2011 Liberty Bowl Overview Cincinnati and Nashville aren’t that far away from each other on a map, but it’s been nearly 20 years since Vanderbilt has played Cincinnati on the footbal field. This year’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl allows these two teams to get re-aquainted on a neutral field, though the Commodores have the luxury of […]
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Matchup The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco will showcase a pair of schools that want a victory to finish their years on a positive note. Both schools will have new head coaches next season. That hunger to get the victory in this game should make this interesting when […]
2011 Hyundai Sun Bowl Overview El Paso has been a venue for a bowl game for more than 75 years. Utah was a participant in one of the very first Sun Bowls, and now the Utes return as a member of one of the BCS conferences for the first time. On New Year’s Eve, Utah […]
2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl Matchup Houston’s Reliant Stadium has been witness to some winning football in recent years as the home of the Houston Texans. This New Year’s Eve, it will bear witness to a couple of college football teams looking to end their seasons on winning notes. Northwestern, of the Big Ten conference, […]
2011 Insight Bowl Preview Bob Stoops is coming home. Sort of. The former Iowa Hawkeye football player will face off against his alma mater when he takes his Oklahoma Sooners to the Insight Bowl to face the Hawkeyes. Although Stoops has coached Oklahoma for 13 seasons, he has never faced his former school. In […]
2011 Music City Bowl Matchup Nashville is known as Music City, and the center of country music. In Nashville, December 30 will feature two up-and-coming college football programs in the Music City Bowl as Mississippi State of the SEC takes on Wake Forest of the ACC. This will be the first-ever meeting between the […]
2011 Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl Overview The Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences clash in San Diego Dec. 28 in the 2nd of two San Diego bowl games. California finished the regular season strongly, while Texas has staggered to the finish line, but both squads played quality football to be invited to this bowl game. […]
2011 Pinstripe Bowl Overview Yankee Stadium might be home of the Bronx Bombers, but it’s turning into a multi-purpose complex. Dec. 30 in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium will re-open for the bowl season, as it is the venue for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, which will feature Rutgers of the Big East and the […]
2011 Military Bowl Game Notes The military schools have their own bowl-game available to them. The country’s capital is the location of the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, taking place in the shadow of the Pentagon. In this year’s version of the game, the U.S. Air Force Academy will be making its first […]
2011 Belk Bowl Game Notes The opponents in the 2011 Belk Bowl this season did not venture far from home. The game is being held in Charlotte, N.C. and will feature an in-state team in NC State, representing the ACC, taking on Big East co-champ Louisville, from neighboring Kentucky. This will be the first […]