Butler Is Back In The Final Four

1985 was the first year the NCAA Tournament expanded to a field of 64 with the only format changes since then being that of play-in-games. In that year, 8-seeded Villanova went to the Final Four, and ultimately won the NCAA Tournament in what is considered one of the greatest NCAA Tournament upsets of all time. Since that time, only 3 other teams seeded 8th (and 0 seeded 9th) advanced to the Final Four: North Carolina in 2000, Wisconsin in 2000, Butler in 2011. North Carolina and Wisconsin both bowed out in the Final Four that year. There is a reason this is a rare occurrence. The 8 or the 9 seed is literally the worst possible draw in the NCAA Tournament. If Butler beats the winner of Kansas/VCU, they will do something that has not been done in 26 years: advance to the Final Four as an 8-seed. Best of luck to the Butler Bulldogs, for when they take the court next Saturday in Houston, they will be up against some very sacred NCAA Tournament history.

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FBS Bowl Game Schedule (UPDATED WITH ANNOUNCERS)

Who's excited for some bowl games? As always, there are some good looking bowl games (Utah vs. Boise State, Air Force-Georgia Tech, Miami (FL) vs. Notre Dame), with others that frankly I think we could all careless about (Ohio vs. Troy, Illinois vs. Baylor, Florida International vs. Toledo). With that being said, here is your schedule for all 35 bowl games arranged and ordered by day. (all times ET)

December 18
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM): Brigham Young vs. Texas-El Paso 2:00 (ESPN - Bob Wischusen and Bob Griese, SR: Jenn Brown)
Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, ID): Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State 5:30 (ESPN - Carter Blackburn, Mike Bellotti, and Brock Huard, SR: Shelley Smith)
New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, LA): Ohio vs. Troy 9:00 (ESPN - Mark Neely and Robert Smith, SR: Quint Kessenich)

December 21
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (St. Petersburg, FL): Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville 8:00 (ESPN - Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, and Mark May, SR: Rob Stone)

December 22
Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, NV): Utah vs. Boise State 8:00 (ESPN - Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, SR: Tom Rinaldi)

December 23
Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA): San Diego State vs. Navy 8:00 (ESPN - Mike Patrick and Craig James, SR: Holly Rowe)

December 24
Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI): Hawaii vs. Tulsa 8:00 (ESPN - Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham, SR: Shelley Smith)

December 26
Little Caesars Bowl (Detroit, MI): Florida International vs. Toledo 8:30 (ESPN - Dave Lamont and JC Pearson, SR: Quint Kessenich)

December 27
Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA): Air Force vs. Georgia Tech 5:00 (ESPN2 - Mark Jones and Bob Davie, SR: Eamon McAnaney)

December 28
Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando, FL): North Carolina State vs. West Virginia 6:30 (ESPN - Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore, SR: Rob Stone)
Insight Bowl (Tempe, AZ): Missouri vs. Iowa 10:00 (ESPN - Sean McDonough and Matt Millen, SR: Heather Cox)

December 29
Military Bowl (Washington, D.C.): East Carolina vs. Maryland 2:30 (ESPN - Pam Ward and Danny Kanell, SR: Quint Kessenich)
Texas Bowl (Houston, TX): Illinois vs. Baylor 6:00 (ESPN - Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, and Chris Spielman, SR: Holly Rowe)
Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX): Arizona vs. Oklahoma State 9:15 (ESPN - Rece Davis, Craig James, and Jesse Palmer, SR: Jenn Brown)

December 30
Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas, TX): Army vs. Southern Methodist 12:00 (ESPN - Beth Mowins and Ray Bentley, SR: Jon Berger)
Pinstripe Bowl (New York, NY): Kansas State vs. Syracuse 3:20 (ESPN - Bob Wischusen and Brian Griese, SR: Eamon McAnaney)
Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN): North Carolina vs. Tennessee 6:40 (ESPN - Mark Jones and Bob Davie, SR: Cara Capuano)
Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA): Washington vs. Nebraska 10:00 (ESPN - Chris Fowler and Erin Andrews, SR: Erin Andrews)

December 31
Meineke Car Care Bowl (Charlotte, NC): South Florida vs. Clemson 12:00 (ESPN - Carter Blackburn, Mike Bellotti, and Brock Huard, SR: Shannon Spake)
Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX): Miami (FL) vs. Notre Dame 2:00 (CBS - Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, SR: Tracy Wolfson)
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN): Central Florida vs. Georgia 3:30 (ESPN - Charlie Neal and Andre Ware, SR: Cara Capuano)
Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta, GA): South Carolina vs. Florida State 7:30 (ESPN - Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham, SR: Jeannine Edwards)

