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2000–01 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Oklahoma defeated 2000 Florida State Seminoles football team, Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2000 season. A total of 25 bowl games were played between December 20, 2000, and January 3, 2001, by 50 bowl eligibility, bowl-eligible teams. Two short-lived bowl games were established for the 2000–01 season: the Houston Bowl, galleryfurniture.com Bowl (dissolved after its 2005 iteration as the Houston Bowl), and the Silicon Valley Football Classic (dissolved after its 2004 iteration). Non-BCS bowls BCS bowls Each of the games in the following table was televised by American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Ncaa Football Bowl Games 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Orange Bowl
The 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game, was a college football bowl game played to determine a College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champion in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2000 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2000 season. It was played at Hard Rock Stadium, Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 3, 2001, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST and television coverage by ESPN on ABC, ABC. The 67th playing of the Orange Bowl, it was the culminating game of the 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games, 2000–01 bowl season. The championship featured the top-ranked 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Oklahoma Sooners from the Big 12 Conference defeating the second-ranked and defending national champion 2000 Florida State Seminoles football team, Florida State Seminoles from the Atlantic Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Florida State Seminoles Football Team
The 2000 Florida State Seminoles football team represented the Florida State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles compiled an overall record of 11–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the ACC title. Florida was invited to the Orange Bowl, making the program's third consecutive appearance in the BCS National Championship Game. There the Seminoles lost to Oklahoma. The team played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Senior quarterback Chris Weinke was awarded the Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player. He was the second Florida State player to win the award, following Charlie Ward in 1993. Weinke led the nation in passing with 4,167 yards. In addition to the Heisman, Weinke won the Davey O'Brien Award and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. At the age of 28, he was the oldest player in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had 641,903 residents in 2020, with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053, making it the 24th-most populous city in the United States. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. Most of these venues are located in downtown Las Vegas or on the Las Vegas Strip, which is outside city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester. The Las Vegas Valley serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center in Nevada. Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Boyd Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium (formerly the Las Vegas Silver Bowl) is a closed American football, football stadium in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas. The stadium consisted of an uncovered horseshoe-shaped single-decked bowl, with temporary seating occasionally erected in the open north end zone. The artificial turf field had a conventional north–south orientation, at an elevation of above sea level. It was the home field of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) UNLV Rebels football, Rebels for 49 seasons, from 1971 UNLV Rebels football team, 1971 through 2019 UNLV Rebels football team, 2019; they moved to Allegiant Stadium in 2020 UNLV Rebels football team, 2020. The annual Las Vegas Bowl took place at Sam Boyd in December from 1992 Las Vegas Bowl, 1992 through 2019 Las Vegas Bowl, 2019, and also moved to Allegiant. Sam Boyd was also used for high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2000 Las Vegas Bowl was the ninth edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Arkansas Razorbacks and the hometown UNLV Rebels. Game summary Arkansas scored first on a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Robby Hampton to wide receiver Rod Stinson for a 7-0 Razorback lead. In the second quarter, UNLV tied the score at 7, following a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jason Thomas to Nate Turner. Arkansas answered with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Hampton to Boo Williams, giving the Razorbacks a 14–7 lead. But with Thomas and Turner connecting for their second score, the game became a 14–14 tie at intermission. In the third quarter, Jason Thomas notched his third passing touchdown of the game, a 54 yarder to Troy Mason, giving UNLV a 21–14 lead it wouldn't relinquish. In the fourth quarter, Dillon Pieffer kicked a 26-yard field goal to increase the Rebels lead to 24–14. Kevin Brown's 14 yard touchdown run made the final margin 31–14. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 TCU Horned Frogs Football Team
The 2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Dennis Franchione, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the WAC title with UTEP. TCU was invited to the Mobile Alabama Bowl, where the Horned Frogs lost to Southern Miss. Franchione resigned at the conclusion of the regular season to become the head football coach at the University of Alabama. TCU's defensive coordinator, Gary Patterson, was appointed to succeed Franchione as head coach. He led the Horned Frogs in their bowl game in December 2000 and remained the program's head coach until 2021. The team played home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on TCU's campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Schedule Rankings Game summaries At Nevada Roster Awards and hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football Team
The 2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They were a member of Conference USA. For the second time in three years, the Golden Eagles earned a preseason top 25 ranking, coming in at No. 23. Despite a season-opening loss to 13th-ranked Tennessee, the Golden Eagles recovered, winning the next 6 games, with 5 of those wins coming by 21 or more points, including a 21–0 shutout over 15th-ranked Alabama. Following a near-upset on the road against Houston, Southern Miss was ranked 13th in that week's AP poll, the school's highest ranking in nearly 20 years, when they were ranked 9th during the 1981 season. The Golden Eagles win streak ended that week against eventual conference champions Louisville, and they would go onto lose two more games to finish the regular season wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially formatted as a younger-skewing counterpart to its parent network ESPN, with a focus on sports popular among young adult audiences (ranging from mainstream events to other unconventional sports), and carrying a more informal and youthful presentation than the main network. By the late 1990s, this mandate was phased out, as the channel increasingly became a second outlet for ESPN's mainstream sports coverage. , ESPN2 is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. History ESPN2 launched on October 1, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Its inaugural program was the premiere of ''SportsNight'', a sports news program originally hosted by Keith Olbermann and Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile, AL
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.Drechsel, Emanuel. ''Mobilian Jargon: Linguistic and Sociohistorical Aspects of a Native American Pidgin''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. During the American Civil War, the city surrendered to Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Ladd–Peebles Stadium (formerly Ernest F. Ladd Memorial Stadium) is a stadium located in Mobile, Alabama. Opened in 1948, it has a seating capacity of 33,471. It is primarily used for American football. It is the home field the 68 Ventures Bowl through the 2024 season, and was the South Alabama Jaguars football, University of South Alabama Jaguars home stadium through the 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team, 2019 season. After the 2019 season, the Jaguars moved to the new on-campus Hancock Whitney Stadium. In addition to football, the stadium is also used for concerts (maximum capacity 50,000), boxing matches, high school graduations, trade shows, and festivals. Numerous entertainers have performed at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. History The stadium was constructed in 1948 by Bender Shipbuilding with private funding from a local banker wishing to create a permanent honor to his mentor, Ernest F. Ladd, a local banking magnate who died in 1941, with the stadium initially carrying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl
The 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the second edition of the game. With title sponsorship from GMAC (now Ally Financial) it was officially called the GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl. It was played on December 20, 2000, and featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and the TCU Horned Frogs. TCU started the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Casey Printers to wide receiver George Layne to open up a 7–0 lead. Southern Miss tied it in the 1st quarter when Leo Barnes intercepted a pass, and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Jeff Kelly threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to LeRoy Handy for a 14–7 Southern Miss lead. TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979), nicknamed "LT", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silicon Valley Football Classic
The Silicon Valley Football Classic, sometimes referred to as the Silicon Valley Bowl or Silicon Valley Classic, was an NCAA-certified Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that was played at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California, from 2000 to 2004. It had a contractual tie-in with the Western Athletic Conference and the Pac-10. The bowl was initially televised on Fox Sports Net and later moved to ESPN2. The bowl game consistently struggled financially, due to low television ratings and a lack of corporate sponsorship. Declining attendance contributed to the NCAA de-certifying the bowl after the 2004 season. History Creation The city of San Jose, San Jose State University President Robert Caret, and the Western Athletic Conference proposed the Silicon Valley Bowl for San Jose in 1999. Caret and other organizers envisioned that with the technology boom of the time, revenue from the bowl game and sponsorships from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
