matter by which how many points you're losing.
Something our more eagle-eyed readers might notice is that this simulation supposes one simple condition: that Iowa puts together the single most dominant rushing performance in modern college football history.
After all, Brandon Wegher is allegedly the most scoringest player of the game, registering 179 yards on 20 carries and 4 TDs. By themselves, those stats would certainly seem to be the type of numbers that would swing a game in Iowa's favor.
But then Adam Robinson happened, and apparently Adam Robinson is what happens when Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker make a Satanic anal baby. Because here's A-Rob's numbers on the ground: 25 rushes, 368 yards, 4 TDs.
All in all, here's Iowa's projected production for the night, compared to Georgia Tech's:

Yes, 43 first downs. In one game. That's how comically inept the Georgia Tech defense is, people! Iowa can literally register more than 10 yards per snap, which means any failure to gain the first down after two snaps is merely an exercise in perverse curiosity.
Our favorite aspect of all of this, aside from what we've already introduced (mainly, that Iowa will score as many offensive touchdowns against Georgia Tech as they did in the last half of the Big Ten slate (and that includes the six scored against Indiana)), is that Kirk Ferentz will absolutely not even entertain of calling off the dogs. After all, witness what happens after halftime:

Okay, as long as you didn't throw a Molotov Cocktail through your monitor in protest, you might notice something a bit off about that 4th quarter. Mainly, that there are names that you recognize from the 1st quarter.
Our favorite performance is by Ricky Stanzi, who's seen throwing a deep bomb for a touchdown with Iowa up by literally 8 touchdowns and three minutes left in the entire game. If you don't call off the dogs there, you literally have no idea what "calling off the dogs" means or entails. And what's even better, it's on a flea flicker. No, that's not explicitly mentioned anywhere, but it's in a universe where Iowa leads Georgia Tech by 56 points in a football game and the starting quarterback is still in the game; why wouldn't they run the flea flicker to the post route?
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I call bullshit
There is no way that Paki rushes for nine yards.
by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 16, 2009 8:17 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's the only thing I saw
That isn’t going to happen. I guess we win with 73 points.
Seriously, what isn't better with bacon?
by The Bacon Explosion on Dec 16, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
fyi
What if sports also says that Duke killed GT when we played earlier this year…
http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1458876&nomenu=1
http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1458902&nomenu=1
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Dec 16, 2009 8:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ignore
the post above!
"The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride." HST
by Dip-Shit on Dec 16, 2009 8:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The thing about computers
Garbage in, garbage out
what if sports also had 3-9, got their coach fired Virginia beating up on Tech. The first one is particularly amusing, as it had UVA outscoring GT 24-0 in the second half.
http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1458957&nomenu=1
http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1458979&nomenu=1
http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1458985&nomenu=1
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Dec 16, 2009 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
JHC is correct.
I work with computers. It’s garbage in, garbage out all day long.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently
The art of satire is lost on the fine folks at Georgia Tech who spend their day looking at charts & graphs. Perhaps some students from GT can create a “sarcastic” font for us to use in future, it can be rainbow colored, bold, and italicized. Then everyone from GT will be able to recognize that this isn’t serious; instead, it is a very well written article designed to humor its readers.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Dec 16, 2009 8:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Georgia Tech fans actually DO sell their children to be used as food for rich people
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 16, 2009 9:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Soylent Green is delicious.
"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash
by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 16, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
no need to jump down my throat
I just thought you’d enjoy some more obsurdity.
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Dec 16, 2009 9:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Again
This whole being sarcastic thing is not transmitted well over the Internet medium. This is why I need the “sarcastic” font, and the fine folks at Georgia Tech are just the kind of people who can create it.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Dec 16, 2009 9:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Now that we're all down your throat...
A) obsurdity = absurd + obscurity?
2) Satanic Anal Baby…You can’t say it enough
and D) We will never score 80 points ever….ever!
by Oopsie_Poopsie on Dec 16, 2009 9:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I knew I shouldn't have posted before having my morning coffee
clearly spelling isn’t my strong suit.
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Dec 16, 2009 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't see Tech
scoring 17…really.
"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz
by StoopsMyAss on Dec 16, 2009 9:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's what I'm thinking. 17 is kinda rich.
Anyway, since GT people sell their children and clearly don’t know how to laugh, should we even spend the dough to move 45,000 overweight Iowans in t-shirts to ‘pre-faded’, high-waisted jeans to Florida in order to attend this dull, blowout, irresponsibly dangerous (for GT) game? Perhaps the money is better spent just bribing three certain juniors to stay in school. I mean, at just $1000 per person, we’ve got a nice little $45,000,000 kitty to work with, and that should beat hell out of declaring for the draft.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Dec 16, 2009 9:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't Matter
As an overweight Iowan, with a pre-faded t-shirt, I will certainly be making the trip to Miami. It beats the fuck out of below zero wind chill in Chicago right now. I don’t care if I have to kill off Enrique and his gang of angry Cubans while I’m down there, I’ll do whatever it takes to sit out on the beach for a couple of days.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Dec 16, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sacks
Georgia Tech attempted no passes and still got sacked twice. Or, to put it another way, they apparently attempted two passes and got sacked both times. Whoa Daddy, Clayborn is going to be fired up.
by alnamiasIV on Dec 16, 2009 9:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
It's his diet.
