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Friday, December 29,
2006
Kentucky-Clemson
Lexington Herald-Leader
It’s the first post-season appearance under Coach Rich
Brooks, and UK’s
first bowl trip since the Hal Mumme-coached Cats lost
to Syracuse 20-13 in the 1999 Music
City Bowl. But it’s not just making a bowl that makes the Cats a winner. In
this case it’s the bowl, its opponent, its location and the way it could
alter the Cats’ football history. Clemson is from the ACC, a BCS league. And the Tigers competed mightily for an ACC
division crown, derailed by a one-point loss to Maryland.
They ended up 8-4, thanks to a three-point loss to arch-rival South
Carolina in the season finale. The
Tigers (8-4) rank 15th in the nation in scoring defense.
Senior defensive end Gaines Adams (15.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks) was named
ACC Defensive Player of the Year and is a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award
given to the nation’s top end. Clemson also features one of the nation’s best
running attacks led by sophomore James Davis (1,134 yards, 17 TD’s) and freshman sensation C.J.
Spiller (914 yards, 10 TD’s, 7.1 yards per carry).
The Tigers are fifth in the NCAA in rushing yards per game (225.2) and ninth in
scoring average (33.8).
Tennessean
A bit of shuffling will take place in the Clemson
secondary as the Tigers try to replace starting cornerback Duane Coleman, who
last week was suspended for the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by
Bridgestone. Coleman, a senior who had started 15 consecutive games, was
charged with simple possession of marijuana last Wednesday during a traffic
stop for failing to use a turn signal. Clemson defensive coordinator Vic Koenning said Tuesday that Chris Chancellor, a redshirt
freshman who started three games at the cornerback position opposite of
Coleman, would start at the “field cornerback position.” At the other
cornerback Koenning said several players would be
used, including junior C.J. Gaddis, who played in
every game in the regular season but hasn’t been in the starting lineup since
the 2005 season.
Minnesota-Texas Tech
Press Notes
Matt Spaeth, a two-time first
team All-Big Ten selection who has become a promising pro prospect, recently
had surgery to repair a severely separated shoulder and will not recover in
time to play for Minnesota in the
Insight Bowl against Texas Tech. After getting hurt in the Oct. 21 game against
North Dakota State, Spaeth could have chosen surgery
immediately to hasten the rehabilitation and avoid the risk of further injury
with the potential of a big payday looming. But that wasn’t the way he wanted
to finish. Spaeth, one of three finalists for the
John Mackey Award that’s given to the nation’s top tight end, came back in two
weeks and contributed in the last three games. All Gophers wins. All needed to
qualify for postseason play. Spaeth will certainly be
missed, but it’s on defense where Minnesota
(6-6) could use the most help against air-it-out Texas Tech. The Red Raiders
(7-5) are led by quarterback Graham Harrell, who completed 66.9 percent of his
passes for 4,110 yards, 36 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions.
Missouri-Oregon State
Seattle Times
More than 20 Missouri
players bothered by colds or flu were held out of practice, three days before
the Tigers’ Sun Bowl game against Oregon
State. No starters appeared to be
affected. “It was unhealthy,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “We had coaches out, we had players out. I’ve
never been through anything like this before.”
Saturday, December
30, 2006
Virginia Tech-Georgia
Journal Constitution
Georgia
offensive lineman Ian Smith won’t play in the Chick-fil-A
Bowl against Virginia Tech on Dec. 30, Bulldogs coach Mark Richt
said Sunday night. Without Smith in the bowl game, Georgia
will be back to seven scholarship offensive linemen against the Hokies.Every other Georgia
player who did not suffer a season-ending injury is expected to play against
the Hokies.
Planet Blacksburgh
Georgia, ranked as high as No. 9 this season, spent seven weeks
ranked in the top-25 and brings the SEC’s second-ranked defense into the game
to face the number one defense in the NCAA.
Iowa-Texas
Dallas Morning News
Iowa (6-6),
which lost five of its last six games, opened as an 11 ½ -point underdog – one
of the biggest underdogs of the bowl season. “We’ve seen Michigan,
Ohio State
and Wisconsin firsthand, and
outside of Ohio State
we can play with those teams, and the same goes for Texas,”
Iowa junior running back Albert
Young said. “When we bring our A game, we can compete with anybody.” The Alamodome is adding up to 800 seats in anticipation of the
largest crowd for a sporting event in the stadium’s history. More than 66,000
fans are expected. Texas coach
Mack Brown said the Longhorns (9-3) owe a good performance to their fans. Iowa
is not giving up big plays, having allowed only one run of 30 yards or longer
(34 yards) all season.
