After all this time, we’ve made it through to the college football postseason, and we’ve got 3 weeks of interesting matchups in bowl games big and small. They start today with two that ought to be pretty good. I’ve previewed them already, but here’s a couple more bits of tid:
Wyoming: 5-6 All time bowl record. One other bowl appearance this decade, beating UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl.
Fresno State: 10-8 All time bowl record, 9th bowl appearance this decade, only missing out in 2006. Played in the New Mexico Bowl last year also, losing to Colorado State 40-35.
Wyoming vs. Fresno State: 3-3, but have not played since 1997. Home team won each matchup in the six year series.
UCF: 0-2 All time bowl record. Third bowl appearance this decade, last appearing in the 2007 Liberty Bowl (played before New Year’s that year- there technically was no 2008 LB as it moved to January), lost to Mississippi State 10-7.
Rutgers: 3-2 All time bowl record. 5th consecutive bowl appearance and 5th of the 2000s. Beat NC State in the Papajohns.com bowl last year 29-23.
UCF and Rutgers have never played. Rutgers has not played a C-USA team since the 2005 realignment. UCF has never beaten a Big East team, 0-5 since 2005 and 0-13 all time.
Tonight, we’re hoping to have a big Phoenix Pub/Football on the Fringe Live Blog from Tropicana Field – we’ll see if it works. The New Mexico Bowl kicks off at 4:30, and the St. Pete Bowl at 8, both on ESPN. Have a great first day of Bowl Season, and if you aren’t signed up for the bowl pick’em game, now is the time! http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl, group ID 36923, password: phoenix