I’ve forced him to chase rabbits around the Hawkeye Hall of Fame, or else he doesn’t eat. It serves two purposes:
1) He’s now stronger, and faster.
2) The man has to eat something since he’s had to stop feasting on opposing quarterbacks for almost a month now.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Dec 16, 2009 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That story is goddamned fantastic.
Brunettes not fighter jets
by rockyh on Dec 17, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
For Satanic anal baby.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Dec 16, 2009 9:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
For the last time... Can I get that in a pie graph.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 11:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Starting to think...
That GT fans are incapable of understanding humor. Can we get someone to make us a humor graph please?
I know of whatifsports, but don’t know about their methods. In a nutshell, how do they come by their averages and final results? I could go to the site, but I’d rather someone dumb it down for me here. I just got done watching the Cedar Rapids "rap video", and have been deemed unfit for intelligent thought for the next few days.
by mikjones24 on Dec 16, 2009 11:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just coming to that realization?
If there’s one thing the Bees fans have demonstrated, it is a complete lack of ability to take a joke/see the absurdity inherent in sports. Have a working theory on this: most of the biggest contributors to Rumble Seat are currently in school or just recently graduated from Tech. In other words, they’re a little young and all are alums/students, that is they have a direct tie to the school. Now obviously there is nothing wrong with either of these things, but it does tend to color your view. While most BHGPers went to Iowa (but not all, like me), most of us are a little bit older that gives us a little perspective on life in general, but especially on sports. Most of us look at things like football as a diversion to real-life issues like significant others, kids, mortgages, careers. Football is something to be passionate about, but in the end, we realize it does not matter, and most of us tend to keep things in check. Thus, we can find the humor in things, it’s not life and death, when something is absurd, it should be pointed out for good or ill. For example, the term “STANZIBALL” has gone semi-mainstream thanks to the Gazoo, but it all started here as a way of us dealing with the inexplicable INTs Stanzi throws up. PAKIBOMB? A way for us to humorously deal with the dread we all felt this year and spring 2008 when it looked like a run-oriented offense was going to have to rely in no small part on a former walk-on half-Irish, half-Samoan running back. Humor is essential here at BHGP because, collectively, we realize it is all fun and games. Age his given us this “wisdom” (as well as failing livers). Most/many of the fans at Rumble Seat are too close to the subject matter, they don’t have that perspective and, as a result, are humorless little pissants.
Or maybe nerds just don’t have a sense of humor. Who knows?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Dec 16, 2009 12:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So what's your point?
I cried when we lost to jNWU and then shot my dog. Boy, now did that upset the kids.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh and I paid off my mortgage earlier this year.
So I’m DEEEEBBBBBTTTT FRRRRRREEEEEEE ala Dave Ramsmee.
Not really though, uh, still have kids to get through college and pay for braces and cars and vacations and summer camps and clothes and cable and bowl trips and blah, blah, blah.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 12:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Basically, you've eliminated the only portion of your debt
that allowed you to get a tax break, huh?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Dec 16, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cruel, cruel remark.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Dec 16, 2009 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He can always knock up his wife again for another deduction
"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash
by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 16, 2009 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd still have to pay for all that other shit anyway, mortgage or no mortgage.
So I paid a 30 yr 200k loan early, the bank only got 300k out of me instead of 400k. I’ll spend the 100k I saved on beer.
Besides I’m so stinking, filthy rich my turds are encrusted with diamonds.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 6:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is a very underrated way of looking
at mortgage debt. Lots of ppl tell me ‘with the low cost of borrowing money, why give the bank it’s money back early?’ But the only way that works is if you’re actually taking that earned/notpaidback coin and getting investment returns greater than your mortgage interest rate. And most people don’t take the time to do that. And most ppl don’t have diamond-encrusted turds either, of course. So the only question is what would it have cost you, in terms of time, hassle and peace of mind, to turn that 100k into 200k+? It sounds like there was immense satisfaction (could you put a dollar value on it?) to obliterate that debt and get to work on that 100k beer kitty, so I approve.
Plus, I’m still thirsty, and definitely friendly enough to help you out with it.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Dec 17, 2009 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh you guys
You and your crazy talk of having enough money to live with anything other than paycheck-to-paycheck. Silly you…
by imadirtyoldman on Dec 17, 2009 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There are a few considerations today that weren't always there.
the only way [paying off your mortgage] works is if you’re actually taking that earned/notpaidback coin and getting investment returns greater than your mortgage interest rate.
