Saturday, November 28, 2009

LIVE: Last full Saturday slate of college football (Fox Sports)


Fearless Predictions: Week 13 Pitt heads into West Virginia in hopes of keeping their undefeated conference record alive. Petros Papadakis shares his Week 13 college football predictions.


College football Week 13 (Fox Sports)


There was plenty of great college football action on Saturday. Check out the best from this week's games.


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


College football schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


The Football Bowl Subdivision results and schedules, updated through Nov. 22.


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


Clemson at South Carolina. 2. College Football North Carolina at North Carolina State. ESPN 2, Noon. 3. College Football Grambling State at Southern. NBC, 2 p.m.


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


Where the action is: Saturday's college football line moves (Covers.com)


Saturday’s biggest college football line moves. Syracuse Orange at Connecticut Huskies Bettors don’t just like the Huskies, they love them. The team opened as an 11-poitn favorite, but soon saw that number rocket as high as 14 points. The ...


College football area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


Top 25 College Football Scores (WITN 7 North Carolina)


Complete summary of Top 25 College Football Scores Updated Throughout the Day.


Pitt is winning the old-fashioned way COLLEGE FOOTBALL (The Morning Call)


-- Pitt is as old school as it gets in college football, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the university was founded in 1787.


Life isn't easy if you're a college football fan living here (seattlepi.com)


Any hardcore fan of big-time college football in the state of Washington has two good reasons to move to Canada: free health care and no college football.


College Football Player Takes In Brother (ABC 2 Baltimore)


A Baltimore-native playing college football in Utah is making a huge and admirable move this Thanksgiving.


Wednesday, November 25, 2009

In college football, home field advantage often overestimated, study finds (MinnPost)


A new study examines results from 30 years of college football games and concludes that home field advantage is often over-hyped.


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


College Football: Coaching carrousel nearing spin mode (Mansfield News Journal)


I grew up with college football legends prowling the sidelines. Once upon a time a mere mention of Woody or Bear meant no need for clarification. Obviously someone was referring to Woody Hayes or Bear Bryant, coaching legends at Ohio State and Alabama.


Replace College Football's BCS System with Playoffs? Pros and Cons Debated at New Website From ProCon.org. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)


SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http://www.collegefootball.procon.org to explore the core question "Should college football replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) with a playoff system?"


Chris Dufresne rates college football's best rivalries (Los Angeles Times)


Ohio State-Michigan heads the top 5 -- and UCLA-USC doesn't even make the list. Some of sports' best rivalries play out each fall on college football fields across the country. National football reporter Chris Dufresne rates the very best matchups -- with mention of a few you might not know too much about.


Chris Dufresne rates college football's best rivalries (Los Angeles Times)


Some of sports' best rivalries play out each fall on college football fields across the country. National football reporter Chris Dufresne rates the very best matchups -- with mention of a few you might not know too much about.


College football: Cincy's Kelly will be one hot commodity (Middletown Times Herald-Record)


CINCINNATI — Coach Brian Kelly is so accustomed to hearing rumors about him leaving Cincinnati that he pays little attention to what he calls the "silly season" of college football.


In College Football, Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated (PhysOrg)


This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, especially in the disruptive environment of a rival's home stadium. In terms of points, however, that disadvantage is probably less than they think. Recent research claims that commonly ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


Several Gators Named Finalists For College Football Awards (WCTV Tallahassee)


Five members of the top-ranked University of Florida football team were announced as finalists for several national college football awards on Monday.


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


"Just College Football with Rusty," a live radio call-in show, continues to air football talk on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. on WYBZ-FM (107.3). Rusty Montgomery and Mark "The Bear" Todd will take calls at (740) 450-1073 until 9 p.m.


Senator Orrin Hatch, Rep. Joe Barton and Ron Jeremy Want a College Football Playoff (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)


Senator Orrin Hatch, Representative Joe Barton and film star Ron Jeremy each recently have contributed interviews and promotional videos to collegefootballplayoff.org, a new social network dedicated to uniting all college football fans and advancing their desires for a playoff. The recent interview with Rep. Joe Barton and multiple humorous videos starring Ron Jeremy promoting a college football ...


D-10 in D-I: District 10 graduates playing major college football (Erie Times-News)


While bowl bids have yet to be officially extended, and there remains plenty to be settled before bowl season, the regular season is near or at an end for most major college football teams.


Flint-area players help college football teams advance in playoffs (The Flint Journal)


A pair of Flint-area players helped their college football teams advance in the playoffs Saturday. Carman-Ainsworth graduate Ryan Wheat recorded a tackle as Grand Valley State knocked off Hillsdale College 44-27 in a second-round Division 2 game.


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


Several Gators Named Finalists For College Football Awards (WCTV Tallahassee)


Five members of the top-ranked University of Florida football team were announced as finalists for several national college football awards on Monday.


College football title contenders have their special challenges (USA Today)


As the season winds down with no major changes this week in the polls or Bowl Championship Series standings, here's how the top college teams and player shape up.


Monday, November 23, 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.


Truth-and-consequences time in college football (USA Today)


This late in the college football season, time for proclamations. We hold these truths to be self-evident ...


1st and 10: Evan Grant's look at college football (Dallas Morning News)


APThe two themes central to the potential ousters of Charlie Weis and Mark Mangino would be mediocre play and boorish behavior according to Evan Grant in his blog post on college football. .


Fly: As the college football coaching carousel turns (SportingNews)


Hey, didn't you used to be a beloved college football coach? Which coach gets fired first: Charlie Weis, Ralph Friedgen or Mark Mangino? Place your bets now. While we're on the subject of the coaching carousel, the Miami Herald spies hear that Florida State president T.K. Wetherell keeps waffling on the Seminoles situation and might want to let Bobby Bowden come back for one more season in 2010 ...


College football, ECHL, NBA, bowling (The Toledo Blade)


COLLEGE FOOTALL AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida (36) 11-0 1,463 1 2. Alabama (13) 11-0 1,428 2 3. Texas (11) 11-0 1,425 3 4. TCU 11-0 1,309 4 5 ...


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


Five college football teams that will finish the year strong (Covers.com)


As last Saturday’s college football games wrapped up, a handful of schools’ 2009 campaigns officially came to an end. Most teams, however, have one remaining regular-season game, some two.  Also, considering the conference championships ...


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Sorry, Charlie but it's time for Weis to go (Pasadena Star-News)


This was not a good week to be a college football coach, especially if you're Notre Dame's Charlie Weis or Michigan's Rich Rodriguez. Both came under fire Saturday. One deserving, one not.


College football: Area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


College football awards watch (11/23) (Dallas Morning News)


College football awards watch (11/23)


Sunday, November 22, 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.


AP college football poll: Mississippi, California, North Carolina make push back into Top 25 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)


NEW YORK - Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.


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.


College football: Area update (The News-Herald)


How select area college football players fared last week:


Better know a college football trophy (Park Hills Daily Journal)


From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.


PHOTOS: College football locals: Nov. 21, 2009 (Naples Daily News)


NAPLES —Updates on local college football players:DIVISION IACCJamelle Eugene (Naples), N..C. State, x-senior, running back, No. 29 — Eugene had seven carries for 14 yards and two receptions for 22 yards in Saturday’s 38-10 loss to Virginia Tech.Javarris James (Immokalee), Miami, senior, running back, No. 5 — James had nine carries for 33 yards and two receptions for 19 yards in Saturday’s 34-16 ...