Bowl Games Gameday Thread (Part 1): January 2nd, 2009

by Drew Kerr on Jan 2, 2010 9:04 AM PST in Non-49ers Game Threads

This morning will kick off the first of five more bowl games. The International Bowl will feature The (7-5, 3-5) South Florida Bulls and The (7-5, 5-3) Northern Illinois Huskies. The Bulls finished 6th in the Big east while the Huskies finished 2nd in the MAC - West. Both teams like to run the ball so I can't see a lot of points going up, although it is college football and anything can happen. Below the jump, we will take a look at both teams and their players.

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SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS VS NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES

THE INTERNATIONAL BOWL PREVIEW

SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS

Key players to watch for the Bulls:

B.J. Daniels QB

Comp Rate 52.7%, 1766 Yards, 8.6 Yds/Att, 12 TD's -- 164 Rush Attempts, 798 Yards, 4.9 Avg, 9 TD's

Moise Plancher RB

124 Attempts, 570 Yards, 4.6 Avg, 5 TD's

Carlton Mitchell WR

34 Catches, 612 Yards, 18.0 Avg, 4 TD's

George Selvie DE/ OLB

Career Stats: 206 Tackles, 27 Sacks, 6 Fumbles Forced

Nate Allen DB

4 INT's, 55 Yards

Led by Coach: Jim Leavitt (13th year, 87-52)

NORTHERN ILLINOIS BULLS

Key players to watch for the Huskies:

Chad Span RB

159 Attempts, 945 Yards, 5.9 Avg, 19 TD's

Me'co Brown RB

148 Attempts, 645 Yards, 4.4 Avg, 4 TD's

Landon Cox WR

44 Catches, 528 Yards, 12.0 Avg, 4 TD's

Patrick George DB

2 INT's, 112 Yards, 1 TD

Led by Coach: Jerry Kill (1st year, 6-7)

WHEN: 12:00 PM ET, 9:00 AM PST

WHERE: ROGERS CENTRE, TORONTO ONTARIO

TV: ESPN 2

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Seeing the words Florida and International made me think..

About that CB Gaitor from Florida International. What do you think the chances he goes UDFA?

by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST reply actions

I think he will be drafted late 6th or 7th.

Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?

by Drew Kerr on Jan 2, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions

Hmm really?

I remember looking him up and seeing some stuff I really liked about him. But now I can’t remember what it was. Man getting old sucks LOL. I liked the look of the USF players, they looked good at least in the second half.

by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 2, 2010 3:31 PM PST reply actions

Daniels

played well and USF looked good in this game. Interesting that both of their DE’s are good NFL prospects. Says something about the D-Line coach I guess.

"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.

by Tre9er on Jan 2, 2010 4:02 PM PST reply actions