Football As Films: Week Three Of College Football's Bowl
Season Reviewed  PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 02: Running back
De'Anthony Thomas #6 of the Oregon Ducks celebrates with Nick
Cody #61 after Thomas scores on a 64-yard touchdown run in the
third quarter at the 98th Rose Bowl Game on January 2, 2012 in
Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)  The new
year's bowl series has delivered a run of near-classics, along
with a dud or two. Catch up on Football as Films parts one, two
and three.  TICKETCITY BOWL: HOUSTON 30, PENN STATE 14. Closest
to a dark global snuff film like Melancholia. Lars Von Trier
movies always end with a dead woman, so change the standard plot
a bit on this one. Instead of just one dead woman on the floor
at the end of the film, Von Trier kills THE WHOLE WORLD, and in
the end seems pretty dispassionate about it.  If none of this
makes any sense to you, we will explain. Penn State lost this
game in the first quarter when Houston riddled the Nittany
Lions' defense full of holes,