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BCS National Title 2012 Preview: a Rematch for the Ages, LSU to wash out the Tide
Film history is littered with bad sequels to fantastic movies – Godfather, Caddyshack and The Matrix come to mind as examples of producers who didn’t know when to stop.
You have no doubt seen this analogy heading in to the 2012 BCS Title Game between the LSU Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide but it has two flaws – 1) the original game was not entertaining nor...
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January 08, 2012
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GoDaddy.com Bowl 2012 Preview: Two Great QBs, two 10-win teams, Huskies roll
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), Mobile, Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium- Kickoff 2100 ET (9pm)
Arkansas State
Sun Belt offensive player of the year Ryan Aplin is a dual threat QB passing for 3,235 yards with 18 touchdowns and running for a team-high 605 with nine scores for the Red Wolves. ASU has averaged over 38-points per game over the past...
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January 08, 2012
2012 Orange Bowl
Discover Orange Bowl: Predicted Finish – Clemson 45 vs. West Virginia 35
Clemson tried to do it. They tried to have another epic meltdown late in the season just like they do every year. In fact, if they would have lost to Wake Forest, like I think they should have (they got lucky with some typically shoddy ACC officiating), they would not have made it to the ACC title game,...
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January 04, 2012
2012 Sugar Bowl
Allstate Sugar Bowl – predicted finish: Virginia Tech 19 vs. Michigan 24
What type of team is best suited to stop a running QB? I’d say a team that has arguably the best running QB in the entire NCAA; Michigan. Virginia Tech finally figured out that they could use their big 260 lb QB as a rusher by mid-season which got the Hokie’s stagnant offense clicking. But Michigan experienced...
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January 03, 2012
2012 Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl Preview: Wisconsin vs Oregon
Grasp this. Oregon and Wisconsin are two of 12 teams since 1996 to score at least 80 touchdowns in a season. In a season! Now Oregon has done it twice along with Oklahoma. Take your seat folks, please fasten your safety belts as this one could be a fast paced game that gives you a thrill ride like you have not seen in years. The...
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January 02, 2012
Fiesta Bowl 2012 Preview: Cowboys and Cardinal climax of the non-rematches
Remember that all the college football bowl games are de facto exhibition games – that should not dampen your enthusiasm, in fact it is not every year that you get a matchup like the 2012 Fiesta Bowl.
Elite WR Justin Blackmon leads the high-scoring Oklahoma State attack (Icon SMI)
Glendale AZ hosts the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Stanford Cardinal on Monday January 2 at 8pm...
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January 01, 2012
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
AKA: We need a new Coach Bowl
Both Illinois and UCLA come in to this came with records near the 500 mark. That explains why both teams will have new coaches come next season and the men that coached them through 2011 won’t be on the sidelines for this game. Illinois finished the year at 6-6 but suffered through a brutal 2-6 Big Ten Conference record. UCLA brings a 6-7 record...
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December 31, 2011
Meineke Car Care Bowl 2012 Preview: good QBs versus bad defenses, look for Aggie win
Meineke Car Care Bowl, 1200 on Saturday December 31, Reliant Stadium
It’s noon on the last day of 2011! What are you doing? Watching a pair of 6-6 teams square off in preparation for a 3:30 game involving a pair of 6-7 teams. Woo!
Texas A&M’s final game in the Big 12 will be recorded as a loss to Colt McCoy’s younger brother on a slow-weaving QB scramble from midfield into...
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December 30, 2011
Insight Bowl 2012 Preview: Boomer Sooner wins this Iowa primary battle
Insight Bowl, 2200 Friday December 30 2011 , Sun Devil Stadium
Iowa may not have Mr America QB Ricky Stanzi anymore, but do have the nation’s first presidential caucuses in a few weeks and they were the subject of some pretty awesome “Rick PArry” ads run by the Colbert Super-PAC. They also have a legitimately impressive RB (Marcus Coker, 115 ypg) and receiver...
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December 30, 2011
2011 Hyundai Sun Bowl
Hyundai Sun Bowl – 2pm 12/31 El Paso, TX
Predicted Finish: Georgia Tech 42 vs. Utah 24
The Yellow jackets led all of the NCAA in points scored through the first half of the season, which is a huge deal considering some of the extremely potent offenses out there in the college landscape. The thing that is even more impressive about that feat is the fact that they were getting...
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December 30, 2011
Pinstripe Bowl 2012 Preview: all that is wrong with bowl season, so check local listings
As a Red Sox fan, I have to admit that I’m a little amused that Iowa State and Rutgers will be allowed to stage an exhibition at Yankee Stadium. Who says people don’t get what they deserve?
New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium, 1530 on Friday December 2011
Iowa State started the 2011 season 3-0 before losing 4 straight conference games. They responded by decimating Texas...
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December 30, 2011
2011 Music City Bowl (aka Franklin American Mortgage)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl – 6:40pm 12/30 Nashville, TN
Predicted finish: Mississippi State 30 vs. Wake Forest 28
This is a matchup that could provide some excitement. With both teams having a 6-6 record, they barely met their bowl eligibility, but both teams have a unique offense that could be fun to watch. Both teams are better than their records show, which...
