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09.26.05: College
football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA
standings, schedule & scores |
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09.25.05: Scoreboard:
C-USA teams & ECU opponents |
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09.24.05: Big
names helping UNC-P restore grid program ... Conference USA
schedule, standings & scores |
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09.23.05: NCAA
okays instant replay in all 28 bowl games ... Conference USA
schedule, standings & scores |
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09.22.05: C-USA,
NFL teams thrown off stride by Rita ... Conference USA
schedule, standings & scores |
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09.21.05: Hurricane
Rita threatens disruption of schedule ... Indian mascot ban
extended to bowl games |
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09.20.05: Vandy
sheds doormat image in breakout start ... C-USA Standings,
Schedule, Scoreboard |
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09.19.05: Injured
Clemson player has spleen removed ... College football
headliners: stars & storylines ... C-USA Standings,
Schedule, Scoreboard |
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09.18.05: Scoreboard
[C-USA teams & ECU opponents] |
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09.17.05: Fed
judge labels NCAA monopolistic, okays trial ... UTEP wins
double OT thriller in C-USA debut ... C-USA schedule,
standings, scores |
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09.16.05: Slive's
contract with SEC extended until 2009 ... Conference USA
Standings and Schedule |
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09.15.05: ECU
football ticket sales picking up momentum ... Tulane teams
on a mission to make impression |
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09.14.05: Dye
headlines ECU's Hall of Fame Class of 2005 ... Ophelia
shutters ECU; dormitories remain open |
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09.13.05: Conference
USA Standings and Schedule ... Auburn player learns family
escaped Katrina |
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09.12.05: College
football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA
Scoreboard and Schedule |
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09.11.05: SMU
springs milestone upset of No. 22 TCU ... Scoreboard: C-USA
teams & ECU opponents |
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09.10.05: Green
Beret parachutist hurt in pre-game jump ... NCAA rebuffs
appeal on Tulsa player's eligibility |
09.09.05: Tulane-MSU
game shifted out of harm's way ...
Ex-Marshall coach latest to pull out of BCS poll |
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09.08.05: CSTV,
DISH satellite service finally strike deal |
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09.07.05: Pirates
capture two of league's three awards ... Tulane teams to
carry on at five host schools ... Two players jailed on
murder charges |
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09.06.05: Conference
USA Schedule and Scoreboard ... N.C. Central wins thriller
in Aggie-Eagle Classic |
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09.05.05: College
football headliners: stars & storylines ... Scoreboard:
C-USA teams & ECU opponents |
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09.04.05: Dave
Odom brings back lessons from Kuwait ... Scoreboard: C-USA
teams & ECU opponents |
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09.03.05: ECU's
"Total Access" expected to launch today ... Uprooted Green
Wave to "carry the torch" ... Storm-trapped sister of UCF
player found safe ... Sun Belt evacuates New Orleans
headquarters |
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09.02.05: Green
Wave football team in limbo about future ... Southern Miss
sets up ad hoc camp in Memphis ... Thursday night's college
football scoreboard |
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09.01.05: Pirate
QB's second shoulder surgery a success ... East Carolina
fans on the verge of Total Access |
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News Nuggets, 09.27.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Paper: Liberty Bowl seals deal with C-USA, SEC
It appears that Conference USA has
solidified its position with its most important bowl partner and locked up a
lucrative annual postseason date with a Southeastern Conference opponent.
The
Memphis Commercial Appeal is
reporting that the Liberty Bowl, located in Memphis, will continue to have
first dibs on C-USA teams through 2009 and starting in 2006 will pit that
choice against an SEC team.
According to the paper's account, both
leagues have signed a deal that would pay each team more than the $1.5
million dollars doled out last season to Louisville and Boise State.
Liberty Bowl Executive Director Steve
Ehrhart would not comment on whether an agreement has been reached but
indicated the bowl has called a press conference for noon today at the
Memphis Downtown Marriott, reported the paper.
This year's game, scheduled for noon on
New Year's Eve, pairs a C-USA team against an open selection and will
conclude the bowl's current contract with the league. The bowl's contract
with the Mountain West Conference, which had provided C-USA's opponent since
1998, expired last season.
