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The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, formerly known as the Texas Bowl, is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that was held for the first time in 2006 in Houston, Texas.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Mikel Leshoure isn't sure whether he'll declare for the NFL draft or return to Illinois for his senior season.
But if Wednesday night's Texas Bowl ends up being his college send-off it will certainly be remembered as a good one.Leshoure ran for 184 yards and a career-high three touchdowns and set five school records as Illinois earned its first bowl victory since 1999, beating Baylor 38-14.The Illini spoiled the Bears' first bowl appearance in 16 seasons. Both teams finished at 7-6.Leshoure had a 5-yard TD run in the second quarter, a 13-yard score in the third quarter and another 5-yard touchdown run in the fourth period.The performance gave him school records for single-season rushing yards (1,697), single-season scoring (122 points), total touchdowns in a season (20), 100-yard rushing game in a season (9) and consecutive 100-yard rushing games (5)."I can't even really put it into words," he said. "First of all winning and ... now that it's the end of the season and I found out I brok...6 overall and 4 league mark. Most of 6) in mid-October. Illinois never won or lost more 14 win over Baylor in the Texas Bowl , the program's first bowl victory since...
6 mark in 2010, but the season started off much better than it ended, and the Bears are hoping to kick off the 2011 campaign on a positive note after suffering setba...
Taking top-billing on Friday night, the 14th- ranked TCU Horned Frogs begin their final season in the Mountain West Conference as they challenge fellow Lone Star Sta...
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Kenny Tate stopped Ricky Dobbs at the goal line with 34 seconds left, and Maryland stunned in-state rival Navy 17-14 on Monday to break a seven-game losing streak th...
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Mikel LeShoure spent 2010 making a name for himself, breaking Illinois' single-season rushing record with 330 yards of it coming on one unreal November day.The junio...
The Post Bar and Grill has 16 beers on tap, 22 flat screens and 70 fantasy leagues. Even better, all three of the state's football teams are actually watchable.Misso...
Congratulations! Your coach got fired. Here's a bowl bid.That would be you, Pittsburgh Panthers and Miami Hurricanes .Then there are those playing in the postseason ...
Gone are the days when Navy's definition of a successful season was a victory over Army.Defeating their longtime military rival is always a priority for the Midshipm...
The Big 12 meets the Big East, as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are set to take on the Cyclones of Iowa State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium .Iowa Sta...
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers must have been serious about finding a new coach from the college ranks.After a strong flirtation with Oregon's Chip Kelly last weekend, the...
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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Purdue Boilermakers will meet in this year's Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.Western Michigan of th...
Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III has decided to enter the NFL draft.The exciting dual-threat quarterback is bypassing his senior season at Baylor and is proj...
MarQueis Gray rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another score, guiding Minnesota past backsliding Illinois 27-7 on Saturday in the season finale ...
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