Holiday Bowl - Texas vs. Arizona State - Thursday 8:00 p.m. (EST)
Suzanne Haliburton of the Austin American-Statesman writes how Texas head coach Mack Brown worked his team hard before this year's Holiday Bowl..... "Four years ago — the last time his Longhorns played in the Holiday Bowl — Texas coach Mack Brown knew something was
wrong two days before the team took on Washington State. Practice was void of emotion." ..... Jeff Metcalfe of the Arizona Republic offers a preview of tonight's Holiday Bowl.... "It's not where you play a bowl game, Texas coach Mack Brown said, but who you play. Arizona State has plenty of respect for Texas, its opponent in Thursday's 30th annual Holiday Bowl. The Longhorns were national champions two years ago and are trying for their seventh consecutive 10-win-or-better season and a school-record fourth consecutive bowl victory." ....
College Football News's Pete Fiutak previews tonight's Texas-Arizona State game....
Champs Sports Bowl - Michigan State vs. Boston College - Friday 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Spartan beat reporter Joe Rexrode of the Lansing State Journal writes how Michigan State will be without their top sack master..... "Senior defensive end Jonal Saint-Dic, a first-team All-Big Ten selection and second team All-American, is academically ineligible for Friday's Champs Sports Bowl." ....
The Boston Globe's Matt Blaudschun writes about how the Boston College seniors will be ending a good era in BC football.... "Twelve of the 17 started for the Eagles, comprising the bulk of a senior class that compiled a 38-12 record, the best in school history. The group has never lost a bowl game, part of an NCAA-best seven straight bowl victories." ....
BCS Title Game - #2 LSU vs. #1 Ohio State - January 7
Columbus Dispatch reporter Garrett Downing writes about what swag the Buckeye players will be taking home with them from the BCS title game.... "When the Ohio State University football team earned a bid to the national championship game, the players could cross some items off their Christmas wish lists." ....
New Orleans Times Picayune's James Varney writes about LSU defense coordinator Bo Pelini and his days as a Buckeye..... "He said this week he remembers the atmosphere at Tiger Stadium in 1987, when No. 7 Ohio State and No. 4 LSU battled to a 13-13 tie, and he remembered LSU defensive end Karl Dunbar deflecting a 47-yard field-goal attempt in the final seconds that would have won the game for the Buckeyes. The next year in Ohio Stadium, when Ohio State scored 16 points in the final 1:56 to shock the No. 9 Tigers, Pelini said, "We probably shouldn't have won that game." ....
Strip clubs in Texas
If you plan on going to a strip club in Texas, starting in 2008, you will have a $5.00 tax added to your admission.... "The group of Texas strip clubs fighting an upcoming $5-per-customer fee is focusing on what it calls an unconstitutional tax, and, at least for now, is setting aside its First Amendment argument." .....
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