Express News
Texas QB Colt McCoy left UT’s loss at Kansas
State with a stinger injury on Nov.
11, then aggravated it against Texas A&M. Doctors
cleared him Thursday to play in the Alamo Bowl. The Hawkeyes are 1-10 against
the spread this season, making them one of the worst teams in Division I-A
football against the spread.
Boston College-Navy
Washington Post
Boston College
has won six straight bowl games dating from 1999, the longest streak in the
nation entering the bowl season. (Utah
tied the streak with a 25-13 victory over Tulsa
in the Armed Forces Bowl on Saturday.)Yet Navy Coach Paul Johnson has a
similarly strong record in bowl games: Dating from his days as Hawaii’s
offensive coordinator, Johnson has been part of teams that have won four of
their past five bowl games.
Sunday, December 31,
2006
Nevada-Miami
Seattle Times
Miami coach Larry Coker, whose team plays
Nevada in the MPC Computers Bowl in chilly Boise on
Sunday, said more than half his Hurricanes have never seen snow. Coker said he
warned his players that if they plan to make weather an issue, “Don’t bother
going.”
Monday, January 1,
2007
Michigan-USC
Associated Press
There was no celebrating a traditional matchup in the Rose
Bowl - at least by the participants. Southern California of the Pac-10 and
Michigan of the Big Ten will meet New Year’s Day in the granddaddy of ‘em all, with each playing in the game for the third time in
four years. Both had hoped to be in Glendale, Ariz.,
a week later, playing for the national title. That honor goes to Ohio
State and Florida
- ranked 1-2 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings released Sunday.
USC and Michigan had their
chances. The Trojans (10-2) entered the weekend with the inside track toward
facing the unbeaten Buckeyes, but a 13-9 loss to crosstown
rival UCLA on Saturday knocked them out.
No. 3 Michigan (11-1) was overtaken by Florida
(12-1) on the strength of the Gators’ 38-28 triumph over Arkansas
in the Southeastern Conference championship game later Saturday. The Wolverines
didn’t get their hoped-for rematch with the Buckeyes, who beat them 42-39 on Nov. 18 in the final regular-season game for
both teams. USC has played in 30 previous Rose Bowl games, going 21-9, while Michigan
has played in 23, going 11-12.
Boise-Oklahoma
Kitspan Sun
The Jan. 1 contest between his ninth-ranked Broncos (12-0)
and No. 7 Oklahoma (11-2) arguably is the biggest game in Boise
State history and certainly the
biggest in Petersen’s six seasons at the school — five as offensive coordinator
and one as head coach.
Georgia Tech-West Virginia
Florida Times-Union
West Virginia’s
two offensive leaders are both slowed by injuries but are expected to play in
Monday’s Gator Bowl. Quarterback Pat White, who missed WVU’s
regular-season finale against Rutgers with a sprained
ankle, practiced Tuesday, as did running back Steve Slaton, who is battling a
thigh bruise suffered in a bowl practice n Morgantown,
W.Va., before Christmas. The obvious
matchup in the Gator Bowl will be West Virginia’s
spread offense against Georgia Tech’s blitzing, stunting defense. Tech coach
Chan Gailey said the Mountaineers’ ball-handling and
misdirection might keep the Yellow Jackets’ defense back on its heels a bit and
curtail the all-out pressure the unit favored most of the season. But Gailey said he believes the Jackets still have enough team
speed to make big plays, once they figure out who has the ball and where they’re
going.
Tuesday, January 2,
2007
Wake Forest-Louisville
Associated Press
Picked to finish last in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Wake
Forest pulled off a championship
season that stunned many onlookers.The
Demon Deacons’ reward for their record-setting year? A
season-ending matchup with one of the nation’s highest-powered offenses.
