Showing posts with label College Bowl Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College Bowl Games. Show all posts
Friday, December 27, 2013
NIU Coulda' Woulda' Made School Football History Last Night
What had been the most outstanding year in Northern Illinois' football program certainly came crashing down in this month of December.
First, we missed a chance to go to our second straight BCS Bowl game at the Fiesta Bowl, with out MAC Championship loss to Bowling Green, but last night, missed out on our first-ever 13-win season with the 21-14 loss to Utah State in the Poinsettia Bowl.
Oh well, we'll have to "settle" for a 12-2 season.
It sure has been a great four years with this class of seniors.
Thanks, Guys. --Cooter
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Bowl Game Facts-- Part 2
I have only ever been to one bowl game, the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, the year Tennessee played Northwestern. Our purple colors were swallowed up by all that Vol orange. Unfortunately, the Wildcats lost, but did give a good battle until for the first quarter.
** IN 1998, THE CONTROVERSIAL Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was instituted to determine the national champion.
** THE ONLY YEAR THE SUGAR BOWL was not played in New Orleans was 2006, when the game was moved to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta after the Superdome suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina.
** IN 1947, RIVALS Louisiana State University and the University of Arkansas met in the Cotton Bowl, a game that ended in a scoreless tie.
** THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR THE ROSE BOWL was the "Tournament east-west football game" and was started to feature the best college football team from the east against the best from the west. (For many years it was the Big Ten champ against the PAC-10's best).
I sure wish they'd drop the BCS and go with a playoff series like in basketball.
I'm Not Saying Who I Want to Win the Championship Game This Monday. --DaCoot
** IN 1998, THE CONTROVERSIAL Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was instituted to determine the national champion.
** THE ONLY YEAR THE SUGAR BOWL was not played in New Orleans was 2006, when the game was moved to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta after the Superdome suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina.
** IN 1947, RIVALS Louisiana State University and the University of Arkansas met in the Cotton Bowl, a game that ended in a scoreless tie.
** THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR THE ROSE BOWL was the "Tournament east-west football game" and was started to feature the best college football team from the east against the best from the west. (For many years it was the Big Ten champ against the PAC-10's best).
I sure wish they'd drop the BCS and go with a playoff series like in basketball.
I'm Not Saying Who I Want to Win the Championship Game This Monday. --DaCoot
Bowl Game Facts-- Part 1
From the Fall 2010/Winter 2011 Catch the Action paper.
Since we are finishing up all the Bowl Games between college football teams, I found this of interest.
** THE FIRST BOWL GAME was played in January of 1902 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
** ONE OF THE GAME'S MOST historical bowl games, the Orange Bowl, got its start on January 1, 1935. Bucknell beat the University of Miami 26-0.
** FROM 1946-1949, the Raisin Bowl pitted a California school against an at-large team. San Jose State University twice won the bowl.
** THE ROSE BOWL is affectionately nicknamed "The Granddaddy of 'Em All."
A Bowlin' We Go. --Cooter
Since we are finishing up all the Bowl Games between college football teams, I found this of interest.
** THE FIRST BOWL GAME was played in January of 1902 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
** ONE OF THE GAME'S MOST historical bowl games, the Orange Bowl, got its start on January 1, 1935. Bucknell beat the University of Miami 26-0.
** FROM 1946-1949, the Raisin Bowl pitted a California school against an at-large team. San Jose State University twice won the bowl.
** THE ROSE BOWL is affectionately nicknamed "The Granddaddy of 'Em All."
A Bowlin' We Go. --Cooter
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