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December 29, 2011
Remember the 2011 Alamo Bowl
Twenty-one years ago, a boy was born in the Okinawa Prefecture in the distant land of Japan. His parents, both sergeants in the United States Army, raised him to be strong, tough, wily — a survivor. At age 7, he killed his first bear, the skin of which he would use to stay warm during the coldest of winter nights. By the time he was 12, he had taught himself to break the code used...
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December 29, 2011
2011 Champs Sports Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl – 5:30pm 12/29 Orlando, FL
Predicted Finish: Notre Dame 17 vs. Florida State 24
This is the battle of “What-Could-Have-Beens.” Notre Dame was supposed to take the next step and become that pass-happy powerhouse that we were all accustomed to under Chip Kelly. We didn’t see it. In fact, the Fighting Irish did not settle on their QB until just before...
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December 28, 2011
Holiday Bowl 2011 Preview: Two disappointing teams square off
The Holiday Bowl has been a graveyard for disappointed teams from both the Big 12 and the Pac 10 for years, and now Cal and Texas get to settle their differences in San Diego.
Texas. Cal. Holiday Bowl. It’s tough to read those four words without thinking of the 2004 season, when Texas and Cal both finished with 1 loss apiece (to unbeaten Oklahoma/USC) and it was Texas chosen...
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December 28, 2011
2012 Military Bowl – Falcons should fly by Rockets
Military Bowl, 12.28.2011 at 163o ET
Air Force Falcons vs. Toledo Rockets – The teams had a common opponent this season, each losing to Boise State. The Rockets suffered a 40-15 home defeat to the Broncos on Sept. 16, and the Falcons lost 37-26 on the road Oct. 22.
Notes:
Air Force
The Falcons’ are a strong running team via the triple option; Air Force is second in the FBS...
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December 27, 2011
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Preview, B1G perspective: Look for Broncos to get first bowl win
Western Michigan brings a 7-5 record to Ford Field to take on the Purdue Boilermakers who finished the year at 6-6 but shocked many in the Big Ten with a 4-4 conference record. The Boilermakers won’t have an easy game though as they face the high scoring Broncos in this one. The Boilermakers finished the year third in the Big Ten Leaders division while the Broncos were third...
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December 26, 2011
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Expect a lot of toppings and a Purdue win
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, December 27 at 4PM
Ford Field, Detroit Michigan - Western Michigan Broncos vs. Purdue Boilermakers
Notes:
Western Michigan
The Broncos rank among the national leaders in scoring (35.6 ppg) and passing (328.8 ypg).
Western Michigan has lost each of its previous four bowl appearances, most recently in 2008 to Rice in the Texas Bowl.
The Broncos are led...
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December 26, 2011
2011 Belk Bowl
Belk Bowl – 8pm 12/27 Charlotte, NC
Predicted finish: Louisville 24 vs. NC State 31
This will be a battle between underachievers. Both teams enter this bowl game as middle-ranked teams in the respective divisions and both have 7-5 records. Louisville looked to be one of the main competitors for the Big East title early in the season, but the lack of passing game and leaky...
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December 25, 2011
2011 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Independence Bowl – Dec 26, 2011
Missouri vs North Carolina
A pair of 7-5 teams square off in one of those games that leaves us asking, why do we send almost half of the FBS teams to a bowl game again?
Missouri lost every conference game against a team with a winning record except for Texas. Don’t worry, though, they beat the 7-5 Longhorns and every Big 12 team with 6 wins or...
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December 25, 2011
2011 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl - Dec. 24, 2011
This game might not be what is seems. First things first, let’s look at that 7-5 record for Nevada. Delving into the L’s, we see that 2 of those losses were to Boise and Oregon, no shame there. There are probably about 115 other teams in the nation that would also be 0-2 vs those juggernauts. That leaves 3 real earned losses, a 1-point loss...
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December 24, 2011
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas – Dec. 22, 2011
Boise is awesome.
Their recent run of success is not likely to be equaled by any team any time soon or possibly ever. You have to go back to 2007 to find a loss by more than a FG. You’d also have to go back to 2007 to find a season with more than 1 loss (they had 2 in 07). From 2008 through 2011 (Kellen Moore’s tenure oddly enough), Boise...
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December 22, 2011
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl - Dec. 21, 2011
TCU vs Louisiana Tech
The big story line for the Frogs is going to be the dreaded Motivation.
After back-2-back BCS appearances including last year’s classic Rose Bowl victory over Wisky for perfection, exactly how motivated will TCU be for the ….ahem…Poinsettia Bowl? And this on top of being deserving of another...
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December 21, 2011
2011 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl – Dec. 20, 2011 St. Petersburg, Florida
The Panthers have all the fantasy star-power in this game in sophomore RB Kendrick Rhodes, do-it-all WR TY Hilton, and savvy vet QB Wes Carroll, and if you’re into fantasy D you might also like to know that FIU has a Top-20-ish D/ST unit.
QB Carroll wont impress with his yardage totals (2200,...
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December 20, 2011
College Bowl Mania Confidence Cheatsheet
Bowl confidence polls are rolling out all over the place, so I consulted with the “smart guys in the desert” for the marketplace’s most confident in winning. Twenty of the 35 games have enough confidence baked in, but the other 15 seem like pick’ems to me.
CONFIDENCEFAVEDog
1BOISE STATE – AZ STATE
2OKLAHOMA -IOWA ST
3TCU- LA TECH
4Texas A&M -NORTHWESTERN
5BAYLOR...
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December 16, 2011
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