Portal : College football/News archive/2007
December 29 – The Penn State Nittany Lions defeat the Texas A&M Aggies , 24–17, in the 2007 Alamo Bowl after recovering from a 14-point first-half deficit.December 27 – The Texas Longhorns survive a bizarre penalty against staff member Chris Jessie and defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2007 Holiday Bowl .December 22 – The BYU Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins , 17–16, in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl by blocking a Bruins' field goal as time expires.December 21 – The Florida Atlantic University Owls defeat the Memphis Tigers in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl , 44–27, for the first bowl victory in school history.December 20 – The 2007 College Football bowl season begins in San Diego , California with the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl . The Utah Utes defeat the Navy Midshipmen , 35–32.December 16 – West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Rich Rodriguez announces that he will be accepting a position as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines beginning with the 2008 season.December 15 – Wisconsin-Whitewater defeats Mount Union in the Division III NCAA football championship game to earn the Division III Championship.December 15 – Valdosta State University defeats Northwest Missouri State in the Division II NCAA championship game, marking the third title game loss in three years for Missouri.December 14 – Appalachian State defeats the University of Delaware to win the Division I FCS football championship game and earn its third straight FCS championship.December 8 – University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow wins the 2007 Heisman Trophy . Tebow is the first sophomore in history to win the award.December 2 – The final Bowl Championship Series poll of the 2007 season is released. Ohio State and LSU , by virtue of their number one and two spots in the poll, will play in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game .December 1 – Virginia Tech defeats Boston College in the 2007 ACC Championship Game . The Hokies are named ACC champions and earn an automatic bid to the 2007 Orange Bowl game in Miami , Florida .November 3 – Navy beats Notre Dame , after losing 43 consecutive years, and ends college football's longest streak of one team winning over another team.October 13 - The top two teams in the nation – the LSU Tigers and the California Golden Bears – lose on the same weekend for the first time since 1996.October 6 – The top-ranked USC Trojans fall at home to then 1–4 Stanford in what many are calling one of the greatest upsets of all time.September 30 – In a single weekend, five teams ranked in the top ten and seven teams ranked in the top 13 are defeated.September 1 – The Appalachian State University Mountaineers defeated the Michigan Wolverines in the 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game . This upset is the only time a lower division team has ever defeated a ranked Division I-FBS team.July 26 – Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said that his conference will consider expanding to twelve teams to accommodate the Big Ten Network . (ESPN ) July 25 - Senior LSU Tigers tailback Alley Broussard announced that he was leaving the team to concentrate on academics. Broussard started eight games in his career and rushed for 1,537 yards with 18 touchdowns. (ESPN ) July 12 - The NCAA imposed sanctions on the University of Oklahoma for "failing to monitor" Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J. D. Quinn. Oklahoma will be on probation until 2010, will lose two scholarships for each of the next two seasons, and will have to vacate the record of its 2005 season . Oklahoma plans to appeal the ruling. (ABC News ) July 12 - Former Texas Longhorns quarterback Major Applewhite left [[{{{year}}} Rice Owls football team|Rice University]] to join Nick Saban 's staff and the Alabama Crimson Tide . (ESPN ) July 3 - Old Dominion University hired Bruce Stewart as associate athletic director to develop the Monarchs' football program. The ODU Monarchs will begin playing Division I -FCS football in 2009 . (Raleigh News&Observer ) June 27 - ESPN announced that the season debut of College GameDay Blacksburg, Virginia , on September 1 . The Virginia Tech Hokies will take on the East Carolina Pirates . (hokiesports.com ) June 27 - A new NCAA rule banning the use of text messaging in recruiting is set to take effect on August 1 . The NCAA board of directors will meet on August 9 to reconsider the rule. (ESPN ) January 8 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets wide receiver Calvin Johnson NFL Draft .January 6 - The Alabama Crimson Tide hire Nick Saban away from the Miami Dolphins as their new head football coach, replacing Mike Shula .January 1 - Boise State uses three trick plays to upset the 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl
