Betting on the Insight Bowl 2006
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Insight Bowl 2006 Game Details
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 29 December 2006, 7:30 PM EST
Teams: Texas Tech vs. Minnesota
Televised on: NFL Network
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If you weren’t happy with the amount of offense in last season’s Insight Bowl, you will probably never be happy.
Rutgers and Arizona State set combined for 1,210 yards and the Sun Devils prevailed 45-40 over the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers was making its first bowl appearance in 27 years. Coincidentally, the Scarlet Knights face Arizona State, the same opponent they lost to in the 1978 Garden State Bowl.
No longer the laughingstock of the college football world, Rutgers went 7-4 in 2005 with four wins over Big East opponents. With a 6-5 record, Arizona State had a disappointing 2005. Certainly their most memorable performance was against top-ranked USC, a game in which they led the Trojans 21-3 at halftime, only to lose 38-28.
The 2006 edition of the Insight Bowl will pit the No. 6 Big 12 school against the No. 6 Big Ten school.
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About the Insight Bowl 2006
The Insight Bowl is a post-season college football sanctioned by the NCAA that has been played in Arizona since 1989.
The 17th annual Insight Bowl was played on 27 December 2005 at 48,569-seat Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona. Rutgers, representing the Big East Conference, scored 40 points but still couldn’t pull out a win, as Pac 10 rep. Arizona State beat them 45-40.
The game was a rematch of the 1978 Garden State Bowl, the last time these two teams squared off in a bowl game.
Insight Bowl Prior Results
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec. 2005 | Arizona State | 45 | Rutgers | 40 |
| 28 Dec. 2004 | Oregon State | 38 | Notre Dame | 21 |
| 26 Dec. 2003 | California | 52 | Virginia Tech | 49 |
| 26 Dec. 2002 | Pittsburgh | 38 | Oregon State | 13 |
| 29 Dec. 2001 | Syracuse | 26 | Kansas State | 3 |
| 28 Dec. 2000 | Iowa State | 37 | Pittsburgh | 29 |
| 31 Dec. 1999 | Colorado | 62 | Boston College | 28 |
| 26 Dec. 1998 | Missouri | 34 | West Virginia | 31 |
| 27 Dec. 1997 | Arizona | 20 | New Mexico | 14 |
| 27 Dec. 1996 | Wisconsin | 38 | Utah | 10 |
| 27 Dec. 1995 | Texas Tech | 55 | Air Force | 41 |
| 29 Dec. 1994 | BYU | 31 | Oklahoma | 6 |
| 29 Dec. 1993 | Kansas State | 52 | Wyoming | 17 |
| 31 Dec. 1992 | Washington State | 31 | Utah | 28 |
| 31 Dec. 1991 | Indiana | 24 | Baylor | 0 |
| 31 Dec. 1990 | California | 17 | Wyoming | 15 |
| 31 Dec. 1989 | Arizona | 17 | NC State | 10 |
History of the Insight Bowl
The Insight Bowl had featured teams from the NCAA's Big East Conference and PAC-10 Conference (starting in 2006, the Insight Bowl feature a matchup between the sixth-place teams from the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences). From 1989 to 1999, the game was played in Tucson's Arizona Stadium. Since 2000, the games have been played at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, now known as Chase Field. Starting in 2006, the bowl has moved to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.
The game was known as the Copper Bowl from 1989 to 1996, when sponsorship was assumed by Insight Enterprises and the game became known as the Insight.com Bowl. In 2002, it became, more simply, the Insight Bowl.
The first Copper Bowl game was played on New Year's Eve 1989, and pitted Arizona against NC State. The Wildcats, local favorites, scored a 17-10 victory over the Wolf Pack. The 1990 Bowl featured a similar scoring game, as California edged out Wyoming 17-15 in front of over 36,000 fans.
1991 was to be the last New Year's Eve game until 1999, when Indiana met the Baylor Bears. The Hoosiers' Vaughn Dunban and Mark Hagen helped Indiana as they shut out Baylor 24-0.
In 1992 Washington State met Utah in the first Copper Bowl televised by ESPN. The NFL's no. 1 draft pick, Drew Bledsoe, led his Huskies to a 31-28 victory over the Utes. The 1993 matchup between Kansas State and Wyoming was not anywhere near as close, as the Wildcats routed the Cowboys 52-17.
The 1994 Copper Bowl pitted BYU against the Oklahoma Sooners. It was not a happy night for outgoing Sooners coach Gary Gibbs, as BYU beat Oklahoma 31-6, posting their first bowl victory since 1988.
In 1995, Texas Tech met Air Force for the highest-scoring bowl game in NCAA history. Texas took an early 28-7 lead in the second quarter. Air Force rallied to close the gap to 31-28, but could not overcome the Red Raiders' offense, with Texas eventually winning by a score of 55-41.
The last Copper Bowl was played in 1996, when Wisconsin played against Utah. The Badgers' Ron Dayne leads Wisconsin to a 38-10 victory over Utah in front of 42,000 fans.
The first Insight.com Bowl took place on 27 December 1997 between Arizona and New Mexico in front of a record crowd of 49,385. Four Wildcat interceptions helped seal the 20-14 win for Arizona. In 1998, the second Insight.com Bowl saw Missouri win its first bowl game since 1981, posting a 34-31 victory over their opponents West Virginia.
The 1999 Insight.com Bowl saw Colorado square off against Boston College in a 62-28 victory for the Buffaloes. Colorado scored 45 points in the first half, tying a bowl record with a punt return touchdown, two scores via the run, and two defensive touchdowns.
Iowa State and Pittsburgh did battle in the 2000 Insight.com bowl. It was a memorable night for the Cyclones as they picked up their first-ever bowl victory in a 37-29 win over the Panthers.
2001 featured Syracuse against Kansas State in the last game to be played as the Insight.com Bowl. James Mungro rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns as the Orangemen routed Kansas State 26-3.
In 2002 the game became known as the Insight Bowl, when Pittsburgh met Oregon State. Shawn Robinson's 66-yard punt return for a touchdown late in the third quarter sealed Pittsburgh's victory over the Beavers, in a game they went on to win 38-13.
2003 saw California take to the field against Virginia Tech in a high-scoring game. Sophmore Aaron Rodgers, named the game's offensive MVP, passed for 394 yards and ran for two scores, helping California edge out Virginia Tech 52-49. The combined score broke the bowl's point record.
Oregon State returned to the Insight Bowl in 2004 to take on Notre Dame. Derek Anderson passed for 358 yards and four touchdowns in his final college football game, which the Beavers won handily by a score of 38-21.
Last year’s edition of the Insight Bowl set a record for offensive yardage in any bowl game. Arizona State beat Rutgers 45-40 in a game that saw 1,210 yards of total offense.
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