The Liberty Bowl has featured a team
from Conference USA or its predecessor — a group of I-A independents that
banded together in 1994-95 as the "Liberty Bowl Alliance" — for the last 11
years.
East Carolina landed back-to-back
Liberty Bowl berths as a member of the alliance in 1994-95, losing to
Illinois in 1994 and defeating Stanford the following year.
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Historical results since
the Liberty Bowl was first played in 1959:
DATE
TEAMS-SCORE
ATTENDANCE
12/31/2004 Louisville 44, Boise State 40
58,355
12/31/2003 Utah 17, Southern Miss 0
55,917
12/31/2002 Texas Christian 17, Colorado State 3
55,207
12/31/2001 Louisville 28, Brigham Young 10
58,968
12/29/2000 Colorado St 22, Louisville 17
58,302
12/31/1999 Southern Miss 23, Colorado State
17 56,570
12/31/1998 Tulane 41, Brigham Young 27
52,192
12/31/1997 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7
50,209
12/27/1996 Syracuse 30, Houston 17
49,163
12/30/1995 East Carolina 19, Stanford 13
47,307
12/31/1994 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0
46,212
12/28/1993 Louisville 18, Michigan St 7
21,097
12/31/1992 Ole Miss 13, Air Force 0
47,602
12/29/1991 Air Force 38, Miss State 15
61,497
12/27/1990 Air Force 23, Ohio State 11
32,262
12/28/1989 Ole Miss 42, Air Force 29
60,128
12/28/1988 Indiana 34, South Carolina 10
32,210
12/29/1987 Georgia 20, Arkansas 17
53,240
12/29/1986 Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14
51,357
12/27/1985 Baylor 21, Louisiana State 7
40,186
12/27/1984 Auburn 21, Arkansas 15
50,180
12/29/1983 Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18
48,071
12/29/1982 Alabama 21, Illinois 15
54,123
12/30/1981 Ohio State 31, Navy 28
43,216
12/27/1980 Purdue 28, Missouri 25
53,667
12/22/1979 Penn State 9, Tulane 6
50,021
12/23/1978 Missouri 20, Louisiana State 15
53,064
12/19/1977 Nebraska 21, North Carolina 17
49,456
12/20/1976 Alabama 36, UCLA 6
52,736
12/22/1975 Southern Cal 20, Texas A & M 0
52,129
12/16/1974 Tennessee 7, Maryland 3
51,284
12/17/1973 North Carolina State 31, Kansas 18
50,011
12/18/1972 Georgia Tech 31, Iowa St 30
50,021
12/20/1971 Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13
45,410
12/12/1970 Tulane 17, Colorado 3
44,460
12/13/1969 Colorado 47, Alabama 33
50,042
12/14/1968 Ole Miss 34, Virginia Tech 17
46,206
12/16/1967 North Carolina State 14, Georgia 7
35,054
12/10/1966 Miami 14, Virginia Tech 7
39,101
12/18/1965 Ole Miss 13, Auburn 7
38,607
12/19/1964 Utah 32, West Virginia 6
6,059
12/21/1963 Mississippi State 16, North Carolina
State 12 8,309
12/15/1962 Oregon State 6, Villanova 0
17,047
12/16/1961 Syracuse 15, Miami 14
15,712
12/17/1960 Penn State 41, Oregon 12
16,624
12/19/1959 Penn State 7, Alabama 0
36,211
Data Source:
Liberty Bowl.
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Busted legs deplete Memphis quarterback corps
MEMPHIS — For the second time in just
three games, the University of Memphis football team suffered a blow to the
offense by losing another quarterback to a broken leg.
Redshirt freshman Will Hudgens started
his second game of his career against Tulsa this past Saturday and late in
the fourth quarter suffered a fractured fibula and ligament damage in his
right leg. He had a cast on his leg for the plane trip home.
Hudgens was to be evaluated by team
doctors on Monday and a course of treatment was to be decided at that time.
Hudgens started the last two games
after starting quarterback Patrick Byrne broke both his right fibula and
tibia in the first offensive series of the season opener against Ole Miss.
The Tigers will face unbeaten Texas-El
Paso (3-0) this weekend at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The game, slated
for a 7 p.m. kick-off, will be broadcast by CSTV.
From a
Memphis Athletics news release.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
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