Saturday, September 19, 2009

AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Cerritos wary of Long Beach (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)


Cerritos College lost four football games last season, but none lingered longer than a 28-24 loss to visiting Long Beach City in Week 3. The Falcons went into the game confident and undefeated (2-0), having beaten their two previous opponents by a combined score of 121-31.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Citrus hopes to rebound from 0-2 start (Pioneer Press)


Citrus College football coach Ron Ponciano believes his Owls are a lot better than their 0-2 start.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Citrus' first victory doesn't satisfy its coach (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)


GLENDORA - Citrus College's football team won its first game of the season Saturday. But coach Ron Ponciano wasn't exactly smiling after the host Owls scored a 32-24 victory over Los Angeles Southwest in a nonconference game at Citrus College Stadium.


College football locals: Sept. 19, 2009 (Naples Daily News)


Updates on local college football players


Lafayette College football team trails Liberty 16-7 after three quarters (The Express-Times)


Maurice White's 4-yard rush put the Lafayette College football team on the board with 9:40 left in the third quarter, but the Leopards still trail Liberty University 16-7 headed into the fourth quarter.After the scoring drive, Lafayette QB Rob Curley...


College football pauses to remember Myles Brand (AP via Yahoo! News)


College football paused Saturday to remember Myles Brand, the first university president to lead the NCAA.


College football: ACC not living up to hype, once again (LA.com)


I've seen a lot of nicknames for the Atlantic Coast Conference; probably the one I like best is "Almost a College Conference." That about sums up what the ACC is this year in football, at least judging from the first two weeks.


Breakdown of officiating in college football (WNDU 16 South Bend)


College football games are officiated differently than any other college sport.


College football pauses to remember Myles Brand (Rocky Mount Telegram)


Moments of silence were observed at games across the country, the first weekend of college football since Brand died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at 67. He was the NCAA's first chief executive to die in office.


Funeral Services for Former Taft College Football Coach Al Baldock Monday September 21st 10 a.m. at Westside Believers ... (The Taft Independent)


Funeral Services will be held for former Taft College Football Coach Al Baldock on Monday, September 21st at 10 a.m. at the Westside Believers Church. Following interment at the Westside Cemetery District, Taft College will hold a reception in the campus gymnasium. The public is invited.


College football: Live updates from Widener-Ithaca (The Ithaca Journal)


No. 25 Ithaca College will play its home football opener at 1 p.m. today against non-conference opponent Widener. Follow along the action live by clicking the link below and joining the conversation.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Citrus hopes to rebound from 0-2 start (The Monterey County Herald)


Citrus College football coach Ron Ponciano believes his Owls are a lot better than their 0-2 start.


Friday, September 18, 2009

The Star’s college football predictions (The Kansas City Star)


Picks are made by reporters and editors who cover college football for The Star.


Allen Lessels' College Football: Historic season for Big Green, for the wrong reasons (New Hampshire Union Leader)


The Dartmouth College football team must do something that has been done only once before in the history of the school: Rebound from a winless season.


College Football: Upper Darby grad Lawrence has risen to top NFL prospect (Delaware County Times)


Average football player. That’s what one junior college football coach said of Upper Darby All-Delco Simoni Lawrence in 2005.


2009 GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW:GCC looks to snap back (The Glendale News-Press)


NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College on Saturday, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


Path less traveled: Mesa State's Lewis watches college football career come full-circle (The Daily Sentinel)


Domonique Lewis planned to play football through college, but those plans changed after one semester away from home.


Thursday, September 17, 2009

College Football's Camera Troubles: Cell Phones, Social Networking Plague Sports Stars (The Huffington Post)


For all the images of marching bands, cheerleaders and raucous student fans associated with college football, the romantic notion of a quaint campus life for star quarterbacks like Tim Tebow, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford and Texas' Colt McCoy has all but disappeared, killed off by a combination of cloying fans and new technology. Athletic departments now monitor social networking Web sites, and ...


College Football: Upper Darby grad Lawrence has risen to top NFL prospect (Delaware County Times)


Average football player. That’s what one junior college football coach said of Upper Darby All-Delco Simoni Lawrence in 2005.


kgb 542542 Text Answer Service Is Blitzed With College Football Questions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)


The 2009 college football season is up and running, and kgb is having a ball answering all your campus gridiron questions. From SEC and Big 12 country to the Pac 10, Big 10 and Big East and everywhere in between, college football fans have been rushing to ask questions of kgb.


College football: ACC not living up to hype, once again (The Salt Lake Tribune)


I've seen a lot of nicknames for the Atlantic Coast Conference; probably the one I like best is "Almost a College Conference." That about sums up what the ACC is this year in football, at least judging from the first two weeks.


AP college football top 25 predictions (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)


RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Florida has a score to settle. Texas, too, but for a different reason. Coach Urban Meyer and his top-ranked Gators welcome (sort of) Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin to Gainesville, Fla., and the Southeastern Conference on Saturday.


College Football: LSU, UNC to open 2010 season (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ...BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU and North Carolina will meet in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game to open the 2010 ...


