History at stake for Heisman hopefuls

Following in the footsteps of Wisconsin legends Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne, junior running back Montee Ball is headed to New York as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. Ball was named one of five finalists Monday for the honor bestowed annually upon the Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu and Montee [...]

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BCS bowl games: Okla. St., Mich. St. left out

Everyone would certainly agree that the best match-up in this year's BCS bowl games would be the BCS National Championship Game, featuring the LSU Tigers, and the Alabama Crimson Tide. What about after that though. How would you All tickets for the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas are $62, and parking is $10, payable at the [...]

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BCS games top the ranking list

That we have a new set of BCS bowl games is yet another year we don't have a college football playoff system. One visit to the NCAA website is all it takes to show how bad the situation is. If all NCAA sports, “football” is not By Tim Tucker Georgia's Mark Richt and Michigan State's [...]

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BCS games top the ranking list

A final BCS analysis to determine what sent the Alabama Crimson Tide to the BCS National Championship over the Oklahoma State Cowboys and exactly how large the final margin was. I hate the BCS. Hate, hate, hate it. It's an awful system that lends itself to corruption and worse yet, it has made the regular [...]

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2011-12 College Football Bowl Schedule

Now that the postseason bowl games are known, college football fans can begin to look at their respective bowl games and try to figure where the positives and negatives are. Among the area teams involved in bowl games it looks as if Purdue has the 13 Michigan State Spartans in the Outback Bowl. Georgia's offense, [...]

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Bowl Games 2011-2012: Big 12 Get Eight Bowl Bids, One BCS Berth

The 2011-2012 FBS Bowl schedule and matchups have officially been set, and SB Nation has you covered with a complete breakdown of the matchups, dates, times, locations, and television coverage. The Contributor Network 12 hours, 30 minutes ago The Southeastern Conference made a killing in the 2011 college football bowl season. Nine out of 12 [...]

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Huskers headed for Capital One Bowl

Last year, the Spartans tied Wisconsin and Ohio State for the Big Ten title, but the other two teams went to BCS bowls and Michigan State went to the Capital One Bowl. This weekend was even more excruciating. The Spartans lost to Wisconsin 42-39 in the Nebraska will make its 48th all-time bowl appearance and [...]

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Sugar Bowl: Revenue prevails over rankings

13 Michigan were selected by the Sugar Bowl. In a football sense, it's tough to argue for the Hokies against some of the other teams in the at-large pool, especially after the 28-point loss to Clemson Saturday night. Fortunately NEW ORLEANS – The 78th Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic will feature the University of [...]

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Sugar Bowl: Revenue prevails over rankings

Frank Beamer's Hokies were blasted by Clemson again Saturday, and rewarded by the BCS with a Sugar Bowl berth. The presence of Virginia Tech in a BCS bowl is an absolute, complete and utter travesty. The Sugar Bowl should be ashamed of itself for Tech (11-2) is headed for the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 3 [...]

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Huskers headed for Capital One Bowl

The Carolina Gamecocks are heading to the 2012 Capital One Bowl. USC (10-2) will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) from the Big Ten Conference, January 2 a. (AP) — South Carolina and Nebraska will play in the Capital One Bowl Jan. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Both teams accepted their bids Sunday. [...]

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