The Georgia Bulldogs football team arrived in Orlando on Sunday in preparation for the Capital One Bowl On Jan. 1. The team arrived at their hotel near the attractions area around 4:00 p.m. Players joined each other for the first time since Christmas break at the hotel, coming from their respective homes. “I’ve been home about five or six days,” quarterback Aaron Murray said during a press conference at the team hotel. “It’s been real nice to be back in […]
Read MoreFrom tight ends, to rush defense, to leaving assistants and CornDawgs? We take a look at what is happening with the Bulldogs. Georgia tight ends become focal point of the offense Bulldogs looking to improve rush defense before taking on Nebraska Dawgs assistant coach ditches dogs for SEC foe T Kyle King draws comparisons from this Bulldogs team to the 2003 squad A look at next season’s chance for a Bulldog national title The Richt family gives a new meaning to the […]
Read MoreAs the Capital One Bowl approaches, we continue our coverage with a unit-by-unit break down of each team. We start off with the Dawgs’ Defense. National Rankings Total Defense: 27th Scoring Defense: 16th Rushing Defense: 80th Passing Defense: 8th Conference Rankings Total Defense: 6th Scoring Defense: 6th Rushing Defense: 12th Passing Defense: 2nd Play of the Year OLB Jarvis Jones-Florida vs. Georgia With 2 minutes left in the game and Florida driving, Jarvis Jones punches the ball out of Florida […]
Read MoreHere’s the buzz about the Georgia Bulldogs as it heads towards bowl week: Mark Richt and Bo Pelini talk with local media in Orlando Freshman Gurley, Theus grab SEC honors LB Jones earns elite defensive award Take a look at the Dawgs’ escapades in Orlando bowl games Aaron Murray and Ty Frix earn Academic All-American Honors 5-star LB Reuben Foster decommits from Auburn: Georgia back in the hunt There is a little bit of history between Georgia and Nebraska
Read MoreOn behalf of Florida Citrus Sports and its membership, President Chuck Beverly and CEO Steve Hogan have announced that an agreement has been reached with the Southeastern Conference for the Capital One Bowl, extending the current relationship through 2014. The agreement keeps the bowl’s current selection structure in place, with the New Year’s Day stalwart maintaining the slot which grants it the opportunity to select the top non-Bowl Championship Series pick from the league. Florida Citrus Sports officials had announced […]
Read MoreThe Capital One Bowl will continue to host the top non-BCS Big Ten team through 2013, the conference and FCSports announced Tuesday. The renewal for the 2010-2013 college football seasons extends the conference’s second-longest bowl agreement behind the Rose Bowl, a partnership that first began in 1992 and has set one of the Big Ten’s elite teams to Orlando for each of the last 17 years. “The Capital One Bowl has a long-standing relationship with the Big Ten, and we […]
Read MoreThe 2007-08 bowl season was an outstanding one on all fronts for the Capital One Bowl, solidifying the New Years’ Day game’s stronghold as one of college football’s premier postseason events. This year’s contest between Michigan and Florida has been widely-held as the finest game to be played in the ’07-08 postseason and the television and attendance numbers reflect those sentiments. In the recently-released television ratings, the 2008 Capital One Bowl was the highest-rated non-Bowl Championship Series game by a […]
Read MoreBy Dan Ryan FCSports.Com Lloyd Carr went out a winner for his seniors. Michigan’s seniors went out a winner for Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines snapped a four-game bowl losing streak Tuesday, Jan. 1, with a 41-35 Capital One Bowl victory over the Florida Gators before a Florida Citrus Bowl crowd of 69,748 and an ESPN on ABC national television audience in the final appearance for Carr and a senior class that won its first post-season game. MVP Chad Henne threw […]
Read More(AP) Tim Tebow needed only two years of college to graduate to Heisman Trophy winner, putting the sophomore in a class by himself. Florida’s folk-hero quarterback with the rugged running style and magnetic personality won the Heisman on Saturday night to become the first sophomore or freshman to take college football’s most prestigious award. Since 1935, when Jay Berwanger of Chicago won the first Heisman, every winner had been a junior or senior — until Tebow, who picked up quite […]
Read MoreDespite a delayed announcement of its teams, the 2008 Capital One Bowl has reached a sellout Florida Citrus Sports Executive Director Steve Hogan announced today. The bowl reached its normal capacity of 65,438 less than 13 hours after Florida and Michigan were announced as this year’s teams and sold above that capacity as temporary bleacher seats were sold out hours later. “This record sellout is evidence that Orlando is a hotbed for college football,” said Florida Citrus Sports Executive Director […]
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