I hope you all enjoyed the first three games... there were some good plays made by most of the prospects in all three. We will now take a look in to the last two games of the day. The first out of the two will be the Insight Bowl which NFL Network will be broadcasting and the second will be The Chik-Fil-A Bowl hosted by ESPN.
The Insight Bowl will feature The (6-6, 3-5) Minnesota Golden Gophers against The (6-6, 3-5) Iowa State Cyclones. The Gophers finished the season with a .500 record and watched their dam float downstream with a 3-5 conference record. The Cyclones spun there way back to .500 as well. Both teams will vigorously try to pop up one game above those even records.
The Chik-Fil-A Bowl will feature The # 11 ranked Virgina Tech Hoakies against The Tennessee Volunteers. The Hoakies finished 2nd in the ACC-Coastal Division with a (9-3, 6-2) record while The Volunteers finished 2nd in the SEC with a record of (7-5, 4-4).
Below the jump, we will zero in on some of the key players and their stats in '09.
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS VS IOWA STATE CYCLONES
# 11 VIRGINIA TECH HOAKIES VS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
THE INSIGHT BOWL PREVIEW
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
Key players to watch for the Gophers:
Adam Weber QB
Comp Rate 51.6%, 2321 Yards, 6.9 Yds/Att, 12 TD's
Eric Decker WR
50 Catches, 758 Yards, 15.2 Avg, 5 TD's
Nick Tow-Arnett TE
35 Catches, 458 Yards, 13.1 Avg, 2 TD's
Led by Coach: Tim Brewster (2nd Year, 8-14)
IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Key players to watch for the Cyclones:
Alexander Robinson RB
210 Attempts, 1058 Yards, 5.0 Avg, 6 TD's
Austen Arnaud QB
Comp Rate 60.6%, 1799 Yards, 6.5 Yds/Att, 13 TD's--Rush Attempts 126, 485 Yards, 3.8 Avg, 7 TD's
Marquis Hamilton WR
46 Catches, 574 Yards, 12.5 Avg, 4 TD's
Reggie Stephens G
6'3" 333 [# 73]
David Sims DB
4 INT's, 57 Yards
Led by Coach: Paul Rhodes (1st year, 6-6)
WHEN: 6:00 PM ET, 3:00 PST
WHERE: SUN DEVIL STADIUM, TEMPE, AZ
TV: NFL NETWORK
SATELITE: SIRIUS
THE CHIK-FIL-A BOWL
VIRGINIA TECH HOAKIES
Key players to watch for the Hoakies:
Tyrod Taylor QB
Comp Rate 55.8%, 2102 Yards, 9.3 Yds/Att, 13 TD's--101 Rush Attempts, 334 Yards, 3.4 Avg, 4 TD's
Ryan Williams RB
Attempts 268, 1538 Yards, 5.7 Avg, 19 TD's
Jarrett Boykin WR
36 Catches, 715 Yards, 19.9 Avg, 5 TD's
Danny Coale WR
29 Catches, 572 Yards, 19.7 Avg, 2 TD's
Ed Wang OT
Rashad Carmichael DB
5 INT's, 62 Yards
Kam Chancellor DB
65 Tackles, 2 INT's
Led by Coach: Frank Beamer (22nd year, 117-89-2)
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Key players to watch for the Volunteers:
Jonathan Crompton QB
Comp Rate 58.4%, 2565 Yards, 7.2 Tds/Att, 26 TD's
Montario Hardesty RB
264 Attempts, 1306 Yards, 4.9 Avg, 12 TD's
Gerald Jones WR
41 Catches, 610 Yards, 14.9 Avg, 4 TD's
Josh McNeil C
Jacques McLendon G
Rico McCoy LB
113 Tackles, 6 Fumbles Forced
Eric Berry S
83 Tackles, 1 Fumble Forced, 2 INT's, 7 Yards
Led by Coach: Lane Kiffin (1st year, 7-5)
WHEN: 7:30 PM ET, 4:30 PM PST
WHERE: ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY STADIUM, ATLANTA GEORGIA
TV: ESPN, ESPN-HD, ESPN360
SATELITE: SIRIUS