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Oct 02, 2014

Big Ten & SEC Week Six Preview

Early on in the season, members of the Florida Citrus Sports Team Selection Committee are out on the road to meet with fans of our partner schools to spread the word about our brand-new home field opening for the 2014 bowl season. This weekend, we’ll be at ten notable games featuring teams from our partner conferences*: Tennessee (2-2, 0-1 SEC) hosts Florida (2-1, 1-1 SEC) for a conference clash as the Gators head back on the road for their second-straight […]

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Sep 22, 2014

#ClickBait, Week 5: A Brilliant Band Director, Extreme Tailgates, and Maryland’s Perfect Use Of Emojis

#Clickbait is our weekly recap of the most viral content from/about the Big Ten and SEC. Keep up with the latest buzzworthy stories, pictures, and other cool stuff as we prepare for Week 5. Before we get into this week’s news, don’t forget to follow florida.citrus.sports on Instagram for the latest stadium updates and bowl game preparations! Reading Material The SEC boasts a pair of early Heisman contenders in Georgia’s Todd Gurley and Alabama’s Amari Cooper. So…which one would you […]

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Sep 16, 2014

Big Ten & SEC Week Four Preview

Early on in the season, members of the Florida Citrus Sports Team Selection Committee are out on the road to meet with fans of our partner schools to spread the word about our brand-new home field opening for the 2014 bowl season.   This weekend, we’ll be at six notable games featuring teams from our partner conferences*:   Michigan (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) concludes its non-conference schedule when Utah (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) hits the road for the first time this […]

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Sep 16, 2014

Capital One Bowl Projection Round-Up, Week 4

Mark Schlabach (ESPN): LSU vs. Ohio State Brett McMurphy (ESPN): Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin ESPN Big Ten & SEC Blog: Auburn vs. Penn State Jerry Palm (CBSSports): LSU vs. Ohio State Bill Bender (Sporting News): LSU vs. Nebraska Brant Parsons (Orlando Sentinel): LSU vs. Ohio State Phil Steele: Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin   After an upset-filled weekend of college football, the experts only made a few changes to their bowl picks. Of the four experts who chose LSU vs. Ohio […]

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Sep 09, 2014

Capital One Bowl Projection Round-Up, Week 3

Mark Schlabach (ESPN):                                             LSU vs. Ohio State Brett McMurphy (ESPN):                                            Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin ESPN Big Ten & SEC Blog:                                      […]

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Sep 03, 2014

Capital One Bowl Projection Round-Up, Week 2

Jerry Palm (CBSSports) – LSU vs. Nebraska Brett McMurphy (ESPN) – Mississippi State vs. Ohio State Mark Schlabach (ESPN) – Auburn vs. Wisconsin Bill Bender (Sporting News) – LSU vs. Nebraska ESPN SEC/Big Ten Blogs – Texas A&M vs. Nebraska Brant Parsons (Orlando Sentinel) – LSU vs. Ohio State After one week of action, the LSU Tigers and Nebraska Cornhuskers are the early favorites for Orlando, with each receiving three predictions (including two, Jerry Palm and Bill Bender, who picked […]

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Dec 04, 2013

SEC Selection Snapshots

Missouri makes it first appearance in the SEC Championship game this weekend facing Auburn in a matchup of top five teams. Both teams are also in the running for the Capital One Bowl along with Alabama, LSU and South Carolina. Depending on where the SEC’s expected two BCS bids fall, here’s a snapshot look at the five teams in contention for the SEC’s slot in the New Year’s Day bowl. Teams are listed alphabetically. No. 4 Alabama Record: 11-1 (7-1 […]

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Nov 21, 2013

Weekend Spotlight: Texas A&M at LSU

No. 12 Texas A&M (8-2, 4-2 SEC) at No. 22 LSU (7-3, 3-3 SEC) LSU leads the series 28-19-3 (Last Meeting October 20, 2012: LSU 24, Texas A&M 19) Quarterback Johnny Manziel makes his first visit to Tiger Stadium as the Aggies travel to LSU for a Saturday afternoon SEC showdown.  With a win, Manziel would have a victory in every road SEC West venue in his less than two years as a starting quarterback.  However, LSU has lost only […]

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Nov 12, 2013

Week Eleven Projections

Mark Schlabach (ESPN) – Wisconsin vs. South Carolina Brad Edwards (ESPN) – Michigan State vs. South Carolina Scout.com/CollegeFootballNews.com – Wisconsin vs. Auburn Jerry Palm – Wisconsin vs. Texas A&M ESPN Big Ten & SEC Blogs – Wisconsin vs. South Carolina Big Ten Network– Wisconsin vs. Missouri SB Nation– Wisconsin vs. Texas A&M Athlon Sports– Wisconsin vs. Texas A&M Sporting News– Wisconsin vs. South Carolina Orlando Sentinel– Michigan State vs. Missouri Stewart Mandel/SI– Wisconsin vs. South Carolina USA Today– Michigan State […]

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Nov 07, 2013

Weekend Spotlight: LSU at Alabama

No. 13 LSU (7-2, 3-2 SEC) at No. 1 Alabama (8-0, 5-0 SEC) Alabama leads the series 47-25-5 (Last meeting November 3, 2012: Alabama 21, LSU 13) LSU heads to Tuscaloosa this weekend for its 77th matchup with Alabama in the series that back to 1895. The game has perennially been between two of the top teams in the country as Alabama and LSU have combined to win four of the past six BCS National Championships. This will be the […]

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