2009 GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW:GCC looks to snap back (The Glendale News-Press)


NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College on Saturday, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


2009 GLENDALE COLLEGE SEASON PREVIEW FOOTBALL:Vaqueros looking to spring back (Burbank Leader)


GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College today, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


Freshman’s leg key for Hope College football team (The Holland Sentinel)


When punter-placekicker Steve Hazekamp fell to the turf last week with what seemed to be a serious knee injury, Hope College football coach Dean Kreps breathed a heavy sigh. “I thought we were done with that,” Kreps said of Saturday’s game against Carthage (Wis.) College. “Then (Hazekamp) goes down.” Fortunately for the Flying Dutchmen, a promising newcomer could give them a boost with his leg.


CU Regent Tom Lucero pushing for college-football playoff (Colorado Daily)


University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero has a play up his sleeve: He wants to help change the way college football crowns its champs.


Local college football players (Pensacola News Journal)


A look at how local college football players fared last week.


Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Akron favored, Kent State possible for a weekend of college football upsets (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)


Cleveland.com photoChris Jacquemain It is not often one sees Mid-American Conference football teams favored over major college football powers, and the blue moon must be rising when traditional MAC doormats, Akron and Kent State, are considered to have a chance...


Blake Costanzo is Lafayette College's link to National Football League (The Express-Times)


Blake Costanzo is the only Patriot League alumnus currently on a Patriot League roster. Blake Costanzo never was named All-Patriot League first team when he played linebacker for Lafayette College's football team a few years ago. Costanzo, however, is playing...


College Football Notebook (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ... BRISTOL, Conn. — The Southern California-Ohio State thriller is the most-viewed college football ga ...


College football: Former Muskie delivers in pinch for UNI offensive line (Muscatine Journal)


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – College football lineups are never etched in stone.


2009 GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW:GCC looks to snap back (The Glendale News-Press)


NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College on Saturday, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


2009 GLENDALE COLLEGE SEASON PREVIEW FOOTBALL:Vaqueros looking to spring back (Burbank Leader)


GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College today, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Paulus guarded in his respect for NU (Chicago Sun-Times)


Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus -- the former Duke basketball point guard -- expressed nothing but respect for Northwestern on Tuesday. The Orange (0-2) will be aiming for its first victory of the unusual Paulus college-grid era when the Wildcats (2-0) visit the Carrier Dome on Saturday (6 p.m., 720-AM after the Cubs game). ''We're still working on gathering the information, but from the ...


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Lunchtime college football chat: featuring Michigan and Bowling Green (The Toledo Blade)


Welcome to Tuesday's college football chat featuring all things Michigan and Bowling Green. Chat with Blade sports writers Ryan Autullo (UM beat writer) and Donald Emmons (BGSU beat writer) from noon to 1 p.m. Blade sports editor Frank Corsoe also will be sitting in as host to make sure everyone plays nice. Click on the chat below and join the fun. Michigan, Bowling Green college football chat


College football: Former Muskie delivers in pinch for UNI offensive line (Muscatine Journal)


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – College football lineups are never etched in stone.


Monday, September 14, 2009

College Football Schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule.


BYU Lands No. 7 Spot in AP College Football Poll (FOX 13 Utah)


After a major win in the game against the Tulane Green Wave on Saturday (54-3), the Brigham Young University Cougars have now moved from the No. 9 spot to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 college football poll.


2009 GLENDALE COLLEGE SEASON PREVIEW FOOTBALL:Vaqueros looking to spring back (Burbank Leader)


GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College today, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game.


Best places to watch college football in St. Louis (KSDK St. Louis)


Best places to watch college football in St. Louis


TicketCity Reveals the Top 25 Hottest College Football Games for Week 5 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)


AUSTIN, Texas----The 2009 College Football season rolls into week 5 with demand for the top games remaining steady. Comparable to the start of the 2007 season, this season has seen top teams falter and others unexpectedly climb the rankings.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mounties improve to 2-0 (Whittier Daily News)


COSTA MESA - It wasn't pretty, but there's nothing ugly about starting the season 2-0. The Mt. San Antonio College football team, which looked sluggish at times for the second consecutive week, will attest to that.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLLS (Centre Daily Times)


The AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:


A fight over college football coverage rights (Rushville Republican)


The college football community and the nation’s news media, kindred souls for more than a century, are breaking up over coverage rights and rules.


College Football Fans Can Support Their Teams With a Click: Voting Opens Today for the 2009 Liberty Mutual Coach of ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)


College football fans are no stranger to reaching for their wallets to support their team:


Sunday, September 13, 2009

SN's college football Top 25 (SportingNews)


Sporting News Each week, Sporting News' team of college football experts ranks the nation's top 25 teams.   Record Pvs 1. Florida 2-0 1 2. USC 2-0 4 3. Texas 2-0 2 4. Alabama 2-0 3 5. California 2-0 13 6. Mississippi 1-0 5 7. LSU 2-0 9 8. Georgia Tech 2-0 7 9. BYU 2-0 11 10. Penn State 2-0 8 11. Virginia Tech 1-1 10 12. Ohio State 1-1 14 13. Boise State 2-0 15 14. Oklahoma 1-1 12 15. Cincinnati ...


College football: AP Top 25 (Baltimore Sun)


The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:


Sunday Six Pack: College football's most interesting developments of the week (New Orleans Times-Picayune)


A look at the weekend that was in college football


Top 25 College Football Results And Summaries (WITN 7 North Carolina)


No. 3 USC capped off a wild second week in Top 25 College Football Play with an 18-15 win over No. 8 Ohio State while Houston stuns No. 5 Oklahoma State. Check here for Top 25 summaries.