Saturday, October 24, 2009

Menlo College rallies for Northwest football win (Palo Alto Weekly)


Payton Bell scored on a one-yard touchdown run in the middle of the fourth quarter to lift the Menlo College football team to a 14-10 victory over host Whitworth on Saturday in a Northwest Conference contest in Spokane. Nolon Doss intercepted a fourth-down pass in Menlo territory to halt a late Whitworth drive. by PA Weekly Online Sports


College football: Area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


PHOTOS: Week 8 college football action (Fox Sports)


There is plenty of hard-hitting action on this busy Saturday of college football. Check out all the best shots from around the country.


College Football Scores (WITN 7 North Carolina)


AP College football scores for October 24, 2009.


Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Diagnosed In Deceased Former College Football Player (Medical News Today)


The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has announced that a deceased former college football player who died at age 42 was already suffering from the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).


College football schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite Football Bowl Subdivision teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule, updated through Saturday, Oct. 17.


1. College Football ESPN 2, Noon. (TVPredictions.com)


Illinois at Purdue. 2. College Football Minnesota at Ohio State. ESPN, Noon. 3. The Fifth Element It's no surprise that Sony often bundles the Blu-ray version of this Bruce Willis sci-fi film with a Blu-ray player.


College football: PSU, Curry battle for top spot (The Citizen of Laconia)


PLYMOUTH — For the third consecutive season, the Plymouth State University and Curry College football game could decide the Boyd Division representative in the New England Football Conference championship game.


College football: Area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


Friday, October 23, 2009

The Star's college football picks (The Kansas City Star)


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


Geoff Calkins college football picks for Friday, Oct. 23 (Memphis Commercial Appeal)


Calkins' football picks Columnist Geoff Calkins has taken a bye week, but here are his college football picks: Ole Miss 27, Arkansas 23 Alabama 27, Tennessee 10 Florida 33, Mississippi State 9 South Carolina 24, Vanderbilt 3 (Tuesday game) East Carolina 27, Memphis 23 Last week: Straight up, 7-0. Against-the-spread, 6-1. Year to date: Straight up, 40-13. Against-the-spread, 26-22 (six ...


College football fans: Are they fanatics or is it tradition? (Gwinnett Herald)


October 22, 2009 | 03:20 PM Fall semester of college begins and then comes football season. On any given Saturday in the fall, many people around the nation are grabbing their shakers and heading to college football games. Countless stadiums are packed with crowds cheering for their team.


College football: UNH looks to rebound from first loss (The Citizen of Laconia)


Massachusetts' Victor Cruz gets caught by New Hampshire's Hugo Souza in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo)


College football: Hatch pushes for BCS reform (The News-Herald)


WASHINGTON — A senator whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series, citing Obama's own concerns about the way the top team is crowned in building a case for action.


College football: Two QBs working out for Spartans (Muscatine Journal)


Plenty of college football teams have experimented with an alternating quarterback system for two or three games.


R.I. college football preview: Frustration has been the rule for most of the states teams (The Providence Journal)


They have reached or passed the halfway point of the season, and only one of the five teams in our tiny corner of the college football world has a winning record.


SEIBERT: So wha's the problem with college football's bowl system? (Rocky Mount Telegram)


The Bowl Championship Series is the greatest system for college football, ever. Excellent football games, increased television ratings and a regular season that matters are a result of this system.


Thursday, October 22, 2009

College football (USA Today)


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Hatch urges Obama to investigate college football’s BCS (Everett Herald)


WASHINGTON — Shortly after winning last year’s presidential election, Barack Obama said he was going to “to throw my weight around a little bit” to nudge college football’s Bowl Championship Series to move to a playoff system.


College football: Hatch pushes for BCS reform (The News-Herald)


WASHINGTON — A senator whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series, citing Obama's own concerns about the way the top team is crowned in building a case for action.


Football: Football club, hotel and college part of Bristol's World Cup bid (Gazette)


FOREST GREEN ROVERS Football Club, the Tortworth Court Hotel and Filton College are part of England’s 2018 World Cup bid.


