The 2009 football season ends tonight with the crowning of a national champion, when Texas and Alabama meet in the BCS national title game in Pasadena. The Longhorns are looking for their fifth title and their second in five year (2005). Alabama, on the other hand are after their 10th title and first since 1992. [...]
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Last Season
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The NCAA has upheld its decision to vacate up to 14 victories from former football coach Bobby Bowden as part of Florida State’s penalty in an academic cheating scandal. Bowden retired as major college football’s second most winning coach with 389 wins after Florida State’s 33-21 Gator Bowl victory over West Virginia, [...]
The 2009 Big Ten football season is complete and three teams have finished with 11-2 records: conference champion Ohio State, Iowa and Penn State. The Hawkeyes completed the conference season by defeating Georgia Tech in Tuesday’s Orange Bowl, 24-14. The only thing left is the national championship game tomorrow night in Pasadena when Texas meets [...]
The Iowa Hawkeyes play Georgia Tech tonight in the Orange Bowl to close out the 2009 Big Ten football season. The conference is currently 3-3 in post-season play and a Iowa victory would help the Big Ten end the season on a positive note.
The 2009 football season is over so is Daryl Clark’s tenure as the team’s quarterback. Since he began as the team’s starter in 2008, the team finished an amazing 22-4, captured a Big Ten championship, a BCS bowl bid, a New Year’s Day Bowl victory and secured two top 10 finishes. Yep, the team was thisclose [...]
AN ANTONIO — No questions about Mike Leach. No questions about Adam James. Those were the ground rules Texas Tech quarterback Steven Sheffield laid down Saturday night after saving the day in a thrilling Alamo Bowl victory that his fired head coach would’ve loved. Let him enjoy it somewhere else, the Red Raiders said. This isn’t [...]
TAMPA, Fla. — Pat Fitzgerald reached into Northwestern’s bag of tricks one more time, hoping to pull out the perfect play to give his team a dramatic victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl. “I’ve had it in my back pocket for four years, and people tell me I’m too conservative. So I said, ‘What the heck. [...]
PASADENA, Calif. – Ohio State’s bowl woes are over, thanks to a sturdy defense and a quarterback who finally played up to his enormous potential. Terrelle Pryor passed for a season-high 266 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 72 more and threw a 17-yard scoring pass to DeVier Posey with 7:02 to play, ending the No. [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)–Dampened by rain, slowed by mud and trailing late in the fourth quarter, Daryll Clark was determined to get Penn State some points. The No. 11 Nittany Lions and their star quarterback emerged from the muck for a thrilling 19-17 win over No. 13 LSU at the Capital One Bowl. The late-game drive led [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Bobby Bowden rode only a few bouncy steps on his players’ shoulders, then hopped off. “I thought it was about time to get down,” he said. Time to say goodbye. As a winner, too. Jermaine Thomas ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns, MVP E.J. Manuel threw for 189 yards and ran [...]