January 1
TicketCity Bowl (Dallas, TX): Northwestern vs. Texas Tech 12:00 (ESPNU - Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, and Chris Spielman, SR: Quint Kessenich)
Outback Bowl (Tampa, FL): Florida vs. Penn State 1:00 (ABC - Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)
Capital One Bowl (Orlando, FL): Michigan State vs. Alabama 1:00 (ESPN - Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge, SR: Holly Rowe)
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL): Mississippi State vs. Michigan 1:30 (ESPN2 - Mike Patrick and Craig James, SR: Todd Harris)
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA): Wisconsin vs. Texas Christian 5:00 (ESPN - Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, SR: Erin Andrews)
Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ): Connecticut vs. Oklahoma 8:30 (ESPN - Sean McDonough and Matt Millen, SR: Heather Cox)

January 3
Orange Bowl (Miami, FL): Virginia Tech vs. Stanford 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Michele Tafoya)

January 4
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA): Ohio State vs. Arkansas 8:30 (ESPN - Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge, SR: Holly Rowe)

January 6
GoDaddy.com Bowl (Mobile, AL): Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (OH) 8:00 (ESPN - Carter Blackburn, Mike Bellotti, and Brock Huard, SR: Eamon McAnaney)

January 7
Cotton Bowl (Arlington, TX): Texas A&M vs. Louisiana State 8:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston)

January 8
BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, AL): Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky 12:00 (ESPN - Mike Gleason and John Congemi, SR: Cara Capuano)

January 9
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco, CA): Nevada vs. Boston College 9:00 (ESPN - Mark Jones, Bob Davie, and Rod Gilmore, SR: Quint Kessenich)

January 10
BCS National Championship Game (Glendale, AZ): Auburn vs. Oregon 8:30 (ESPN - Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, SR: Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi)

Where Will Tim Tebow Play His Next Home Football Game? Don't Be Surprised If It's Philly

Before you burst out laughing, this is something I have thought about for a long time. Tim Tebow, arguably the greatest college football players of the decade, may very well end up an Eagle. And the funny part is, it may just make sense. And Reid damn sure would do it.

However, this early speculation depends on one thing happening. The Eagles let Vick go at the end of this year. Unlike some people around these parts, I have nothing against Vick, but the Eagles are only paying Vick $1.6 million. His contract contains only an option next year and that option, should the Eagles pick it up, is worth $5.2 million. If the Eagles do pick up that option, then the chance of Tebow coming here goes down significantly. But, with the lack of production of Vick and his desire to once again be a starting quarterback in the NFL, something he won't be in Philadelphia, he is going to want to go elsewhere and the Eagles may not be giddy to pay someone $5.2 million for 2 plays per game. I'll wish Vick all the best in his future endeavors assuming, but from a football standpoint, Vick has not necessarily been the unstoppable weapon that I think Reid wanted when he coerced the Eagles into signing him.

So if Vick goes, where will the Eagles go from there? For starters, they will only have two quarterbacks on their roster, Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb. Andy Reid may still want a little toy he can play around with.

Who better to fit both billings than Tebow? We all know that Tebow is currently a starting QB at Florida and we also know that the chances of Tebow actually being an everday starting QB in the NFL are quite slim at this point and that his best chances may be playing other positions. It's a perfect fit and a perfect replacement for Vick, and with the Eagles draft position, a real possibility. Look, there is a chance Daniel Snyder or Al Davis trade up to take Tebow in the top 10, undermining everyone, there is no doubt about that. But, if Tebow starts falling to the 20s where a lot of people are expecting him to go at this point, I would really anticipate Andy Reid making a move. I have read no reports that the Eagles are actually interested in such a move, this is all my speculation, but you are absolutely kidding yourselves if you think that this has no chance of happening.

Vick's option is too much for too little on-field production, the Eagles would be without a 3rd string QB, Andy Reid would be without a gadget, and Tebow would be able to do both. And the key word here is Andy Reid. Drafting Tebow is without a doubt something that he would do and if used in the manner that Vick is being used now, I think it might just be stupid enough to work. Just ignore the fact that media constantly develops hard-ones over him and look at what he does, he is a hard-worker, a great person off the field, and is someone who I believe has the capabilities to learn a complicated Eagles offense. If you think this is complete crazy talk, then you may be in for a rude-awakening on draft day.

So the Eagles draft Tebow? I'm not saying it will happen, but you better believe that it is a damn good possibility.

VIDEO OF EPICNESS: Tim Tebow Cries After Losing

Tim Tebow has been hailed by many as one of the greatest leaders in the history of college football. So after losing to #2 Alabama in the SEC championship game and despite knowing that he will still be in the BCS Bowl, what do you think Tebow did after the game? Picked up his team and gave them a motivational speech that there is always tomorrow? Did he tell him to forget about this and encourage them to look forward to the Sugar Bowl, like most leaders would in that situation? No. He sat on the bench and cried.





Awww, poor Timmy! He was so brave and courageous as he tried those tears of defeat!

On the plus side, he can be reunited with his biggest fan, Thom Brennaman in the Sugar Bowl. That should be good times for all.

