Chick-fil-A Bowl Preview: Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech

The 11th ranked Virginia Tech Hokies take on the Tennessee Volunteers in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Thursday night. Each of these teams surely had higher expectations for this year, but will settle for a New Years Eve bowl appearance. Tennessee has been under the microscope since HC Lane Kiffin’s arrival, but has responded nicely thus far. While ending the season with a 7-5 record may not seem like progress to this once prominent program, they had several big wins that will be building blocks towards... 

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Preview: Nebraska vs. Arizona

The Pacific Life Holiday Bowl features 2 teams on the rise in college football. The once prominent Nebraska Cornhuskers have not been relevant in the college football arena in over a decade. However, they have slowly turned their program around, and are a couple of good recruiting classes from being back in the limelight. Since Mike Stoops took over the Arizona head coaching job, this team has risen up the Pac-10 hierarchy, and now find themselves in a position to compete with the top teams. With... 

Eagle Bank Bowl Preview: UCLA vs. Temple

The UCLA Bruins take on the Temple Owls in the Eagle Bank Bowl Tuesday night. Although these teams have ended up in the same game, they have totally different mind-sets in regards to being here. Temple is having one of the best seasons in school history as they finished the year 9-3 overall, and a 7-1 conference record. The Owls rebounded nicely following an opening game loss to Division 2 Villanova. They went on a 9-0 run that included key wins over Navy, Akron and Ball St. Unfortunately, they fell... 

Music City Bowl Preview: Clemson vs. Kentucky

The Kentucky Wildcats and the Clemson tigers face off in the Music City Bowl on Sunday Night. Both programs have had mediocre seasons and look to cap them off with a bowl victory. Kentucky had been one of the worst teams in the SEC prior to HC Rich Brooks arrival. Since taking over in the 2003 season, he has steadily improved his recruiting, and has turned this Wildcats program into a respectable SEC contender. In Brooks first 3 seasons Kentucky won a meager 9 games combined. Since then, they have... 

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Preview: SMU vs. Nevada

At full strength, the Nevada Wolfpack offense is dynamic. They have scored over 60 points 4 times this season, and have the ability to move the ball at will. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick and RB’s Lippencott and Taua have each rushed for over 1000 yards this year on the way to leading Nevada to an 8-4 record. However, two-thirds of their running trio will not suit up for the game on Thursday. Luke Lippincott suffered a season-ending toe injury, and Vai Taua will be academically ineligible. The Wolfpack... 

Poinsettia Bowl Preview: Cal vs. Utah

The #23 Utah Utes take on a disappointing California Golden Bears squad in the Poinsettia Bowl Wednesday night. This will be one of the harder Bowl match-ups to predict due to the uncertainty of each teams motivation. While Utah had a solid year going 9-3 with all 3 losses coming at the hands of ranked opponents, they most certainly must feel as though they could have done better. On the opposite side of the field is a Cal squad that was expected to compete with USC for the Pac-10 title and perhaps... 

Maaco Bowl Preview: BYU vs. Oregon St.

The first ranked vs. ranked match-up of the bowl season takes place Tuesday in the Maaco Bowl in Las Vegas. The 18th ranked Oregon St Beavers take on the 14th ranked BYU Cougars in what will be a battle of two under-rated squads. HC Mike Riley has rejuvenated this Beavers program over the past 7 seasons. They are now one of the top teams in a competitive Pac-10 conference. Three consecutive 8 win seasons is unheard of for a program that was considered mediocre at best just a decade ago. However,... 

St. Petersburg Bowl Preview

The Central Florida Knights take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the St Petersburg Bowl on Saturday. UCF had a dramatic turnaround from last years dismal 4-8 record. Of the 4 losses they suffered this season, 3 of them came at the hands of ranked opponents. Their signature win was against an explosive Houston team that was on a 5 game winning streak prior to their match-up. The Knights held the Cougars to 17 points through 3 quarters before giving up 2 late meaningless touchdowns in the 4th. HC... 

NFL Thursday Night Preview: Colts vs. Jaguars

Peyton Manning and the undefeated Colts square off with the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday night in a re-match of a week 1 battle. Indianapolis is on pace to match the ’72 Dolphins and the 2007 Patriots as the only 2 teams to have a perfect regular season. However, in 2005 the Colts started with a 13-0 record and decided to rest their players over the last 3 weeks. This resulted in losses in 2 of their final 3 games, and a loss in their first playoff game against Pittsburgh. Whether or not new HC... 

Washington is the Team to Beat in Eastern Conference

The Washington Capitols are establishing themselves as the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. They are off to one of the best starts in team history, and are scoring goals at a tremendous rate. They currently have 13 more goals scored than the next highest team in the league. Much of their success is due to their leader on offense Alex Ovechkin. The biggest surprise thus far has been the contribution of Nicklas Backstrom in just his 2nd full season as the starting center. He already has 39 points... 

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