FFXIV: Heavensturn 2021 With Izumi Hashima. December 31 at 0630 UTC-8!

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FFXIV/ToniKawa: Don't Stop.

#FFXIV #ToniKawa #w_witch

Don't Stop.



tonight, I feel it by the look in your eyes.

you've got that fire inside

just like a magical night.


i lose my senses, i got you in your eyes.

the passion's burning inside.

there's only you in my mind.




don't let the moment slip away from your life,

cause now i'm ready to start.

it's always something you've been waiting for.


you know i see it by the look in your eyes,

emotions you can't deny,

i'm sure i'm gonna make you feel all right.




don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.


don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.




tonight, I feel it by the look in your eyes.

let's get away from this crowd.

they'll never notice we're gone.


you know the only thing we need is a spark.

sometimes you put up a fight,

but let me stay by your side.




i have no secrets,

but it's you who thought i was.

i'm getting out of my mind,

you know you're driving me crazy.


tonight, you feel it by the beat of my heart.

the car is ready to start,

so come along, it's gonna be all right.




don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.


don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.




tonight, I feel it by the look in your eyes.

you've got that fire inside

just like a magical night.


i lose my senses, i got you in your eyes.

the passion's burning inside.

there's only you in my mind.




don't let the moment slip away from your life,

cause now i'm ready to start.

it's always something you've been waiting for.


you know i see it by the look in your eyes,

emotions you can't deny,

i'm sure i'm gonna make you feel all right.




don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.




don't stop. get into the music and dance.

don't stop. get up on your feet and keep moving.

don't stop. i'm sending love in a trance.

don't stop. i won't let you wait any longer.




ISML 2020: Diamond Match Day 2 Roundup

ISML 2020: Diamond Match Day 2 Roundup


By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue

December 30, 2020


Match Day 2 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Diamond Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Yukino Yukinoshita routed Nao Tomori 5103-2837, Mashiro Shiina smashed Eriri Spencer Sawamura 4512-2606, Chika Fujiwara thumped Utaha Kasumigaoka 3948-2972, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Rikka Takanashi 5080-2772, Emilia flew past Index Prohibitorum 4569-2935, Yui Yuigahama hammered Hina Amano 4526-2501, Nanami Aoyama prevailed over Shouko Nishimiya 3540-3442 and Megumin exploded past Misaki Shokuhou 3878=3315.


Wrapping up Female Division play, Mikoto Misaka drubbed Schwi Dola 4601-2800, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Mio Akiyama 4737-2935, Mai Sakurajima romped past Kurisu Makise 4700-2639, Kaguya Shinomiya crushed Rin Tohsaka 5121-2794, Ai Hayasaka eased past Shiro 3948-3065, Iroha Isshiki whipped past Chino Kafuuu 4132-3423, Sagiri Izumi defeated Saber 3986-3628 and Kuroko Shirai got past Ruiko Saten 3540-2958.


In the Male Division, Sakuta Azusagawa impaled Lancer 4562-2317, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji roared past Ryuuji Takasu 3494-3112, Taki Tachibana eased past Eugeo 3496-2701, Yuu Ishigami thumped Yuuta Togashi 3849-2961, Tanjiro Kamado won the closest race of the round, a 3332-3310 barnburner over Yuzuru Otonashi, Archer dominated Masamune Izumi 3733-2798, Tomoya Okazaki clobbered Willem Kmetsch 3661-2563 and Riku Dola rocked Rintarou Okabe 3597-2987.


Wrapping up Male Division action, Touma Kamijou broke Kiritsugu Emiya 3656-3099, Levi leveled Takashi Natsume 3884-2594, Miyuki Shirogane routed Subaru Natsuki 4276-2694, Sorata Kanda punched Saitama 3496-3238, Shirou Emiya defeated Shidou Itsuka 3366-3014, Yuu Otosaka prevailed over Ytao 3150-3055 and Kazuma Satou torched Edward Elric 3804-2960.


Finally, in Couples Tournament action, Nasa and Tsukasa Yuzaki routed Arata Kaizaki and Chizuru Hishiro 4378-2210, Shinka Nibutani and Sanae Dekomori defeated Rize Tedeza and Sharo Kirima 3719-3030, Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Touyama dominated the pair of Ruka Sarashina and Kazuya Kinoshita 3556-2724 while the pair of Kinoshita and Chizuru Ichinose thumped Haruki Shiga and Sakura Yamauchi 3480-2535.


