Happy Friday. Let’s get to the roundup. Most of the major preseason polls have closed, and with 97% of precincts reporting, we can report that USC is getting a little bit of attention. They top both the College Football News poll and the USA Today coaches poll. That should be good news for Trojan fans, [...]
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A few items of note from around the college football world… Ivan Maisel reports that USC does not encourage freshmen “going Booty” and enrolling early on campus. Offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian thinks that instead of burying themselves in the Trojan playbook, 17- and 18-year-olds’ priorities should lie elsewhere: “I think your senior year of high [...]
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Some say the Flutie-to-Phalen Hail Mary, others say The Play. In defense of the latter, this first-person account from Michael Silver is good reading.
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In hopes of supporting the gambling habits of our readers and friends, here are the odds to win the BCS title. Selected highlights: The Favorite: USC 5/2 (Pac-10 2nd Choice: Cal 45/1) SEC Favorite: Florida 8/1 (SEC 2nd Choice: LSU 10/1 [sorry, Les]) Big-10 Favorite: Michigan 7/1 (Big-10 2nd Choice: Ohio St 20/1) ACC Favorite: [...]
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Not to jump ahead of ourselves (and don’t worry, we’ll continue breaking down the Trojan moments that made the list), but Ivan Maisel has concluded his countdown of the top 100 college football moments of all time. No doubt fans will quibble with the list – because that’s what fans do, they quibble – but [...]
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Former Miami coach Larry Coker came out of seclusion to give an interview to Miami’s Radio 760, saying he wants to coach again. When asked if he could have one do-over from his UM tenure, he said this: “Obviously to somehow prevent this altercation with FIU. I don’t know how we would’ve done that, but [...]
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The Trojans are returning an absolutely loaded lineup for the upcoming season, with very few of their key players electing to leave for the NFL. So if you cover college football for a living and are seemingly convinced of the superiority of the college game, that’s a good thing, right? Apparently not if you’re SI’s [...]
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Yep–looks like the Texas offer forced Miami’s hand. We don’t have strong feelings about this particular hiring, but something in the reaction from team members struck us as odd: “It’s the guy that I wanted. It’s the guy a lot of us wanted,” Miami quarterback Kirby Freeman said Thursday night. “Randy’s been extremely sincere to [...]
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In an effort to quickly replace Gene Chizik, Texas has offered Miami defensive coordinator Randy Shannon the same job with the Longhorns. Will this force Miami’s hand in offering Shannon the head job? We shall see.
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Miami may have to move another name to the top of their list. Spurrier says Schiano should be the #1 choice of the Hurricanes.
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