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2011 College Football Bowl Pick'Em: Week 2
It's on to week 2 of the college football bowl season. How are your picks looking? Both Jeff and I are tied at 3-3 against the spread. Spreads matter! table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px;...
Can BC Keep Winning Despite Getting Outrebounded? And The Big Finish
Brian: The Eagles were able to survive Bryant on Wednesday night, defeating the Bison 84-80. The Eagles are now winners of seven straight and snapped a Bucknell four-game winning streak which included a victory over Donahue's former team, Cornell. The win also snapped a four-game streak where the...
Bowl Game Strength Of Schedule Comparisons Good News For BC?
College football guru Phil Steele takes a look at which teams played the toughest schedules in 2010. Not surprisingly, the Eagles finished in the bottom third of the ACC with a SOS of 54. Florida State (14), Miami (15), Duke (20) and North Carolina top the conference this year, while Boston College...
Don't Bet On It!: 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Predictions (Part IV)
The proliferation of bowl games in college football is attested to by the fact that I have predicted fifteen games already, yet I haven’t yet made it as far as New Year’s Eve. I will rectify that situation below, but, before I get to that, I must offer my usual disclaimer. I’m really bad at...
2010 Bowl Projections: Week 13
With BC's 17-13 win over Virginia, the Eagles are bowl-eligible for the twelfth straight season. BC became bowl eligible along with Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend, so there are now nine ACC bowl-eligible teams for eight bowl tie-ins. The math doesn't quite add up, and at the end of the day,...
December 21, 1979: Indiana 38, BYU 37.
Twelve years after IU's first bowl appearance, the Hoosiers won a bowl game for the first time, a 38-37 thriller against undefeated Brigham Young in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. The Cougars were ranked ninth in the AP poll at 11-0, and according to this Deseret News article, BYU was an 8 point...
Morning Quack Fix: 1.13.09
I have a few meetings this morning, so these links were compiled pretty early. Please feel free to post any other interesting links as they are found. Moseley is reporting that Utah will have to replace two underclassmen on the defensive side of the ball before coming out to Eugene next...
Around the Quack with ATQ
Hey everyone and welcome to the first edition of Around the Quack with ATQ. This roundtable forum is designed to discuss a variety of topics around college athletics and the business behind the university systems across the nation. Each week, we will be discussing 1 or 2 topics with all of the...
The 12 Days of Duckmas: Day 1
In keeping with the Holiday Season, I would like to present a series called "The 12 Days of Duckmas", counting down 12 of the best moments from Oregon Duck Athletics in 2008. This isn't meant to be a comprehensive list by any means and is certainly not in order of importance. If anything is left...
One Big Holiday Bowl
There really isn't a better December bowl game than the Holiday Bowl. There's Iowa's 2-0-1 record in which the total margin of victory is two points (39-38 over SDSU in '86, 20-19 over Wyoming in '87, 13-13* vs. BYU in 1991). There's the mind-blowing 20-point comeback by BYU in under three minutes....
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