Match Day 3 of the 2020 International Saimoe League, the first with Violet Evergarden and Rimuru Tempest having left their offices of Saimoe and Deputy Saimoe Prime Minister, is scheduled for January 1, 2020. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Oklahoma: 2020 Cotton Bowl Champions



Three months ago, Oklahoma was 1-2 with its streak of five straight Big 12 championships appearing to be in jeopardy. Fast forward to the 2020 Cotton Bowl, and the now-No. 6 Sooners have won eight straight games after blowing the doors off of No. 7 Florida 55-20. With the victory, there's a good possibility that Oklahoma will end the year as a top-five team, if not a top-four team as it has been playing its best football at the right time.  


From the start, this was Oklahoma's night. The Sooners defense picked off Gators star quarterback Kyle Trask three times in the first quarter, helping them jump out to a 17-0 lead thanks to a pick six. Of course, Florida was without its top four receiving targets -- Kyle Pitts, Kadarius Toney, Trevon Grimes and Jacob Copeland -- and Trask, try as he might, never quite got into a rhythm with his new-look receiving corps, many of whom spent the season on the scout team. In his defense, that was going to be near-impossible. Florida had three practices after Christmas to get ready for the game, and it showed. 


Despite the obstacles, Florida actually responded well to the early deficit and at one point rallied with 13 unanswered points of its own to make it 17-13 in the second quarter. But then Oklahoma answered with two quick touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half to go up 31-13 and never looked back. 


The second half is when the overall depth started to show. Oklahoma's running game, anchored by Rhamondre Stevenson, put up a whopping 435 yards -- a Cotton Bowl record. Stevenson led the way with 186 yards rushing, while Marcus Majors and Seth McGowan had big moments as well. The result was a school record for points by the Sooners in a bowl game. 


The Gators were never able to catch up. Oklahoma's defense took over in the second half and kept Florida's normal big-play offense from getting loose. After starting 4 of 5 on third downs, the Gators went 0 for their next 8. And while the offense did put up 521 yards, it was at 6.4 yards per play after garbage time. For most of the second half, the Gators hovered around 5.5 yards per play. 


This was Florida's worst bowl loss since the 1996 Fiesta Bowl and the most points allowed by any Florida team since that game. Even though Dan Mullen's team won the SEC East and gave Alabama a run in the SEC Championship Game, it will finish 8-4 and likely outside the top 10. 


Here's what else we learned from this year's Cotton Bowl.


1. Oklahoma would make a fun eight-team playoff case

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee had a harder job than normal this year justifying two of the four teams that made the field. The amount of discontent with the current format indicates that, at some point, the field is going to expand -- likely to eight teams. One thing that allows for is the hot-hand team to make an end-of-season run. Oklahoma would be that team this year. 


After starting 1-2, a lot of people counted out the Sooners. And to be fair, that's easy to do in this format. Picking the four best teams leaves some but not a lot of room for error. But after winning seven straight games coming into the Cotton Bowl, Oklahoma was playing like a top-five team even if it wasn't ranked there. 


How would Oklahoma perform against, for example, No. 3 Ohio State in an eight-team playoff? It's a fun thought exercise. It's not one we'll get to see play out any time soon, but if/when it does happen, it could give credence that teams peaking at the right time are every bit as capable of winning a national championship as the top-ranked team. 


2. Florida was previewing its future

One of the most exhausting #embracedebate takes from this game will be Florida's position of playing the Cotton Bowl so shorthanded. As mentioned above, a lot of key players on both sides of the ball either opted out or weren't able to play due to COVID-19. That's the story of college football in 2020. Rarely have we seen teams at their full strength for good stretches of time. In fact, Mullen said the Gators were so short-handed at certain positions they could have simply not played the game but chose to forge on, using numerous players who were on the scout team this season.


"That wasn't the 2020 football team you saw. There were about 25 guys missing from the 2020 football team out there tonight,

 he said after the Cotton Bowl. "That was kind of a kick-start for us [to 2021]." 


Mullen did a good job of giving other players opportunities out of necessity. QB Emory Jones got a lot more playing time than he has in any game this season and showed off some nice moments running and throwing. In fact, finished tied for first on the team with 60 yards on 10 rushing attempts and a touchdown while throwing for 86 yards. And with Pitts, Grimes, Toney and Copeland out, Florida had a new-look wide receiver group. In all, 12 different players caught at least a pass for 271 total yards. 


The results were a mixed bag -- there were a lot of drops -- but Mullen knew what he was up against and chose to lean into preparing guys for next year. That's not to excuse the Gators' performance or to say that they didn't care about being there or to diminish what Oklahoma did. That's just the reality of the situation. 


