Jonathon Hodges went a little nuts with his 2009 Outback Bowl preview, so we are going to break down the bare bones and give you the gritty details. Northwestern (8-4, 5-3) will play on New Year’s Day for just the fourth time in school history as the Wildcats travel to Tampa Bay, Florida to face […]
Scott Pusich says enough with the bowl games, here is your 2009 college football playoff projections if the NCAA decides to get it right. He says that the August preseason FBS polls bias the eventual results of the BCS, but that the current BCS system is a sorry attempt to cover up the deep and […]
Jon Wilner over at Mercury News had an interesting article on 2009 bowl winners and losers. Here are some notes from his writeup. How important was Texas beating Nebraska on Saturday night in the Big 12 Championship game? Wilner suggests if the Huskers had locked up the Big 12’s automatic bid it would have forced […]
Oregon State didn’t have high expectations entering the season, but they were favored over Missouri when the 2006 Sun Bowl odds came out. The Beavers were just 5-6 last year and were picked to finish 7th in the Pac-10, then the team got off to a 2-3 start to the season. The season got turned […]
The 2006 Sugar Bowl Odds show LSU as a favorite to beat the Fighting Irish from Notre Dame. The Irish haven’t won a bowl in their last eight tries and it doesn’t appear likely that they will end that streak this year. The Tigers come into this game ranked no. 4 in the nation while […]
Now posted are the 2006 Rose Bowl odds between the USC Trojans and the Michigan Wolverines. Southern Cal is a little disappointed to be here after having the BCS title game all but locked up. Then they ran into their cross-town rivals in UCLA and ended up blowing their chance. Michigan is also a team […]
The Horned Frogs from Texas Christian and the Huskies of Northern Illinois will be playing in the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl, sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union. The game goes on Tuesday, December 19th at 8pm EST at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. This is the first game of the bowl season and will […]
The 2006 Outback Bowl odds show Tennessee as a favorite over the Penn State Nittany Lions. Joe Paterno has won 21 bowl games during his career, but he’s a remarkable 15-6 when playing on New Year’s day and he’s going to be able to add to that win mark if his defense continues to play […]
Most 2006 Orange Bowl odds are showing Louisville as a decided favorite over Wake Forest. Both of these teams have had to battle injuries to make it through this season, but through it all each earned their first births into a BCS bowl. Wake Forest is a stranger to the bowl season, heading to only […]
New Mexico and Hawaii are the only two teams who host their own bowl games, and the Lobos will bring in San Jose State for the first annual New Mexico Bowl. The Spartans haven’t made a bowl appearance in 16 years, but 2nd year coach Dick Tomey turned the program around to a 8-4 record […]