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The second annual St. Petersburg Bowl will kick off on December 19, 2009 and will likely feature teams from the Big East and the Conference USA conferences. After a successful debut in 2008, this year’s bowl looks to again be an exciting event. The game is played at Tropicana Field, famously known as the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. If for some reason a team from either the Big East or C-USA conference can attend the bowl, a team from the Sun Belt conference will likely play.

This year’s fourth annual New Mexico Bowl will take place on December 19, 2009 and will pit teams from the Western Athletic Conference and the Mountain West Conference in a NCAA sanctioned game. The New Mexico Bowl is one of several managed and supervised by ESPN and is played on the campus of New Mexico University in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow shook off the effects of a concussion suffered against Kentucky two weeks ago and returned to lead the #1 ranked Gators to a hard fought 13-3 victory over #4 ranked LSU. Tebow got a good deal of help from a nasty Florida defense, and the largest crowd in LSU history (93,129) left disappointed as the Bayou Bengals offense was almost completely shut down.

Have you scheduled all 5 of your official recruiting visits? It is important as you begin to schedule your official visits that you keep in mind that these are business trips. I know there are a lot of stories out there about how much FUN your recruiting visits are and don’t get me wrong they are A TON of fun, but it is critical that you approach them as a business trip.

Being a strength and conditioning expert and previous assistant at the University of Georgia I can tell you that kettle bell strength training is where its at when it comes down to the end result. Test the following 3 kettle bell lifts that should be a must in your strength program!

by Coach Chris Berg

How to Get an Athletic Scholarship
Every college coach uses a recruiting board to evaluate his recruits. He may use numbers or letters to grade his recruits. (…)

Rumors of the New England Patriots demise are clearly premature. Two weeks after being thoroughly outplayed by the New York Jets, the Pats have won two straight and on Sunday ended the Baltimore Ravens undefeated start to the NFL season with a 27-21 victory. They needed a little luck along the way”usually sure handed receiver Mark Clayton dropped a wide open fourth down pass in the final minute to kill a potential game winning drive deep in New England territory.

Brett Favre has been a large component of the Minnesota Vikings undefeated start the NFL regular season, and on Monday night he finally beat his old team, the Green Bay Packers. Favre passed for 271 yards and three touchdowns as the Vikings prevailed by a 30-23 final score. With the victory, Favre has now defeated all 32 NFL teams during his Hall of Fame career.

It has finally begun. Football 2009.

Duke University is far from being a national college football powerhouse, but theyre no longer a team you can take lightly either. #6 ranked Virginia Tech found that out on Saturday, and what they expected to be an easy afternoon became a tightly contested affair. In the end, Virginia Tech prevailed for a 34-26 road victory but not without some anxious moments.