3. Oklahoma's defense lived up to the hype

For most of the second half of the season, there's been chatter about how improved Oklahoma's defense has been under coordinator Alex Grinch. That showed up in this game. Yes, Florida was depleted of its best players. Yes, the Gators still racked up more than 500 yards of offense by the time the final whistle blew. But you have to look deeper. The Sooners started hot with three takeaways and then were lights out in the second half. Florida was unable to convert a first down after getting four of its first five. Four of its six second-half drives went for 22 yards or fewer. 


Oklahoma's defensive front played a huge role in its success. Defensive end Ronnie Perkins and linebackers David Ugwoegbu and Nik Bonitto were everywhere in the trenches, stopping plays before they started. That disruption was key in making Florida's normally potent offense far less efficient. 


This was never a shut down defense and the season-long numbers were inflated a bit because of some poor Big 12 offenses, but this group was playing well together down the stretch. That strong defense effort helped the Sooners pull away in the second half. 

Wisconsin: 2020 Duke's Mayo Bowl Champions



The first ever Duke’s Mayo Bowl, at least the first sponsored by the mayonnaise brand, was a wild ride. Wisconsin ultimately came out unscathed with a 42-28 victory over ACC opponent Wake Forest. A 28-14 second half margin in favor of UW, four second half interceptions by Demon Deacon QB Sam Hartman, and taking care of the football ultimately propelled Paul Chryst to a victory bath of “mayonnaise” that was definitely just water or clear Gatorade.


The pace of play was the story coming in, with Wake Forest wanting to speed things up against a methodical Wisconsin squad. Early on, the Deacs controlled the pace, and on their first two drives of the game used third down conversions to score in just 3:39 and 1:59 respectively. Hartman looked like the QB that had only thrown one interception all year long. He found junior Jaquarii Roberson for a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter.


Wisconsin’s defense was uncharacteristic early, allowing long third-down conversions and looking like a secondary that was ready to be torched all afternoon long. All of a sudden, Wisconsin was down 14-0 after the first quarter and reeling.


A long, Wisconsin-like drive got the Badgers back to feeling like themselves. A drive that lasted over six minutes ended shortly after the second quarter began with a John Chenal 2-yard TD run to make cut the Wake Forest lead in half. A fitting fullback-led end to a vintage Badger scoring drive.


Graham Mertz once again looked comfortably under center on the late first/early second quarter drive, and had his best series since week one at home against Illinois.


From there, Wake Forest mistakes and lockdown Badger defense gave Wisconsin control. A blocked punt late in the first half by Jaylan Franklin set up a game-tying Badger QB sneak TD by Mertz. The score was knotted at 14 headed to the break.


A quick Wake Forest TD saw Hartman looking like himself to begin the third quarter. Then disaster struck for the sophomore. The next six Wake Forest drives? Two turnover’s on downs and four, yes four, Hartman interceptions. Not only did the Wake Forest signal caller make critical mistakes on the turnovers, he missed numerous big plays by underthrowing his receivers deep.


With the interceptions, the credit to Wisconsin and blame on Hartman is a mixed bag, but there is no questioning the activity of the Badger LB’s in the second half. Duke’s Mayo Bowl MVP Jack Sanborn was everywhere, and led a key 4th down stop near midfield in the third quarter. He finished with a team-high 11 tackles, and came up with an interception.


The Wisconsin offense cashed in on excellent field position in the final 30 minutes. The Badgers had 176 return yards off of their four interceptions compared to just 144 passing yards all afternoon long. Despite Chase Wolf throwing an interception after strangely coming in for the final drive of the half, Mertz valued the ball and finished with a zero in the turnover column.


Six second half Wake Forest turnovers, three of which set up Wisconsin in the red zone, allowed the Badgers to score 28 points in the final 30 minutes. The Badgers capitalized on Demon Deacon mistakes and took home a 42-28 win.


Wisconsin improved to 4-3 to close out this strange 2020 season, while Wake Forest dropped to 4-5. Momentum is on the Badgers’ side headed into a 2021 year where expectations will be rightfully high in Madison.


 

Texas: 2020 Alamo Bowl Champions



The latest tumultuous season for Texas ended on a positive note.


To cap off a season full of underwhelming performances, disappointing losses and coaching rumors, the No. 20 Longhorns knocked off Colorado in the Alamo Bowl 55-23 to finish the year with a 7-3 record.


The game could prove to be somewhat of a passing of the torch for Tom Herman’s program. Sam Ehlinger has started at quarterback for nearly every game of Herman’s four years at Texas. Though he has the option to return in 2021, Tuesday night’s game was the final outing of Ehlinger’s senior year. Unfortunately, it ended prematurely.


