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Capital One Bowl Preview: What to Expect from Nebraska's Defense
Bo Pelini's Nebraska teams have been known for their defensive prowess, regularly ranking among the nation's best defenses despite playing in the offense-happy Big 12 and frequently featuring defensive stars like Ndamukong Suh and Prince Amukamara. In 2011, though, Nebraska ranked only 36th...
Capital One Bowl: South Carolina-Nebraska History
This post commences our series of previews for the Capital One Bowl. Today, we're going to look at our history with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. One of the more interesting things about bowl matchups is that you play teams that you don't have long histories with. That's certainly true for...
South Carolina Gamecocks to Play Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Capital One Bowl
South Carolina has been invited to play the Nebraska Cornhuskers in this year's Capital One Bowl. The Bowl will take place on January 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM ET in Orlando, Florida. I'll have a lot more to say over the next couple of weeks about the storylines and matchups in this game, but suffice it...
Which Bowl Will South Carolina Play In?
With the season over now, it's time to begin talking bowl selections. The three bowls that we're in play for are the Capital One, the Outback, and the Cotton. We're not going to a BCS Bowl, as only two teams from a single conference can play in those bowls; those two slots will go to Alabama and...
Five Good Minutes: Northwestern Football Preview With Sippin On Purple
Part of Northwestern preview week. During the lean months of the summer, the writers of BC Interruption will be extending olive branches to our foes in hopes of better understanding the various opponents the Eagles will face in the fall. Our first interview is with the SB Nation Northwestern blog...
Ranking the Big Ten Bowls by Difficulty
Rushing attacks are the key to the Big Ten's bowl success in 2010 Last year, I started the tradition of kicking off bowl coverage on the site with a big picture article examining the most and least favorable bowl matchups for the conference. In 2009 Big Ten teams competed in seven bowls, winning...
OPENTHREADBLOGLIVESKIDOO: Have Mercy!
Uncle Jesse reference? Fuckin' right Uncle Jesse reference. It's New Year's Day. People aren't meant to be up before noon. Why are you? You some sorta masochist mangoblin? Anyhoo, here's your open thread. We'll be... maybe we'll... look, don't call us, we'll call you. God, the sun's fucking...
OPC Bowl Competition - The complete bracket, upset picks, favorites, etc...
After the jump, see who picked the most upsets, which matchup will separate the wheat from the chaffe...And who was ballsy enough to pick Texas. Click here to download the full bracket with all 20 pick sets. Also, enjoy our blatant Big Ten homerism as we pick our beloved conference to go 6-1 5-2. ...
Ranking the Big Ten Bowls by Difficulty
It appears the mainstream consensus is that the Big Ten will suffer another disastrous bowl season. Just yesterday, ESPN's Pat Forde predicted we would match last year's 1-6 performance. A single win is a long way away from the four wins necessary to escape with a winning record. That got me...
PROTEST PLAYOFF '08: Elite Eight
THREE DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF! Rose Bowl: With both Penn State and USC advancing to the Elite Eight, the north side of the bracket was the obvious pick for the "Granddaddy of 'em All." Fiesta Bowl: That left the "taco chip bowl" with a shot at Ohio State and Texas - just like in real life. Today's...
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