Biggest Winners Among the Six 2009 Desperation Bowl Teams Were Florida State and Oklahoma

It was goodbye for legendary coach Bobby Bowden of Florida State, and welcome back Oklahoma as both the Seminoles and Sooners racked up the best victories among the six desperation bowl teams, so-called because of their disappointing regular season play and chance to redeem themselves in a bowl game.

For 80-year-old legendary coach Bobby Bowden, the day could not have gone better. A couple of youngsters saved Bowden's bacon. Sophomore Jermaine Thomas scored twice and ran for 121 yards, and redshirt freshman E.J. Manual piled up 189 yards through the air and scored on the ground as Florida State upset the 18th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers 33-21 in the Gator Bowl.

The Siminoles came into the game with a 6-6 record, were down by 11 points after the 1st quarter, and came back to give Bowden his 33rd consecutive winning season at 7-6. West Virginia finished the year at 9-4. Bowden, who was forced out after a 57-year coaching career, finished with a 389-129-4 record and a 75% winning percentage.

No one has had more NCAA Division I wins except Joe Patero of Penn State with 394, making Bowden the college football's second-winningest coach.

Jimbo Fisher now takes over the helm at Florida State, which finished the season at 7-6 for the 3rd time in the last 4 years. It seems as if Bowden has been coaching forever. More than 350 of Bowden's former players showed up to witness his last victory.

Even losing West Virginia coach Bill Stewart had a tie to Bowden. Stewart was a 177-pound walk-on in 1970 during Bowden's first year as the coach at West Virginia.

Oklahoma came into the Sun Bowl against Stanford with losses to Brigham Young, Miami (FL) and Texas by a combined 5 points, to Nebraska by 7, and a jaw-dropper to Texas Tech by 28. No matter. In the end, Oklahoma upset 19th-ranked Stanford, 31-27. Both teams finished the season at 8-5.

The Sooner defense could not stop Stanford's battering ram Toby Gerhart, who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Gerhart led the nation in rushing with 1,736 yards. Oklahoma's redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones was 30-of-51 for 418 yards and a TD, and sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles had 13 receptions for 156 yards and 3 TD catches.

Broyles 3 TD catches were a Sun Bowl record, and his 13 receptions were a single-game Oklahoma record.

Navy's junior quarterback Ricky Dobbs rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns, and threw for another, as the Midshipmen ran over Missouri 35-13 in the Texas Bowl. Navy's triple-option offense racked up 385 yards against Missouri's 12th-ranked run defense.

While the Missouri Tigers were bigger and faster than the Midshipmen, Navy's undersized defense played with heart, holding the Tigers to only 65 rushing yards. The Midshipmen finished at 10-4, marking only their 3rd 10-win campaign in school history. Missouri ended the season at 8-5.

UCLA alumni and second-year coach Rick Neuheisel led his Bruins to a 7-6 winning season with a 30-21 come-from-behind win over the Temple Owls (9-4) in the EagleBank Bowl. Temple won the 1st half 21-10, and UCLA won the 2nd half 20-0.

A 2-yard interception return by Akeem Ayers in the 4th quarter provided the go-ahead touchdown. The Bruins, who held Temple scoreless in the 2nd half, allowed the Owls to complete only 1 pass in the entire 2nd half. UCLA's bowl victory gave it a winning record for the first time since 2006.

Temple was playing its first bowl game in 30 years. Despite losing, Temple coach Al Golden inherited a winless program that went 0-11 in 2005 and has capped a 4-year turnaround with the Owls' bowl appearance. Temple's No. 1 fan is Owl graduate and comedian Bill Cosby.

The weather conditions for the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, DC were 32 degrees at kickoff and a wind chill factor of 19. Many pundits thought the sun and surf boys from UCLA would fold, but they were wrong. Neuheisel called the field "an ice rink".

Georgia had a disappointing season by losing 5 games before arriving for the Independence Bowl to play Texas A&M. The Bulldogs used losses to Oklahoma State, LSU, Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky (yes, Kentucky) by a combined 78 points as motivation to rip through Texas A&M 44-20.

An 81-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter by Georgia's Brandon Boykin sparked a special teams effort that subsequently led to 24 Bulldog points. Georgia blocked 2 kicks, picked up a 59-yard interception return, and Joe Cox threw his first TD pass when a bad snap by the Aggies sailed over their punter's head in the 3rd quarter.

Take out the poor special teams play by Texas A&M and they might have won the game. Georgia finished the year at 8-5 and A&M was 6-7. The Aggies' loss was their 4th straight in bowl competition. Georgia coach Mark Richt improved his bowl record to 7-2 with the win over Texas A&M.

Southern California endured losses to Washington, Oregon (by 27 points), Stanford (by 34) and Arizona before arriving at the Emerald Bowl to face Boston College. Even though the Trojans would beat the Eagles, 24-13, USC's 9-4 season record was the worst showing for Trojan coach Pete Carroll since his first season in 2001.

The Trojans lost 3 of their last 5 regular season games, and are clearly not the team they have been during the last 7 years when they won 7 consecutive Pac 10 titles, played in 7 consecutive BCS bowl games, and won at least 10 games a season for 7 consecutive years.

The bowl-game loss by the Boston College Eagles was their second straight after winning 8 consecutive bowl games in post-season play. Boston College ended the year at 8-5.

USC freshman quarterback Matt Barkley threw two TD passes to Stanley Havili and ran for another TD. Barkley was 27-of-37 for 350 yards. USC's Damian Williams caught 12 passes for 189 yards. The Trojans played without their leading rusher Joe McKnight, who became the Trojans first 1,000-yard runner since 2005. McKnight ran 1,014 yards for 6.2 yards per carry and scored 8 touchdowns, but was suspended for a possible team violation.

Copyright © 2010 Ed Bagley

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College Football - Florida, Oklahoma, USC, Virginia Tech, East Carolina and Buffalo Win Title

It was the greatest college football game of the regular season playing No. 1 and undefeated Alabama (12-0) vs. No. 2 Florida (11-1) at Georgia Dome in Atlanta for the Southeastern Conference championship and the right to play the BCS National Championship Game.

When it came to,-the Florida Gators, led by junior quarterback and last year, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow-emerged. Tebow was 0-5 in games when his Gators in the second half pulled, but he Statistics overcame this Saturday (12-6-08), by the last of his 3 touchdown passes with less than 3 minutes remaining to seal Florida's 31-20 victory.

Who, despite trailing in the second half to win Florida in the first half 17-10 and won the second half 14-10. Tebow was 14-of-22 passing for 216 yards and led his team in noise with another 57 meters. If Florida wanted to play a most, Tebow played a big role, it can happen.

The victory has> Florida other SEC title under coach Urban Meyer and his second trip in three years to the BCS National Championship Game. The Gators Ohio State for the national championship in 2006. Florida is led now face No. 4 Oklahoma for the BCS national title in Miami (FL).

Oklahoma continued its claim to Florida by dusting off No. 19 Missouri, 62-21, for the Big 12 championship face. Everything you need to know about the game is that it was 38-7 by half.

The 4Teams in contention for the BCS game in the last two weeks of the season were Alabama, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. Everyone had a loss other than Alabama. Florida, which finally prevailed over Alabama, home to Ole Miss in its 31-30 4. Lost game of the season, and then ruining rattled off 8 wins in-a-row by large margins in Alabama run on the national title.

Oklahoma at home in Texas in their 45-35 6. Game lost, and then forwarded 6 teams before the big winof Missouri. The Sooners scored 60 points in the last 5 wins.

The Texas Longhorns won 8 straight before losing on the road to Texas Tech University, 39-33. After winning the last 3, they need Oklahoma to lose to Missouri, have a chance at a title shot.

Elsewhere, No. 12 and went undefeated Ball State (12-0) Alabama by the loss of his first game in the Mid American Conference Championship as a 7-5 Buffalo team Turner Gill took the Cardinals, 42-24, for the title. In just 3 years agoCoach Turner Gill has rejected about a Buffalo program that was one of the worst in America.

East Carolina (8-4) hung on and hung hard to beat Tulsa (10-2) in the Conference USA championship game, 27-24. Coach Skip Holtz won 3 games, including victories over Virginia Tech and West Virginia, lost 3 games and won 5 of last 6 before the game against Tulsa in the title.

Virginia Tech (8-4) went on record, the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against No. 18 Boston College(8-4), 30-12. Not to be outdone, Southern Cal UCLA kept at bay on the road, 28-7, to win their 7th straight Pac 10 championship and 4th straight BCS bowl appearance.

In Alabama, Ball State lost their first game, were left with the No. 7 Utah 12-0 and No. 9 Boise State 12-0 in the 119 schools unbeaten Division 1-A.

In other action, it was No. 19 Pittsburgh 34-10 on the road over Connecticut, California lashed home the winless 0-12 Washington 48-7 Huskies, Navy closedArmy of 34-zip, ripped Arizona Arizona State 31-10 and No. 13 Cincinnati on the road outlasted Hawaii 29-24.

Thus, it is Florida and Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship Game, and the other 4 BCS Bowl Games will Penn State and Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State and Texas in the Fiesta Bowl, Utah and Alabama, see the Sugar Bowl and Cincinnati and Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.

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College Football - Week 7 - Only 10 teams remain unbeaten - Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU All Lose

College football's 7th week began with 15 unbeaten teams left and only 10 as No. 1 Oklahoma, Missouri, No. 3, No. 4 Louisiana State, No. 13 and No. 20 Vanderbilt upset Auburn were all finished.

Some fans call indicates that it is difficult to Oklahoma and LSU losses could interfere, as the No. 1 Sooners play No. 5 Texas Longhorns and the No. 4 LSU Tigers played No. 11 Florida Gators.

The Texas-Oklahoma contest was a shootout that LonghornCoach Mack Brown as "one of the greatest football games I've ever seen." Texas behind by 11 points twice in the first half and 8 in the 3rd Quarterly profit before 45-35 at home.

