College Football Bowl Season 2010 – 2011
November 25, 2010
College football provides a little bit of something for everyone in the bowl games for the 2010 – 2011 season, and I mean everyone: especially those who want to cash in on audiences of various size. College football, like everything else in America is all about money.
It’s not Lingerie Football, but it should still provide some interesting matchups to conclude a wild 2010 college football season. Gone are the days of the Big Four Bowls that glued everyone to their television sets on January 1.
The SEC-West has been a dominant story in 2010 and, as of Thanksgiving Day, 5 of its 6 teams were still ranked in the Top 25 of the BCS Rankings. Yet, Jeff Sagarin as of 11/21 ranks the PAC-10 as the toughest conference. Now, other than undefeated Oregon and 1-loss Stanford, there’s 3-loss Arizona that hasn’t yet played Oregon, 4-loss USC that beat Arizona but lost to 6-loss Washington, and six teams with 5 or more losses. The SEC-West as of Sagarin’s date had undefeated Auburn, 1-loss LSU, 2-loss Alabama and Arkansas, 4-loss Mississippi State and 7 loss Mississippi. Just goes to show you that everybody can have an opinion. Now, here’s my take on Thanksgiving weekend in the SEC-West: Alabama over Auburn and Arkansas over LSU.
The list of all 2010 – 2011 Bowl Games is below. BCS Games are bold.
Bowl Games in 2010 -2011
|
Bowl
|
Date
|
Teams
|
| New Mexico | 12/18 | BYU 52 – UTEP 24 |
| uDrove Humanitarian | 12/18 | Northern Illinois 40 – Fresno State 17 |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | 12/18 |
Ohio 21 – Troy 48 |
| Beef ‘O’ Bradys St. Petersburg | 12/21 | Louisville 31 – Southern Mississippi 28 |
| MAACO Las Vegas | 12/22 | (19) Utah 3 – (11) Boise State 26 |
| S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia | 12/23 | San Diego State 35 – Navy 14 |
| Sheraton Hawaii | 12/24 | Tulsa 62 – (24) Hawaii 35 |
| Little Caesars | 12/26 | Florida International 34 – Toledo 32 |
| AdvoCare V100 Independence | 12/27 | Georgia Tech 7 – Air Force 14 |
| Champs Sports | 12/28 | (22) West Virginia 7 – N C State 23 |
| Insight | 12/28 | (12) Missouri 24 – Iowa 27 |
| Military Bowl – Northrup Grumman | 12/29 | Maryland 51 – East Carolina 20 |
| Texas | 12/29 | Illinois 38 – Baylor 14 |
| Valero Alamo | 12/29 | (14) Oklahoma State 36 – Arizona 10 |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces | 12/30 | SMU 14 – Army 16 |
| New Era Pinstripe | 12/30 | Kansas State 34 – Syracuse 36 |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City | 12/30 | North Carolina 30 vs Tennessee 27 |
| Bridgepoint Education Holiday | 12/30 | (18) Nebraska 7 vs Washington 19 |
| Meineke Car Care | 12/31 | South Florida 31 – Clemson 26 |
| Hyundai Sun | 12/31 | Notre Dame 33 – Miami 17 |
| AutoZone Liberty | 12/31 | (25) UCF 10 – Georgia 6 |
| Chick-fil-A | 12/31 | (20) South Carolina 17 - (23) Florida State 26 |
| TicketCity | 01/01 | Northwestern 38 – Texas Tech 45 |
| Outback | 01/01 | Florida 37 – Penn State 24 |
| Capital One | 01/01 | (16) Alabama 49 – (9) Michigan State 7 |
| Gator | 01/01 | (21) Mississippi State 52 – Michigan 14 |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio | 01/01 | (5) Wisconsin 19 - (3) TCU 21 |
| Tostitos Fiesta | 01/01 | Connecticut 20 – (7) Oklahoma 48 |
| Discover Orange | 01/03 | (4) Stanford 40 – (13) Virginia Tech 12 |
| Allstate Sugar | 01/04 | (6) Ohio State 31 – (8) Arkansas 26 |
| GoDaddy.com | 01/06 | Middle Tennessee 21 – Miami, Ohio 35 |
| AT&T Cotton | 01/07 | (17) Texas A & M 24 – (10) LSU 41 |
| BBVA Compass Bowl | 01/08 | Pittsburg 27 – Kentucky 10 |
| Kraft Fight Hunger | 01/09 | Boston College 13 – (15) Nevada 20 |
| Tostitos BCS National Championship Game | 01/10 | (1) Auburn 22 – (2) Oregon 19 |
So, there’s a whole lot of opportunity to Party Your, uh, Head Off. Grab a significant (or insignificant) other and have a good time as college football shines. Guys, maximize your chances to score with the winners by grabbing some of that clothing mentioned above in my own advertising. Don’t blame me, I’d like to make a little money off the bowl games, too. And you’ll like what I’m promoting a whole lot better, especially when victory is yours.
