College Football

As Texas A prepares for its "official" move out of the Big 12 and into the thriving SEC later this summer, Aggies everywhere are beginning to wonder what exactly the future holds. The loss of the infamous rivalry with Texas has been heartbreaking to both ...  

May 30, 2012 - It is amazing just how much of the intro to my Temple piece could apply to their neighbors to the northeast, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Golden Greg Schiano inherited a wasteland of a football program half a decade 11 years ago.  

It started last January, in 2011, when the Oklahoma Sooners saw the Texas Longhorns work their magic in establishing the Longhorn Network. The Sooners decided that the whole "dedicated school network" business sounded mighty good and they embarked on a ...  

Notre Dame's schedule also used to be a unique advantage ... The most likely scenario is a four-team bracket comprised of conference champions ranked in the top six. If the slots cannot be filled by conference champions, at large teams from the top ...  

Last year South Carolina won by 18 at home but that was without Jordan Rodgers starting at QB for Vandy and with Stephen Garcia throwing four interceptions and trying to will the Dores to victory. I would probably stay away from this game because Vandy ...  

Michigan's spectacular turnaround in 2011 included huge victories over Notre Dame, Nebraska and Ohio State. For the Wolverines to continue their resurgence toward a possible Big Ten title this fall, they must end troublesome losing streaks against a pair ...  

SALT LAKE CITY — After they destroyed Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl, the Utah Utes of 2004 deserved to keep playing in search of greater rewards. So did the '08 Utes, who emerged from a Sugar Bowl upset of Alabama as the only unbeaten team in major college football.  

The Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi State Bulldogs are currently slugging it out in the 2012 SEC baseball championship game, and what a great game it is.When average sports fans think about SEC sports, they think about football. Obviously programs like Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Georgia are huge powers in the college football world, so the SEC tends to attract a lot of football attention.That being said, the baseball down in the SEC is...  

If I had to categorize my feelings about the Sooners heading into the upcoming season in one word, it would be: uncertain.Coming off a disappointing year of high expectations and letdowns, coaching changes and a rash of player departures and suspensions, I am not quite sure what to expect in 2012.The Sooners certainly have the talent to regroup and make a push for an eighth national championship, but there have been few years where lack of...  

Today, we’re 94 days away from the kickoff of the 2012 college football season. As such ... Quarterback Derek Carr– the younger brother of former NFL No. 1 overall draft pick David Carr– will be tasked to run the new breakneck, no ...  

The punter is certainly not the flashiest player on the football field, and when a team signs one, it usually goes unnoticed. However, the value of a strong punter cannot be overstated. Just ask any defensive coordinator and he will tell you ...  

Paul Johnson and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets picked up their fifth commitment for their 2013 class in Tri-Cities High product Jeremi Hall. Hall is the teammate of Shamire DeVine who is also committed to the Yellow Jackets. Hall is rated as a ...  

Read more about the change here. Texas is gone as Texas A's traditional, big-time rival to end the football season. So, Aggie fans, how about LSU to fill your late-November football fix? LSU athletic director Joe Alleva told the Baton Rouge Advocate that ...  

It's hard to imagine the difficulty former Fighting Illini football coaches faced trying to compete with major college powers having large, viable player personnel departments that assist in recruiting. The Illini now have people doing that work as well.  

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets made yet another "big" signing late Saturday when Tri-Cities High School Offensive Lineman Jeremi Hall, a teammate of four star offensive lineman Shamire Devine, committed to the Jackets. This marks the fifth recruit of what ...  

Last Bowl Game: 2008 Texas Bowl: beat Western Michigan 38-14 Four Year Coaching Trend: 5 wins, 7.25 losses per year; avg of 3.75 wins and 4.25 losses in C-USA play Stat to Cheer: 88.89% conversion rate in the red zone (scored on 32 of 36 attempts which was ...  

At the beginning of last season the Texas Longhorns defense had a lot of growing up to do, but by the end of the year they were easily the best defense in the Big 12. Heading into the 2012 season, the Longhorn defense is poised to be the best unit in the ...  

