Badgercentric (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Big Ten has announced a new bowl lineup starting next season, with most of the shake-up coming at the bottom. The first new bowl is the Texas Bowl in Houston, with a Big 12 opponent. I wonder what airline tickets from Minneapolis to Houston go for? Or Minneapolis to Dallas, for something called the Dallas Football Classic versus a Conference USA team. Ugh. The best new bowl game is the Gator Bowl,...
MVictors (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Photo: readers Amy and Jeff It’s been a while, huh? Where the major sources slot the 4-2 Wolverines in the 2008-09 bowls. Don’t book your flight just yet: College Football News/Scout.com: Insight Bowl 12/31/09 vs. Kansas CBS Sports: Champs Sports Bowl 12/29/09 vs. Wake Forest ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Valero Alamo Bowl 1/2/10 vs. Oklahoma State ESPN (Bruce [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando will have the third overall pick of Atlantic Coast Conference teams for the 2010 to 2013 games under an agreement announced Wednesday by the ACC and Florida Citrus Sports. Under the partnership, the bowl will get the ACC's second pick after the Bowl Championship Series selection; that team will play the top non-BCS team from the Big East Conference or Notre Dame. In...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The Champs Sports Bowl has re-upped its affiliation with the ACC but will now get the league's No. 3 team, an improvement over the current contract.
Hoops on Campus (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Big East may be a better football league than I thought. South Florida wins at Florida State. Cincinnati wins on the road at Oregon State. When SFU visits Syracuse this weekend, there will be a basketball theme. SFU quarterback B.J. Daniels was a backup on hoops team last year. Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus, a fifth-year eligible, played four years at guard for Duke. Big East bowl lineup next year:...
Sports Chatter (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
BOSTON COLLEGE—QB David Shinskie became the first BC quarterback to throw three TD passes in a game since Matt Ryan did it in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 28, 2007. TE Chris Pantale had a career-high four catches, including his first college touchdown. Freshman LB Luke Kuechly didn’t start but again led BC in [...]
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