‎​

Cotton Bowl: No. 7 Arkansas tops No. 10 Kansas State

As much credit as Travis Releford deserved for his scoring and rebounding (16 and 11), not enough was given to his first-half defense against Rodney McGruder, K-State's most skilled perimeter scorer. Releford's blanket defense not only kept McGruder Twelfth Night. The Feast of the Epiphany. A Potentially Charming Bowl Rendered Irrelevant by Bowl Fatigue. ARLINGTON, [...]

File under Kansas State with No Comments »

Orange Bowl: West Virginia crushes Clemson 70-33 behind Geno Smith's 6 TDs

MIAMI, Fl. — Clemson's season ended with a thump: a blowout, 70-33, loss to West Virginia. Thursday, January 5, 2012. MIAMI, Fl. — Clemson's season ended with a thump: a blowout, 70-33, loss to West Virginia. Thursday, January 5, 2012. What followed were seasons of 5-7, 5-7 and 6-5, and Holtz unceremoniously left the coaching [...]

File under Clemson with No Comments »

Orange Bowl: West Virginia's Geno Smith ties record with six TD passes in 70 …

Oliver and his youngest daughter, Emily, traveled here Tuesday for the Orange Bowl. No. 23 WVU (9-3) played No. 14 Clemson (10-3) in a nationally televised Orange Bowl in Luck's second season in charge of the athletic department, and Dana Holgorsen's West Virginia defensive back Brodrick Jenkins, left, defends former South Fort Myers High teammate, [...]

File under Orange Bowl with No Comments »

West Virginia Routs Clemson 70-33 in Orange Bowl

A look at tonight's Discover Orange Bowl at prospects from Clemson and West Virginia who could help out the Redskins in 2012. By Samuel Chi – College Football Contributor The Orange Bowl was once among the premier games in all of college football, but the BCS has squeezed all the life out of the Miami [...]

File under Orange Bowl with No Comments »

Sugar Bowl: Is Michigan football under Brady Hoke back?

At $46.8 million, the University of Michigan's football program was the fifth most profitable in Division I college athletics last year, according to a new report. The rankings were compiled by BusinessofCollegeSports.com for D-1 By Michael Rothstein NEW ORLEANS — Almost an hour after Junior Hemingway played in his final Michigan football game Tuesday night, [...]

File under Michigan Football with No Comments »

Sugar Bowl: Michigan Wolverines top Virginia Tech Hokies 23-20 in OT

Coach Brady Hoke's seniors went out with an 11-win season, capping a career that has been anything but smooth sailing. “I don't know when the movie is coming out,” DE Ryan Van Bergen said. “That's what our career has been – a fairy tale. The victory capped an impressive debut season for head coach Brady [...]

File under Sugar Bowl with No Comments »

Why Virginia Tech lost (not the officiating)

The Wolverines' performance wasn't gritty, and they didn't fight through adversity; they stumbled into victory thanks to a Virginia Tech team ever-so willing to give it away. What we're watching (all times EST, unless noted): Washington at Orlando in Your morning roundup for Jan. 4, the day we thanked Apocephalus borealis. Photo via Mocksession. Got [...]

File under Virginia Tech with No Comments »

Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech falters on BCS stage again, loses to Michigan 23-20

GAME NOTES: For the second time this season, the Virginia Tech Hokies and Oklahoma State Cowboys will meet in a non-conference contest. The two squads squared off as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden back in late November, Gerald Herbert/AP NEW ORLEANS — It's a shame, really, because Tuesday's Sugar Bowl, [...]

File under Hokies with No Comments »

Michigan Football Rising After Sugar Bowl Win Over Virginia Tech (VIDEO)

13 Michigan to a 23-20 victory over 17th-ranked Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl at the Superdome on Tuesday night. The victory capped an impressive debut season for Hoke, who has led the Wolverines (11-2) back to prominence with their first BCS bowl A Miami Dolphins fans live thread for the 2012 Sugar Bowl. This [...]

File under Virginia Tech with No Comments »

2012-Sugar-Bowl-Preview

She didn't waste any time taking the stage in the New Year – Kelly Clarkson was spotted performing at the 2012 Allstate Fan Fest at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in the Jax Brewery Parking Lot last night (January 2). The “Mr. Know It All” songstress looked The way things shook out, we knew one of [...]

File under Sugar Bowl with No Comments »