sports.espn.go.com - 12/6/2008
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Fast Facts •Buffalo ends Ball State's perfect season, outscoring the Cardinals 35-14 in the second half for the school's first-ever league title. •The victory is the first for Buffalo against Ball State (previously 0-7) and the school's first win vs. a ranked opponent. •The Bulls' ...
ventaboutsports.blogspot.com - 12/6/2008
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ventaboutsports.blogspot.com —
I don't think I've ever seen an undefeated
team play as bad as Ball St. played Friday
night against Buffalo. It was clear by the number of turnovers and mental errors that Ball St. was feeling the pressue of being an undefeated team and Buffalo took advantage beating the Cardinals 42-24 . Ball ...
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Ball State Choke Show
sportingnews.com - 12/2/2008
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sportingnews.com —
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," ...
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Ball State and Boise State Decide to Have Their Own Bowl
media.www.bsudailynews.com - 12/5/2008
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In the midst of Ball State University's most
successful football season ever, university officials and coach Brady
Hoke are negotiating to increase Hoke's salary, his assistant coaches' salaries and upgrade the program's facilities. Hoke's agent, ...
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FOOTBALL: Brady, BSU talk about more bucks - SPORTS
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Ball State Choke Show
Vent About Sports —
... I don't think I've ever seen an undefeated team play as bad as Ball St. played Friday night against Buffalo. It was clear by the number of turnovers and mental errors that Ball St. was feeling the pressue of being an undefeated team and Buffalo took advantage beating the Cardinals 42-24. Ball State's star quarterback, Nate Davis, accounted for four fumbles and one interception while throwing for 351 yards. I don't want to take anything away from Buffalo who played a great game, but I'd say the Cardinals blew this one. They dominated the game in first downs, 30-18, total yards ...
Imperfection: Ball State Loses MAC Championship Game to Buffalo
Midwest Sports Fans —
... According to the ESPN recap, Buffalo returned fumbles 92 and 74 yards on consecutive drives in the third quarter. Ouch. And superstar Nate Davis was involved in all four fumbles. The other turnover was a Davis interception. ...
Of Turner Gill And "New York's College Team"
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician —
... State was undefeated coming into tonight's MAC Championship game. The storyline was supposed to be that the 13-0 Cardinals would head to the Humanitarian Bowl to play equally undefeated Boise State in arguably the most-anticipated non-BCS conference team bowl game ever. Then Ball State chickened out. And that angered the college football Gods. It angered them greatly. And so, God sent his own personal warrior to lay vengeance upon thee.
Buffalo 42, Ball State 24.
Turner Gill led his Bulls to their first-ever MAC ...
The "Hire Turner Gill" web site has taken life...
The Orange Squeeze —
... to the best SU web site around, Sean's Troy Nunes is an absolute Magician when I saw something that made me think how much Y2K has changed how fans can interact. While ex Syracuse players tell us who they would like to see as the next head coach on the hill only one person (the person(s) behind the site "GetGrossOut") has set up a web page to push his candidate. The site is called "Hire Turner Gill" and if you don't know who that is, well, he is the man that just bead undefeated Ball State in the MAC Championship. For more on ...
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. ...
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