The Best Bowl Game You Didn't See: The 2011 Online College Bowl

I'm not sure if anyone heard about this lesser covered college bowl (not even ESPN Desportes picked it up), but this year marked the first annual Norton Anti-Virus Online University Bowl Game. Overshadowed by the seemingly more popular National BCS Championship, it took someone with a deeper understanding of what collegiate athletics truly means to give this epic battle of online titans the recoginition it deserved. Thank you, Conan. Check out our post-game analysis after the highlights:

The Post-Game Analysis

Wow, what a game. This newcomer to the college bowl world will definitely be a bowl to watch in years to come. Next year's event may even be televised. Let's recap all that action with Online Schooling's "3 Keys to the Game":

1. Momentum, momentum, momentum. Several plays in the game had us very excited that someone might actually score. Particularly, the end-around meatball sub play from Kaplan. If it hadn't been for the extra sauce on the sandwich, someone may have actually scored

2. Time of posession. What is quickly becoming known as the "seven-minute-circle-run" play was part of a genius play-calling decision on the part of both coaches. Look for this play to be pulled out again next year, with a little more understanding of the basic rules of football someone may actually use this play to their advantage. Regardless, look for big SEC teams to adopt the play into next years play book.

3. Penalties. A huge factor in this game was the fact that the neither of the teams actually asked for the use of the field. If it hadn't been for the expulsion of both teams from the field by a campus security guard, I think we would have seen a lot more action. Next year look for this bowl game to get a much more permanent seat, perhaps at a local high school or elementary school soccer field. We can only hope that the players learn the difference between a soccer net and field goal posts before then.