Pre-New Year's Day Bowl Picks
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Oregon, South Florida and California were all ranked second in the country at some point this season. All will play in a bowl before the calendar flips to 2008.
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Utah opens the season with a chance to show it belongs in the Top 25. With a No. 20 ranking in their first ever preseason poll appearance, the Utes play host to Texas A&amp;M on Thursday. A win solidifies their status as an emerging program; a loss relegates them to just another mediocre team from the West.
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â¢ Keep up with all 28 bowl games crammed into three weeks of college football action and find out who comes out on top. Data: USC looks to go wire to wire as the nation&#39;s top-ranked team in the regular season.
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Alabama-Birmingham is making its first postseason appearance, Hawaii is playing in its third straight hometown bowl game. The Blazers say that gives them an edge in Friday's Hawaii Bowl.
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It&#39;s the first Mailbag in several weeks, which means it&#39;s the first chance I&#39;ve had to comment on that scintillating Fort Worth Bowl (attendance: 13,204) and the first chance to look ahead to Thursday&#39;s Troy-Northern Illinois showdown (projected attendance
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There's the GMAC Bowl, the Emerald Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. And there's the Continental Tire Bowl and the Insight Bowl and the MPC Computers Bowl.
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Texas will be left out in the cold again, USC&#39;s free ride and a break down of who should play in the Orange Bowl. It&#39;ll take nothing short of a loss by California or Utah for Mack Brown and Texas to get into the BCS.
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Bowl season is the best opportunity for offensive and defensive coordinators to shine. They know their personnel and typically have healthy and fresh players to work with.
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Warm up to some real winners this year.
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AFC EAST Buffalo Bills Home: Miami, New England, NY Jets, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland Away: Miami, New England, NY Jets, Denver, Kansas City, Arizona, St. Louis, Jacksonville
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TODAY PRO BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. -- Celtics vs. Utah at the FleetCenter, FSN, WWZN (1510) 8 p.m. -- Denver at Miami, ESPN 10:30 p.m. -- Phoenix at Seattle, ESPN BOXING 11 p.m. -- Ebo Elder vs. Courtney Burton (lightweights) at Santa Ynez, Calif., SHO COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. -- Division 1-AA championship: James Madison vs. Montana at Chattanooga, Tenn., ESPN2 ...
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Points: The bowl season continues with this matchup of teams that exceeded preseason expectations. The Miners&#39; run revived the program and the career of coach Mike Price.
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There are times to go with the strong -- and there are times to go against the weak. In this case, Buffalo, Houston, and Miami. Each looked miserable last week and the hunch is this week will be more of the same.
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Tallahassee, FL (Sports Network) - Florida State and West Virginia will meet in the Gator Bowl on New Year&#39;s Day. The Mountaineers accepted a bid to play in their fifth Gator Bowl on Monday, and an invitation
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It looks like Florida is going to get its first choice this time. Turned down by Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan three years ago before
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As people will remind you, it's the season to give -- and so we're in a giving mood for Week 12. Four choices, four favorites selected, four different scenarios.
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The bowl season has arrived and college football fans can expect two things: lots of games and lots of points. By Kevin Rivoli, AP.