I haven’t really done the link-sharing post thus far in the short history of this site, mainly because I hadn’t come up with a way to sift through 54 teams worth of web writing. But for now, I’ll be giving it a try here during bowl season since the games are pretty concentrated.
Tonight, we have the Las Vegas Bowl, featuring BYU and Oregon State. This is BYU’s 5th straight LV Bowl, with a 2-2 record in the previous four. They lost to Arizona 31-21 last year. This is their 6th bowl of the decade, and their overall bowl record is 9-17-1.
Oregon State is in the bowl for the first time since 2003, but this is their 8th bowl of the 2000s, and they have won 5 bowls in a row, beating Pitt last year in a 3-0 Sun Bowl outing. Oregon State is 8-4 all time in bowl play.
BYU is 3-5 all time vs. Oregon State, but the two have not played since 1986.
Two nights ago, Middle Tennessee beat Southern Miss to claim the New Orleans Bowl. While USM fans are looking for good bridges, the reality is that MTSU is a really good team, and has just finished up the best season in their history at 10-3. The Sun Belt is making big strides toward claiming its place with the rest of the non-BCS conferences as a place where legitimately good college football can be found on a regular basis.
Now, a few links:
The Salt Lake Tribune looks at BYU’s impressive Senior class.
Folks in Corvalis think that Utah is not holding up their end of the Gubernatorial Wager.
BYU and Oregon State blogs preview the festivities.
Other bowl stuff:
UCF will make a small profit off the St. Pete Bowl trip.
A hometown look at Wyoming’s surprising win in the New Mexico Bowl (slightly sappy).
As noted, folks in Hattiesburg- even their journalists- refuse to accept MTSU as a program worthy of beating their own and the meltdown is on.
MTSU’s nearby newspaper comes in with notes and tidbits on the Blue Raiders’ historic night.