January 3, 2009: College Football's Final Four

It certainly doesn't have the same flair as the NCAA Final 4 for college basketball, but we are down the the final four of college football games today of the 2008-09 bowl season. Over the next six days, four more games will be played, starting today with the International Bowl from Toronto, Canada.

2009 International Bowl: Connecticut (7-5) vs. Buffalo (8-5):

The fifth place Big East team, the UConn Huskies, will square off with the champions of the MAC title game, the Buffalo Bulls. UConn is playing in back-to-back bowl games in the school's history. Of course, they joined the FBS in 2002. Buffalo coach Turner Gill, in his 3Rd season as a head coach, is leading the Bulls to their first bowl game ever. UConn is 1-1 in bowl games and won the 2004 Motor City Bowl over a MAC opponent, Toledo 39-10.

Cidsports' prediciton for the 2009 International Bowl:

Connecticut 25

Buffalo 17

If you are going to have a post-January bowl game between a 7-5 and 8-5 team, I guess it is appropriate that the game is played outside the United States?

• January 5, 2009: Texas (11-1) vs. Ohio State (10-2) in the Fiesta Bowl
• January 6, 2009: Tulsa (10-3) vs. Ball State (12-1) in the GMAC Bowl
• January 8, 2009: Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Florida (12-1) in the BCS Championship Game

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Why do I support John McCain over Barack Obama for president.

One reason is we need checks and balances in government. Clearly, the Democrats are going to earn more seats in the Senate and House in the 2008 Election.

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