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Here is the prediction I made in August. It wasn't really that far of a reach, but it has been accurate thus far. You'll note, though, that I had predicted a sound bowl victory.

Dan Hawkins is finishing his 4th season at CU and there was much speculation he'd get fired after failing to field a winning squad. The closest that Hawkins' Buffs came to a winning season was a couple of years ago when they went 6-6 but lost their bowl game. (For comparison sake, Brewster's...

I think most of us would agree on our history: We haven't won a league championship for 42 years. We haven't come in 2nd in the conference during that time period either. The last time we came in 3rd was 1986 (23 years ago) and that was with a 5-3 record. Since the last time we came in 3rd...

For all those perpetually negative posters, I have found the perfect football team for you... Northeastern drops football program after 74 years BOSTON (AP)—Northeastern University is dropping its football program after 74 years, saying it’s too expensive to maintain. President Joseph Aoun...

Its pretty simple, if two BT teams get BCS bowls, we are almost certainly going to the Insight Bowl (I just can't see the Alamo Bowl choosing us over Michigan State). So, who will our BigXII opponent be? If Texas loses the BigXII championship then the winner (Nebraska) would be guaranteed a...

I love Minnesota! I went out for a 10-mile run this morning and, from my front door in Minneapolis, I ran past two beautiful lakes (Nokomis and Hiawatha), Minnehaha Creek, Minnehaha Falls (the 2nd highest urban waterfall in America after Niagara), across the Mississippi River and past another...

For those who haven't heard, several Kansas players went to the AD and/or press with reports of Mangino physically abusing them. Apparently, Mangino's temper is a well-documented and well-known issue in Kansas. The latest happened when they were boarding their plane for Colorado last week and...

People vote with their feet. The most recent US Census analysis of interstate migration (http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-8.pdf) shows that a net amount of 33,000 people left Iowa between 1995 and 2000, while at the same time, a net amount of more than 29,000 people moved into...

I know I'll get blasted for this, but I really don't like the Who Hates Iowa thing. This is on a number of levels: 1) Personally, I try to be "for" something, rather than "against" anything. It bugs me to see people with bumper stickers stating what they're against. Any idiot can be against...

I've spent the morning trying to find one single stat of opposing teams that correlates to our Win-Loss record. I kept coming close, but would find that AFA or SDSU wouldn't fit any pattern - that might be because their stats are skewed by their non-BCS opponents. So, including only BCS-league...

Mrs. GoGophersRah and I are going to Iowa City for the 3rd time this weekend. We have yet to see a win, but always have fun anyway. We stay at a bed-and-breakfast inn that is walking distance to the stadium. We've never had anyone harrass us - just some good-natured ribbing. It wouldn't ever...

As of today, here are the experts bowl picks. Pretty consistent I would say. Rose Bowl CBS News: Ohio State vs Oregon ESPN’s Mark Schlabach: Ohio State vs Oregon ESPN’s Bruce Feldman: Ohio State vs Oregon Sports Illustrated: Ohio State vs Oregon College Football News: Ohio State vs Oregon...

"Will another team steal Gray away?" This was the question my wife asked me after it became obvious to everyone (even me - who has been a Weber defender) that he deserves a shot. If Gray has the option of sitting out a year at another team and then being their bona-fide starting quarterback...

Don't forget, tomorrow is Senior Day. At the end of their freshman year (either RS frosh or true frosh), the coach who recruited most of these players was fired. In their sophomore year they were on a 1-11 team and many (especially on this board) pointed the finger straight at the Mason...

Here are the bowl projections from various sportswriters/sites: Rose Bowl CBS News: Ohio State vs Oregon ESPN’s Mark Schlabach: Ohio State vs Oregon ESPN’s Bruce Feldman: Ohio State vs Oregon Sports Illustrated: Ohio State vs Oregon College Football News: Ohio State vs Oregon Other BCS Bowl...

When Glen Mason was fired, I recall the following coaches being on the list of people that I thought we should have considered (in the order that I wanted them) and how things are currently going for them: Bo Pelini: Had a very good year at Nebraska last year, but the Huskers are pretty...

I know half of you have no interest in whether/where we go to a bowl, but for the rest of us, I have run through as many scenarios as I can think of for how the Big Ten bowls work out, here are the possibilities: With Iowa's loss, it becomes pretty hard to come up with a scenario in which the...

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I know its not this simple, but look at Illinois home games versus road games: Home Illinois State - W: 45-17 Penn State - L: 17-35 Michigan State - L: 14-24 Michigan - W: 38-13 Record: 2-2 Average Illini points: 28.5 (excluding Ill St. = 23) On the Road Mizzou (neutral site) - L: 9-37 Ohio...

My prediction is that Weber will have his best game of the year on Saturday. More touchdown throws than ints. I don't want to predict specific numbers because the wind may have a large effect, but I think he'll come out of this game looking just as good as Cousins and that most people will view...