Friday Night Lights is back for another season, and Friday night also happens to be the Pac-12 opener for the boys from the Palouse. Washington State and their terrific transfer QB Gardner Minshew will be looking to beat USC for the second straight year. The Cougars are off to a 3-0 start, outscoring their opponents,… Read More »
The Valero Alamo Bowl is coming at you Thursday night from San Antonio and it features two ranked teams, with (13) Stanford squaring off against (15) TCU. These two teams actually had pretty similar seasons, with TCU being in the playoff picture a little longer than Stanford, but they both had strong seasons. How will… Read More »
Potential first-round QB’s sometimes opt out of the bowl games they’ve led their teams to, in order to prepare for the upcoming NFL draft. It’s an emerging phenomenon we’ve witnessed recently. Wyoming QB Josh Allen has decided to play in the bowl game, perhaps to help his draft stock. The line has moved 3.5 points… Read More »
In what many consider to be the must-see bowl game of the year, the Frisco Bowl presented by DXL (shout out to the XXXL guys out there) will be taking place Wednesday in Frisco, TX. Okay, this might not be quite the instant classic I was joking about, but we do have some interesting angles… Read More »
Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas is the site of this years Las Vegas Bowl. This will be Boise State’s fourth appearance in Sin City for this event, and they’re 3-0 in their first three. Oregon has appeared in the Las Vegas Bowl once before, a victory over Air Force back in 1997. Oregon will… Read More »
It’s not often that you see a 14-point spread in a conference championship game, let alone a 21-point spread, but the Akron Zips and Toledo Rockets will meet for the MAC title under that type of number. Ford Field will be the venue for this one, so it is a slightly closer jaunt for the… Read More »
In a rematch from a blowout game nearly three months ago, (14)Stanford and (11)USC will meet in the Pac-12 Championship Game in Santa Clara on Friday night. Levi’s Stadium, home of the 49ers, will showcase this match-up between the two top-25 ranked teams. The game also features two Heisman hopefuls, one in Sam Darnold who… Read More »
The Mountain West comes into focus Friday night as the UNLV Rebels (4-6, 3-3) travel east to Albuquerque to visit the Lobos of New Mexico (3-7, 1-5). These two teams has high hopes coming into this season, and both have had disappointing campaigns. UNLV must win out to become bowl eligible, with both this game… Read More »
The “Pac-12 After Dark” phenomenon is back in focus Friday as (9) Washington (8-1, 5-1) brings its juggernaut down south to Palo Alto to face (21) Stanford (6-3, 5-2). The Cardinals’ stud RB and Heisman hopeful, Bryce Love, has been nursing an ankle injury. He’s been limited the past couple weeks, including sitting out a… Read More »
The American Athletic Conference is back in our sights on Friday as a red-hot (23)Memphis (7-1, 4-1) team heads to Tulsa (2-7, 1-4) to play the Golden Hurricane. Tulsa plays a ton better at home, winning their last home game on 10/14 against Houston, 45-17. They headed out on the road the past two weeks,… Read More »
