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A pair of teams who had hoped to be playing for the BCS National Championship will instead square off in the 2013 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, as the Oregon Ducks do battle with the Kansas State Wildcats on Thursday, Jan. 3.Both teams went 11-1 during the regular season, but K-State won its conference (Big 12), while Oregon failed to reach its league's title tilt (Pac-12).Oregon is just the fourth team in history to appear in four or more consecutive BCS bowl games -- USC (2003-09), Ohio State (2006-11) and Miami- Florida (2001-04) being the others. The Ducks, under the tutelage of Chip Kelly, are 2-2 in BCS bowl games, which includes a 38-16 win over Colorado in their only previous trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Overall, UO is 10-15 in bowl games, with 18 of those 25 bouts taking place since 1990.Kelly has set the bar extremely high since taking the reins in Eugene back in 2009, his teams amassing an impressive 45-7 record, 33-3 in conference. Even with the unprecedented success his teams have ach...
The Oregon Ducks enter the offseason with uncertainty over coach Chip Kelly's continued tenure and possible NCAA sanctions.But at the same time the team faces a futu...
Fifth-ranked Oregon was awarded a 1-point safety on an obscure rule against No. 7 Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota...
Living in the moment served Kansas State well this season. The seventh-ranked Wildcats rose to No. 1 in the BCS standings, won the Big 12 title and reached the Fiest...
High jumper Brigetta Barrett is finishing her career at Arizona on quite a few high notes.From singing the national anthem at the 2013 Fiesta Bowl to capturing 24 st...
There weren't many people, perhaps not any, that gave Louisville much of a chance in the Sugar Bowl a year ago.Though the Cardinals were ranked No. 22 in the country...
Some of the greatest players have had to wait decades after becoming eligible to get the call from the College Football Hall of Fame.Tommie Frazier's selection Tuesd...
Heisman Trophy winners Vinny Testaverde of Miami-Florida, Ron Dayne of Wisconsin and Danny Wuerffel of Florida highlight the 2013 Football Bowl Subdivision class for...
Oregon and Kansas State were atop the BCS standings just two weeks ago, each needing two wins for a likely trip to the BCS championship.Those plans were derailed qui...
At the cost of a $1 million fine, the Fiesta Bowl will keep its place in the Bowl Championship Series.The BCS presidential oversight committee imposed the penalty We...
The Fiesta Bowl will be asked to justify its inclusion in the BCS after organizers for the Arizona game fired president and CEO John Junker for "an apparent scheme" ...
The Fiesta Bowl will be allowed to remain part of the Bowl Championship Series , though it must pay a $1 million fine for apparent illegal campaign contributions and...
The head of the BCS put the Fiesta Bowl on notice Wednesday: "Follow the letter of the law" or lose its place in college football's lucrative championship system.BCS...
Kansas State and Oregon lost on the same day in November, all but ending their national championship hopes.The Wildcats and Ducks ended up with a nice consolation pr...
De'Anthony Thomas opened the Fiesta Bowl with a scintillating kickoff return and Marcus Mariota accounted for three touchdowns, as Oregon controlled Kansas State, 35...
A group critical of the BCS is challenging the legality of a contract that calls for the Fiesta Bowl to receive more than $8 million over 20 years from an Arizona vi...
The former longtime executive director of the Fiesta Bowl has pled guilty to a felony count of solicitation to commit fraud schemes.John Junker, who was fired in Mar...
The former top executive of the Fiesta Bowl has reached a plea deal with Arizona prosecutors to settle allegations related to a political donations scandal.Arizona A...
KANSAS ST. (11-1) 51 Missouri St. 9 52 Miami 13 35 North Texas 21 24 at Oklahoma 19 56 Kansas 16 27 at Iowa St. 21 55at West Virginia 14 55 Texas Tech 24 44 Oklahoma...
Jan. 2, 2012 — Oklahoma State 41, Stanford 38, OTJan. 1, 2011 — Oklahoma 48, UConn 20Jan. 4, 2010 — Boise State 17, TCU 10Jan. 5, 2009 — Texas 24, Ohio State 21Jan. ...