collegefootballtalk.com - 12/6/2008
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This is terrible news.
Ball State and Boise State, the two undefeated teams that aren’t playing in a BCS bowl game, could have played each other in the Humanitarian Bowl, a battle of unbeatens that would have been the biggest of the pre-January bowl games. Ball State turned it down because ...
Ball State and Boise State Decide to Have Their Own Bowl
sportingnews.com 12/2/2008 — Ball State and Boise State, both undefeated at the end of the regular season, are angling to face each other in a bowl that for the purposes of this blog we will call the "Mid-Size Hybrid Affordable Family Sedan Bowl Championship Series," ...
45-35? Remember 48-28 (And 43-42)
danshanoff.com 12/8/2008 — "45-35" is so last week. The new catch-phrase-number is "48-28" -- the score of last year's Oklahoma blowout loss to West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl. Between that and Oklahoma's 43-42 Fiesta debacle the year before against Boise State, the Sooners ...
This’d Be Game Of The Year —
Toledo Newspaper » Matt Sussman
Ray Bentley mentioned this during the Ball State-Western Michigan game (scroll to 10:06), but Boise State and Ball State really do need to play each other, assuming Ball State can beat Buffalo in the MAC Championship. The Mid-Major Championship. The BSU Bowl.
One problem though; they’ll ...
BCS winners and losers: The system worked (again), folks —
College sports
If you want competitive games, this could turn out to be the worst BCS lineup ever.
Of the four non-title game matchups, the only one that on paper looks to be close is the Orange Bowl (Cincy vs. VaTech), and that’s the least-attractive matchup of them all; it might be one of the least... ...
Blogpoll Ballot – Week 15 —
Big Red Network
Here again we present the Big Red Network ballot for the college football top 25 poll at M Go Blog . This ballot would put Utah against Boise State for the national title. If that sounds absurd, remember that these teams each won their last bowl game appearance. Oklahoma? Not so much. Everyone ...
Bad Scene, Everyone’s Fault —
Signal to Noise
Here are the final BCS rankings:
Oklahoma
Florida
Texas
Alabama
USC
Utah
Texas Tech
Penn St.
Boise St.
Ohio St.
Here are the BCS bowl match-ups ( along with the rest of the bowls ):
Title Game: Florida vs. Oklahoma
Rose Bowl: USC vs. Penn State
Orange Bow: ...
24-42 —
The Big Lead
Coming into the Mid-American Conference championship game, Ball State was unbeaten. Their opponents, the Buffalo Bulls were 7-5. During the game Ball State out-gained Buffalo 503 to 301. Ball State dominated the clock. They had 30 first downs to Buffalo’s 18. Oh, well .
The lesson as ...
Unranked Buffalo Upsets Undefeated #12 Ball State —
MKRob's Sports Blog
The Buffalo Bulls ended #12 Ball State’s undefeated and in the process won its first MAC title ever as Turner Gill and his team defeated the Cardinals 42-24. The Cardinals beat themselves this game with five turnovers, four fumbles and one interception. The Bulls took advantage of ...
Championship Saturday —
Mountain West Connection
The two big championship games with the Big XII and SEC have direct implications of where Utah plays their BCS game. Big XII game is Missouir against Oklahoma and the Sooners are a huge favorite and if they win will go to the BCS title game, which would give the Fiesta Bowl first pick since ...
It's official: Turner Gill can't hide at Buffalo anymore —
Dr. Saturday
Buffalo 42, Ball State 28 . Despite being outgained by 200 yards, Buffalo returned two Ball State fumbles 92 and 74 yards for touchdowns and scored three touchdowns on drives that began inside the BSU 30 after another pair of Cardinal turnovers and a long kickoff return. If Ball State hangs ...
BUFFALO BEATS BALL STATE —
NBC Sports - College Football Talk
Ball State is undefeated no more.
Buffalo, which entered the game a heavy underdog at 7-5, was propelled by two long fumble returns for touchdowns to a 42-24 upset in the MAC championship game, and the Cardinals fell to 12-1.
“It’s going to hurt for a little bit, but our kids will ...
Ball State Turns the Ball and the MAC Championship Over to Buffalo —
FanHouse
by Chas Rich That crashing sound from Detroit tonight, actually had nothing to do with the American car industry. That was Ball State's perfect season, the MAC Championship and manufactured outrage at being excluded from the BCS bowls all getting the index card from David Letterman through a ...
The Big 5 College Football Games of Weekend #15 —
SimonOnSports
It's Championship Week and Trips to BCS games are on the line everywhere. 5. MAC Championship: Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls Ya this is a reach. Do you really care about Ball State? No I didn't think so. I actually hope they lose because they ducked playing Boise in a bowl game. The ...
Buffalo-Ball State Preview —
Sports Handicapping
The Ball State Cardinals will try to make it a perfect 13-0 season by smacking the Buffalo Bulls in the MAC title game Friday at Ford Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 16-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game's total is sitting at 63. Buffalo lost to ...
College Football Week 15 Preview —
Borderline Fantastic Sports
Ball St vs Buffalo , Friday 8pm (MAC Championship, Detroit)
Evan: Ball State wins, Letterman lobbies for a BCS bid
Matt: I actually don’t know all that much about Ball State, other than the fact they are undefeated. I hear their QB is pretty good. Pick: Ball State
Ahad: All I know ...
Boise State and Ball State tried to arrange ... —
Deadspin
Boise State and Ball State tried to arrange a post-season battle of unbeatens, but "the MAC's priority is to its bowl partners and we felt like we needed to take care of them first." Yes, the bowl partners. We mustn't upset the bowl partners. [ ESPN ]