Today Is A Somber, Somber Day In The Sports World....

.....St. Timmy of Florida is in the hospital after being knocked out of the game on a Taylor Wyndham sack that caused Tebow's head to bounce off the knee of his own offensive linemen knocking him unconscious. Here's the sad, sad video. I hope you have a hankey handy....



NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't Taylor Wyndham realize the dangers of what he might be doing when he heinously put a hit on poor St. Timmy when he was not paying attention. How dare he!!!! How dare he!!!!!! What a cruel heartless bastard!!!!!

And not only that, look at what has happened to Gary Danielson and Thom Brennaman!! Brennaman has lost the will to live and Gary Danielson has drinken 10 bottles of whiskey, in the past 30 minutes in an effort to erase his sorrows from this sad, sad day.

The good news Gator fans, many many Florida fans are lining up at the hospital willing to donate their skulls in order to save St. Timmy of Florida. It may be his only hope......However, even if his life is saved, Wyndham's hit as sadly knocked all of the superhumanness out of him. Instead of The Second Coming of Christ, I am sad to report that most religious experts are willing to concede that Tim Tebow is now the Second Coming of Jonathan Crompton.

Never Trust Someone In An Online Video Game Forum

As I reported in a post earlier this week, someone said that the Madden 2010 soundtrack, of which I eagerly anticipate, would be released Friday at 11:00. Well, it's now Saturday and no soundtrack has been released. Sigh......

Seeing as I'm sure I got a whole lot of hits at the 11:00 hour of all my gamer readers eagerly awaiting a post that never came, I guess I have to find a way to make it up to you. And lucky for you, I have the perfect video to do so! Enjoy the video and I'll get that soundtrack to you........sometime........eventually.....



TIM TEBOW YOU LIAR! We all know what happened between you and Thom Brennaman in the hotel room immediately following the BCS National Championship game!

Disgruntled Illini Fans, Have We Got News For You!

(Guest posted by JamesCraven from The O Files)

FireRonZook.com is finally available.

Yup, the domain that struck fear into the hearts of Florida Gator fans everywhere between The Ol' Ball Coach and Urban Meyer's arrival is finally up for sale. The original web site was started by a bunch of disgruntled Gators fans in a fraternity with a few clicks and $35 in the kitty after a subpar, lackluster 2001 season under the current Illinois coach, and was even featured on PTI and The New York Times a lot. But now, Zook's at Illinois, one the creators has a blog up (on Blogspot coincidentally), Tim Tebow is still Thom Brennaman's man-love crush with Meyer (but not Steve Spurrier), and the domain that started it all is now for sale. It can be yours for a few bucks...but only if The Price is Right

JFein: The website, FireRonZook.com, has been down since April 2008 and while I don't know much about how that kind of stuff works, wouldn't the domain name have been available and/or for sale since then? Sources? Links to a source that this is somehow current news? If not, then this gets taken down. You gotta help me here, JC, I can't find anything.....And the blog that you linked to is NOT the same guy who started FireRonZook.com, hence his username "Not Baghead", meaning he's not "Baghead", the guy who started FireRonZook.com. Here's all of the information that you will ever need to know about the new blog (however, it is from 2006, 2 years before FRZ got taken down; I had mistakenly first thought that FRZ was first taken down in 2006 without reading the whole post as that was the gap in the archives of FRZ.blogspot between his posting of the old FRZ posts from Baghead and the start of NB's blog).

Update from JFein Version 2.0 Either JC channeled his inner me and hallucinated seeing something or his pitch worked.

Thom Brennaman Just Bought A First Class Ticket To Gainesville, Florida

Actually, Thom Brennaman may not make it onto the plane. He'll probably hyperventilate and pass out before he gets on there. Why all of the excitement from Thom Brennaman? It's because Tim Tebow's speech after the 31-30 loss to Ole Miss has been immortalized in a plaque at the University of Florida! Seriously. From the AP

Meyer had Tebow's speech engraved on a plaque and placed outside the front entrance to the new football facility at Florida Field. Although it might seem like a strange move since Tebow still has one year remaining with the Gators, Meyer said he didn't want to wait.

"I'm not interested in 10 years from now because who knows if we're — I might be toes up somewhere," Meyer said Wednesday as Florida opened spring practice. "I'm not a big fan of, 'Hey, let's wait down the road.' It was a speech that everybody in Gator Nation has a right to see on the side of the building."

Tebow's speech was an emotional promise he made after the Rebels upset Florida 31-30 on Sept. 27. Fighting back tears, Tebow vowed that no one would in the nation would work harder than him and his teammates the rest of the year. The Gators responded by running the table and beating Oklahoma 24-14 to win the program's second national title in three years.

And always remember, if you spend 15-20 minutes in Gainesville worshipping this plaque dedicated to Tim Tebow, your life will be better for it!