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2008 Brut Sun Bowl Preview
December 12, 2008 by
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The Sun Bowl features two of the country's top tailbacks: Pittsburgh's star sophomore LeShaun McCoy and Oregon State's Pac Ten Freshman of the Year, Jacquizz Rodgers. The Panthers and Beavers are fairly similar teams in many regards. Both play solid defense and rely on...
2008 EagleBank Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The inaugural EagleBank Bowl was given the honor of kicking off the 2008 Bowl season and will feature Navy and an ACC team as its yearly tie-ins. Unfortunately, this game features a rematch of a regular season showdown between the Navy Midshipmen and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, something no ...
2008 New Mexico Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The New Mexico Bowl features two teams with completely difference perspectives on this game. Fresno State opened the season with a win at Rutgers and were eying a BCS berth while Colorado State entered the year playing for a different head coach than Sonny Lubick for the for first time in 16 ...
2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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This is the first year for the St. Petersburg Bowl and the organizers have to be pretty happy that hometown USF suffered a disappointing season and fell into their laps. Facing off against the hometown team will be plucky Memphis, which rebounded from a 0-3 start to finish with a...
2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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For the 4th consecutive season, BYU faces off against a Pac Ten team in the Las Vegas Bowl. The Cougars are riding a two game winning streak in Sin City but are coming off of a loss to archrival Utah to finish the season. Riding in to face the Cougars are Mike Stoops' Arizona Wildcats, ...
2008 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The New Orleans Bowl features the Sun Belt Champions from Troy facing off against Southern Mississippi. Troy won their first outright conference title in school history and won 8 games going against a very tough schedule that featured both of last year's National Title game participants. ...
2008 Poinsettia Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The Poinsettia Bowl is all of four years old and it is hosting a matchup of two teams ranked in the top 12? Talk about luck of the draw! This game came together because the bowl has a clause which states that if there aren't enough bowl-eligible Pac Ten teams, then they pick from...
2008 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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This is about the best matchup that the Hawai'i Bowl could hope for as Notre Dame brings its enormous fan base to the islands to match up against the local team. That means that the game will likely be a sellout, music to every bowl organizer's ears. Notre Dame flies out to...
2008 Motor City Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The Motor City Bowl features a matchup of the preseason favorites to win the Mid-American and Sun Belt conferences. Unfortunately for both teams, they fell short of their goals but can finish the year on a high note with a bowl victory. Both teams feature very good upperclassmen quarterbacks in ...
2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The Meineke Car Care Bowl will kick off the first of three matchups between the Big East and ACC this bowl season. It also marks the first matchup between two BCS conference teams. Both teams sit just outside of the rankings and a win would likely mean finishing in the top 25. West...
2008 Champs Sports Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The Champs Sports Bowl features home state power Florida State taking on the invading Badgers from Wisconsin. Both teams have had up and down seasons (Wisconsin was once ranked in the top 10 before losing four consecutive games in the middle of the season, Florida State was also highly ranked) ...
2008 Emerald Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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The Miami Hurricanes travel across the country to take on the Cal Golden Bears in the Emerald Bowl. Cal will be playing right across the San Francisco Bay from their campus and should enjoy a significant home field advantage. The Bears are a much more veteran team than the very young...
2008 Valero Alamo Bowl Preview
December 11, 2008 by
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This game will be a very interesting matchup between two teams with very different expectations in the first of three Big Ten-Big XII matchups during the bowl season. Northwestern comes in with a stellar defense and a good passing attack while Missouri features one of the country's best ...
The 'Variable' BCS System - The Best Compromise
December 09, 2008 by
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There has been a lot of griping about Texas' exclusion from the BCS National Title Game in favor of Oklahoma this past week (including from yours truly) and it is with much trepidation that I have decided that the BCS needs revamping. Now, I'm a well-established defender of...
2008-2009 Sugar Bowl Preview
December 08, 2008 by
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The #4 Alabama Crimson Tide face the #6 Utah Utes in the 2008-2009 Rose Bowl. Our preview of the Sugar Bowl includes an evaluation of the SEC's Alabama Crimson Tide and the Mountain West Conference Champion Utah Utes and we give our pick for the Sugar Bowl winner from College Sports Fans.
2008-2009 BCS National Championship Game Preview
December 08, 2008 by
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Preview of the 2008-2009 BCS National Championship Game pitting the BCS #1 Oklahoma Sooners up against the BCS #2 Florida Gators in Miami.
2008-2009 Fiesta Bowl Preview
December 08, 2008 by
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The #3 Texas Longhorns face the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes, despite Ohio State being ranked lower in the BCS than #9 Boise State, in the 2008-2009 Fiesta Bowl. Our preview of the Fiesta Bowl including our pick for the Fiesta Bowl winner from College Sports Fans.
2008-2009 Orange Bowl Preview
December 08, 2008 by
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The #12 Cincinnati Bearcats face the #19 Virginia Tech Hokies in the 2008-2009 Orange Bowl. Our preview of the Orange Bowl including our pick for the Orange Bowl winner from College Sports Fans.
2008-2009 Rose Bowl Preview
December 08, 2008 by
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The #5 USC Trojans face the #8 Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2008-2009 Rose Bowl. Our preview of the Rose Bowl includes an evaluation of the Big Ten Champion Penn State and the Pac-10 Champion USC and we give our pick for the Rose Bowl winner from College Sports Fans.
College Football Preview - Final Weekend of 2008
November 26, 2008 by
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When a football team blows a 13 point lead at home to one of the worst teams in college football, you know that fans are going to have a meltdown. When that team's fans start pelting their own players with snowballs, you know that their fans have lost their patience. When that...
College Football Top 25 Rankings after Week #13
November 26, 2008 by
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The Rankings are beginning to shake out after a week in which the Big Ten, Big East and Mountain West Conferences were decided. First off, we now have two BCS spots locked up and another all but secured after Penn State and Utah won their conference titles and Cincinnati moved to within a win ...
College Football Week #13 Preview
November 21, 2008 by
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THE WORLD OF BAX: Is Rodriguez the Right Fit? Plus: The National Title and BCS Bowl Picture
College Football Week #12 Preview (weekend of November 15th)
November 14, 2008 by
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Away, ye Big Ten rascals; Alas Penn State is lost and shall not win the crystal trophy. All right, enough channeling bad Shakespeare. Clearly the events of this past weekend were defined in Iowa City. With Penn State's loss, the season seems to be moving quickly towards a Big XII...
Eight College Football Teams to Watch in 2008
November 13, 2008 by
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In the 2007 season, there were several teams who showed their potential, but could even better in 2008. Here are eight teams who made a splash last season, but could be primed for much bigger success next season.
The Blueprint for Mid-Major Success
November 13, 2008 by
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Every year, there's at least a couple of mid-majors that make big noise on the national scene in the world of college football or college basketball. However, few of those middies are able to actually experience sustained success...
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