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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Apologies to everyone for being MIA since yesterday afternoon. As you can imagine, there are a ton of links to pass your way. As I sit here writing this, I'm witnessing the conclusion of the Eagle Bank Bowl, where Wake Forest has gone on to defeat Navy. Much to many Big East fans' disappointment, the ACC will begin their bowl campaign 1-0. The Big East will attempt to start out in much the same fashion when USF takes on Memphis in the Magicjack St. Petersburg Bowl. I think I speak for everyone when I say "Go Bulls!" On to the links:
- Scout.com's Jeremy Kenter discusses how Mike Teel and Tiquan Underwood are back on the same page
- CUSA has not fared well against BCS conference opponents
- Brett McMurphy says it will be USF by a touchdown today
- Brian Bennett of ESPN's Big East Blog breaks down the St. Pete Bowl
- Speculation abounds over whether new Orange O-Coordinator Rob Spence will implement a no-huddle approach to the Syracuse offense
- Desmond Carter of the Hartford Courant reports that UCONN punter Desi Cullen should be good to go for the International Bowl, even after having an appendectomy last week
- On the Bleacher Report, Frank Ahrens suggests that Florida should take a page out of West Virginia's book to beat Oklahoma in the National Championship Game
- The Bleacher Report's Travis Rice takes questions on the Sun Bowl match-up between Oregon State and Pitt
- Brett McMurphy talks about the probability of the St. Pete Bowl being George Selvie's final game in a Bulls uniform
- USF is on a 12 game winning streak against non-BCS opponents
- AP's Joe Kay breaks down the Orange Bowl match-up for Cincy
- Cincy broke grown on the promised new practice facility this week; here are some renderings of the aforementioned facility, courtesy of C. Trent on his Lot D Blog
- B-Squared's Big East position rankings: Linebackers / DBs
- Tom Liucci of the Newark Star-Ledger discusses the Rutgers' newly-committed Lowery brothers
- The Newark Star-Ledger college football writers make their 2008 bowl predictions
- Louisville lands two VA Beach area recruits: Brandon Sharpe and Shemarko Thomas
- Dale Grdnic of Scout.com gives an overview of Pitt going into the Sun Bowl
Want more? Well, I've got a pair of videos for you too:
ESPN's Todd McShay gives us a Papajohns.com Bowl preview (as you can see, ESPN is on top of their game by having the Pitt logo in the preview, instead of Rutgers):
Hat tip to Brian of reelsportsfan.com for passing along this interview of legendary Syracuse QB Don McPherson: