Today happens to be Humbug Day (the day you are supposed to be grumpy and mean, and get all of that out of your system before the actual Christmas holiday). It also happens to be the day when three Mountain West teams have bowl games. Here’s a rundown of them so far.
New Mexico Bowl
Colorado State (the Rams) have been playing waaay above themselves, and are actually looking good against Washington State. With two minutes left in the game, they are down 45-37, and have a chance to positively respond to a possible turnover by the Cougs. They have been representing the MWC pretty well. Good for them.
Update: CSU just scored. Needs a 2-point conversion to tie. WaSU uses their last timeout. Wow – the Rams run Statue Left. Called no good at first, after the review it’s obvious he hit the pylon. We are tied. CSU kicks off – fumble! CSU kicks winning field goal.
Wow. Good for you Colorado State!
Las Vegas Bowl
Fresno, on the other hand, is doing what they always do – f**k up a big game. It’s right after halftime, and the Bulldogs are down to USC 35-13. Man, why does Fresno always do this?
Eh, 3rd quarter’s almost over. USC 38, Fresno 13.
Update: Fresno laid an egg. Again. USC 45 Fresno 20. Figures.
Potato Bowl
Well, I guess it’s started, but ESPN hasn’t yet jumped to it because the New Mexico bowl is still going.
Ah, now we’re here…
End of first quarter, SDSU is up 7-0. Looking positive. The Aztecs are playing their usual brand of smash-mouth, and are doing pretty well. (Boy, they cleaned the snow off the blue turf. Not a trace from what I can see).
Update: Wow. San Diego rolled Buffalo. 49-24, and it wasn’t really that close. Good job SDSU. So, does that indicate the MWC just might be better than the MAC?
Joe Southwick
is out for BSU. First, suspended for a practice in Hawaii, then sent back home on a plane. Stupid. Patti was also suspended for the practice, but was reinstated (apparently).
Given the fact that Southwick was sent back home, I’m guessing he may have been arrested or something like that, rather than just violating team or curfew rules.
I’m not thinking we’re going to have much of a day against Oregon State on Tuesday.
Final Score
So, the Mountain West went 2-1 today. Maybe not so humbug after all!
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Can You Name All The D-1 College Football Programs And Put Them In Their Conferences? Name all the D-1 teams and put them in their correct conferences. Don’t use a website. Extra points if you can name all the mascots as well. Good Luck!
View CommentAtlantic Coast
Atlantic
Boston Coll. Eagles
Clemson Tigers
Florida St. Seminoles
Maryland Terripans
N.C. State Wolf Pack
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Coastal
Duke Blue Devils
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Miami (FL) Hurricanes
North Carolina Tar Heels
Virginia Cavilers
Virginia Tech Hokies
Big East
Cincinnati Bearcats
Connecticut Huskies
Louisville Cardinals
Pittsburgh Panthers
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
South Florida Bulls
Syracuse Orange
West Virginia Mountaineers
Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini
Indiana Hoosiers
Iowa Hawkeyes
Michigan Wolverines
Michigan St. Spartins
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Northwestern Wildcats
Ohio St. Buckeyes
Penn St. Nitty Lions
Purdue Boilermakers
Wisconsin Badgers
Big 12
North
Colorado Buffalos
Iowa St. Cyclones
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas St. Wildcats
Missouri Tigers
Nebraska Corn Huskers
South
Baylor Bears
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma St. Cowboys
Texas Longhorns
Texas A&M Aggies
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Conference USA
East
East Carolina Pirates
Marshall Thundering Hurd
Memphis Tigers
Southern Miss Eagles
UAB Blazers
UCF Knights
West
Houston Cougars
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Tulane Green Wave
Tulsa Hurricane
UTEP Miners
Independents (I-A)
Army Cadets
Navy Midshipmen
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
West. Kentucky Hillttoppers
Mid-American
East
Akron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons
Buffalo Bulls
Kent St. Flashes
Miami (OH) Redhawks
Ohio Bobcats
Temple Owls
West
Ball St. Cardinals
Cent. Michigan Chippawas
East. Michigan Eagles
Northern Illinois Huskies
Toledo Rockets
W. Michigan Broncos
Mountain West
Air Force Falcons
BYU Cougars
Colorado St. Rams
New Mexico Aggies
San Diego St. Aztec
TCU Horned Frogs
UNLV Rebels
Utah Utes
Wyoming Cowboys
Pacific-10
Arizona Wildcats
Arizona St. Sun Devils
California Golden Bears
Oregon Ducks
Oregon St. Beavers
Stanford Cardinal
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Washington Huskies
Washington St. Cougars
Southeastern
East
Florida Gators
Georgia Bulldogs
Kentucky Wildcats
South Carolina Gamecocks
Tennessee Volunteers
Vanderbilt Commadors
West
Alabama Crimson Tide
Arkansas Razorbacks
Auburn Tigers
LSU Tigers
Mississippi Rebels
Mississippi St. Bulldogs
Sun Belt
Arkansas St. Indians
Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Intl. Golden Panthers
LA Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns
LA Monroe Warhawks
Middle Tenn.St. Blue Raiders
North Texas Mean Green
Troy Trojans
Western Athletic
View CommentBoise St. Broncos
Fresno St. Bulldogs
Hawaii Warriors
Idaho Vandals
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Nevada Wolf Pack
New Mexico St. Aggies
San Jose St. Spartans
Utah St. Aggies
What Is The Longest Pass In The Air In College Football? What is the longest pass in the air in college football?
View Comment1st one on the list a 96 yard TD pass from hollenbach to heyward on nov. 11, 2006. Hollenback, Heyward played for the U. of Maryland – They were playing the U. of Miami. Tied with it is Holbrook to Williams on Oct. 7,1996 who played for New Mexico State and did it against Idaho U. Both plays were TD passes.
1 Maryland Miami (Fla.) 11-NOV-06 96 PASS Hollenbach, S. to Heyward-Bey, D. Y
View Comment1 New Mexico St. Idaho 07-OCT-06 96 PASS Holbrook, Chase to Williams, Chris Y
3 Washington St. Arizona 04-NOV-06 91 PASS Brink,Alex to Gibson,Brandon Y
4 Florida Int’l Maryland 23-SEP-06 89 PASS Padrick, Josh to Smith, Samuel Y
5 Central Mich. Bowling Green 19-OCT-06 88 PASS LeFEVOUR, Dan to CETOUTE, Obed Y
5 Purdue Notre Dame 30-SEP-06 88 PASS Painter,Curtis to Lymon,Selwyn Y
7 San Jose St. Fresno St. 02-DEC-06 85 PASS Adam Tafralis to John Broussard Y
8 Tennessee Memphis 30-SEP-06 84 PASS Erik Ainge to Robert Meachem Y
9 North Carolina Duke 25-NOV-06 83 PASS Dailey, J to Nicks, H Y
9 Cincinnati Rutgers 18-NOV-06 83 PASS DAVILA, Nick to CELEK, Brent Y
9 Colorado St. Air Force 12-OCT-06 83 PASS HANIE, Caleb to MORTON, Damon N
12 Memphis UAB 07-OCT-06 82 PASS HANKINS, Martin to SCOTT, Ryan Y
12 Clemson Boston College 09-SEP-06 82 PASS Proctor, W to Spiller, C
College Bowl Picks? The college bowls start tonight with utah and navy. i’m pretty satisfied with my picks but who do you think will be the winners
navy
View Commentmemphis
cincinnati
new mexico
BYU
boise st
purdue
arizona st
boston college
TCU
oregon st
wake forest
UCF
penn st
alabama
california
georgia tech
south florida
kentucky
oklahoma st
auburn
tennessee
missouri
texas tech
florida
USC
hawaii
oklahoma
virginia tech
rutgers
tulsa
LSU
Utah***
View CommentFAU***
cincinnati
Nevada***
BYU
boise st
purdue
arizona st
boston college
TCU
oregon st
UConn***
UCF
penn st
Colorado***
Air Force***
Fresno State***
south florida
kentucky
oklahoma st
Clemson***
Wisconsin***
missouri
texas tech
florida
Illinois***
Georgia***
oklahoma
Kansas***
rutgers
tulsa
OSU***
Who Is Going To Win The New Mexico Bowl And Why?