This is the ninth straight bowl trip for Louisville
- while Wake Forest
has been to only six other postseason games, most recently beating Oregon
38-17 in the 2002 Seattle Bowl. The Cardinals are 5-7-1 all-time in bowl games; the Demon Deacons 4-2,
including three straight wins. It appears to be a matchup of a strong offense
against a strong defense. The Cardinals are averaging nearly 39 points and 477
yards per game - stats that both rank among the top three out of 119 Division
I-A teams. Louisville’s only loss
of the season was to Rutgers, a game where the Cardinals
blew an 18-point lead and, with it, perhaps a chance to play No. 1 Ohio State
for the national championship. Meanwhile, Wake
Forest held nine opponents to 17
points or less, winning each of those games, and kept Georgia Tech to a
season-low six points in winning the ACC championship. Already, this is the winningest season in Wake
Forest history, which looks even
more impressive when considering that the Demon Deacons lost starting
quarterback Ben Mauk and running back Micah Andrews
to injuries early in the year.
The teams have one common opponent this season. Both beat Syracuse,
with Louisville winning 28-13 at
the Carrier Dome and Wake Forest
opening its year with a 20-10 home win over the Orange.
Wednesday, January 3,
2007
Notre Dame-LSU
Associated Press
The 11th-ranked Irish have had some long days
and nights against elite competition over the past year, starting with a 34-20
loss to Ohio State
in January’s Fiesta Bowl. The speedy Buckeyes burned the Irish for four
touchdowns of 56 yards or more. The speed of Michigan’s
defense caused problems for Notre Dame’s offensive line and quarterback Brady
Quinn, who threw a season-high three interceptions and fumbled once. Wolverine
receiver Mario Manningham caught three touchdown
passes, including a 69-yarder that broke the game open. USC’s
Dwayne Jarrett also had three touchdown catches against the Irish. Now the Irish will try to snap an eight-game losing streak in bowl
games on Jan. 3 against No. 4 LSU (10-2), which is
known for its speed, especially on defense. Despite playing a tough
Southeastern Conference schedule, LSU has the nation’s
second-best defense, giving up just 238 yards a game. The Tigers also are third
in the nation in pass defense, giving up 145.5 yards a game. The Tigers are
almost as potent offensively, ranking 18th
in the nation at 404 yards a game. JaMarcus Russell
was third in pass efficiency, completing 68.5 percent and averaging 168 yards a
game. Weis is among those harping on it. He conceded before the USC game that
after weeks of playing teams like Navy, Air Force and Army, he was worried the
Irish might be slow to adjust to USC’s speed. To
guard against that in getting ready for the Sugar Bowl, he plans to have the
starting offense go against the starting defense, at least during early bowl
preparations.
No. 4 LSU, which had yearned for
a chance to head west for its first Rose Bowl, will instead stay in its own
state, making the short trip to New Orleans.
The Tigers (10-2) shot into Bowl Championship Series consideration by closing
the regular season with a six-game winning streak, capped by a 31-26 triumph at
Arkansas. The Razorbacks had
already clinched a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game, but LSU felt it might have been the best team in what views
itself as the country’s toughest league by the end of the year. Notre Dame
(10-2) will be playing in its first Sugar Bowl since 1992, when a Lou
Holtz-coached team knocked off Florida
39-29.LSU lobbied hard for a trip to the Rose Bowl, soliciting orders for more
than 42,000 tickets. It appeared the oldest and most glamorous of the
postseason games would pick the Tigers to face Michigan
- until Southern Cal’s loss to UCLA messed up those plans. Coach Les Miles
insisted it wasn’t a letdown to learn that the Tigers’ next game would be right
down the road instead of on the West Coast, saying it provides another chance
to help New Orleans recover from the devastating storm.
Saturday, January 6,
2006
Cincinnati-Middle Tennessee State
Detroit News
Brian Kelly will be coaching his new team, Cincinnati,
in the International Bowl on Jan. 6 against Western Michigan
in Toronto. There was some question
about who would coach the Bearcats in the game after Mark Dantonio
left Cincinnati to become the coach
Michigan State.
Pat Narduzzi, Cincinnati’s
defensive coordinator, was named interim coach before Kelly was hired Sunday. Cincinnati
athletic director Mike Thomas confirmed Tuesday that Kelly will have a coaching
staff in place to work the bowl. The number of CMU assistants who will join him
remains to be seen.
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Texas A & M is 6-0-1 last seven
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7-2 their last nine
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8-1 last nine
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16-3 last 19