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Central Florida Stifles Georgia in Liberty Bowl Win

The Central Florida Knights had never won more than 10 games in school history -- or won a bowl game. It's time to update those history books, because with their 10-6 win over Georgia in the Liberty Bowl, George O'Leary's team finished the 2010 season 11-3. On the opposite side of the field, there was an equally opposite...

Non-AQ Report: TCU, Gary Patterson Have Rare Opportunity

What, Gary Patterson worry? Not a chance. TCU is becoming an old pro at playing in high-pressure situations and Saturday's Rose Bowl game against Wisconsin is no different. This is the same TCU team that has gone undefeated in the last two regular seasons to get into a BCS game, so the Horned Frogs know exactly what they...

Georgia vs. Central Florida: Liberty Bowl

The Liberty Bowl between Central Florida and Georgia could be a game of firsts. The Knights hope to finally earn their first bowl victory, while the Bulldogs aim to avoid their first losing season in 14 years. The Liberty Bowl kicks off on Dec. 31 at 3:30 p.m. ET at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tenn. and will...

Football for the Easily Distracted: Minor Bowls in Three Sentences or Less, Part 2

Every bowl game is important to the teams involved but not all of them are important to the rest of us. Still, they all deserve at least some of our attention, so FanHouse is previewing all the minor bowls in three sentences or less. Part 1, which covered all the games played before Dec. 30, may be found here. In this...

More Cowbell? Memphis WIll Have Plenty as Bulldog Fans Pack Liberty Bowl

My old high school football coach was fond of saying he couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken... excrement, but there's a reason Sylvester Croom was named SEC coach of the year: he can come close. Not long ago, like a couple of months actually, the only time we'd post about Mississippi State here at FanHouse would be...

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05/16/12 Conference USA champion is headed back Liberty Bowl Source: Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL (NASCAR) "We would expect the Conference USA champion will play in our bowl this year," Liberty Bowl executive director Steve Ehrhart said.

Background on liberty bowl

The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003. Since 2004, the game has been sponsored by Memphis-based auto parts retailer AutoZone, and is now called the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

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