College Football Bowl Season 2009 – 2010
December 7, 2009
College football provides a little bit of something for everyone in the bowl games for the 2009 – 2010 season, and I mean everyone: especially those who want to cash in on audiences of various size. College football, like everything else in America is all about money.
Before Bowling for Dollars moved from alleys and ten pins to college football you were pretty much assured of seeing a good game between good teams. The Rose Bowl featured the PAC-10 winner versus the Big Ten winner. It was nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" and has been a sellout every year since 1947. The Tournament of Roses originally featured ostrich races, bronco busting and, even, a race between a camel and an elephant. It wasn’t until its 12th year that a football game was added. That game lasted just a little more than two quarters when, with the score 49 – 0, Stanford gave up and walked off the field giving Michigan the victory. Years 13, 14 and 15 had chariot races instead of football, but the pigskin returned in year 16.
The other big games included the Cotton Bowl featuring the Southwest Conference Champion against someone-to-be-determined, the Sugar Bowl featuring the Southeast Conference Champion versus someone-to-be-named, the Orange Bowl that highlighted two teams to be named. The lesser bowls were the Gator Bowl and the Liberty Bowl.
But all that changed as money began to dominate college football. The list of all 2009 – 2010 Bowl Games is below. Matchups between Top 10 Tens are bold.
Bowl Games in 2009 -2010
|
Bowl
|
Date
|
Teams
|
| New Mexico | 12/19 | Fresno State 28 – Wyoming 35 |
| St. Petersburg | 12/19 | UCF 24 – Rutgers 45 |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | 12/20 | Southern Miss 32 – Middle Tennessee 42 |
| MAACO Las Vegas | 12/22 | Oregon State (18) 20 – BYU (14) 44 |
| S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia | 12/23 | Utah (23) 37 – Cal 27 |
| Sheraton Hawaii | 12/24 | Nevada 10 – SMU 45 |
| Little Caesars | 12/26 | Marshall 21 – Ohio 17 |
| Meineke Car Care | 12/26 | Pitt (17) 19 – North Carolina 17 |
| Emerald | 12/26 | Boston College 13 – USC (24) 24 |
| Gaylord Hotels Music City | 12/27 | Kentucky 13 – Clemson 21 |
| AdvoCare V100 Independence | 12/28 | Texas A&M 20 – Georgia 44 |
| EagleBank | 12/29 | UCLA 30 – Temple 21 |
| Champs Sports | 12/29 | Miami (15) 14 – Wisconsin (25) 20 |
| Roady’s Humanitarian | 12/30 | Bowling Green 42 – Idaho 43 |
| Pacific Life Holiday | 12/30 | Arizona (20) 0 – Nebraska (22) 33 |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces | 12/31 | Houston 20 – Air Force 47 |
| Brut Sun | 12/31 | Oklahoma 31 -. Stanford (21) 27 |
| Texas | 12/31 | Navy 35 – Missouri 13 |
| Insight | 12/31 | Minnesota 13 – Iowa State 14 |
| Chick-fil-A | 12/31 | Virginia Tech (11) 37 – Tennessee 14 |
| Outback | 01/01 | Northwestern vs. Auburn |
| Capital One | 01/01 | Penn State (13) vs. LSU (12) |
| Konica Minolta Gator | 01/01 | West Virginia (16) vs. Florida State |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi | 01/01 | Ohio State (8) vs. Oregon (7) |
| Allstate Sugar | 01/01 | Florida (5) vs. Cincinnati (3) |
| International | 01/02 | South Florida vs. Northern Illinois |
| Papajohns.com | 01/02 | South Carolina vs. UConn |
| AT&T Cotton | 01/02 | Oklahoma State (19) vs. Ole Miss |
| AutoZone Liberty | 01/02 | Arkansas vs. East Carolina |
| Valero Alamo | 01/02 | Michigan State vs. Texas Tech |
| Tostitos Fiesta | 01/04 | Boise State (6) vs. TCU (4) |
| FedEx Orange | 01/05 | Iowa (10) vs. Georgia Tech (9) |
| GMAC | 01/06 | Central Michigan vs. Troy |
| Citi BCS National Championship Game | 01/07 | Texas (2) vs. Alabama (1) |
So, there’s a whole lot of opportunity to Party Your, uh, Head Off. Grab a significant (or insignificant) other and have a good time as college football shines. Guys, maximize your chances to score with the winners by grabbing some of that clothing mentioned above in my own advertising. Don’t blame me, I’d like to make a little money off the bowl games, too. And you’ll like what I’m promoting a whole lot better, especially when victory is yours.
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