Yesterday in Sports: New Years

The first ever College Football Playoff semi-final games took place yesterday. Before these games could start there were some other important bowls, They were Cotton, Citrus, and Outback bowls. All three of these bowls featured ranked teams. In the Outback Bowl Wisconsin beat Auburn 34-31. Heisman finalist Melvin Gordon rushed for over 250 yards with 3 TDs. The game would go to OT tied 31-31. Auburn would miss a field goal giving Wisconsin the win.

The Citrus Bowl was a good one...until the fourth quarter. Minnesota trailed 17-19 to Missouri heading into the fourth but failed to score then. Missouri would score two fourth quarter TDs giving them a 33-17 win.

The Cotton Bowl was a thriller. It featured two loss Michigan State and One loss Baylor. The game was tied at 14 after the first quarter but then Baylor went off and took a 41-21 lead heading into the fourth. Michigan State scored twice in the fourth to make it 41-35, however, Baylor had the ball with under 5 minutes left and was lined up to kick a with just over a minute left, but they were blocked giving MSU the ball with 1:05 left. They then had a 81 yard drive for a TD with 17 seconds left giving them a 42-41 lead and winning the game.

Now, onto the semi-finals. The first of the semis was the Rose Bowl where Oregon took on Florida State. Heading into the half Oregon lead FSU 18-13. After exchanging second half TDs ORE then lead 25-20. Oregon then went off scoring 5 straight touchdowns, winning the game 59-20. Oregon then had to wait until the Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Ohio State was over to see who they will play in the National Championship.

The Sugar Bowl was much tighter than the Rose Bowl. Alabama lead 21-20 heading into the half, however OSU was not done. By the end of the third OSU was up 34-28. The two exchanged fourth quarter TDs then Alabama had the ball with a minute and a half left. With no time remaining Bama would be picked off on the hail mary and lose the game 42-35. Ohio State will play Oregon on January 12 for the National Championship.

The 7th annual Winter Classic took place in the NHL yesterday between the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks. The Caps jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead but it was tied 2-2 going into the third. At 19:47 of the third Troy Brouwer scored a goal for Washington to give them their second winter classic victory.

Yesterday in Sports: New Year's Eve

Yesterday there were 3 big College Football bowls, all of which were blowouts. In all 3 games the team who scored first not only won, but lead for the whole game. The Peach Bowl featured TCU and Ole miss, both top 10 teams. The two teams combined for 45 points, however, TCU scored 42 of them. Ole Miss did not score until the fourth quarter and had more turnovers (4) than points (3).

The two teams playing in the Fiesta bowl were Boise State and Arizona. Boise State went into halftime leading 31-17, however they fell apart in the second half. Entering the fourth the score was 38-27 but Boise managed to hold on for a 38-30 win.

In the Orange Bowl Mississippi State took on Georgia Tech. It looked like GT would be winning 21-13 heading into the half but a 42 yard TD pass with no time left made the score 21-20 stating the second half. Unfortunately for MSST they played terrible in the second half and lost 49-34.

Yesterday in Sports: 12/30/14

Yesterday was a very quiet day in sports. There was one firing in the NFL as the Jaguars fired their OC Jedd Fisch. The Jaguars have had a lot of bad seasons recently and look to bounce back sometime soon. Also in the NFL Ndamukong Suh won the appeal of his suspension and will be able to play in Detroit's game against the Cowboys on Sunday.

The MLB off season made some more news yesterday when the Rays signed Asdrubal Cabrera to 1 year deal. Later in the day the Mariners traded Brandon Maurer to the Padres for Seth Smith. He will add some depth to Seattle's outfield.

Their were three bowls yesterday, the first one being the Music City Bowl featured Notre Dame and LSU. ND would win the game 31-28 on a game winning field goal. Boh teams finish their disappointing seasons 8-5. The Belk Bowl featured two ranked teams in Louisville and Georgia. Georgia RB Nick Chubb rushed for 267 yards leading the Bulldogs to a 37-14 win.The final bowl was the Foster Farms bowl featuring Stanford and Maryland. Stanford finished their disappointing season beating Maryland 45-21 and taking home the bowl.

Yesterday in Sports: 12/29/14

Yesterday is known as Black Monday across the football world. Black Monday is the day after the NFL regular season ends and many coaches and GMs are fired. This year all the firings came as expected. The Jets fired HC Rex Ryan and GM John Idzik. The Jets finished 4-12 this year, a lot due to their terrible QB play by Geno Smith and Mike Vick. 

