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College Football: Iowa State Loses In Liberty Bowl

By on January 1, 2013
KBUR Sports

THE IOWA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM LOST IN THE AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL MONDAY EVENING…

 

 

IOWA STATE LED 17-7 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THE CYCLONES WOULDN’T SCORE AGAIN AS TULSA CAME BACK AND CLAIMED A 31-17 WIN… TULSA ENDS THE SEASON 11-AND-3 WITH THE VICTORY IN THE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE BOWL GAME… WHILE IOWA STATE CONCLUDES THE CAMPAIGN AT 6-AND-7.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL -

THE IOWA HAWKEYES MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED HOST TO #5 INDIANA MONDAY AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA… HOWEVER, THE BLACK AND GOLD COULD NOT QUITE PULL AN UPSET, FALLING TO THE HOOSIERS 69-65. IOWA IS NOW 11-AND-3 ON THE SEASON, WHILE INDIANA JUMPS TO 13-AND-1. THE HAWKEYES RETURN TO ACTION SUNDAY ON THE ROAD AT MICHIGAN.

 

#11 ILLINOIS WILL START BIG TEN PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A GAME AT PURDUE.

 

NFL -

THE CHICAGO BEARS FIRED HEAD COACH LOVIE SMITH MONDAY MORNING… SMITH HAD BEEN THE TEAM’S COACH FOR 9 SEASONS. GENERAL MANAGER PHIL EMERY WASTED NO TIME STARTING HIS SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT, AS MEDIA REPORTS SAY THAT HE ASKED FOR — AND RECEIVED — PERMISSION TO SPEAK WITH DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE McCOY AND ATLANTA FALCONS SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR KEITH ARMSTRONG.