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Expansion is all the rage and while the Big 12 is still not sold on growing their league back to twelve teams there are, at least in reports, multiple teams that are looking to have their names considered. Louisville, of the Big East, is exploring options.  

Clemson, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech are going even further to get to the game ... the Seminoles would be making a five hour drive up to Atlanta for the game. Clemson would be moving just two hours to play in their big bowl. Virginia Tech would be ...  

Purdue head football coach Danny Hope has announced that Director of Player Personnel Paul Gonnella resigned this morning to take a similar position with the University of Alabama. "Paul was our inaugural director of player personnel and did an ...  

Perhaps the most notable development from the perspective of local schools is the Illinois Fighting Illini renewing a rivalry with the Iowa Hawkeyes. The two schools will play in 2015 for the first time since 2008. Illinois opens the conference ...  

"After you spend time kicking in doors in Iraq and Afghanistan, you aren't afraid of anything," Golden Hurricane coach Bill Blankenship said. Davis did two tours of duty in both countries. Now, at 26 years old, he is among the oldest players on ...  

Tulsa, Oklahoma –– University of Tulsa Head Football ... Jackson will be able to return to the Golden Hurricane lineup for a September 22nd non-conference home matchup against the Fresno State Bulldogs. “There are consequences to our decisions ...  

COMMENTARY| The spring practices, scrimmages - they're all great, but they're just a tease for Michigan State Spartans football fans. Keeping up on all the workouts, press conferences and developments occupies fans' time - the downtime - prior to the real ...  

Looking ahead to today’s action, the Cougars and the Golden Eagles meet in a weekend series back in March. Southern Miss dominated the first two games between the teams while Houston won the third game of the series in Hattiesburg, Miss. While it isn’t ...  

The United States Football League could be returning to Oregon. Decades after the Portland Breakers played in Civic Stadium in 1985, the league, which folded in 1987, hopes to launch again in 2013 with Portland as a targeted city. The new ...  

What do Alabama and West Virginia have in common when it comes to football tradition? Not much. True, the Mountaineers are the home state university of Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban. And that gives a little interest to the announcement that Bama and West Virginia will open the 2014 season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. The game is scheduled for August 30 season after next.  

OK, by now you've heard what has lit up the college football interwebs this afternoon, Alabama and West Virginia are looking at a matchup in the 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome. Numerous sources claim Coach Saban has said this at recent Crimson Caravan events and, earlier this afternoon, The Charleston Daily Mail's WVU beat writer, Mike Casazza, confirmed it. This WVU v. Alabama thing is basically done done...  

The Syracuse Orange and Rutgers Scarlet Knights both received votes in the SB Nation BlogPoll 2012 College Football Preseason Rankings, but neither team received enough votes to crack the top 25. Syracuse earned enough votes to take the 45th ...  

Stat to Cheer: gave up 17 sacks in 2011 (tied for 1st in the WAC and was a 15 sack improvement from 2010) Stat to Fear: had the least amount of first downs in the Nation running the football (54) CFBZ: Mike McIntyre improved his team wins by four over his ...  

A press release from Iowa State University: AMES, Iowa - Iowa State linebacker A.J. Klein has been named a fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele's 2012 College Football Preview. Klein and his Cyclone linebacking mate Jake Knott were both ...  

In case you've forgotten about one of the greatest coaching rivalries in history, Ivan Maisel provides a summary of the relationship between two college football legends in Michigan's Fielding Yost and Notre Dame's Knute Rockne. [ESPN] • David ...  

A press release from Iowa State University: AMES, Iowa - Iowa State linebacker A.J. Klein has been named a fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele's 2012 College Football Preview. Klein and his Cyclone linebacking mate Jake Knott were both ...  

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The Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Thursday the game times for four of Wake Forest's football games for the 2012 season. The Demon Deacons will open the season at home against Liberty on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. That game will can be seen on ...  

