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Syracuse Beats Minnesota – Nothing Comes Easy This Year
The first season in the ACC for Syracuse was had plenty of close games that went both ways. Their finale in the Texas Bowl against Minnesota was no different, scoring a game winning touchdown with only 1:14 left in the game.
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Utah State Beats Northern Illinois – Defense all the way
There’s not a lot to be impressed about from Northern Illinois except for Jordan Lynch. When he’s stopped, there’s really nothing to see. Utah State put their impressive defensive abilities on show, beating the Huskies 21-14 in the Poinsettia Bowl.
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Pittsburgh Panthers – James Conner & Tyler Boyd Breaking Some Records
It wasn’t a perfect first season for Pittsburgh in the ACC, but coming away with a bowl game win over Bowling Green after a late field goal by Chris Blewitt, mostly built by the ability of James Conner on the ground and Tyler Boyd as a return man and receiver is a pretty sweet way to end the season.
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Oregon State Beats Boise State – It’s Been a While
Winning the Hawai’i Bowl by beating Boise State 38-23 isn’t going to take away from the very poor finish Oregon State had to this season, but it’s probably quite a relief to win a bowl game for the first time since that awful Sun Bowl five years ago, maybe setting off the program with a good feeling into what hopefully will be a better next season.
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Colorado State Rams – Sending Their Regards to Mike Leach
There are two versions of blame in the New Mexico Bowl, won by Colorado State. One version suggests Mike Leach simply took the wrong decisions and messed up when it came to clock management. The other ignores anything that happens off the field, and puts the blame on the Washington State players who fumbled the ball.
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USC Beats Fresno State – Cody Kessler Was the Right Choice
Who would have thought that the 2013 season would end with smiles for USC and even winning 10 games? Cody Kessler put on quite a performance, mostly by targeting Marqise Lee, as the Trojans easily beat Fresno State to win the Las Vegas Bowl 45-20.
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Bowl Season – Day 1 Predictions
Bowl season begins without anything too grandiose, but there’s definitely some star power in Las Vegas as two ranked teams, Fresno State and USC take on each other in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. There should be plenty of interest in seeing Washington State playing against Colorado State, the Cougars’ first bowl game in 10 years.
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Brasileiro Relegation – Fluminense Stay Up, Portuguesa Go Down
There’s still a chance for Portuguesa to appeal, but at the moment it seems like the small club from Sao Paulo is going to be relegated because they used an ineligible player, costing them points. The winners? Fluminense, the highest ranked of the relegated teams, who enjoy being terrible on the pitch but great in the courtrooms.
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College Football Rumors – Mack Brown Quitting Texas, Nick Saban Leaving Alabama
With no bowl games for the next couple of weeks, the most interesting thing happening right now in College Football is the head coach carousel. You won’t find bigger schools than Texas and Alabama to get involved in such a thing, as it seems that Mack Brown is closer to announcing he’s stepping down as Longhorns coach, while the Tide are getting worried that Nick Saban is going to be the man that fills his shoes.
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Fluminense & Vasco Still Trying to Avoid Relegation
When big clubs get relegated, you know it’s going to take more than just what happened on the football pitch to send them down. Both Fluminense and Vasco aren’t giving up using bureaucracy to remain in the top flight of the Brazilian football league system, hoping that an illegal use of a player by Portuguesa and a similar case by Flamengo, the country’s most popular club.