2010年12月29日水曜日

Illini Bowl Game History and Bowl Summaries

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It’s bowl week, prime time for college football and the Illinois Fighting Illini are taking part this year. The fifth installment of the Texas Bowl is tomorrow night. The bowl has been affiliated with the Big 12 Conference since its inception in 2006, and 2010 is the first time it pairs teams from the Big 12 and the Big Ten. The Texas Bowl holds the fifth choice among both Big Ten and Big 12 bowls, after the BCS bowls are announced.

Previous Results of the Texas Bowl
2006 – Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10
2007 – TCU 20, Houston 13
2008 – Rice 38, Western Michigan 14
2009 – Navy 35, Missouri 13

By Paul M. Banks

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This will be Illinois’ 16th bowl appearance, where they are 6-9 all-time when playing in bowl games. Illinois’ coaching staff has a combined 55 games of bowl experience as coaches and nine games as players. The Big Ten has had to play 16 bowl games in the state of their opponent since 2005. That’s more than double that of any other conference, and extremely unfair.

The 2010 Texas Bowl marks Illinois’ eighth December bowl game and first since the 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl on Dec. 30, 1999. It also marks the first non-BCS bowl appearance for the Fighting Illini since 1999 as their last two bowl games [More …]

Source: http://www.thesportsbank.net/illinois-illini/illini-bowl-game-history-and-bowl-summaries/

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