College Football Tournament Play-In Gm 3

# 66 Northern Illinois Huskies @ # 63 Wyoming Cowboys

Laramie, WY     Kickoff: 7:25pm

This one was one-sided with Northern Illinois crushing Wyoming 65-31.

Players of the Game

NIU: WR (Anthony Scott), 17 Rec 308 Yds 3 TD

Wyoming: MLB (David Richard), 3 Sacks, 1 Int, 7 Tackles

Play-In Gm 2: Minnesota @ UCLA

# 67 Minnesota Golden Gophers @ # 62 UCLA Bruins

Pasadena, CA     Kickoff: 2:50pm

Minnesota takes the opening drive all the way down to the UCLA 2. But, two negative plays lead to a 27-yd FG by (Mike Joseph). Minnesota, 3-0. Minnesota matches UCLA's red zone stand by forcing the Bruins to kick a 24-yd FG. Game tied, 3-3.

In the 2nd quarter Minnesota, again, drives inside the UCLA 10.But, get knocked back to the 19 and kick another FG. This one, a 37-yarder for a 6-3 lead. The Gophers' MLB (John Alston) intercepts an (Eric McCarthy) pass. The Minnesota turns that into a 34-yd FG. The 3rd of the game by (Joseph). Minnesota leads, 9-3. UCLA ends the 1st half with yet another FG, a 44-yd effort by (Mike Davis). At the half, Minnesota leads, 9-6.

The 3rd quarter starts with UCLA fumbling the kickoff & (Doug Kilpatrick) recovering for the Gophers at UCLA's 23. But, they only manage 2 yards and kick their 4th FG of the game from 39 yards out. Minnesota, 12-6. On the next drive, UCLA HB (Jack Reid) fumbles the ball at the Minnesota 29. UCLA has 3 turnovers (1 Int, 2 Fumbles). They do nothing with it and when UCLA gets the ball again, they continue the trend as (Alston) comes up with his 2nd interception of the game. UCLA's DE (Nate Allen) sacks (Scott Willis) for the 3rd time. Minnesota goes for it on 4th & 4 from the Bruins' 37 and complete the pass 1 yard short of the 1st down. On the next play, UCLA QB (McCarthy) throws a 66 yard TD pass to TE (Joey Campbell). The PAT gives UCLA their 1st lead, 13-12.

In the 4th quarter, Minnesota, again, drove into the red zone, but could not get into the end zone. Another FG gives Minnesota the lead back, 15-13 with 5:19 to go. UCLA can't score on their next drive. But, (Willis) throws an interception to UCLA's OLB (David Jones), who returns it 28 yards for a TD. The 2=pt conversion fails and the Bruins lead, 19-15 with 1:50 left. (Willis) throws a backward pass that is not handled, and UCLA CB (Bryan Evans) recovers.The Bruins give it back with their 5th turnover, an interception by FS (Kris Brown) at the Bruins 2 yard line. On Minnesota's 1st play their is a holding penalty in the end zone giving UCLA a safety and 2 points. UCLA leads, 21-15.After the free kick the Bruins run the clock down and punt it to Minnesota at their own 17 with :32 left in the game. The gophers can't gain any ground and the game ends.

Minnesota 15

UCLA 21

Players of the Game

UCLA: DE (Aaron Thompson), 4 sacks

Minnesota: K (Mike Joseph), 5 FG

UCLA will play # 3 overall, TCU in the 1st Round.

Play-In Gm 1: Souther Miss @ Bowling Green

# 65 Southern Miss Golden Eagles @ # 64 Bowling Green Falcons

December 18, 2009     Kickoff: 6:35pm

Southern Miss jumped out to an early lead, going up 10-0.

Bowling Green answered with a FG in the 2nd quarter to go into the 10-3, Southern Miss.

The 2nd half was more of a shootout. The Eagles hit a 35 yd FG to extend their lead to 13-3. Then Bowling green got it going offensively. (Sutherland) threw a 20 yd TD pass to (Marquardt) to close within 3, 13-10. Southern Miss stuck back quickly with a 37 yd TD run by the QB (Britt). 20-10, Southern Miss. After the Falcons threw an interception, Southern Miss led a 10-play drive that ended with a 40 yard FG to go ahead 23-10. Bowling Green comes back with a quick score of their own, a 55 yd TD pass from (Sutherland) to (McClain). Southern Miss' lead is cut to 23-17. Then Southern Miss matches that score with a 55 yard run by (Donaldson) for the score. 30-17 Southern Miss at the end of 3 quarters.

In the 4th quarter, Bowling Green picked up where they left off in the 3rd, with a drive & 7 yard TD run by (Henry). Southern Miss still leads, 30-24. Bowling Green stopped the Eagles' next drive & got the ball back with a chance to go ahead for the 1st time in the game. The Falcons drive to the S. Miss 46. (Sutherland) goes into the shotgun. He hands it off to Henry, who takes it all the way to the end zone for the go ahead TD with 3:33 left on the clock. S. Miss can't get untracked and is forced to punt. Bowling Green runs the clock all the way down to 30 seconds. S. Miss gets the ball back, but can not get even a 1st down and the game ends with a Bowling Green sack.

Southern Miss 30

Bowling Green 31

Players of the Game: HB (K. Henry), Bowling Green

QB (Britt), Southern Miss

Bowling Green has played their way into a matchup with # 1 overall seed, Alabama in the 1st Round.

College Football Tournament

For those of you who enjoyed my Fantasy Wrestling Tournament, I hope you enjoy this, but I know some of you could care less. I will try to come up with something wrestling related in the near future, but I needed to switch things up & was inspired by the upcoming College Football Bowl season. So, stick around if you like.

I, like so many others, can't stand the BCS College Football Championship format. So, really just for entertainment, I am going to conduct my own tournament using my PS2 & NCAA Football 08 (yeah,I'm poor & can't afford the new game.) I have included all 68 teams involved in Bowl games just to make it interesting. I used a combination of rankings found online to seed the teams. To even out the teams, I have 8 teams playing so-called play-in games. So, if you come across this & want to participate, help yourself. You can predict winners of each game & comment on the results or match ups.

Here is the link to the Tournament bracket:

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=344739&tclass=