2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational: 1,873 Points, and How They Happened

One thousand, eight hundred, seventy-three… that’s the number of points scored in the entirety of the 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational, 70 teams over 35 Bowl Games in one Bowl Season.  With special attention paid to scoring plays in the tracking of this year’s games as compared with last year’s project, we are very excited to share with you the details of how the points ended up on the scoreboard in this year’s project; read on for all of the details!

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2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational: Player of the Game Breakdown

One of the first pieces of data we’re looking at from the 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational is the Player of the Game data from the 35 Bowl Games played using NCAA Football 13 for this Bowl Season.  In a sport that has become increasingly dependent on the quality of players at the quarterback position, one would have reasonably expected to see that position dominate this category from the project.  Read on to find out if that expectation played out in this year’s games!

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2012 Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Nevada Wolf Pack vs. Arizona Wildcats

The 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational kicks off today with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl between the Nevada Wolf Pack (7-5, 4-4 MWC) and Arizona Wildcats (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12).  STAT BOX STORIES owner Brian Parker took control of Nevada in their bid to upset a team from a BCS Automatic Qualifying conference.

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