Saturday, October 31, 2009

College football: Merced College Blue Devils fall to Laney (Merced Sun-Star)


OAKLAND -- The Merced College football came close to springing the upset. Oh-so close. Brendan Craw


Who's on top in college football? (Orlando Sentinel)


T he biggest question in college football is a simple one: Who's No. 1? Some believe it's the Florida Gators. Others argue it's Alabama. A few prefer Texas. The computers love Iowa. What about Cincinnati, Boise State and TCU?


COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Eastern Washington coming to Seattle (Everett Herald)


CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington has played college football for 101 years, but never once in the city of Seattle. That will change today, when the Eagles play Big Sky rival Portland State at Qwest Field.


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


Purdue at Wisconsin. 2. College Football Indiana at Iowa. ESPN, Noon. 3. Mission Impossible III Tom Cruise stars in the third in the trilogy based on the 1960s TV series about a group of master spies.


Local college football preview: Lambuth could clinch division with win (The Jackson Sun)


College football will be played close to home again today when three teams host conference opponents.


Caputo and His Boss — College Football talk (The Oakland Press)


Oakland Press columnist Pat Caputo and sports editor Jeff Kuehn talk about Saturday's college football matchups.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mt. SAC takes to the road to meet No. 1 El Camino (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)


Mt. San Antonio College has been the best junior college football team in Southern California the past two years. If the Mounties are going to continue the trend, they might find out today.


College football: Area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


College football: Podolski's Tailgate talk (The News-Herald)


Mark Podolski's weekly look at the world of college football:


Friday, October 30, 2009

College football roundup (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)


Illinois player a finalist — Illinois guard Jon Asamoah is among 16 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, given to the nation's top senior scholar-athlete in college football. Also on the list are Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Texas quarterback...


College Football: Just 2 chances left for Knox win (The Galesburg Register-Mail)


The Knox College football team has just two chances left to avoid a winless football season and its best bet to avoid that fate will come Saturday at Lake Forest College.  


CMU football seeks Top 25 bid as it prepares for Boston College (Central Michigan Life)


The football team aims for its first Bowl Subdivision Top 25 ranking this weekend as it ventures outside Mid-American Conference play. It plays Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Boston College at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass.


Thursday, October 29, 2009

College football: Utah teams have plenty to play for (Deseret News)


With all five of Utah's Division I football teams entering the final stretch of the college football season, here's a...


College football (USA Today)


College football


College football: Big-5 glance (Deseret News)


A glance at the college football scene around the state and the nation and what opponents the local schools face next.


College and pro football games on TV this weekend (Oct. 29-Nov. 2) (Naples Daily News)


NAPLES — College and professional football games on TV this weekend in Southwest Florida: COLLEGE FOOTBALL Thursday 7:30 p.m. ESPN North Carolina at Virginia Tech 8 p.m. CSS Valdosta State at West Georgia Friday 8 p.m. ESPN2 West Virginia at South Florida Saturday Noon VERSUS Nebraska at Baylor Noon ABC N.C. State at Florida State Noon ESPN Indiana at Iowa Noon ESPN2 Purdue at ...


College Football Notebook (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ... BLACKSBURG, Va. — A bye week fell at an opportune time for No. 14 Virginia Tech, giving the Hokie ...


Big college football games on tap this weekend (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)


Much like politics, college football is essentially local. ... - By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press


College Football Notebook (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ... BLACKSBURG, Va. — A bye week fell at an opportune time for No. 14 Virginia Tech, giving the Hokies ...


Wednesday, October 28, 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. 24.


Jacksonville, Florida: College Football Golf Guide (Sports Illustrated)


The last Saturday in October means one thing in college football: "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" is ready to roll in Jacksonville. In a nod to political correctness, the "Cocktail Party" reference is now verboten and there are new limits this year on alcohol sales and consumption at nearby Jax Landing, but rabid fans and alums will still find a way to celebrate. In 2007, underdog ...


College football roundup: UNC quarterback taking some heat (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ... CHAPEL HILL — T.J. Yates has long known every throw will be scrutinized, every read questioned and ...


Tuesday, October 27, 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. 24.


Sounding Off: College football season full of suprises (Abilene Reporter-News)


With the college football season now past its midway point, things are finally starting to take shape at just about every level. But our trip to this point has come with more than its share of surprises. So after soaking up all this season’s had to offer and preparing for the shockers to come, I’ve decided to reflect on some of the things that have surprised me most about what’s happened so ...


CarLocate.com Selects University of Tennessee for First College Football Event (The Auto Channel)


DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2009; CarLocate.com, a newly launched nationwide new and used vehicle search Web site, has selected the University of South Carolina versus the University of Tennessee football game on Oct. 31, 2009, as its first college football event.


College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week Features 3 Ranked Lindenwood University Hosting Benedictine College ... (PitchEngine)


College Fanz Sports Network, the worlds largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature 3 ranked Lindenwood University hosting Benedictine College in the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, October 31st at 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast powered by Livestream at http:/www.CollegeFanz.com ...


CarLocate.com Selects University of Tennessee for First College Football Event (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)


CarLocate.com, a newly launched nationwide new and used vehicle search Web site, has selected the University of South Carolina versus the University of Tennessee football game on Oct. 31, 2009, as its first college football event.