View CommentThat one is hard to pick I think the Colorado State Ram will win over Fresno State by the slimest of margin’s
View CommentWhat States Were In The Dust Bowl? Please include the initials.
View CommentIt was centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, but included some parts on New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas.
TX, OK, NM,CO, and KS
View CommentShould Big East Lose Their Automatic Bowl Bid? Big East adds Schools from Non BCS like Boise State, SMU, Houston, UCF, San Diego State and lose Syracuse,Pitt and maybe West Virginia to the ACC.
Should Big East lose their Automatic Bowl Bid in the NCAA Football FBS.
Can the Big 12 lose their Automatic Bowl Bid if they decide to add Several teams from Non BCS Conferences like Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, U of Texas El Paso, Colorado State, Fresno State.
View CommentYes. The Big East is pathetic. I don’t think there should be any automatic bids though. A lot of good teams get left out.
View CommentWho Will Win The New Mexico Bowl Game? Colorado state or Fresno state?
View CommentCol. State by 7
View CommentWhat States Grew More Than 20 Percent In Population Durning The 1930’s In The Dust Bowl?
View CommentCalifornia.————–Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes; many of these families (often known as “Okies”, since so many came from Oklahoma) migrated to California and other states, where they found economic conditions little better during the Great Depression than those they had left. Owning no land, many became migrant workers who traveled from farm to farm to pick fruit and other crops at starvation wages. Author John Steinbeck later wrote The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and Of Mice and Men, about such people.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
U.S.
Dust Bowl conditions fomented an exodus of the displaced from Texas, Oklahoma, and the surrounding Great Plains to adjacent regions. More than 500,000 Americans were left homeless. 356 houses had to be torn down after one storm alone. Many Americans migrated west looking for work. Some residents of the Plains, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma fell ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition.
The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time. By 1940, 2.5 million people had moved out of the Plains states; of those, 200,000 moved to California. With their land barren and homes seized in foreclosure, many farm families were forced to leave. Migrants left farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, but all were generally referred to as “Okies”. The second wave of the Great Migration by African Americans from the South (esp. the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas) to the North was larger, involving more than 5 million people, but it took place over decades, from 1940 to 1970. Also to note the small but influential migration of Mexican-Americans of dust-bowl and poverty stricken areas of Texas (see Tejanos), New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, as they headed westward to other Hispanic communities and farming valleys of California.
View Commenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl#U.S. ———— Rural white and American Indian farmers of Oklahoma, and from the Southern and Central states had been relocating to the Northeast and west coast since the 1850s, but the “Okie” migration of the 1930s brought in over a million new displaced residents to California’s Central valley and major cities bucked the trend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okie
When Was The Begging Of The Dust Bowl? I need lots of info on the dust bowl, my teacher would kill me if i dont have enough info in my project. plz give me all the info u know, all the sites, and all the books. TKS!
View Comment~tanjellokiwi
dont tell me 2 go 2 google and type in dust bowl, i did that!
plz help me
if i went to all of the websites you gave me and knew everything you told me, does that mean i have enough facts? cus i need 13 pages of it, and i only have 11!
went there and knew that….. sorry, but i think i hit rock bottom on my project!
When sections of the Great Plains of the United States that extended over southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico were affected by sever weather conditions.
The term Dust Bowl was suggested by conditions that struck the region in the early 1930s.
Okay here you go!
http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/users/title3/Future%20Grant%20Projects/Projects/dustbowl/dustbowl.htm
http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX06.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/
http://www.ptsi.net/user/museum/dustbowl.html
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/t2arp/quest/dustbowl/dust.html
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1583.html
http://ca.encarta.msn.com/Dust_Bowl.html
http://web.syr.edu/~etjanick/dustbowl.html
Hope this helps. I would do a section about some of the books and other articles tha thave been written about this event and the different points of view on how it started and how the migrant workers delt with this.
View CommentWhat Exactly Was The Dust Bowl And How Did People Survive It? In addition, what was the Federal government’s response?
View Comment” The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940). The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.[1] Deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains had displaced the natural deep-rooted grasses that normally kept the soil in place and trapped moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.
