FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 10 vs MARSHALL 20

2011 St. Petersburg Bowl Winner - Marshall 20, FIU 10

Marshall special teams. The Thundering Herd have been excellent all season at blocking kicks, and Tuesday night was no exception. With its offense stalling left and right, Marshall got the big play it needed with 7:35 left in the game. FIU set up to punt from its own 22, but Zach Dunston blocked the kick -- the seventh block of the season for Marshall (three kicks, four punts). The Herd appeared to score on the play, but the touchdown was negated because there was an illegal forward pass. A personal foul call on Tyrone Carper was tacked onto the end of the play. But Marshall was able to stay in field goal range, and Tyler Warner made a 39-yard kick that hit off the inside of the upright to put the Herd ahead. Aaron Dobson caught his second touchdown pass of the game on a fourth-down play with 30 seconds left to ice the game.

The block was a huge turning point for Marshall. For FIU -- it was the play of T.Y. Hilton. The Panthers were determined to get him going early, and he had some nice plays -- including their only touchdown of the game. But he bruised his thigh in the first half and was mostly ineffective when he returned to the game in the second half. After Marshall kicked its go-ahead field goal, Hilton had a costly play that ended up being a deciding factor. He fumbled after a catch near midfield with 4:24 remaining, and Marshall recovered. It was his second fumble of the game, though he recovered his first.


 

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College football Betting Online: The St. Petersburg Bowl Lines may involve one of the young bowl games, but anything that has Beef in the name has to have great provisions in between beverages and College Bowl Betting breaks. The St. Petersburg Bowl Game kicks it Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Tropicana Field located in St. Petersburg (duh), Florida. You can watch it at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN as you check your winning bets online at BookMaker and make more NCAA Sportsbook Bets Online.

St. Petersburg Bowl Betting Online: The St. Petersburg Bowl didn’t disappoint any fans in last year’s game unless you were Southern Mississippi fans watching Louisville stage a Beefy comeback.

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl Results 2010: Louisville 31, Southern Miss. 28

St. Petersburg Bowl Share: $500,000 Total Payout Per Team

St. Petersburg Base Bowl Selections: Big East No. 6 vs. C-USA No. 4 

Tropicana Field Capacity: 34,078

The Bowl is like an infant in the college bowl game world, but it looks like it may make it if BookMaker keeps putting up the St. Petersburg Bowl Lines. This youngster has only been around serving bad food and warm drinks since 2008. The stadium was designed for baseball originally, so it is a little off as football fields go, but the Tropicana Field does have a rare distinction. This is one of a very few stadiums that host baseball, basketball, football and hockey, or as they are known the 4 major North American sports.

The inaugural bowl game here was called the MagicJack St. Petersburg Bowl when Jack really was Magic. The football game that year didn’t have many tricks when the South Florida Bulls pulled a rabbit out of the Memphis Tigers hat capping that victory easily 41-14.

Last year had the Louisville Cardinals take on the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in a matchup between two teams that were actually great for a College Bowl Game not even out of diapers yet. The game was even better than anyone anticipated, possibly elevating BOB’s St. Petersburg Bowl to fair status.

Louisville let the Golden Eagles build a 21-7 lead knowing they had knocked them out 5 times in a row. The Cardinals then did what every Southern Mississippi fan (or St. Petersburg bettor) knew. They decided to start trying and won the game 31-28 in what can only be described as a Golden Shower for the Eagles.

By the way, the Big East is 3 games to Zippo against the Conference USA scrub a dubs so far. It’s time to either step up or take the USA off your conference C-USA.

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2010 St. Petersburg Bowl - Justin Burke tosses two touchdowns as Louisville tops Southern Mississippi

Justin Burke threw for two touchdowns and Jeremy Wright scored on a 95-yard kickoff return Tuesday night to help Louisville beat Southern Mississippi 31-28 in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl and finish its first winning record in four years.

Burke tossed scoring passes to 11 yards to Cameron Graham and 10 yards to Josh Chichester while the Cardinals (7-6) were overcoming an early 14-point deficit, then produced a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter.

Austin Davis threw 205 yards and two touchdowns to become Southern Mississippi's career TD pass leader, moving ahead of Brett Favre and Lee Roberts in the Golden Eagles record book with 53 in three seasons.