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 [...]
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The nation’s longest winning streak falls in Seattle, setting up Ohio State’s visit to Washington Aggie Nation is swallowing its tongue against Fresno St (overtime about to start) Texas/TCU is about to start We could have a sloppy track in Baton Rouge tonight
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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 [...]
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With Week 1 going through Monday and Louisville taking more $$$ from ESPN to play on Thursday (against the NFL), we don’t have a lot of time to take in all of last weekend before they are ready to go again. It looks like ranked teams will be taking on better competition this week and [...]
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Faithful readers might remember that we came in at #9 on an earlier list of college football’s best unis. Turns out we’re moving up—the latest list, from Dayn Perry at FOX Sports, has us at #2: Exceptionally cool helmets, colors, striping and cleats. It’s a look that’s also stood the test of time. The Pac-10 [...]
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Usually at this point of the college football year (and make no mistake, it didn’t take ESPN airing a daily “College Football Live” to prove that college football is now a year-round sport), hysteria runs rampant. The preseason guides are on newsstands, polls and predictions are being made by every myopic fan and blogger from [...]
Posted in Arizona State, BCS, Cal, Coaches, LSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, Texas, UCLA, USC, Washington | 2 Comments »
The FanHouse has completed its list of the ten dirtiest programs in college football, and the winner is … Texas Tech. The Committee on Infractions cited Texas Tech [in 1998] for unethical conduct, academic fraud, failure to monitor, and lack of institutional control. Tech was one of only two teams to get cited for all [...]
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We might be two months from the kickoff of the college football season, but down South, talking gridiron trash is a year-round sport. Take LSU coach Les Miles, who decides to provide a little pre-season locker room material for the Trojans: “I can tell you that I would like nothing better than to play USC [...]
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I know that Ty Willingham was the last coach to beat SC at the Coliseum, but this Washington team does not have Steve Emtman, Napolean Kaufman or Billy Joe Hobert. I wonder if the SC receiving corps loves it when opposing DBs think they’re better than they really are?
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