2012 Rose Bowl Matchup This year’s Rose Bowl will feature two very similar programs in recent history. One played in this game a season ago (Wisconsin) while the other played for a national title. Oregon made this bowl two seasons ago but has dominated its conference the past three years. The Rose Bowl Game presented […]
2012 Taxslayer Gator Bowl Preview The Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl might as well be called the Urban Meyer Bowl. Is it just a coincidence that just before the Gator Bowl matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten and Florida of the SEC was announced that Ohio State unveiled former Gator head man Urban […]
2012 Capital One Bowl Preview This year, the Capital One Bowl will feature two top-20 teams, as Nebraska of the Big Ten takes on South Carolina of the SEC in the Capital One Bowl. These teams have met three other times in their histories, but not since 1987 – a 30-21 Nebraska win. In fact, […]
2012 Cotton Bowl Preview Two of the top teams in two of the Big Six conferences will renew acquaintances for the first time in more than 80 years when Big 12 Conference runner-up Kansas State takes on SEC West Division runner-up Arkansas in the AT&T Cotton Bowl. This is the 5th time all-time that these […]
2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Preview The ACC and SEC clash each year in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. This year, two teams that haven’t met in nearly 15 years will face off when Virginia takes on 2010 national champion Auburn. These teams have met just twice all-time, splitting contests in 1997 and 1998. The latest Chick-fil-A […]
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 […]