During the drought of the 1930s, without natural anchors to keep the soil in place, it dried, turned to dust, and blew away eastward and southward in large dark clouds. At times the clouds blackened the sky reaching all the way to East Coast cities such as New York and Washington, D.C. Much of the soil ended up deposited in the Atlantic Ocean, carried by prevailing winds, which were in part created by the dry and bare soil conditions. These immense dust storms—given names such as “Black Blizzards” and “Black Rollers”—often reduced visibility to a few feet (around a meter). The Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2), centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.[2]
Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes; many of these families (often known as “Okies”, since so many came from Oklahoma) migrated to California and other states, where they found economic conditions little better during the Great Depression than those they had left. Owning no land, many became migrant workers who traveled from farm to farm to pick fruit and other crops at starvation wages. Author John Steinbeck later wrote The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize”
Read the book or watch the movie”the Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck.
The Federal Government did nothing to assist them.
View CommentWhat States Grew More Than 20 Percent In Population Durning The 1930’s In The Dust Bowl?
View CommentCalifornia.————–Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes; many of these families (often known as “Okies”, since so many came from Oklahoma) migrated to California and other states, where they found economic conditions little better during the Great Depression than those they had left. Owning no land, many became migrant workers who traveled from farm to farm to pick fruit and other crops at starvation wages. Author John Steinbeck later wrote The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and Of Mice and Men, about such people.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
U.S.
Dust Bowl conditions fomented an exodus of the displaced from Texas, Oklahoma, and the surrounding Great Plains to adjacent regions. More than 500,000 Americans were left homeless. 356 houses had to be torn down after one storm alone. Many Americans migrated west looking for work. Some residents of the Plains, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma fell ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition.
The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time. By 1940, 2.5 million people had moved out of the Plains states; of those, 200,000 moved to California. With their land barren and homes seized in foreclosure, many farm families were forced to leave. Migrants left farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, but all were generally referred to as “Okies”. The second wave of the Great Migration by African Americans from the South (esp. the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas) to the North was larger, involving more than 5 million people, but it took place over decades, from 1940 to 1970. Also to note the small but influential migration of Mexican-Americans of dust-bowl and poverty stricken areas of Texas (see Tejanos), New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, as they headed westward to other Hispanic communities and farming valleys of California.
View Commenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl#U.S. ———— Rural white and American Indian farmers of Oklahoma, and from the Southern and Central states had been relocating to the Northeast and west coast since the 1850s, but the “Okie” migration of the 1930s brought in over a million new displaced residents to California’s Central valley and major cities bucked the trend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okie
What Will Mizzou Do This Year In Football? What will Mizzou do this year?
Murray State
View CommentMississippi
@ New Mexico
Ohio
Colorado
@ Texas Tech
@ Texas A&M
Kansas State
Oklahoma
@ Nebraska
@ Iowa State
Kansas
The Tigers will roar all the way to a 8-4 record and breeze into a bowl game. They should get to 9-3 but they always figure out a way to mess one up.
View CommentWhat Was The Dust Bowl And What Was It Like? I need some help finding stuff on it and it all says the same stuff so i dont know what else to do. Plz help me!
View CommentThe Dust Bowl or the Dirty Thirties was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940).
The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation or other techniques such as mulching or plowing in spirals and having wind breaks
to prevent erosion.
The deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains, killed the natural grasses that normally kept the soil in place and trapped moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.
During the drought of the 1930s, with no natural anchors to keep it in place the soil dried, turned to dust, and blew away eastward and southward in large dark clouds.
At times the clouds blackened the sky reaching all the way to East Coast cities such as New York and Washington, D.C. Much of the soil ended up deposited in the Atlantic Ocean.
These immense dust storms; given names such as “Black Blizzards” and “Black Rollers”; often reduced visibility to a few feet (around a meter).
The Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2), centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.[1]
The Dust Bowl was an ecological and human disaster caused by misuse of land and years of sustained drought.
Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes; many of these families (often known as “Okies”, since so many came from Oklahoma) traveled to California and other states, where they found conditions little better than those they had left. Owning no land, many traveled from farm to farm picking fruit and other crops at starvation wages.
John Steinbeck later wrote the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and also Of Mice and Men about such people.
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