Ehlinger completed 10-of-16 throws for 160 yards and a touchdown, helping the Longhorns take a 17-10 lead at halftime. But he didn’t come back out from the locker room for the third quarter and was ruled out with a shoulder injury. He later returned to the sideline with his right arm in a sling. And if this was indeed his final game in a UT uniform, Ehlinger finishes No. 2 in program history in passing yards (11,336), touchdowns (94) and completions (923).


With Ehlinger sidelined, backup Casey Thompson filled in admirably. Thompson, a sophomore, completed eight of his 10 throws for 170 yards and four touchdowns. But it wasn’t Thompson who shined the brightest among Texas’ young core. It was freshman running back Bijan Robinson.


Robinson, on the heels of 223 all-purpose yards in the regular season finale vs. Kansas State, was the best player on the field against Colorado. In the first quarter alone, Robinson reeled off runs of 27 and 50 yards, scored on an eight-yard run and caught a 14-yard touchdown pass.


On the first play of the second half, Robinson exploded through the line for a 66-yard gain to set up a 13-yard touchdown pass from Thompson to Joshua Moore. Robinson later scored his third touchdown on a throwback screen from Thompson that went for 23 yards and increased Texas’ lead to 41-16.


In the end, Robinson finished with 183 yards and a touchdown on just 10 rushes along with two catches for 37 yards and two more scores. Moore, another underclassman, led the receiving group with five catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns.


Fourth straight bowl win under Tom Herman

With the win, Texas is now 4-0 in bowl games under Herman. The Longhorns beat Missouri in the Texas Bowl in 2017, infamously beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in 2018, and beat Utah in last year’s Alamo Bowl.


Each time, the bowl win generated a level of hype entering the offseason and the subsequent season. Herman’s teams have never quite lived up to that hype, though.


After the Sugar Bowl win (you know, the one where Ehlinger said Texas is “back”), UT followed it up by going 8-5 in 2019. It was a disappointing year, but the blowout bowl win over Utah played a part in getting people’s hopes up for the program entering 2020.


Again, UT fell short of expectations. The Longhorns started the year 2-2, including another loss to Oklahoma in the Red River game. Later in the year, the Longhorns’ Big 12 title game hopes were still alive — until they blew a late lead in a loss to Iowa State.


That was a game that turned the intensity up on Herman’s hot seat. The school’s pursuit of Urban Meyer was no secret, but Meyer wasn’t interested and UT athletic director Chris Del Conte eventually issued a half-hearted vote of confidence in which he said simply that Herman “is our coach.”


So the show will roll on into 2021 with Herman at the head. The hot seat talk won’t subside, either. And with the way guys like Robinson and Thompson performed against Colorado, the usual Texas hype machine should be alive and well once again throughout the offseason. Will it be warranted? If past seasons are any indication, it’s unlikely.

Oklahoma State: 2020 Cheez-It Bowl Champions



Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Oklahoma State Cowboys stormed out to a 21-0 lead before they held off a late Miami Hurricanes rally to win the 2020 Cheez-It Bowl.


Cowboys quarterback Spencer Sanders completed 27 of 40 passes for 305 yards and four scores in the 37-34 win on Tuesday at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla.


"[We are] playing with 22 people, and there's 11 people on defense and 11 people on offense," Sanders told reporters. "I feel like everybody deserves it. It's not just one person. And I feel like I did a great job of spreading the ball this game."


The Cowboys (8-3) and Hurricanes (8-3) combined for 930 total yards in the postseason matchup.


"That was probably an outstanding ballgame, highly competitive," Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz said.


"At no point did I think we would lose that game, and I don't think our team did, either, until it hit triple-zeros. The way we battled, the way we fought, the way we played for each other was inspiring."


The Cowboys began the game with 15 consecutive pass plays. They used that script to produce touchdowns on their first three drives.


Sanders threw a 30-yard score to Brennan Presley on the opening possession. L.D. Brown ran for a two-yard touchdown on the Cowboys second drive.


Sanders then threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Presley for a 21-0 Cowboys lead at the end of the first quarter.


The Hurricanes answered when quarterback D'Eriq King threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Brevin Jordan to start the second quarter. Miami added a field goal on its next drive, but lost King for the remainder of the game due to a right knee injury.


Oklahoma State held onto a 21-10 lead at halftime.


The Hurricanes got a second Jose Borregales field goal to start the second half. Miami then cut the Oklahoma State lead to two points with a Cam'Ron Harris 42-yard touchdown run with 8:45 remaining in the third quarter.