SMU's new conference dodged a major bullet on Wednesday when Kelly Lyell of The Coloradoan reported that Boise State had rejected the Mountain West's last-ditch effort to keep their signature football school. When the Mustangs committed to ...  

Defensive back Nathan Halverson (Portland, Ore./Grant) has elected to play college ball in the Lone Star State for Southern Methodist, according to multiple sources. Two Football Championship Subdivision programs, Montana and Portland State, also extended ...  

The Northwestern Wildcats' football program received some exciting news today: the team will miss perennial Big Ten powerhouses Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Given the recent upward trend the Wildcats ...  

a star on coach Bear Bryant's first … Full Story »Ex-Crimson Tide lineman Neighbors dies at 72 The Alabama Crimson Tide had four of their players drafted in the first round … Full Story »Top 10 College Football Prospects for the 2013 NFL Draft ...  

Notre Dame is usually at the top of any list of elite college football teams ... games were the 2008 Hawaii Bowl (now defunct), the 2010 Sun Bowl and the 2011 Champs Sports Bowl. The Irish won two of those three, and before defeating Hawaii 49-21 on ...  

Football runs in the Holtz family. His son Skip Holtz is currently the head-coach of the University of South Florida. Now, Skip’s son and Lou’s grandson, Trey Holtz, will be forging his own path in college football as  preferred walk-on for ...  

Questions abound this season for the 2012 Scarlet Knights. Having seen their coach of eleven years jump to the NFL and take several assistants with him, Rutgers also lost nine starters (five on offense, three on defense and their place kicker) from the ...  

While Notre Dame has had a tough time making its way up the BCS rankings in recent years, the team could manage a top four finish in any given year (granted, the Fighting Irish would likely have to run the table ... playoff game. But Teddy Greenstein ...  

The College Football Hall of Fame is beginning to fill up with former Purdue Boilermakers, quickly. On Tuesday, former Boiler halfback and All-American Otis Armstrong was elected to the hall. Armstrong played at Purdue from 1970-1972 and becomes ...  

against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Both teams had been busy trying to finalize the deal to play in the game and according to Mike Casazza of the Charleston Daily Mail, the deal is essentially set. This WVU v. Alabama thing is basically done done.  

Spring practices ended over a month ago, but the Fighting Illini football coaching staff is as busy as ever. Assistants have been on the road evaluating prospects, and head coach Tim Beckman is traveling around the state with the Illini Caravan.  

Traditionally known as one of the top college football programs in the nation, LSU fans expect greatness with this program. However, since that memorable 2007 season, which concluded with a 38-24 victory over Ohio State in the BCS National Championship ...  

Wilson now takes a look at the Texas Longhorns as they wrap up the spring and head into the summer. 2011 was another year of ups and downs for Texas. The Longhorns won their first four games before dropping five of their last eight matches. A Holiday Bowl ...  

Since graduating with a Master's degree from the University of Washington in 2010, Christianne Harder has worked for the football programs at Stanford and Washington. She currently is consulting for Western Kentucky's football program on its recruiting and social networking programs. She was one of the 159 applicants for the job former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino gave to Jessica Dorrell, the ...  

The Orlando Sentinel has ranked all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. The Sentinel staff will take a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 120 to our projected No. 1 team. We will not be including the four teams the NCAA lists as still reclassifying to the Football Bowl Subdivision level.  

The Orlando Sentinel has ranked all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. We’ll take a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 120 to our projected No. 1 team. We will not be including the four teams the NCAA lists as still reclassifying to the Football Bowl Subdivision level.  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and Conference USA head Britton Banowsky agree that change is likely coming in the method of crowning college football's national champions.  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and Conference USA head Britton Banowsky agree that change is likely coming in the method of crowning college football's national champions.  

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas assistant head coach Taver Johnson has done his best to put his blinders on for nearly two weeks now.  

Some college football coaches want an NCAA rule change that would allow them to scrimmage against other schools during spring drills.