Wisconsin vs Stanford – Rose Bowl  Wisconsin (8-5) takes on Stanford (11-2) on New Year’s Day in the most storied bowl game college football offers.  The “Granddaddy of Them All” features a match-up of two teams who mirror each other in all aspects including uniform colors.  Both teams sport big offensive and defensive lines, run [...]

Purdue vs Oklahoma State – Heart of Dallas Bowl  Purdue (6-6) will kick off the New Year against Oklahoma State (7-5) in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.  For the Boilers, this game will not only mark the beginning of a new calendar year but also the start of a new regime after head coach Danny [...]

New Era Pinstripe Bowl – West Virginia vs. Syracuse In what would have been a Big East matchup in previous years, West Virginia (7-5) takes on Syracuse (7-5) in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl played at Yankee Stadium in New York.  These two teams played every year for the last six decades until West Virginia [...]

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl – Michigan State vs. TCU  The Buffalo Wild Wings bowl features two teams coming off disappointing regular seasons.  TCU (7-5) had a rough inaugural season in the Big 12 after cruising through the much weaker Mountain West conference in 2011.  TCU’s opponent, Michigan State had to win its regular season finale [...]

Ball State vs. Central Florida  Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl – St. Petersburg (December 21st) Ball State and Central Florida come into the Beef Bowl (seriously, is there a dumber name for a bowl game?) headed in different directions.  The Cardinals have won six in a row while the Knights of UCF are coming off a [...]

San Diego State vs. BYU  SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL – December 20th, 2012 The Poinsettia Bowl features two former conference rivals as San Diego State and BYU become reacquainted on the gridiron.  Up until two years ago, the two schools shared a conference until BYU left to become and Independent.  But as [...]

Pitt -7 @ South Florida  New head coach Paul Chryst’s first season in Pittsburgh started with a home loss to Youngstown State and a blowout loss at Cincinnati.  After the bleak start, the Panthers have gone 5-4 including a game they should have won at Notre Dame (29-26 OT loss) and a 21 point win [...]

Wisconsin vs. Nebraska -3 The two teams expected to be in the Big Ten Championship game at the beginning of the season have qualified for a rematch of an early season 31-28 Nebraska victory in Lincoln.  While both Wisconsin and Nebraska were favorites to meet up in Indianapolis, the road to this game has been [...]

Northern Illinois vs. Kent State +8  Some unexpected intrigue looms when Northern Illinois takes on Kent State in the MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit.  Both teams are right on the edge of cracking the top 16 in the BCS rankings, meaning that the winner of this game could very well find themselves [...]

    Missouri @ Texas A&M -22 Missouri looking to get to six wins and a bowl game heading into College Station this Saturday.  A&M quarter back Johnny Manziel has been nothing short of spectacular this season and is considered the frontrunner to win the Heisman.  Think the Aggies want to pad “Johnny Football’s” stats [...]