Published on: 6th August, 2011
There was some doubt among Texas A&M faithful when the school hired former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Sherman to take over the Aggie football program a few years back. A&M had fallen on some comparatively hard times, considering they'd recently gone 20 years without a losing season, and while ...Published on: 6th August, 2011
It has to be very frustrating to be an Illinois fan. After the Rose Bowl berth of 2007 things seemed like they were definitely on the right track, and the school has been recruiting well. The results just haven’t been there, though. They made a bowl game last year for ...Published on: 1st July, 2011
North Carolina State had a breakthrough season in 2010, with a 9-4 record overall and a 5-3 record in the ACC.The Wolfpack ended the season on a high note with a 23-7 victory over West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl, heading into which they were a three-point underdog.This followed ...Published on: 1st July, 2011
If the Pacific 10 conference had added Utah and Colorado even a few years ago and split into two divisions as it is doing starting this fall, then the South would have seemed the much tougher division with Utah, Southern Cal and to a lesser extent even Arizona. But there’s ...Published on: 1st July, 2011
Was Connecticut’s 2010 season a success or a failure? The answer isn’t particularly clear. The Huskies went to the Fiesta Bowl, but they were drubbed by Oklahoma in that game, and they finished with an 8-5 record in an extremely weak Big East conference. The team actually lost money by ...Published on: 28th December, 2010
The third game of the day on Wednesday, Dec. 29, sees Oklahoma State and Arizona travel to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl. This was a January bowl last year for the first time, but it's back to a more familiar spot here. It also welcomes a new conference affiliation this ...Published on: 20th December, 2010
Throw out the implications. Negate the BCS or non-BCS factor.When it comes right down to it, what are the most intriguing, watchable, entertaining games on the bowl game schedule for this holiday season?Here is how I see them breaking down with my 2010-11 bowl game rankings, from the worst to ...Published on: 17th December, 2010
Northern Illinois brings its 10-3 record from the MAC to Boise’s smurf turf to face 8-4 Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl. The game kicks off at 5:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 18. These two teams haven’t played each other since 1991, so there is no meaningful past history on ...Published on: 17th December, 2010
The New Orleans Bowl pits the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans in the Superdome on Dec. 18 at 9 p.m. EST. Both of these teams struggled through portions of this season, but they were able to keep it together and get back to another bowl game. This looks like an ...Published on: 23rd October, 2010
As usual, we are here to preview the final NCAA game of the night on Saturday because, let’s face it, it's the bettors’ final chance to either avoid a loss to the day or simply add to their winnings. Both these teams enter the weekend in a four-way tie at 2-1 ...