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JoePa Notches 500th Win

With Penn State down two touchdowns early, victory for Joe Paterno in his 500th game looked bleak.

JoePa said his confidence never wavered, and the Nittany Lions ended the Alamo Bowl like most of Paterno's 499 other games: with a Penn State win.

BC Extends Bowl Streak

Matt Ryan's final game at Boston College made coach Jeff Jagodzinski's first season one of the best in school history.

Ryan threw three touchdown passes, two to Rich Gunnell, and the Eagles extended the nation's longest bowl winning streak to eight with a 24-21 victory over Michigan State in the Champs Sports Bowl on Friday.

Texas Romps To Victory

As wacky plays go, this one certainly earned a spot in Holiday Bowl lore. What made it downright bizarre is that the central character wasn't a player.

Texas fans will remember Colt McCoy leading the No. 17 Longhorns to a 52-34 win Thursday night over the No. 12 Arizona State Sun Devils in the first meeting between the schools and their successful coaches.

Wild Finish Lifts Purdue

The Motor City Bowl is low in the postseason pecking order. The Purdue-Central Michigan thriller, however, might be tough to top.

Chris Summers kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the Boilermakers to a 51-48 victory over the Chippewas on Wednesday night.

Motor City Bowl Preview

It's a rare occurrence when college football teams meet more than once during a single season, but that's exactly what will happen for Central Michigan and Purdue.

The Chippewas will match up against the Boilermakers for the second time in barely more than three months when the teams play in the Motor City Bowl on Dec. 26 at Detroit's Ford Field.