Thanks to Awful Announcing for having someone compile this list. Here are the highlights: Tomorrow, ESPN begins to completely whip our ass with the 25-hour pregame nightmare. Then we get LSU and Miss St with Fowler, Flutie, and James (are you kidding me that we have to put up with Craig James in the booth [...]
Posted in Cal, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, The Biz, UCLA, Va Tech | 1 Comment »SI predicts the conference champions (my thoughts in brackets): ACC: Virgina Tech over BC in the money-grab title game. [Agreed.] Big 12: Texas over Nebraska in the money-grab title game. [I'm thinking OU instead.] Big Eleven: Michigan. [Wisconsin.] Big East: West Virginia. [L'ville.] Pac-10: USC, (12-0) and off to the BcS title game. [Agreed, in [...]
Posted in ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Boston College, Coaches, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pac-10, SEC, Texas, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | No Comments »ESPN kicked off the season with Rece, Mark, and Lou talking about the big games from Sept 1st and Sept 8th: Tennessee at Cal and Virginia Tech at LSU. May went with Tennessee and Holtz went with Cal; Rece broke the tie, giving Cal the win and moving them into the Top 10. For the [...]
Posted in Cal, LSU, Louisville, Tennessee, Va Tech | 1 Comment »Okay, this is getting ridiculous. All 12 “experts” from ESPN pick USC to win the national title. Three experts like the Trojans over Texas, three more take SC over LSU, two pick USC over Michigan (nice rematch), two more like SC over West Virginia, and the unique picks are SC over OU and SC over Virginia [...]
Posted in LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Last year ESPN had its first mock season with a PLAYOFF, played out on the 6pm Sportscenter each night going week by week through the season. This year’s version (ESPNU Championship Series) kicked off last night, with Rece Davis, Mark May and Lou Holtz (who said, and we were shocked by this, that Notre Dame was going [...]
Posted in Florida, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, The Biz, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Here is their version; here is our version: #16- Tennessee at California September 1st #18- Florida St at Clemson September 3rd #4- Virginia Tech at LSU September 8th #14- TCU at Texas September 8th #19- Miami at Oklahoma September 8th #20- Notre Dame at Penn State September 8th #8- USC at Nebraska September 15th #9- [...]
Posted in Alabama, Boise State, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Texas, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 2 Comments »No asterisks in this roundup. Just cold, hard facts. And snarky opinions. As the L.A. Daily News’ Scott Wolf reports in his USC blog, there is no bad blood between Pete Carroll and the guy who nearly had Carroll’s job: Mike Bellotti and Pete Carroll do not hate each other. But there is a spirted [...]
Posted in BCS, Big Eleven, Boise State, Coaches, Oregon, Pitt, ROUNDUPS, Syracuse, Tennessee, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech | 4 Comments »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, [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arkansas, Big Eleven, Coaches, Indiana, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, ROUNDUPS, Recruiting, Texas, Texas Tech, The U, Va Tech | 1 Comment »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: [...]
Posted in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Cal, Florida, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pac-10, SEC, Texas, The U, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia | 2 Comments »College Gameday will start the season by tugging at America’s heart strings. ESPN has announced today that Chris, Lee, Kirk (and Desmond) will open the season at Virginia Tech, when the Hokies host East Carolina. ESPN will even be allowing Mike Tirico to leave the NFL for a week to do play-by-play for the game. [...]
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