A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans
Keith was exuberant when, on behalf of Midwest Sports Fans and as a guest of Capital One, he was given an opportunity to attend the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. His first post about the experience details his journey to the Capital One Mascot Challenge Finals.
The BCS bowl games are coming up after the New Year’s Day NFL games Sunday, with the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl kicking things off Monday. Here is a quick preview of the BCS bowl games with picks and current point spreads, plus the complete TV schedule.
Some bowls have been around forever and will probably never go away. Many more die young then fade into obscurity. Many of the games that rest in the college bowl graveyard were played only once or twice; few survived for longer than a decade. Here are the stories of nine of those short-lived bowl games of yesteryear.
This year the bowl season has kicked off and college football fans and their universities are excited about their team’s bowl game. And why shouldn’t they be thrilled? Despite your team having a 6-6 record, it’s a bowl game and it means a chance to close out the season in winning fashion. Is this what college football has deteriorated to?
When the names “Ohio State” and “Florida” are included in the same bowl game, the stakes are usually quite large. This year, that is not so much the case as the 6-6 Buckeyes take on the 6-6 Gators in the Gator Bowl on Monday, January 2nd.
Unwatchable college football Bowl games are a problem that can only be solved with a tournament that includes them. A plus-one game doesn’t address the deep-rooted situation that no one seems to be talking about.
The college football bowl season heats up today as three teams from BCS conferences start their postseason action today. Here is a preview of both of today’s bowl games, the Little Caesars Bowl (Purdue v Western Michigan) and the Belk Bowl (Louisville v NC State).
NFL general managers let out a sigh of disbelief on Thursday when Matt Barkley announced that he would remain at USC for his senior season. If other junior signal callers follow his lead, the landscape of the NFL will look a lot different for teams looking to select a quarterback.
Matt Barkley, a three year starter at USC, has made a great decision in coming back for his senior season.
On Tuesday, the NCAA rendered their decision surrounding the Ohio State football program almost a year after their investigation began about the rule violations that had occurred under former head coach Jim Tressel. Ohio State got a harsh penalty but with their history of breaking the rules they received the proper punishment.
Jim McGrew recaps a busy 24 hours in the football world: Mike McQueary provided some disturbing but important (and damning) testimony about Jerry Sandusky; the Sam Hurd drug saga continued to unfold; and Adrian Peterson explained one of his motivations for returning to the field.
Mike Leach’s inner pirate came out on the Scott Van Pelt show Thursday, when he continued to take shots at Craig James. Mike Leach has moved on since Texas Tech, becoming the head football coach at Washington State, but he still has no problem taking verbal jabs at the person he perceives got him fired.
The 14-0 Mt. Union (Ohio) Purple Raiders and the 14-0 Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks meet tonight in the Stagg Bowl—the NCAA Division III Championship Game—in Salem, Virginia. This is the seventh consecutive Division III season to end with Mt. Union and Whitewater playing in the title game.
Are there bowl games that are going to be more entertaining than others? Of course, but Tyler Juranovich really recommend you to try to watch as many of them as possible. Here is the complete bowl game TV schedule, including the spreads for each game.
This is apparently a trailer for a documentary soon to come called “In The Dark: The Jerry Sandusky Story” by Illview Designs. Either way, it’s very well done…if you can stomach even seeing Sandusky’s face.
