The Orange, Rose, Fiesta and Sugar Bowls have signed extensions through 2013 to remain the sites for the BCS bowl games. This is not a big surprise as the money has been too good for the bowl games to bow out.
The current contract was due to expire after the Rose Bowl hosts the championship in 2010 but starting in 2011 the rotation will start with the Championship game hosted by the Fiesta in Glendale.
It looks like we can forget a playoff until 2013, at least. This is when these new contracts as well as the TV contracts end.
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The time has come for the South Florida Bulls to step up and earn there first BCS bowl game. We all remember the great start in 2007 when they rose as high as #2 in the rankings and were on their way to being the Cinderella story. Unfortunately, The Bulls lost to Rutgers in week [...]
Does top recruiting add up to victories? CollegeBowlProjections.com has put together a list of the top 25 recruiting classes and the top 25 best teams from 2002 to 2008. We’ve added up all the results with Rivals top recruiting list and the final AP polls for the last seven years.
The USC Trojans were [...]
The 2008 Texas Longhorns will be considered one of the teams in the nation that had as much right as the Florida Gators to receive the national championship trophy. The Longhorns were a victim of the Bowl Championship Series and Big 12 rules. Despite defeating the Oklahoma Sooners on a neutral field and being in [...]
Phil Fullmer is out as head coach and the Lane Kiffin era begins at the University of Tennessee. Kiffin has put together a stellar staff around him to bring the Volunteers back to bowl eligibility and national prominence in the near future.
The hiring of his father Monte Kiffin will draw defensive stars across the country [...]
Question: What does a 10-37 record as head coach at Syracuse get you?
Answer: The defensive coordinator position at the University of Michigan.
Wolverine fans are probably wincing at the thought of Greg Robinson joining their staff but Rich Rodriquez has hit a home run with this hire. Although he failed as head coach, Robinson has a [...]
BOWL GAME
MATCH-UP
TEAMS
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Mountain West vs. Pac-10
BYU vs. Arizona State
St. Petersburg
Big East vs. C-USA
Florida Atlantic* vs. Memphis
Texas
Conference USA vs. Big 12
Rice vs. Kansas State
Las Vegas
Pac-10 vs. Mountain West
Arizona vs. TCU
New Orleans
Conference USA vs. Sun Belt
Houston vs. Troy
Eagle Bank Bowl
ACC vs. Navy
Miami(FL) vs. Navy
New Mexico
Mountain West vs. WAC
Utah vs. Nevada
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SEC vs. Big East
South Carolina vs. Rutgers
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Kyle Whittingham and his coaching staff at Utah completely embarrassed “the genius” Nick Saban and his staff in the Sugar Bowl tonight. It appeared the Crimson Tide team had spent too many late nights on Bourbon Street because the Utes were faster and more tenacious in every aspect of the ballgame.
The Utes victory puts non-BCS [...]
Underclassman had until 5 p.m. Thursday evening(January 15) to declare for the 2009 NFL Draft. The list of entrants have changed our college bowl projections for the 2009-2010 season, including the national championship game prediction played in the Rose Bowl.
CollegeBowlProjections.com had USC in the national championship game. The Trojans’ defense is losing most of [...]
Junior safety Taylor Mays has decided to stay at USC for his senior season. Mays, a projected top 10 pick in April’s draft, is widely regarded as the best safety in college football. He is 6-3, 230 lbs. and runs a sub 4.4 40 yard dash. Taylor claims he has unfinished business at USC including [...]
The Georgia Bulldogs ended the 2008 season with a 24-12 victory over Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. They finished the season 10-3 and ranked 13th in the AP and coaches poll.
You would think this was a successful season but many Bulldog fans were disappointed since Georgia was the preseason #1 team in both [...]
The Florida Gators will be defending their title in the SEC and nation next year. Before we look at their schedule for the upcoming season, let’s look at the 2008 schedule and the results. The Gators were 6-1 at home, 4-0 on the road, and 3-0 on a neutral field. The Gators defeated their SEC rivals [...]
The best conferences in bowl games:
Pac-10 5-0
SEC 6-2
The worst conferences in bowl games:
Mid-American 0-5
Big Ten 1-6
Great Defenses:
Florida holding Oklahoma to 14 points.
TCU holding Boise State to 16 points. The last time Boise State was held under 20 points was September 8, 2007(Washington 24 Boise State 10)
Lousy Offenses:
Oregon State 3 Pittsburgh 0. The Beavers had an [...]
We all know that several NCAA teams were robbed of the chance to win the National Championship due to the lack of a playoff. Were we also robbed of the chance to see some fantastic games? Collegebowlprojections.com ran a mock 16 team playoff just to see how the match-ups may have come down.
We [...]