The Cowboys answered with a Brady Pohl field goal on their next drive. They then capitalized on a Hurricanes fumble to push their lead to 31-19 at the start of the fourth quarter. Sanders threw a touchdown toss to Dillon Stoner to end that drive.


The Hurricanes and Cowboys then traded touchdown drives before the Oklahoma defense tightened up and secured the victory.


N'Kosi Perry threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes for the Hurricanes. Presley also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Sanders in the final frame.


Presley had six catches for 118 yards and three scores in the win. Perry completed 19 of 34 passes for 228 yards and two scores for the Hurricanes. King completed 10 of 13 passes for 113 yards and a score for Miami.


"This was a really, really good college football game and we beat a good football team," Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said.


"Miami is very talented and very athletic. I don't know if anybody has done their research, but the last four years, they have had 26 players that are in a draft-able position for the NFL. That will give you some kind of idea of what kind of talent and players that they have."

BoBA ISML 2020 Predictions: Diamond Match Day 2

ARENA 1 Tomori Nao [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 2 Sawamura Spencer Eriri [[Shiina Mashiro]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Fujiwara Chika]] Kasumigaoka Utaha

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 4 Takanashi Rikka [[Tokisaki Kurumi]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 5 Index L. Prohibitorum [[Emilia]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 6 [[Yuigahama Yui]] Amano Hina

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 7 Nishimiya Shōko [[Aoyama Nanami]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Megumin]] Shokuhō Misaki

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 9 Schwi Dola [[Misaka Mikoto]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 10 Akiyama Mio [[Yūki Asuna]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 11 Makise Kurisu [[Sakurajima Mai]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 12 Tōsaka Rin [[Shinomiya Kaguya]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 13 Shiro [[Hayasaka Ai]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 14 Kafū Chino [[Isshiki Iroha]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 15 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Saber

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Shirai Kuroko]] Saten Ruiko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 17 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Lancer

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 18 Takasu Ryūji [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 19 [[Eugeo]] Tachibana Taki

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 20 [[Ishigami Yū]] Togashi Yūta

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 21 Gilgamesh [[Totsuka Saika]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 22 [[Kamado Tanjiro]] Otonashi Yuzuru

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 23 Izumi Masamune [[Archer]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 24 [[Okazaki Tomoya]] Willem Kmetsch

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 25 [[Riku Dola]] Okabe Rintarō

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 26 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Emiya Kiritsugu

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 27 [[Levi]] Natsume Takashi

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 28 Natsuki Subaru [[Shirogane Miyuki]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 29 [[Kanda Sorata]] Saitama

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 30 Itsuka Shidō [[Emiya Shirō]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 31 Yato [[Otosaka Yū]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 32 [[Satō Kazuma]] Edward Elric

by <=300
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 33 Yuzaki Nasa [[Kaizaki Arata]] Yuzaki Tsukasa [[Hishiro Chizuru]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 7100
Over

ARENA 34 [[Tedeza Rize]] Nibutani Shinka [[Kirima Sharo]] Dekomori Sanae

by >=200
Over/Under: 7100
Over

ARENA 35 [[Sarashina Ruka]] Hattori Heiji [[Kinoshita Kazuya]] Tōyama Kazuha

by >=200
Over/Under: 7100
Over

ARENA 36 [[Ichinose Chizuru (Mizuhara Chizuru)]] Shiga Haruki [[Kinoshita Kazuya]] Yamauchi Sakura

by >=200
Over/Under: 7100
Over


Voter Id: 01ad0b9c-07e2-52b1-b879-4c03cb4bf50a

ISML 2020: And Down The Stretch They Come!

ISML 2020: And Down The Stretch They Come!


By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue

December 28, 2020


Match Day 1 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Diamond Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Yukino Yukinoshita thumped Megumin 4334-3288, Mashiro Shiina smashed Hina Amano 4877-2293, Chika Fujiwara routed Nanami Aoyama 4224-2938, Rikka Takanashi rocked Utaha Kasumigaoka 3918-3461, Emilia rolled past Nao Tomori 3982-3174, Eriri Spencer Sawamura defeated Index Prohibitorum 3813-3553, Yui Yuigahama hammered Shouko Nishimiya 4648-2803 and Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Misaki Shokuhou 4550-3005.


Wrapping up Female Division play, Mikoto Misaka torched Ruiko Saten 5318-1865, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Chino Kafuu 4324-3135, Mai Sakurajima romped past Saber 4770-2781, Rin Tohsaka drubbed Kurisu Makise 4262-2990, Ai Hayasaka defeated Schwi Dola 3986-3369, Shiro prevailed over Mio Akiyama 3774-3609, Iroha Isshiki got past Sagiri Izumi 4218-3261 and Kaguya Shinomiya dominated Kuroko Shirai 5063-2684.


