Brian Hoyer thinks Stephen Garcia had a decent game

The one positive Michigan State fans will take away from the 2009 Capitol One Bowl is that it was Brian Hoyer's last game. Talk about deja vu, it was almost exactly one year ago that we saw Brian Hoyer pretty much single-handedly losing a bowl game for the Spartans.

I'm not sure I would go as far as to say that Hoyer's play at QB cost Michigan State the game. It definitely didn't help.

Let's put it this way, once it became obvious that neither UGA RB Knowshon Moreno or MSU RB Javon Ringer were going to get loose, it came down to Brian Hoyer vs. UGA QB Matt Stafford. End of story.

Fittingly, Hoyer's last pass of the game was picked off. Reminds me of another "great" collegiate QB who wrapped it up with an INT. Yep, the great Steve Bellisari. So we'll think of Brian Hoyer as "Steve-Bellisari-Lite", except without all the...success.

Once I saw Matt Stafford standing tall in the pocket with nary a green jersey anywhere near him, I knew this game was pretty much over. Conversely, the Georgia defensive line was having a tailgate party in the MSU backfield all afternoon.

You see, football is not rocket science. Not even close. You protect your QB, you're going to score points. You put pressure on the other QB, you're going to hold them down. It's that simple.

By the way, much thanks to Matt Stafford's mom for not acting like an idiot in the stands. Yet again, the ESPN cameras zoomed in on the QB's family during the game. I thought it was going to be the Chase Daniel Family Alamo Bowl all over again.

I have no fucking idea what the directors at these sporting events are thinking. Let's see, we've got a nice tight game here, let's keeping throwing it to the stands for some family reaction after every play.

This is certainly not unique to ESPN. We've been seeing this garbage at sporting events for years. No one does overkill like the World Wide Leader though.

Anyone notice that Chase Daniel didn't have a particularly good game for Missouri? Anyone else notice that there were about 35 other guys playing for Mizzou? Anyone else notice that this is the freaking Alamo Bowl, not the Superbowl for crying out loud?

Well, ESPN certainly didn't. Subsequently we were treated to Chase Daniel's family, primarily his mother and sister, jumping around like hyenas and acting like the outcome of the Alamo Bowl was determining the fate of the free world.