The Bears not only fired their GM (Phil Emery) and HC (Marc Trestman) but they also fired their OC, Aaron Kromer. The Bears were 5-11 this year. Their QB, Jay Cutler, was horrible and is being way over paid. The Falcons also fired their HC, Mike Smith after a tough season. 

Jim Harbaugh was hired by Michigan yesterday after parting ways with the 49ers on Sunday. Harbaugh should be a big boost to Michigan who had a very poor seaso this year.  

Yesterday in Sports: 12/28/14

The NFL brought us an exciting day of football yesterday. The Final AFC Wild Card spot was up for grabs and four teams could have won it, and two of them were paying each other. The Chargers, Chiefs, Ravens and Texans all could have possibly ended up with the final spot, but only one could prevail. If the Chargers won they would get the spot, however the Chargers were playing the Chiefs, who also needed a win to keep their season alive. However San Diego was in luck because backup QB Chase Daniel was starting for KC due to an injury to regular starter, Alex Smith. Yet, Sand Diego would still lose the game, 19-7. The Chargers has lots of chances to score at the end of the game including having the ball 3 times with under 10 minutes left. Although Kansas City won, knocking San Diego out they still needed help. They still needed Baltimore and Houston to lose, lets see how they did.

Houston played against the 3-12 Jaguars, a game they should easily win, except Houston-like KC, was not only on their backup QB but their third QB, Case Keenum. Houston was able to win 23-17 partially due to an amazing defensive performance by JJ Watt. Watt had 6 tackles (4 for a loss) and 3 sacks (including a safety towards the end of the fourth quarter.) With the Texans win the Chiefs were then eliminated from the playoffs leaving the final spot up for grabs between Houston and Baltimore. If the Ravens could beat the Browns they would be headed to the playoffs. Cleveland was winning 10-3 heading in to the fourth quarter but a 17-0 fourth quarter lead but Joe Flacco's 2 TD passes.

Later in the day Green Bay would beat Detroit, the Steelers would beat the Bengals, and the Seahawks would beat the Rams. The table was then set and the playoffs look like this:

Team (My Prediction)
Cardinals (20) @ Panthers (16)
Ravens (20) @ Steelers(31)
Bengals(17) @ Colts(23)
Lions(13) @ Cowboys(31)

Byes: Patriots, Broncos, Seahawks, Packers.
The Playoffs start next week.
 *Note: The Buccaneers will have the first pick of the 2015 NFL draft due to their loss and will likely select Marcus Mariota.

Yesterday in Sports: 12/27/14

Hey guys, sorry for my lack of posting lately, hopefully it won't happen again.

Yesterday in College Football there were five bowls. The Military Bowl featured Cincinnati and Virginia Tech. The first half was close as VT was winning 13-10 when it concluded, however VT outscored Cincinnati by 13 points in the second half to take the win, 33-17. This is Tech's first bowl win since 2012.

In the Sun Bowl Duke took on Arizona State. At the end of the first half Jamison Crowder of Duke returned a punt for 68 yards which made the score 20-17 ASU going into the half. Duke would fall short in the end, despite a strong fourth quarter. The final score was 36-31. This is ASU's third Sun Bowl win.

The Independence Bowl was a good one, as Miami and South Carolina battled it out. Pharoh Cooper of South Carolina had 170 of South Carolina's 284 receiving yards in the game. Although SC was outscored by 8 in the second half they still won 24-21 due to their dominant first half. This marks SC's fourth straight year with a bowl win.

In the 5th annual Pinstripe bowl Penn State took on Boston College. BC, at one point up 21-7 kicked a field goal to go ahead 24-21 with about two minutes left, then PSU marched down the field and tied the game with 20 seconds left. In OT BC scored a TD on their first possession but then missed the PAT. PSU then scored a TD and made the PAT, giving them a 31-30 win.This was PSU's firts bowl game since the 2011 season due to sanctions, and first bowl win since the 2009 season.

In the a high scoring Holiday Bowl USC beat Nebraska 45-42. There was over 1,000 offensive yards in the game including 152 rush yards by Javorius Allen. Since the 2006 season USC is 6-1 in Bowl Games.

In NCAAB undefeated Kentucky handed rival Louisville their first loss of the season, winning 58-50. Kentucky is 13-0 while Louisville is now 11-1.

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I will not be posting over the holidays...next post december 26.