Another former Lufkin Panther signs to play football beyond college (KTRE Lufkin and Nacogdoches)


Another former Lufkin Panther continuing to play football beyond college. 


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Murdered College Football Player Went to UConn to Give Family Better Life (FOX 61 Chattanooga)


Jasper Howard had the names of his teenage sisters Keyondra and Jasmine tattooed across his chest. His friends say it was a constant reminder for the Connecticut cornerback nicknamed "Jazz" of why he went to college — to work hard for an education and possibly a pro football career.


'JUST COLLEGE FOOTBALL WITH RUSTY' (Zanesville Times Recorder)


"Just College Football with Rusty," a live radio call-in show, airs today at 8 p.m. on WYBZ 107.3 FM. Rusty Montgomery and Mark "The Bear" Todd will take calls from local college football fans at 450-1073 until 9 p.m.


Analyzing in-state college football commitments (The Fayetteville Observer)


Just about four months remain before college football's national signing period begins in February, which makes this a good time to evaluate the current players pledged to in-state schools and focus on their top remaining targets.


Local college football watch: A look at some notable performances (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)


Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:23 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:23 p.m. A quick look at some notable performances by area athletes playing college football.


Tuesday, October 20, 2009

College football schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite Football Bowl Subdivision teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule, updated through Saturday, Oct. 17.


Local college football watch: A look at some notable performances (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)


Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:23 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:23 p.m. A quick look at some notable performances by area athletes playing college football.


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.


Group aims to force college football playoff (NorthWest Cable News)


Advocates of a playoff system to replace college football's Bowl Championship Series have formed a political action committee.


13 Ranked University of Cumberlands hosts West Virginia Tech University in this Weeks College Fanz NAIA Football Game ... (PitchEngine)


Grand Island, Nebraska October 20, 2009 College Fanz Sports Network, the worlds largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature 13-ranked University of the Cumberlands hosting West Virginia Tech University in the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, October 24th, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast at http ...


Monday, October 19, 2009

College football playoff boosters form PAC (AP via Yahoo! News)


Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have the Washington equivalent of a booster club: a political action committee.


College football playoff boosters form a PAC (Deseret News)


Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now...


College football playoff boosters form PAC (Boston Globe)


Advocates of a playoff system to replace college football's Bowl Championship Series have formed a political action committee.


Black College Football: The Experience – The Doug Williams Edition Review (IGN Xbox 360)


Black College Football: The Xperience -- The Doug Williams Edition (X360) This underachieving undergrad title should lose its eligibility.


What if? Plays that have changed the course of the college football season (Orlando Sentinel)


Big plays change the course of every college football season. Now that the first BCS standings have come out, here are five of the biggest plays that have gotten us to today.


College Football Playoff Boosters Form PAC (FOX 13 Utah)


Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have the Washington equivalent of a booster club: a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC Monday with the goal of electing similarly minded members of Congress. The hope is that if there's enough pressure from Congress, the BCS ...


Black College Football Clips (IGN Xbox 360)


Black College Football: The Xperience -- The Doug Williams Edition (X360) When it's halftime, it's game time!


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: PCC remains winless in conference play (Whittier Daily News)


SANTA MARIA - The Pasadena City College football team remains winless in National Northern Conference play after losing to Allan Hancock College, 38-23, Saturday night at Righetti High School.


College football schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite Football Bowl Subdivision teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule, updated through Saturday, Oct. 17.


Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sports Illustrated's College Football Playoff Bracket (Sports Illustrated)


Each week during the season 14 college football writers, editors and producers at SI and SI.com will each vote for 16 teams that deserve berths in the playoff bracket with points assigned to their rankings (16 points for No. 1, 15 for No. 2, etc.). The vote totals form the 16 seeds in the bracket.


First edition of college football bowl projections (The Gazette)


Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, understand the logistics of college athletics better or know what what college football players go through during a season.


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 Oct. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:


Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)


NEW YORK----Today’s Harris Interactive College Football PollSM shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media.