On January 8th, postseason college football comes to Mobile, AL when the Red Wolves face the Huskies at the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Both teams arrive in the game with rookie head coaches with the Huskies headed by first-year head coach Dave Doeren. Interim head coach David Gunn who's been the running backs coach all season heads the Red Wolves. Arkansas State has hired Gus Malzahn who will take over after the year ends.
It’s not simply the Division I-A colleges getting face time on ESPN, on January 7th the NCAA Division I-AA Championship game is performed at Pizza Hut Park in Fricso, TX. The Bison face the Bearkats in a fight of the two best small colleges in the country. Both the Sam Houston Bearkats and the Bison have steamrolled their competitors all season long and both are additionally arriving into play with similar styles on offense.
Birmingham, AL plays host to the Compass Bowl on January seventh with the Pittsburgh Panthers facing the Mustangs. The Panthers come in following the one-year Todd Graham experiment at head coach. After taking the head coaching job at Arizona State, Graham resigned his post on December 14th. Defensive Coordinator Keith Patterson will don the headset for the Pittsburgh Panthers in this clash of titans.
It all boils down to this as the #1 ranked Tigers battle against the #2 rated Alabama Crimson Tide in the BCS National
Panthers at Saints match-up is an interesting one for NFL fans and bettors. The Saints come into week 17 at 12-3. They have already wrapped up the third seed in the NFC, and the only way they can improve that seeding is if San Francisco loses to 2-13 St. Louis, which doesn't seem probable. Therefore, New Orleans may not play their starters for the entire game and there is the possibility quarterback Drew Brees will sit for most, if not all, of the game.
Week 17 of the NFL Season is always full of trap games. The game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers in Green Bay is one such game.
The game of the week and perhaps regular season happens in New York in the final week of the NFL season. The Dallas Cowboys visit the New York Giants in the ultimate winner takes all game. It doesn’t get any simpler than this in the rule heavy NFL. The winner of this game is the NFC East Division Champion, makes the playoffs and gets to play the first playoff game at home. The loser? They get nothing, not even a wild card position in the playoffs.
The final week of the NFL season is upon us. Some games mean a lot and some don’t. The San Diego Chargers visit to the Oakland Raiders is a game that definitely means something to one team and it isn’t the Chargers.
The final week of the NFL season sees the Buffalo Bills visit the New England Patriots in an important game for the Patriots. It also happens to be one that is filled with potential intrigue.
The Chicago Bears (7-8) will be facing off against the Minnesota Vikings (3-12) at Mall of America Field. Both teams are eliminated from playoff contention for this season, but this NFC north division rivalry is something each of them look forward to. The Chicago Bears are currently on a five game losing streak, while Minnesota has been struggling all season.