PHOTO: USA Today Sports Maryland Terrapins (7-5) vs Marshall Thundering Herd (9-4) Friday, Dec 27th @ 2:30 pm (ESPN) Line: Marshall by 2.5 How Marshall got here: The Thundering Herd started out 4-3 with their 3 losses coming by an average of 4.3 ppg. With the exception of the two-point loss at Middle Tennessee, the […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports NIU Huskies (12-1) vs Utah State Aggies (8-5) Thursday, Dec 26th @ 9:30 pm (ESPN) Line: NIU by 1.5 How NIU got here: Northern Illinois and Jordan Lynch rolled to a 12-0 regular season record and looked poised to make their second straight BCS bowl. Not so fast my friend, they […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Bowling Green Falcons (10-3) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (6-6) Thursday, Dec 26th @ 6 pm (ESPN) Line: Bowling Green by 4.5 How Bowling Green got here: Bowling Green started the season at 5-3 with losses to Indiana, Mississippi State and Toledo. They won the next four games by a combined score of […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports The bowl season kicked off with a bang on Saturday as Washington State blew a big lead against Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl. The way this game started, we probably should have expected a crazy finish. In the opening minutes we saw an interception, a fumble, a touchdown pass […]

Bowl season is upon us and it all kicks off today at 2 pm on the four-letter network in New Mexico. The early bowl games might not interest everybody but there are some intriguing storylines such as an in-state battle, Boise State starting life without Chris Petersen, how USC will play under their third head […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Boise State Broncos (8-4) vs Oregon State Beavers (6-6) Tuesday, Dec 24th @ 8 PM EST (ESPN) Line: Beavers by 3 How Boise State got here: The Broncos "struggled" to an 8-4 record this season. The big two losses were a season opening blowout to Washington and an October game at […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports East Carolina Pirates (9-3) vs Ohio Bobcats (7-5) Monday, Dec 23rd @ 2 pm (ESPN) Line: East Carolina by 13.5 How East Carolina got here: The Pirates had a strong season in which they went 2-1 against ACC opponents. They beat UNC (55-31) and NC State (42-28) and barely lost to […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports The Sugar Bowl used to be the goal of every SEC team. Now, with the BCS system in place, the Sugar Bowl can be seen as a bit of a letdown for teams that had National Championship aspirations. The last time the Alabama Crimson Tide played in this bowl, they came […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Tulane Green Wave (7-5) vs Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (8-4) Saturday, Dec 21st @ 9 PM EST Line: Tulane by 2.5 How Louisiana got here: When head coach Mark Hudspeth took over the Cajuns, they had not won more than six games since the 1993 season. Hudspeth has won at least 8 […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Colorado State Rams (7-6) vs Washington State Cougars (6-6) Saturday, Dec 21st @ 2 PM EST (ESPN) Line: Wazzu by 4.5 How Colorado State got here: It was a big change for head coach Jim McElwain after he left the National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide for a Colorado State team that […]

PHOTO CREDIT: SECDigitalNetwork.com You either love the SEC or you hate it. There is no in-between. But there is one thing you can't argue with and that is the collection of coaches in the league is second to none. Whether it's pure coaching on the field or sound bytes for the media, the coaches in […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Clemson's Tajh Boyd has had a fantastic career. Boyd has over 11,000 passing yards and 127 touchdowns over his four year career, three of which he's spent as a starter. Despite his success, the most recent memory for Boyd will be his lack of success against in-state rival South Carolina (0-3 […]