If you’re looking at it strictly from a financial perspective (ignoring the utility of actually, you know, LIVING there) your mortgaged residence is essentially a leveraged investment. I know the last four years have proven that when real estate isn’t appreciating it’s SERIOUSLY depreciating. But that was true with most investments. Typically, houses appreciate in value though. So if you have a 6% mortgage on a house that will appreciate, on average, 2.5% annually over the life of the loan, you’re really only out 3.5%.
What you really need to be able to do is generate returns that will outstrip the difference between your mortgage interest rate and average annualized appreciation. That should be much easier to do.
So rather than investing the full $100k in the beer kitty, I recommend that you diversify into investments that generate greater returns over time. I’m speaking, of course, of Templeton Rye.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Dec 17, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
WHO'S THE NERDS NOW
Brunettes not fighter jets
by rockyh on Dec 17, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I spent all my mortgage savings on booze, birds and fast cars
The rest I just squandered.
by Yinka Double Dare on Dec 17, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That doesn't even count paying for The Dark Mistress either.
"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash
by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 16, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good for you, buddy.
Taste of freedom: best of all.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Dec 16, 2009 3:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If you put a naked picture of 7 of 9 in your post the GT fans might read it
They might not understand what you’re saying, but for many of them, this is the closest they’ve ever gotten to a naked girl in years.
"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash
by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 16, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's your Sarcasm Icon
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2009 ACC Champions
by Buzzweiser on Dec 16, 2009 11:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thank God
Maybe From the Rumble Seat will allow SpanishJohnny back on if he agrees to post with this whenever he is going to be sarcastic…
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Dec 16, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the desert mole rat would also work. He looks pretty sarcastic, right?

by Bucketochicken on Dec 16, 2009 2:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus, that thing looks like a penis with teeth.
by RossWB on Dec 16, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
???
You mean “with whiskers,” right?
Umm…. right?
by Bucketochicken on Dec 16, 2009 2:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Goddammit I want to ban you.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
by Adam Jacobi on Dec 16, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my God. That's seriously oogy.
"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash
by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 16, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That should be Minnisota's new mascot...
…a puny, shriveled up, old gopher that also looks like a disembodied dick head.
/Bobbitt’d
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 16, 2009 3:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Whew...
At least we did’t have a last second TD to win the game.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Dec 16, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Letting GT in on the fun
by Hal9000 on Dec 16, 2009 12:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
HAHA THIS WAS MY ORIGINAL POST ON A COMMENT SECTION
i posted this in a fanpost.
http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2009/12/15/1201521/whatifsports-analysis-of-the
iamalex13 the heading is “complete opposite”
Ya this was just to toot my own horn a bit.
Oh and OC thats my new signature
by iamalex13 on Dec 16, 2009 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What the fuck?
There are 3 numbers in that headline, and a shit load of charts in the text!
Did I accidentally go to From The Rumble Seat? Go back to pictures of Coach bearing arms, and horses pissing rainbows.
Shit, how do I post that “sarcasm” icon?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 16, 2009 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
OMG this is cap one bowl look alike.
http://whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1469792&nomenu=1
70 yard pass as time expires after GA tech hits a field goal with 18 seconds left.
There is no way that Paki rushes for nine yards. -KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou.
by iamalex13 on Dec 16, 2009 10:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
look at the end of the 4th quarter
http://whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxscore.asp?GameID=1469850&nomenu=1
There is no way that Paki rushes for nine yards. -KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou.
by iamalex13 on Dec 16, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
WhatIfSports' bowl predictions used VBerg and Iowa still won 60% of the time
With Stanzi back there, 80-17 might just happen..
by Boschee4three on Dec 17, 2009 6:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
only 1 penalty for 5 yards?
please. If we’re down by 50 points in the second half you can bet your ass we’re gonna start chop-blocking like some muthafuckas
I’m just sayin’…..watch your knees
by notats on Dec 18, 2009 5:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
830 yards of total offense
Kudos to Iowa’s unstoppable offensive juggernaut.
I know our D is bad, but I believe WIS has a bit too much of an Iowa Boner. (Iow-ner?)
by aarwea on Dec 18, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What a joke!!!!
I’m not sure what the hell is wrong with WIS but it seems to really have it out for us… There must be something about GT it doesn’t like because I just ran our entire schedule this season and we lost every game except for Wake Forest!!!! The only game I couldn’t test was the Jacksonville St. game but for every other game we lost by at least two TD’s.
All I’m left with is a big heaping pile of WTF!?!?!? What a joke… We go 11-2 and win the ACC but according to WIS we should be 1-11.
Whoever programmed this simulator should be shot… I understand that this is a satirical article. I thought it was pretty funny, but I do think that it is insane how retarded this simulator is.
by guitarguy1 on Dec 30, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
LMAO!
I would suggest that the programmer of this so called “simulator” get back on his meds…and/or stay off that crack pipe! Iowa will be fortunate to win period, let alone by 9 TDs and to prove just how off the “simulator” is, latest line is GT by 4. But thanks for the laugh, this is hilarious! lol
~ T. Mark Allred, aka "Tree"
by Tree2010 on Jan 5, 2010 1:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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