Any Hawks in need of hotel advice in Tempe?

[Jike Spingleton]

Made our way over to Sally's after the game on Saturday, and had a good time cheering the highlights on the big screens in the tent with other Gopher fans. The loudest cheer went up when they flashed the final score, to which a woman in Hogeye gear responded, "Big f-in deal, celebrate your third win! Three wins! Three wins!"

I (not-so-politely) asked her if she needed any advice on hotel rooms in the Tempe area, since us Gopher fans are well acquainted with the Insight Bowl. Yes, it sounds like our win over Iowa will knock them out of the New Year's Day games in Tampa or Jacksonville and into the Gophers' home away from home. From the story on Michigan's season-ending banquet:

Rodriguez will get to coach the Wolverines for at least one more game and it might be the Gator Bowl in Florida instead of the widely projected destination of the Insight Bowl in Arizona.

"I think we might be going in a different direction," Brandon said after master of ceremonies Frank Beckmann suggested the team was headed to Arizona to play a Big 12 team.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Stuart Mandel of SI has the Suckeyes heading to Tempe to tangle with Mizzou. From National Title aspirations to a 7-6 record. Great season.