Ed Bagley

Michael Dyer, Nick Fairley And Wes Byrum Provide The Edge As Auburn Beats Oregon For BCS Title

Two of the nation's most prolific scoring teams (a combined 88+ points per game) played a scoreless 1st quarter in their 2010 NCAA National Championship Game before engaging in a hard-nosed battle of wills. Wes Byrum's 19-yard field goal ended it on the l... Read >

Three SEC Teams - Georgia, South Carolina And Tennessee - All Lose 2010 Bowl Games

Three SEC teams - Alabama, Mississippi State and Florida - all won big on New Year's Day, but three other SEC teams - Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee - suffered embarrassing losses in college football bowl action this year, none worse than Georgia's... Read >

Alabama, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Maryland and Illinois All Earn Victories in Bowl Games

Oppressive and relentless might be two good adjectives to describe what Alabama, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Maryland and Illinois did to their college football bowl game opponents this season. Let's start with Alabama, which body-slammed Michigan ... Read >

5 Powerhouse Programs Win Big Bowl Games - TCU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Florida And Stanford

When you are a major college team and you hang a perfect 12-0 season on your opponents, and you are not even considered to play in the NCAA national championship game, you could get just a little testy. If your manners are as good as your record, you s... Read >

LSU, Texas Tech, Syracuse, Pittsburgh And Nevada All Notch College Bowl Game Victories

It took 45 years, but Les Miles and his Louisiana State Tigers (11-2) finally won a Cotton Bowl, coming from behind to beat the Texas A&M Aggies (9-4), 41-24. LSU was just 1 of 5 teams to win bowl games recently. Texas Tech outlasted Northwestern 45-38... Read >

Two Wild Comebacks Give Florida International A Last-Play Upset Win Over Toledo In "Pizza" Bowl

The climb to success has been dramatic for the Florida International Golden Panthers - from snapping a 23-game losing streak 3 years ago to a last-play 34-32 upset victory over the Toledo Rockets in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Four other major ... Read >

Notre Dame, Miami Of Ohio, South Florida And Army All Win Bowl Victories, Become Rising Stars

Every college football bowl season brings surprise teams that triumph and become the rising stars to watch next season. Count Notre Dame, Miami of Ohio, South Florida and Army among those teams this year. All won bowl victories and showed great promise in... Read >

Tulsa Halts Hawaii's High-Powered Offense, Upsets The Warriors 62-35 In The 2010 Hawaii Bowl

Hawaii came into the 2010 Hawaii Bowl on its home field with the nation's No. 1 passing offense, 8th-best total offense, and 9th-best passing efficiency offense against Tulsa and the nation's 119th-worst passing defense, and 101st-worst passing efficiency... Read >

What Has Happened to Nia Vardalos Since Her Great Performance in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"?

My Life in Ruins - 2 Stars (Average) I keep hoping I will see the Nia Vardalos I love in another movie like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", one of my Top 20 all-time favorite films -- she was a nobody who became somebody, similar to the character of Eliza ... Read >

Washington, Iowa & North Carolina Gain Upset Bowl Wins Over Nebraska, Missouri & West VA

Washington, Iowa and North Carolina all registered huge upset bowl victories over Nebraska, Missouri and West Virginia in 2010 college football action. Washington's Jake Locker and Chris Polk led the offense, and an incredible effort by the Husky defen... Read >

Northern Illinois Wins School-Record 11th Game With Victory In The Humanitarian Bowl

Northern Illinois linebacker coach Tom Matukewicz decided to make his 15 minutes of fame fun after being named the interim head coach for the Huskies Humanitarian Bowl game against Fresno State. Things were, after all, in the dumper after winning 9 str... Read >

Michigan State's Spartans Staged Comebacks To Win 6 Of Their 11 Games And Become Bowl Bound

When Michigan State beat Northwestern 35-27 this year to start the season with a perfect 8-0 record and rose to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 Poll, it marked the first time the Spartans had an 8-0 record since 1966, 44 years ago. The 1966 team won its first 9... Read >

Top 25 Poll - Week 13 - No. 1 - Auburn, For The 7th Week

The AP Top 25 and Coaches Top 25 College Football Polls are nationally recognized, but after 50+ years of watching and/or covering college football games, and being a former sports editor for a daily newspaper, here is another view: There may by a lot ... Read >

Nation's Top 2 Teams - Oregon And Auburn - Both Come From Behind To Win And Stay Unbeaten

The nation's top two unbeaten teams - No. 1 Oregon (11-0) and No. 2 Auburn (12-0) - registered stirring come from behind victories this week over 20th-ranked Arizona and 9th-ranked Alabama to stay on track for their probable match-up in the BCS National C... Read >

To Money-Grubbing College Bowl Organizers: Call Off the Dogs Before You Ruin the Game

Years ago going to a bowl game after regular season play was a huge reward and a sign of excellence. Now it has become an absolute joke. What has caused this sad state of affairs? I'm glad you asked. The answer is money-grubbing bowl game organizers wi... Read >