In the Male Division, Sakuta Azusagawa routed Willem Kmetsch 4587-1956, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji won the closest race of the round, a 3317-3267 thriller over Yuzuru Otonashi, Taki Tachibana pounded Masamune Izumi 4120-2335, Yuuta Togashi crushed Eugeo 3855-2683, Gilgamesh impaled Lancer 3365-2575, Ryuuji Takasu prevailed over Saika Totsuka 3312-3221, Archer dominated Tanjiro Kamado 3336-3140 and Yuu Ishigami clobbered Tomoya Okazaki 3953-2881.


Wrapping up Male Division action, Riku Dola rocked Edward Elric 3885-2887, Touma Kamijou broke Shidou Itsuka 4396-2260, Levi leveled Yato 3696-2402, Subaru Natsuki whipped Takashi Natsume 3897-2565, Sorata Kanda won a 3268-3200 barnburner over Rintarou Okabe, Saitama punched Kiritsugu Emiya 3586-2729, Shirou Emiya defeated Yuu Otosaka 3287-2863 and Miyuki Shirogane routed Kazuma Satou 4080-2847.


In Couples Tournament action, Kyouko Sakura and Sayaka Miki demolished Shuuichi Akai and Tooru Amuro 4307-1945, Mikiya Kokutou and Shiki Ryougi scored the Upset of the Round, a 3113-3008 scalp of Raku Ichijou and Chitoge Kirisaki, Nozomi Kasaki and Mizore Yoroizuka defeated Mira Kohonata and Ao Manaka 3478-2311 and Kyousuke and Kirino Kousaka rolled past Ikaros and Tomoki Sakurai 3515-2900.


Match Day 2 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Diamond Period is scheduled for December 29, 2020. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Liberty: 2020 Cure Bowl Champions



Liberty's only loss of the season came on a blocked field goal against NC State back on Nov. 21. In the Cure Bowl against No. 12 Coastal Carolina, the Flames got that kick back by blocking a field goal of their own in overtime to outlast the previously-unbeaten Chanticleers 37-34. The special teams play ended what was easily the most entertaining game of college football's postseason to date. 


It was also arguably the strangest. After hopping out to a 14-0 first quarter lead, Liberty spent most of the game trying to keep Coastal at arm's length. With the clock in the fourth quarter winding down, it looked like it might be able to do just that. Quarterback Malik Willis had a career-best four rushing touchdowns to go along with 137 yards on 21 carries and the Chanticleers had no answer for him. But Coastal Carolina was able to force a late fourth quarter field goal and then tie the game at 34-34 on its ensuing possession. Still, the Flames had three minutes to win the game in regulation, and the offense moved the ball down to Coastal's 3-yard line within six plays. 


That's when things got strange. With Coastal Carolina out of timeouts, Liberty was content to let as much clock run as possible before scoring in order to hold the ball last. In that case, it would have been fine to play for the field goal -- which, at that spot is an extra point -- by kneeling on the ball. Instead, Willis handed the ball off to running back Joshua Mack twice. The first was a two-yard loss and the second was, inexplicably, a fumble recovered by the Chanticleers. 



Liberty had two options: play for the field goal by kneeling, or try to score the touchdown and trust its defense. It did neither of those things and an uncertain Mack had the ball stripped. 


Overtime ended up being just as dramatic. After kicking a field goal on its first possession, Liberty forced Coastal Carolina into a quick three-and-out to set up a field goal attempt, which was blocked to seal the win for the Flames. 



Liberty finishes the year 10-1, capping off its first 10-win season as a FBS member and arguably its best season ever. Coastal Carolina drops to 11-1, and though this is a disappointing end for the Chants, it's still part of an unforgettable season as well. 

Georgia State: 2020 LendingTree Bowl Champions



Cornelius “Quad” Brown was right at home back in his native state on Saturday.


The redshirt freshman from Calera passed for three touchdowns as Georgia State rolled past Western Kentucky 39-21 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile. Brown outshined Hilltoppers senior quarterback Tyrell Pigrome of Pinson, who ran for an early touchdown but later threw his first two interceptions of the year.


“After that first interception, I knew we’d get to rolling,” Brown said. “… The guys picked me up. They made sure I didn’t hang my head. They never lost in confidence in me. Our (offensive coordinator) continued to call the game wide-open. I knew guys would make plays. I knew if I did my job distributing the football, somehow, some way, we’d break open. And that’s what we were able to do.”


