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Outback Bowl and College Bowl Games News
Local Sports Notebook: Five from Spring Valley perform at Outback Bowl Five members of the Spring Valley Just for Kicks dance team got to perform at the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2. The college bowl game was held in Tampa Bay, Fla., and five 15-year-old girls Great Lakes Bay advertisement featured in Super Bowl program The Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, in partnership with the Holland Convention and Visitors Bureau, has purchased a full-page advertisement in this year's official Super Bowl program. Local Sports Sometime in the second half or overtime of the Michigan State-Georgia Outback Bowl game last Monday, when the Spartans appeared headed for another postseason defeat, I couldn't help myself. Bowl Game Attendance in 2011 Declines 2.5 Percent From Last Season Fans weren't clamoring to toast mediocrity. Bowl games bring tourism dollars to St. Petersburg By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, February 3, 2012 The Super Bowl is, of course, the golden egg of economic impact. Studies over the years show the average fan stays four nights in the host city and spends $1,500 to $2,000. About 68,000 fans will fill Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis tonight. Another 50,000 people without tickets will come to town just to be part of all the ... College Football Bowl Games: Finding Each Game's Classic, Part III Part II of this series ended with Georgia's classic victory over Virginia in the 1998 Peach Bowl. In our final installment, we take a look back at all the bowls that will take place on Jan. 2 or later this year and find the best game for each. In order to maintain consistency, the year noted in each bowl game will be the season it represents: For example, the Rose Bowl in 1962 is actually the ... Area Entertainment Briefs - Jan. 12 Brainerd dancers perform at Outback Bowl Brainerd Just For Kix sent 18 dancers to perform in the Jan. 2 pre-game and half-time Outback Bowl game in Tampa, Fla., between Michigan State and Georgia with Michigan winning in triple overtime. CAPUTO: Bowl game pressure much greater on Michigan State than Michigan WITH VIDEO Bowl games are often referred to as a reward for a terrific season. Best and worst from the SEC bowl season Let’s review some of the highs and lows of the bowl season: Best performance: Even in a loss, there was no topping Georgia’s Brandon Boykin. The senior cornerback certainly did his part in the Bulldogs’ 33-30 triple-overtime setback to Michigan State in the Outback Bowl. He scored three different ways, starting with a safety when he tackled Keshawn Martin in the end zone. He then returned a punt ... Urban Meyer calls Joe Paterno 'one of his closest friends' Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer’s last game as Florida’s coach was the 2011 Outback Bowl against Joe Paterno, who died on Sunday of cancer complications at age 85. |