NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » bowl games http://newstalk1290.com Sat, 25 May 2013 16:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Michigan Outlasts Virginia Tech, 23-20 in Overtime, To Win Sugar Bowl http://newstalk1290.com/michigan-virginia-tech-overtime-sugar-bowl/ http://newstalk1290.com/michigan-virginia-tech-overtime-sugar-bowl/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:08:47 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68568 For the second time in as many nights, a missed field goal in overtime proved to be the deciding factor in a BCS bowl game. Michigan edged Virginia Tech, 23-20, after Hokies kicker Justin Myer missed a 37-yard field goal in the first overtime, allowing Michigan to kick a field goal of its own for the win moments later.

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DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL: #23 West Virginia (9-3) vs. #15 Clemson (10-3)

West Virginia closed the season on a three-game winning streak to win the Big East championship. While this may or may not be the Mountaineers’ final year in the Big East (depending on the outcome of two pending lawsuits), West Virginia is more than happy to represent the conference one last time in the Orange Bowl. Clemson, meanwhile, beat Virginia Tech twice this season, including 38-10 in the ACC title game, to clinch its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 1991 and first 10-win season since 1990.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-orange-bowl/feed/ 0 Streeter Lecka, Getty Images Everything You Need to Know for the Sugar Bowl http://newstalk1290.com/sugar-bowl-preview/ http://newstalk1290.com/sugar-bowl-preview/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:55:50 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68386 While most of the BCS drama focused on the final poll and whether Alabama or Oklahoma State should face LSU in the championship game, the Sugar Bowl was not without its own share of controversy.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/sugar-bowl-preview/feed/ 0 Gregory Shamus, Getty Images Everything You Need to Know for the Fiesta Bowl http://newstalk1290.com/fiesta-bowl-preview/ http://newstalk1290.com/fiesta-bowl-preview/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:47:42 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68306 Although a late-season loss at Iowa State and a handful of poll votes kept Oklahoma State out of the national championship game, the Cowboys can still make their case for national respect, playing on the biggest stage in school history.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/fiesta-bowl-preview/feed/ 0 Ronald Martinez, Getty Images Everything You Need to Know for the Rose Bowl http://newstalk1290.com/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-rose-bowl/ http://newstalk1290.com/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-rose-bowl/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:35:31 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68291 Oregon is no stranger to the BCS, having been to the Rose Bowl and the BCS National Championship in each of the last two years. But the Ducks lost both of those two games and are seeking their first BCS win since the 2002 Fiesta Bowl (38-16 over Colorado).

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