Georgia State (6-4) scored on four consecutive possessions in the second quarter, two of them set up by interceptions of Pigrome, who came into the game having not been picked off in 264 attempts this season. Antarious Lane and Jontrey Hunter both victimized Pigrome Saturday, each of them on diving grabs in the red zone.


After Pigrome’s 2-yard run put WKU (5-7) up 7-0 at the 4:02 mark of the first quarter, the Georgia State scoring barrage began. Destin Coates’ 11-yard run tied it 7-7 with eight seconds left in the first period.


The Panthers followed that up with three straight Brown touchdown passes in the second quarter, 26 yards to Sam Pinckney, five yards to Jamari Thrash and eight yards to Cornelius McCoy. Noel Ruiz’s extra point was blocked after the final touchdown, making it 27-7 at the half.


Georgia State went three-and-out on its first possession and Brown threw an interception on the second, leading to a tense conversation with Panthers head coach Shawn Elliott.


“I told him ‘you can’t win the game on one play,’” Elliott said. “And he settled down after that. On the third drive we started clicking. Our receivers and our backs and our offensive line — the supporting cast around Quad — had to play well, and they did. They push hard every single day but Quad had an exceptional night. I’m really, really proud of him.”


Western Kentucky pulled with 27-14 on Gaej Walker’s 2-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter, but a pair of Ruiz field goals — 45 and 29 yards — pushed it back to a three-score game at 33-14.


Georgia State’s last touchdown came with 5:13 left, when back-up quarterback Mikele Colasurdo hit Cadarrius Thompson on a 25-yard touchdown pass. The Hilltoppers then added C.J. Jones’ 2-yard run in the final three minutes to reach the final score.


Brown ended the game 15 of 29 for 226 yards and three touchdowns with one interception, and also added 40 yards rushing. Coates rushed for 117 yards and a score on 23 carries, keying a 227-yard rushing day for the Panthers.


Pigrome, a former Clay-Chalkville standout, had the early rushing touchdown but few highlights otherwise. He was 17 of 33 for 180 yards and two interceptions passing, and was also sacked three times.


“Hats off to Georgia State, they just flat out out-played us tonight,” Western Kentucky coach Tyson Helton said. “I thought there were a couple of things early in the game we did a good job of, but penalties cost us at critical times. They did all the right things. They beat us hands-down.”


Georgia State finishes with a winning record in back-to-back seasons for the first time in the program’s 11-year history. Western Kentucky ends with a losing record for the third time in four years.

Louisiana-Lafayette: 2020 First Responder Bowl Champions



(UL ATHLETICS PRESS RELEASE) – For the second consecutive season, Louisiana Football emerged victorious in its bowl game after it defeated UTSA, 31-24, to claim the 2020 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl title on Saturday afternoon at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

 

Powered by a stellar performance from the game’s Most Valuable Player, Elijah Mitchell, the No. 19-ranked Ragin’ Cajuns (10-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) locked up their second-straight 10-win season.

 

Mitchell racked up 127 rushing yards on 19 carries and added a touchdown as part of his MVP performance. The yardage total set the program record for the most rushing yards in a bowl game and was the fourth-most rushing yards in the bowl’s history.

 

Fellow running back Trey Ragas was also impressive in the win with 98 rushing yards on 14 attempts and his 10th rushing score of the year.

 

Through the air, quarterback Levi Lewis finished the game with 146 yards and threw two touchdown passes to Jalen Williams and Kyren Lacy. Lewis now sits at third in program history for career passing yards, while Lacy led all Louisiana receivers with four catches for 38 yards.

 

Defensively, Lorenzo McCaskill tied the program record for the most tackles in a bowl game with 11 against the Roadrunners, his fourth double-digit tackle performance of the season. Ferrod Gardner had another huge day, recording eight tackles, 1.0 sack and a fumble recovery.

 

Safety Percy Butler notched the team’s other turnover with an interception early in the game, the team’s 16th of the season. With the pick, the team matched its 2009 total of 16 picks.

 

Louisiana opened the scoring on Saturday when Lewis found Williams for the 15-yard score to cap off an eight-play, 68-yard drive on its opening possession. After Kenneth Almendares added a field goal, UTSA answered when Frank Harris scored from 11 yards out with 4:33 remaining in the half.

 

Lewis led the Ragin’ Cajuns down the field right before the break, slinging a pass to Lacy in the back of the end zone to put Louisiana up 17-7 at halftime.

 

It was a dream start to the second half when Gardner scooped up a UTSA fumble, setting up the offense on the Roadrunner three yard line. Mitchell answered on the first play, pounding his way into the end zone from three yards out to extend the lead to 24-7.

 

UTSA took advantage of turnover and a costly Louisiana penalty on back-to-back drives, scoring two passing touchdowns to pull within 24-21 with 4:09 to play in the third quarter.

 

After the Roadrunners tied things up with a 20-yard field goal, the Ragin’ Cajuns put together a 12-play, 72-yard drive that was capped off by a powerful one-yard touchdown run by Ragas to push Louisiana back in front 31-24.

 

Louisiana’s defense came up big at the end of the contest, making a critical stop on fourth down to turn the ball back over to the offense, which successfully milked the clock to secure the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl title.

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Buffalo: 2020 Camellia Bowl Champions



MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Kevin Marks looked like a super sub early, stalled against a stingy defense and then delivered the decisive blow.

Marks scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:09 left after a clock-eating drive and Buffalo made a final defensive stop to beat Marshall 17-10 in the Camellia Bowl on Friday.

Subbing for the national leader in rushing yards per game, Jaret Patterson, Marks carried 35 time for 138 yards for the Bulls (6-1) against one of the nation's top run defenses.

Buffalo milked more than six minutes off the clock on the final 13-play, 88-yard drive. Quarterback Kyle Vantrease took a knee on first down and coach Lance Leipold even considered calling for a second one for a team that had only made its first field goal of the season in the first half.

"Obviously. we needed every second we could get there toward the end," Leipold said.

Grant Wells then took Marshall (7-3), which had rallied from a 10-0 deficit, to the Buffalo 20 with no timeouts. Kadofi Wright's sack helped force a fourth-and-11 and Eric Black added his second sack to end the threat.

Both teams lost their conference championship games.

Buffalo improved to 2-3 in bowls, also beating Charlotte in the 2019 Bahamas Bowl. The Thundering Herd dropped their final three games after a 7-0 start and No. 15 ranking.

"We just didn't make enough plays offensively the last three weeks," Marshall coach Doc Holliday said.

The matchup between the nation's top rushing team and the No. 2 run defense lost some of its luster even before kickoff.

Patterson, who had 1,072 yards and 19 touchdowns in six games, didn't dress out after sustaining a right knee injury in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game. He served as a cheerleader on the sideline.

"We thought it would be best for his future," James Patterson, Buffalo's linebacker and Jaret's brother, said of the prolific runner's decision not to play. "That's all that went into it. Nothing else."

Marks had 23 carries for 117 yards by halftime, though he was mostly shut down in the second half by a defense giving up just 88.9 rushing yards a game coming in. Marks said he found out he would be starting "at the end of the week." He wasn't surprised yards were hard to come by.

"It was all about patience," he said. "With a good defense like that you have to take what they give you."

The Thundering Herd still held Buffalo to 155 rushing yards, half of its own average.

Marshall tied it on Shane Ciucci's 21-yard field goal with 8:48 left in the third quarter, and that's where the score stood until Marks' touchdown.

Like Buffalo, Marshall wasn't at full strength. Leading rusher Brenden Knox, C-USA defensive player of the year Tavante Beckett and starting right tackle Josh Ball opted out of the game. Beckett was one of three defensive starters missing.

It was the first NCAA bowl game played on Christmas Day since 2003.

THE TAKEAWAY

Marshall: The offense went nowhere early but the defense withstood early scoring threats to keep the game tight. Punter Robert Lefevre helped out with fourth-quarter punts of 59 and 61 yards.

Buffalo: Got zip out of two impressive drives to open the game. Alex McNulty missed a 34-yard field goal — falling to 0 of 3 on the season — and then the Bulls failed on a fourth-down try from the Marshall 25. ... McNulty made a 25-yarder in the second quarter.

RUIZ SCHOLARSHIP

Leipold gave receiver Jovany Ruiz a scholarship the night before the game, and Ruiz responded with seven catches for 61 yards. "It looked like a pretty good move," the coach said.

HOLLIDAY'S FUTURE

Holliday wasn't interested in discussing his own future with a contract that expires on June 30. "I haven't even thought about it," he said. "I'm trying to go see my family for a little bit. You know what I mean?"

UP NEXT

Marshall: Wells returns after earning Conference USA freshman of the year honors to lead the offense. Most of the starting defenders return but Beckett was one of the program's top pass rushers.

Buffalo: Patterson and Vantrease are only juniors so Buffalo could get them back for another season. But three offensive line starters and three starting receivers are seniors and so is defensive end Malcolm Koonce, a two-time All-MAC selection.

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