Being an official can be lonely, with all the harassment about missed calls and the other abuse that goes along with the job.
And then there's falling on your keister in front of 87,025 at Cowboys Stadium, the second-largest crowd to ever watch the Cotton Bowl, and millions more watching on...
BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Ole Miss (6-6)
Jan. 5, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
About the Panthers: Pitt is going to its fifth consecutive bowl game after winning its final two games to reach bowl eligibility. This Pitt team has been hit and miss. At times – in a triple-overtime loss to Notre...
Ok I'm a huge NFL fan but have never been able follow college football to many teams to confusing rankings systems but what the hell I thought Bowl games were the championships games but Jesus Christ there's a ton of them so how so they decide who plays where an who's ranked what?
I've always...
Liberty Bowl
Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3)
Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
About the Cyclones: Iowa State started the season 4-1, but lost five of its final seven to stumble into bowl eligibility. The Cyclones are led by freshman quarterback Sam Richardson, who became the starter after...
Chick-fil-A Bowl
LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2)
Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
About the (LSU) Tigers: LSU was once again among the nation’s best teams thanks to its stellar defense. The Tigers ranked among the nation’s leaders in points allowed (16.9), total yards (297.8), defensive passing...
Rodney Harrison says he thinks the Texans are capable of winning one playoff game, but they’re not capable of being a real factor in the postseason. He says they’re having too many issues in all facets of the game right now. He also says that the Vikings will have to score more TDs in the red...
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
TCU (7-5) vs. Michigan State (6-6)
Dec. 29, 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
About the Horned Frogs: TCU’s first season as a member of the Big 12 didn’t go as well as the Horned Frogs would have liked, but it didn’t go as poorly either. The Horned Frogs beat some good teams, but...
Against Central Michigan on Sept. 8, Michigan State redshirt freshman quarterback Connor Cook completed 5-of-6 passes for 47 yards and an interception in a blowout win. Those were the only passes he threw all regular season.
With Michigan State trailing 16-14 with a little more than three...
In a scene that we’re sure delighted Yankee Stadium groundskeepers, the Syracuse Orange and West Virginia Mountaineers ran up and down their precious turf during the third annual New Era Pinstripe Bowl in very snowy conditions on Saturday afternoon.
The photo above, provided by the New York...
Armed Forces Bowl
Air Force (6-6) vs. Rice (6-6)
Dec. 29, 11:45 a.m. ET (ESPN)
About the Falcons: Air Force is in a bowl game for the sixth straight time, but barely. The Falcons suffered some odd losses (UNLV and a 20-point loss to Army, most notably) but squeezed out six wins. Air Force...
Pinstripe Bowl
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Syracuse (7-5)
Dec. 29, 3:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
About the Mountaineers: The storyline on West Virginia is pretty well known. Through five games, the Mountaineers had five wins despite a shaky defense and quarterback Geno Smith looked like the runaway...
Boise State will go into one of the most interesting offseasons in college football as a winner.
For the third straight year, Boise State won the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas. A field goal in the final minutes wrapped up a 28-26 win against a Washington team that was talented enough to beat Stanford...
We're over halfway through “12 Days of DIY,” our guide to making easy, homemade holiday gifts and decorations this December. For day seven, we bring you instructions on how to make your own sisal rope fruit bowl, like the one pictured above from*thrifty DIY blogger Kate of Centsational Girl...
This year's bowl season has left a lot to be desired. While the championship game is right, there are a lot of teams that got left out of key bowls or were put in poor matchups. There's nothing we can do about it now, but we can lament about the five games we wish we could have seen:
Texas vs...
Wisconsin has a reputation for being conservative, and it's not entirely unfair.
The Badgers' program is built on running the football well. The past few years, Wisconsin has had a pretty good passing game, but it was still mostly a meat and potatoes team. A very successful team, but not a...
Maybe, just maybe, last week wasn't the crazy part of the BCS race, but just the first steps towards utter chaos.
Losses by Oregon and Kansas State changed six of the eight teams in the projections for the BCS Championship Game, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. And there are still...
Let me know your Super Bowl predictions and tell me what you think each teams record will be! My pick is: Texans (12-4) vs. Vikings (10-6). With the Vikings winning 30-27.
It's Super Bowl time, and since nobody on the planet covers the Super Bowl better than Yahoo! Sports' Shutdown Corner (it's true), we brought on SC head honcho Doug Farrar to talk a bit o' football. Doug's a busy man, so we only got him for a few minutes, but he gave us the lowdown on the...
Advertisers know that hot chicks can really make a Super Bowl commercial. So it was no surprise to see sexy Adriana Lima in the Teleflora ad during this year’s Super Bowl. The commercial features Lima as she prepares for a special Valentine’s Day date.
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