insight bowl Stories - Black Shoe Diaries
I Tell You, Leach ... He's a Different Sort of Cat.''
I love Mike Leach stories, even if they are a couple of years old. Like this one. In 2006 Tech played Minnesota in the Insight.Com Bowl. The company is on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and to help promote the game, then Minnesota Coach Glen Mason and Leach were brought in to ring the opening bell on...
On Bowl Games And The Nebraska Game
Is the Nebraska game effectively Iowa's bowl game this year? It's not literally Iowa's bowl game, obviously -- at 7-4 (7-5 at worst) they're going to be headed to one of the Big Ten's bowl tie-ins over the holidays. And it's not Iowa's "bowl game" in the sense that, say, Minnesota's game with...
Bowl Season: Rooting for the Big Ten Or Sticking with The Big 12 One Last Time?
Things seem rather weird right now. Nebraska is done with the Big 12 football, yet has several months to go before we're officially members of the Big Ten. We still have to get through winter and sprint sports before that happens. Reality is, it's a long ways away yet. The world could explode...
Insight Bowl: A Quick History
They say that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. So what exactly does that say about the Minnesota Gophers football squad returning to the Insight Bowl for the third time in four years? We'll get to that another time. As for today, what is the history of this bowl? The Insight...
The Rivalry Travels: Insight Bowl (Phoenix, AZ) - Where's the Beer??!!
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Insight Bowl Game Thread
The Big 12 is 1-1 this bowl season after last night’s loss by Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl. Now the north gets another chance with the Kansas Jayhawks taking on Minnesota in the Insight Bowl. Unlike the previous two games there should be no issues among Sooner fans when it...
2008 BCS And Big 12 Bowl Selections: Big 12 Should Fare Well
The BCS and bowl selections are in. Given the match ups the Big 12 shouldn't lose many games. BCS Bowls National Championship: Oklahoma vs. FloridaOklahoma has lost four BCS bowls in a row, but they come into this game with one of the most prolific offenses in college football history. Oklahoma...
A Bowl Record, Like A Bad Joke, Needs Context
Canada, huh? Almost made it. Stuart Mandel, with just two weeks until kick-off, broke down and put together a Great Conference Debate story over at SI. The actual story is everything you hoped you'd never have to hear again, but because I too am wearing thin, I've read almost the entire...
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