2007 Insight Bowl Explained

Subheader:19th Insight Bowl
Year Game Played:2007
Game Name:Insight Bowl
Football Season:2007
Visitor Name Short:Indiana
Visitor Nickname:Hoosiers
Visitor School:University of Indiana
Home Name Short:Oklahoma State
Home Nickname:Cowboys
Home School:Oklahoma State University
Visitor Record:7–5
Visitor Conference:Big Ten
Home Record:6–6
Home Conference:Big 12
Visitor Coach:Bill Lynch
Home Coach:Mike Gundy
Visitor 1Q:3
Visitor 2Q:7
Visitor 3Q:7
Visitor 4Q:16
Home 1Q:21
Home 2Q:14
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:7
Date Game Played:December 31
Stadium:Sun Devil Stadium
City:Tempe, Arizona
Mvp:Offensive: OSU QB Zac Robinson
Defensive: OSU S Donovan Woods
Odds:Oklahoma State by 4[1]
Referee:Jack Folliard (Pac-10)
Payout:1.2 million per team[2]
Us Network:NFL Network
Us Announcers Link:List of announcers of major college bowl games
Us Announcers:Bob Papa, Sterling Sharpe and Mike Mayock

The 2007 Insight Bowl was the 19th edition of the Insight Bowl. Part of the 2007–08 NCAA football bowl games season, it was played on December 31, 2007, at Sun Devil Stadium on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona.

The opponents were the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference and the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. This marked the third consecutive year of Big 10 and Big 12 tie-ins for this bowl game.

Both teams had tumultuous seasons. The Hoosiers' previous head coach, Terry Hoeppner, died in June 2007 and Bill Lynch took over the program. The team's season-long mantra was "Play 13," referring to the goal of earning a bowl game after the 12-game regular season. This was Indiana's first bowl appearance since 1993. Meanwhile, Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy gained widespread attention across North America for a tirade against a sportswriter for The Daily Oklahoman. The outburst was frequently displayed on TV sportscasts and online. The Cowboys were 6–6 on the season and unranked nationally, a generally disappointing outcome for a team with a highly touted pre-season offense. Zac Robinson, who replaced Bobby Reid as the starting quarterback early in the year, led the offense.

Notes and References

  1. World Features Syndicate via Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 26, 2007
  2. Web site: ncaafootball.com - Bowl Schedules/Results . 2009-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070803194501/http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=34&url_article_id=9255&change_well_id=2 . 2007-08-03 .