You’ve probably heard some talking heads and journalists calling Stanford-USC the biggest upset in the sport’s history. Apparently just comparing point spreads is the most efficient way to determine that, but in case you’re one of those rare college football fans who consider more than Vegas odds, here are a few fun factoids: in 2004 [...]
Posted in Appalachian State, Coaches, Michigan, Notre Dame, UCLA, USC | 1 Comment »In honor of SC’s beatdown of Nebraska (and Utah’s beatdown of UCLA, Michigan’s beatdown of Notre Dame, etc.), we bring your attention to “The greatest beatdowns in history.” USC, and the Pac-10 in general, make a few appearances in the top 100: 18. 2005 Orange Bowl: USC wins second straight national title with 55-19 win [...]
Posted in Big Eleven, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Pac-10, UCLA, USC, Utah | 1 Comment »Awful Announcing again provides us with this weekend’s TV schedule (Sept 20th thru 22nd): The weekend opens with Texas A&M at Miami and Erin Andrews probably in a tank top—YEAH! (Erin will also be in Tampa for South Florida, so it might be a tank top twofer.) We’ll see if Coach Fran really has a [...]
Posted in Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, South Florida, Texas A&M, The Other USC, The U, USC, Washington State | No Comments »Okay, so you got no live updates this week; I apologize. I was taking online defensive driving to get out of a ticket, so I saw very little of the daytime action and then the family came home and it was daddy/daughter time until SC started. First, maybe I was wrong about SC. For the [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Cal, Florida, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Utah, West Virginia | 1 Comment »Thanks to Awful Announcing for the list and comments about Erin Andrews’ diet. A few highlights: Only one Erin Andrews appearance this week (maybe she has a wedding this weekend and has Saturday off?). Tennessee @ Florida (as CBS kicks off SEC football coverage) goes against America’s Pillow Fight on ABC (ND @ Mich). I [...]
Posted in Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Tennessee, USC, West Virginia | No Comments »Michigan is in full panic mode and Ryan Mallett will start in the True Freshman Battle at the Big House. Apparently Frank Beamer wasn’t that impressed with Sean Glennon (though his comments last week beg to differ). Florida and Tennessee are both battling injuries before their traditional SEC kick-off. I know that we have to [...]
Posted in Appalachian State, Florida, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Tennessee, USC, Va Tech | No Comments »Upset Alert Recap: South Florida pulled it off at Auburn; so did Washington. Oregon put Lloyd Carr on suicide watch. UCLA and Texas survived tough games at home. Virginia Tech looked to be the 2nd most overrated team in the country; however, Pat Forde feels that LSU is #1. The Ole Ball Coach pulled his [...]
Posted in Auburn, Boise State, Cal, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, South Florida, Texas, The Other USC, UCLA, Va Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin | No Comments »Having a parent from Ohio and having gone to SC makes me very happy about what is going on in the Big House Boise St: the first team on Upset Alert to fall? How on earth did Cal play that badly against Colorado St?
Posted in Boise State, Cal, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, USC | No Comments »Four Top 25 teams (and a former Top 5 team) are being told to watch out this week: Auburn hosting South Florida: Both of SI’s college football writers pick the upset. Texas hosting TCU: TCU alum Dan Jenkins prays for the upset and Bob Davie picks the Horned Frogs. UCLA hosting BYU: The battle for [...]
Posted in Auburn, BYU, Boise State, Michigan, Oregon, South Florida, TCU, Texas, UCLA, Washington | 2 Comments »Many of you have no doubt seen Page 2′s “New Rules for College Football Fans to Live By.” But let’s be honest: that’s a lot to read, and somewhere around Rule 26.a.1 our eyes started to glaze over. So here’s a condensed list: 1a. Under extenuating circumstances, however, you may have up to three Division [...]
Posted in Alabama, Boise State, Coaches, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC | No Comments »