Ed Bagley
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Ed Bagley started writing for money at 16 and in the next 45 years was an investigative reporter, sports editor and managing editor for daily newspapers, newspaper publishing company owner, niche book publishing company owner, personal marketing specialist, and now a mentor, consultant, confidant and an internet marketer.
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Three SEC teams - Alabama, Mississippi State and Florida - all won big on New Year's Day, but three other SEC teams - Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee - suffered embarrassing losses in college football bowl action this year, none worse than Georgia's Bulldogs. Find out what happened.
Two of the nation's most prolific scoring teams (a combined 88+ points per game) played a scoreless 1st quarter in their 2010 NCAA National Championship Game before engaging in a hard-nosed battle of wills. Wes Byrum's 19-yard field goal ended it on the last play, giving the #1-ranked Auburn Tigers a 22-19 victory over the #2-ranked Oregon Ducks. Get the full story.
Oppressive and relentless might be two good adjectives to describe what Alabama, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Maryland and Illinois did to their bowl game opponents this season. The outscored their opposition by a combined score of 226 to 65, an average victory margin of 32+ points. Get the full details.
TCU beat Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl to become just one of 5 powerhouse football programs to win big bowl games. Ohio State topped Arkansas 31-26 in the Sugar Bowl, Oklahoma easily outplayed Connecticut 48-20 in the Fiesta Bowl, Florida took care of Penn State 37-24 in the Outback Bowl, and Stanford thumped Virginia Tech 40-12 in the Orange Bowl. Get the full story.
Every college football bowl season brings surprise teams that triumph and become the rising stars to watch next season. Count Notre Dame, Miami of Ohio, South Florida and Army among those teams this year. All won bowl victories and showed great promise in future years. Get the full story.
LSU, which beat Texas A&M 41-24 in the Cotton Bowl, was just 1 of 5 teams to win bowl games recently. Texas Tech outlasted Northwestern 45-38 in the inaugural TicketCity Bowl, Syracuse won a close shoot-out with Kansas State 36-34 in the Pinstripe Bowl, Pittsburgh whipped Kentucky 27-10 in the BBVA Compass Bowl, and Nevada moved past Boston College 20-13 in the Fight Hunger Bowl. Get the full story.
The climb to success has been dramatic for the Florida International Golden Panthers - from snapping a 23-game losing streak 3 years ago to a last-play 34-32 upset victory over the Toledo Rockets in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Four other major college teams also won bowl games recently - Air Force, Louisville, San Diego State and Boise State. Get the full story.
Washington, Iowa and North Carolina all registered huge upset bowl victories over Nebraska, Missouri and West Virginia in 2010 college football action. Washington's Jake Locker and Chris Polk led the offense, and an incredible effort by the Husky defense stifled 17th-ranked Nebraska and its powerful Cornhusker defense to win the Holiday Bowl, 19-7. Get the full story.
Hawaii came into the 2010 Hawaii Bowl with the nation's top-ranked passing offense against Tulsa and the nation's 119th-worst passing defense, but the obvious advantage did not mean diddly-squat as the Hawaii Warriors committed 6 first-half turnovers that led to 24 Golden Hurricane points, and an eventual 62-35 upset victory by Tulsa over the nation's 24th-ranked Warriors.
What has happened to Nia Vardalos? Since her breakout performance as Toula Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I have suffered through "Connie and Carla", "I Hate Valentine's Day" and now "My Life in Ruins". Will the real Nia Vardalos surface again?
