Chick-fil-a Bowl Preview
The Hokies (9-3) have had quite the unpleasant relationship with the Atlanta this season, losing twice already to Alabama and Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech will likely stick to the ground with freshman running back Ryan Williams, who finished third in the nation in both rushing yards (1538) and rushing touchdowns (19). Despite Tennessee’s stout pass defense, which is ranked 8th nationally, they have had struggles against the run, giving up about 143 yards per game. If the... Read More
Brut Sun Bowl Preview
Brut Cologne…60% of the time it works, every time. Its power against power in this game as Toby Gerhart goes against the stout Oklahoma Defense in the Sun Bowl. Gerhart, who came in a close second for this year’s Hesiman Trophy is second in the NCAA in rushing yards per game (144) and first in scoring (13.33 points/game). On the other side of the ball, Oklahoma boasts the nations 7th best rushing defense, allowing only 88 yards per game. Stanford will try... Read More
Armed Forces Bowl
Air Force and Houston take the field today in the 7th annual Armed Forces Bowl. This game is a rematch from last season’s bowl game (won 34-28 by Houston), which was a rematch of a game won by the Falcons earlier in the year. This is actually the 3rd consecutive appearance for Air Force and the 3rd overall for the Cougars. And since the game is played on TCU’s home field, where Air Force played earlier this season, it seems unnecessary to say that are both very familiar... Read More
Insight.Com Bowl
The first thing you must know about the Insight.com bowl is that it doesn’t even have its own website. Since its played at the same sight and run by the same people as the Fiesta Bowl, the bowl itself just mooches off of the Fiesta Bowl website. With that being said, you may ask yourself what that has to do with anything at all with the bowl game. And you know what, I’m going to tell you. If the bowl sponsors can’t even get excited enough to put up the... Read More
Holiday Bowl
It took five seasons, but last year Mike Stoops finally led the Arizona Wildcats to a bowl game. Cleaning up the mess John Mackovich left in the desert proved to be a bigger challenge than the younger Stoops brother probably expected, but now back to back 8 win seasons have brought this program back to respectability. The Wildcats don’t do anything particularly well, but they also don’t rank lower than 42nd in the nation in any major category. The key to victory for... Read More
The Humanitarian Bowl
The Humanitarian Bowl has two 7-5 teams facing each other after finishing the season going in opposite directions. Idaho started 7-2 before dropping their last 3 to finish the season 7-5. In the Vandals 3 losses they gave up 146 points. The Bowling Green Falcons have won their last 4 games and 6 of their last 7. Idaho will have a home-field advantage as the game is being played on the Blue Turf of Boise State in their home state, which is also the site of their last bowl game–... Read More
Champs Sports Bowl Preview
These aren’t your older brother’s Miami Hurricanes. Tha U comes into this game after a fast start that had the college football world (myself included) hailing their return to the elite, but loses to Clemson and North Carolina along with a close call against Wake Forest put that kind of talk on the back burner for at least another year. Miami hasn’t been the same since their 40-3 loss to LSU in the 2005 Peach Bowl, but Jacory “The Truth” Harris has... Read More
Independence Bowl Preview
Georgia (7-5) comes into Shreveport having upset then-No. 7 Georgia Tech in the regular season finale. The Georgia offense has gone through a bit of a transition, shifting from a mostly passing offense to a more rushing attack. The Bulldogs have averaged 252 yards in its last four games, including 339 in the win against the Yellow Jackets. Georgia quarterback Joe Cox has struggled at times throughout the season, but gets a big boost with All-SEC wide receiver AJ Green returning... Read More
Music City Bowl
Music City Bowl Two Words, C.J. Spiller. If you are an avid reader of the Dash Right Blog then I of course assume you’re a sports fan and know exactly who C.J. Spiller is, but in the event you’ve been living under a rock for the last year just be prepared, because tonight they are going to have to rename the Music City Bowl the C.J. Spiller Bowl. I could use this space to inform you of the great Kentucky players to watch for, but honestly it would just be easier to look... Read More
Smells Like Teen Spirit
One of the most shocking moments of my life as a college football fan came in early 2002 when, after returning to Baton Rouge from LSU’s Sugar Bowl win over Illinois, I turned on ESPN to find that Steve Spurrier was leaving Florida. I was jubilant. One of the best coaches in the game was no longer going to be on LSU’s schedule. Fast forward 8 years, and the second most shocking moment of my college football life has me feeling not jubilant but just confused. As a... Read More