Mayor: Quicker College Football Hall of Fame exit preferred (South Bend Tribune)


SOUTH BEND -- The mayor is leaning toward asking the College Football Hall of Fame to close by the end of this year, and he has appointed a committee to explore a quick re-use of the city-owned downtown facility.


Menlo College football players plead no contest to assualting baseball players (San Jose Mercury News)


Two Menlo College football players who prosecutors say seriously injured two baseball players from the school during an alcohol-fueled fist fight pleaded no contest to the crime Monday, attorneys said.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mt. SAC just trying to get better week to week (Pasadena Star-News)


Bob Jastrab's immediate goal for the Mt. San Antonio College football team has nothing to do with winning conference, regional or state championships.


Valley Alums Performing In College Football (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)


Several Valley alums performed well on the college football fields Saturday.


Monday, October 26, 2009

College football: Playing for WVU 'wild and intense' for Carroll natives (Carroll County Times)


Jeff Braun and John Bassler are a rare breed. While some nearby counties have sent a host of players to major college football programs over the last decade, the number sent by Carroll can be counted on one hand. Braun and Bassler are accomplishing something that hasn’t happened in the county’s recent history, if ever.


College-Football Update (Winston-Salem Journal)


College-Football Update


Urban Meyer Named To Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Watch List (WCTV Tallahassee)


University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer was named to the Bryant Watch List for the 2009 College Football Coach of the Year as announced by the Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association on Monday.


No Charge Pro and College Football Games Now Showing on the Big Screen at Movie Tavern (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)


DALLAS----Football lovers can get up close and personal every weekend this fall when select Pro and College football games are shown on the big screen at Movie Tavern. There is no charge for admittance.


One play can turn the tide of a college football season (Los Angeles Times)


Without a playoff, a day like Saturday is what makes college football so amazing . . . and so frustrating. If Alabama and Iowa end up playing for the Bowl Championship Series title in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7, a game that probably would end up 3-3 on its way to overtime, remember Saturday.


College football Week 8 unforgiveable performances (Covers.com)


Another college football week has wrapped up, and there are plenty of teams, players, coaches, and situations that I'm ranting about. Here are some of the new entries to my doghouse for costing us gamblers deserved coin... Michigan State's defens...


The ABCs from the week in college football (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)


Here’s a look at the week that was, and the week that could be, in college football via the ABC’s:


Local college football summaries from Saturday's games: October 26, 2009 (Ventura County Star)


Local results College football Cal Lutheran 49, Chapman 13 Non-conference, Saturday Cal Lutheran 0 14 21 14—49 Chapman 7 3 3 0—13 First quarter Chap — Vanderweil 2 run (Adranly kick), 9:28. Second quarter CLU — Rodrigues 12 run (Damron kick), 12:32. CLU — O’Brien 6 pass from Toilolo (Damron kick), 8:45. CLU — FG Adranly 22, 0:03. Third quarter CLU — Stuart 2 run (Damron kick), 11 ...


College-Football Update (Winston-Salem Journal)


College-Football Update


College football: Playing for WVU 'wild and intense' for Carroll natives (Carroll County Times)


Jeff Braun and John Bassler are a rare breed. While some nearby counties have sent a host of players to major college football programs over the last decade, the number sent by Carroll can be counted on one hand. Braun and Bassler are accomplishing something that hasn’t happened in the county’s recent history, if ever.


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. 24.


Sunday, October 25, 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.


Sunday Six Pack: This week's most interesting developments in college football (New Orleans Times-Picayune)


The Top 6 things from the weekend of college football.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mt. SAC thrashes College of the Desert, 63-0 (Pasadena Star-News)


WALNUT - Mt. San Antonio College looked every bit like one of the top junior college football teams in the country Saturday. Matt Faulkner threw for 356 yards and accounted for six touchdowns and the Mounties, ranked No. 9 nationally by JCGridiron.com , cruised to an easy 63-0 victory over visiting College of the Desert in a National Division/Central Conference game.


Hope College football team partipates in VAI's Community for a Cure (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)


The Hope College football team took to the gridiron wearing purple Saturday. Proceeds from the game went support cancer research at Van Andel Institute. It's all part of VAI's Community for a Cure purple game initiative.


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.


Nobody should be No. 1 in college football (Los Angeles Times)


Alabama fails to impress against Tennessee, which lost to UCLA. Forget what you may have heard, read, said, e-mailed, faxed or tweeted -- there is no No. 1 in college football right now.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Whittier hopes it's a happy homecoming (Whittier Daily News)


If Whittier College is looking for incentive for its football game today against Pomona Pitzer College, how about six consecutive homecoming losses? The last time the Poets celebrated homecoming with a victory was 33-12 over La Verne in 2002.


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mt. SAC thrashes College of the Desert, 63-0 (Whittier Daily News)


WALNUT - Mt. San Antonio College looked every bit like one of the top junior college football teams in the country Saturday. Matt Faulkner threw for 356 yards and accounted for six touchdowns and the Mounties, ranked No. 9 nationally by JCGridiron.com , cruised to an easy 63-0 victory over visiting College of the Desert in a National Division/Central Conference game.