As Kansas cancels classes to celebrate Memphis’ inability to shoot free-throws, the rest of us are watching and reading about the 20 most meaningless practices of the year—because that’s all the college football we get until August 28th. (135 days and counting.) Alabama is in the post-Major Applewhite era, and seems very happy with the [...]
Posted in Alabama, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Oklahoma, UCLA, USC | No Comments »Ryan Perrilloux had a good reason for getting suspended (or at least that’s what LSU is telling us). Nevertheless, he will back on the practice field Monday. Apparently, Coach Rod is not making friends with Coach Carr’s players in Ann Arbor. I wonder if Big Blue fans wish that Les Miles wanted to come home? [...]
Posted in LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee | 1 Comment »Well isn’t this just f’ing great. Florida gets College Gameday with former Gator cheerleader Erin Andrews to cover their Spring Game on April 12th (Masters weekend). The free publicity for the Gators is probably not needed, but I think it has to give them some recruiting advantage for ’09, as the HS seniors see who [...]
Posted in Florida, Mizzou, SEC, USC | No Comments »For the longest time I have hated the work of Terry Bowden. No one cheered more when ABC sent him packing from the studio show. However, when he tells a story about one of my favorite college football players and it’s really interesting, let me be the first to say: Good work, Terry. Most people [...]
Posted in Alabama | No Comments »Trying to fill the football-less void is a tough thing. However, looking at the best non-conference games of the ’08 season seems like a perfect way. I have found two lists—one very extensive and one a top three. The first comes from CollegeFootballNews.com’s Pete Fiutak, and the second from SportingNews.com’s college football writer Matt Hayes. [...]
Posted in ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Pac-10, SEC | 1 Comment »Amazing. Ryan Perrilloux is a moron. You are about to be the starting QB of the defending national champs and you can’t keep your nose clean for a couple months? Less than 6 weeks ago, Perrilloux was celebrating with 85 of his teammates on the Superdome floor; now, he’s suspended for the second time since [...]
Posted in LSU, Texas | No Comments »Now that we are past signing day and the NFL entry deadline, it’s time look forward to 2008. So it’s nice that Rivals.com has outlined every D-IA* team’s spring practice dates and their biggest question mark of the off-season. SC starts March 25th and ends with the Spring Game April 19th. According to Rivals, the [...]
Posted in ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, NCAA, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC | No Comments »ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach has been assigned the task of predicting the ’08 season—during the winter of 2008, as opposed to the customary summer. First, he gave America this the morning after LSU defeated Ohio State in that fake title game. 5. USC The Trojans played like the best team in the country in their final [...]
Posted in Arizona State, Arkansas, Cal, Illinois, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, Recruiting, USC, Virginia | No Comments »The Wizard of Odds breaks it down. The 2007 data show that either Florida and FSU were big for TV or Kentucky and Michigan fans didn’t travel.
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