Longhorn Chris Ogbannaya, a senior in his second start, ran 15 times for 127 yards, no more important than the 62-yard gain on a line that are nowhere to play helped keep Texas at the beginning.

Texas junior quarterback Colt McCoy went 28-of-35 for 277 yards and 1 TD pass and no turnovers. Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford was not to be outdone, going 28-of-39 for 387 yards and 5 TD. Bradford Jordan Shipley for 11 passes, found 112 meters and a TD. Shipley also had an electrifying 96-yard return for a TD.

No. 3 Missouri is not as good as its pre-established game 5-0 record and No. 17 Oklahoma State warrants that by a trip to Missouri and against the Tigers at home, 28-23, which will reduce its unbeaten record 6 -0. The loss was the first for Missouri.

No. 11> Florida, but it was not until No. 4 LSU, leading 20-3 at the half and at the end of the Tigers 51-21 at home. We no longer have to guess which team is better.

No. 13 Vanderbilt little 15-minute brush with fame on the Commodores traveled to unranked Mississippi State and promptly lost 17-14, the Bulldogs. Mississippi raised its record to 2-4 with the win over Vanderbilt. There are no words to the No. 20 Auburn Tigers, who lost to unranked Arkansas at home 25-22. Auburnfell right out of the AP Top 25 poll with a thud.

Between Missouri, Louisiana State and Auburn, it was not a good week, the Tigers. Kudos to Texas, Florida and Oklahoma State, which defends its ranking.

Donated to the other top teams were ranked 13th, No. 6 Penn State on the road over Wisconsin, 48-7, No. 7 Texas Tech at home over Nebraska 37-31 overtime No. 8 Southern California at home on Arizona State 28-0, No. 9 BYU at home, 21-3 over New Mexico, No., 10Georgia at home, 26-14 over Tennessee, No. 12 Ohio State 16-2 at home over Purdue, Utah and No. 14 on the road 40-7 over Wyoming.

Also No. 15 Boise State on the road 24-7 over Southern Mississippi, No. 16 Kansas at home 30-14 over Colorado, No. 21 Wake (Forest 12-7 at home over Clemson Tigers another team), no 22 North Carolina 29-24 at home over Notre Dame, No. 23 Michigan State 37-20 on the road over unbeaten and unranked Northwestern and No. 25 Ball State 24-7 on the road about 1-AAWestern Kentucky.

The 10 remaining unbeaten teams (in no particular order) are Alabama, Penn State, Texas, Boise State University, Texas Tech, Utah, BYU, Ball State, Oklahoma State and Tulsa.

If you are the Sagarin schedule ratings for strength, as of 10 unbeaten teams are listed in order from the best strength of schedule:

Alabama (38.), Texas (43.), Utah (72.), Penn State (74.), Oklahoma State (94.), Texas Tech (105.), Ball State (107.), Boise State (111 .), BrighamYoung (121.) and Tulsa (141.). This would go a long way to explain, why some of these teams are unbeaten. There are 119 Division 1-A schools, so you how hard the teams can imagine that in the last 5 of these unbeaten teams.

Tulsa plays absolutely no one worth talking about and could go undefeated if they beat Arkansas 3-3. Tulsa last victory was more than a 1-6 Southern Methodist team and the Golden Hurricane (Tulsa, that's won) 37-31. Brigham Young faces off against gratefulUtah in the last game of the year for both schools. Boise State rather get a free ride to Fresno State. Ball State faces really nobody.

Alabama, Texas, Penn State, will earn the Oklahoma State and Texas Tech its way, by far tougher competition before.

Alabama, Virginia Tech, South Florida and Pittsburgh were all idle this week.

Other notable achievements deserve some attention. Penn State's Nittany Lions traveled to Wisconsin and beat the Badgers at home48-7. It is not easy to beat Wisconsin at home and rip the team of Joe Paterno on the Badgers next was impressive.

Michigan is really disappointing again this year, losing at home in the Big House in Toledo 13-10. The loss was the first time in its history, the storied Michigan to a Mid-American Conference team has lost. Toledo came into the competition with a 1-4 mark and an earlier loss to Florida International.

Oregon State has the worst 3-3 team in the nation. The Beavers beat Washington State 66-13, 45-7 Hawaii, Southern Cal 27-21 crowned disturbed, and is not in the mood for their losses to Stanford, Penn State and Utah (all on the road) to explain. They travel to Washington this week, and I do not want a Husky arrive, they happen.

After such a good start to the season, East Carolina now looks very average, lose again on the way to Virginia 35-20.

The new AP Top 25 Poll has the top 10 in that order, Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma,> Florida, Southern Cal, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Brigham Young and Georgia.

Some games of interest this week at No. 12 Ohio State No. 20 Michigan State, No. 13 LSU on unranked but dangerous South Carolina, No. 22 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Georgia (The Commodores lost their classification) and no . 16 Kansas at # 4 Oklahoma will (be careful, Jayhawks), No. 11 Missouri at No. 1 unranked Texas, Michigan at No. 3 Penn State (Joe Paterno's eyes growing every week, onlyexceeded by his appetite for victory), and Hawaii at number 15 Boise State (the Warriors could do the impossible?).

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