2007 Gator Bowl, the Glossary
The 2007 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the West Virginia Mountaineers played on January 1, 2007, at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: AP poll, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference (1979–2013), Bowl game, Calvin Johnson, CBS, Chan Gailey, College football, Davenport, Iowa, ESPN.com, EverBank Stadium, Gary Danielson, Jacksonville, Florida, Mountain West Conference, Pat White (American football), Quad-City Times, Rich Rodriguez, Savannah Morning News, Toyota, United States, Verne Lundquist, 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, 2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
- 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games
- January 2007 sports events in the United States
- West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games
AP poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball.
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Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the United States.
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013.
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Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game, or simply bowl, is one of a number of postseason college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
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Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson Jr. (born September 29, 1985) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Detroit Lions.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
Chan Gailey
Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is a former American football coach.
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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.
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ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.
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EverBank Stadium
EverBank Stadium is an American football stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida, that primarily serves as the home facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and the headquarters of the professional wrestling promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH). 2007 Gator Bowl and EverBank Stadium are Gator Bowl.
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Gary Danielson
Gary Dennis Danielson (born September 10, 1951) is an American college football commentator and former professional football player.
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Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
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Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
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Patrick Christian White (born February 25, 1986) is an American former football quarterback.
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Quad-City Times
The Quad-City Times is a daily morning newspaper based in Davenport, Iowa, and circulated throughout the Quad Cities metropolitan area, including Davenport, Bettendorf and Scott County in Iowa; and Moline, East Moline, Rock Island, and Rock Island County in Illinois.
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Rich Rodriguez
Richard Alan Rodriguez (born May 24, 1963), also known as Rich Rod, is an American college football coach and former player.
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Savannah Morning News
The Savannah Morning News is a daily newspaper in Savannah, Georgia.
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Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Verne Lundquist
Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. (born July 17, 1940) is a retired American sportscaster known for his long career with CBS Sports.
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The 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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The 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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The 2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with an 11–2 record.
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See also
2006–07 NCAA football bowl games
- 2006 Alamo Bowl
- 2006 Armed Forces Bowl
- 2006 Champs Sports Bowl
- 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl
- 2006 Emerald Bowl
- 2006 Hawaii Bowl
- 2006 Holiday Bowl
- 2006 Independence Bowl
- 2006 Insight Bowl
- 2006 Las Vegas Bowl
- 2006 Liberty Bowl
- 2006 MPC Computers Bowl
- 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl
- 2006 Motor City Bowl
- 2006 Music City Bowl
- 2006 New Mexico Bowl
- 2006 New Orleans Bowl
- 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl
- 2006 Poinsettia Bowl
- 2006 Sun Bowl
- 2006 Texas Bowl
- 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games
- 2007 BCS National Championship Game
- 2007 Capital One Bowl
- 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 2007 East–West Shrine Game
- 2007 Fiesta Bowl
- 2007 GMAC Bowl
- 2007 Gator Bowl
- 2007 International Bowl
- 2007 Orange Bowl
- 2007 Outback Bowl
- 2007 Rose Bowl
- 2007 Senior Bowl
- 2007 Sugar Bowl
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games
- 1929 Rose Bowl
- 1940 Orange Bowl
- 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 1944 Sugar Bowl
- 1945 Orange Bowl
- 1947 Oil Bowl
- 1948 Orange Bowl
- 1952 Orange Bowl
- 1953 Sugar Bowl
- 1954 Sugar Bowl
- 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 1956 Gator Bowl
- 1956 Sugar Bowl
- 1960 Gator Bowl (January)
- 1961 Gator Bowl
- 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl
- 1965 Gator Bowl (December)
- 1967 Orange Bowl
- 1970 Sun Bowl
- 1971 Peach Bowl
- 1972 Liberty Bowl
- 1978 Peach Bowl
- 1985 Hall of Fame Classic
- 1991 Aloha Bowl
- 1991 Florida Citrus Bowl
- 1997 Carquest Bowl
- 1999 Gator Bowl
- 2000 Gator Bowl
- 2000 Peach Bowl
- 2001 Seattle Bowl
- 2002 Silicon Valley Football Classic
- 2004 Champs Sports Bowl
- 2004 Humanitarian Bowl
- 2005 Emerald Bowl
- 2007 Gator Bowl
- 2007 Humanitarian Bowl
- 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl
- 2010 Independence Bowl
- 2010 Orange Bowl
- 2011 Sun Bowl
- 2012 Sun Bowl
- 2013 Music City Bowl
- 2014 Orange Bowl (December)
- 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (December)
- 2018 Quick Lane Bowl
- 2023 Gasparilla Bowl
January 2007 sports events in the United States
- 2006 AFC Divisional playoff game (New England–San Diego)
- 2007 BCS National Championship Game
- 2007 Capital One Bowl
- 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
- 2007 East–West Shrine Game
- 2007 Fiesta Bowl
- 2007 Gator Bowl
- 2007 MLS SuperDraft
- 2007 Orange Bowl
- 2007 Outback Bowl
- 2007 Rose Bowl
- 2007 Senior Bowl
- 2007 Sugar Bowl
- 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- WEC 25
- Winter X Games XI
West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games
- 1922 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic
- 1938 Sun Bowl
- 1949 Sun Bowl
- 1954 Sugar Bowl
- 1964 Liberty Bowl
- 1969 Peach Bowl
- 1972 Peach Bowl
- 1975 Peach Bowl
- 1981 Peach Bowl (December)
- 1982 Gator Bowl
- 1983 Hall of Fame Classic
- 1984 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
- 1987 Sun Bowl
- 1989 Fiesta Bowl
- 1989 Gator Bowl (December)
- 1994 Sugar Bowl
- 1995 Carquest Bowl (January)
- 1997 Carquest Bowl
- 1997 Gator Bowl
- 1998 Insight.com Bowl
- 2000 Music City Bowl
- 2002 Continental Tire Bowl
- 2004 Gator Bowl
- 2005 Gator Bowl
- 2006 Sugar Bowl
- 2007 Gator Bowl
- 2008 Fiesta Bowl
- 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl
- 2010 Champs Sports Bowl
- 2010 Gator Bowl
- 2012 Orange Bowl
- 2012 Pinstripe Bowl
- 2014 Liberty Bowl
- 2016 Cactus Bowl (January)
- 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl
- 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl
- 2018 Camping World Bowl
- 2020 Liberty Bowl
- 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl
- 2023 Duke's Mayo Bowl
- List of West Virginia Mountaineers bowl games