In the last 48 hours the landscape of college football has changed dramatically. Colorado is officially a member of the PAC-10 and Nebraska is signed, sealed, and delivered to the Big Ten. As conferences prepare to pick at the bones of the remnants of the Big 12, let's look at the early winners and losers in the process. Winner Nebraska This move is a plus for the Cornhuskers on many ...
Saturday, June 12, 2010
College Football Expansion: Early Winners and Losers
In the last 48 hours the landscape of college football has changed dramatically. Colorado is officially a member of the PAC-10 and Nebraska is signed, sealed, and delivered to the Big Ten. As conferences prepare to pick at the bones of the remnants of the Big 12, let's look at the early winners and losers in the process. Winner Nebraska This move is a plus for the Cornhuskers on many ...
College football is a business - so treat it that way
This week, the powers that rule college football proved once again how their hypocrisy is strangling the sport's credibility.
College Football Notebook: Boise joins Mountain West
Associated Press The college football notebook ... BOISE, Idaho — Boise State on Friday accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference as ...
College Football Conference Realignment: Nebraska to Big Ten, Win-Win Situation
I have to give you some background information on this article. During my junior year of college (in Nebraska), my roommate was a huge Nebraska Cornhusker fan (shocking, I know). To say the guy bled Husker red would be an extreme understatement. His face would turn Husker red, not only after a Nebraska loss, but after every poor play; he probably could have spit fire if he tried hard enough ...
The End Of College Football As We Know It.
College Football west of the Mississippi has changed in the last two days. Conference realignment is in full swing, starting with Colorado bolting the Big 12 for the PAC-10 on June 10th. For a short time Colorado may get the blame for the disbandment of the Big 12, but like in a Scooby Doo cartoon, Nebraska has ripped the mask off the monster to reveal Bevo of Texas as the one behind the ghostly ...
Bigger college football leagues, more games, maybe a playoff. Hey, can we forget the M's earlier?
Just when Seattle sports fans can hardly take any more Mariners, college football jumps up to provide a distraction.
College football shake-up scary for Fresno State
If change truly is scary, then this was the college athletics equivalent of " Friday the 13th ."
Friday, June 11, 2010
College Football Expansion: How The Big 12 Can Be Salvaged
College football expansion has gone from a minor aftershock to a full blown 8.0 earthquake that has shaken the foundation of college football from the Pacific coastline all the way to the Atlantic. Here's what we know so far before I get into the meat and potatoes. Big 12 Nebraska was the first to leave the Big 12 conference and is now a member of the Big Ten. That news broke on Wednesday ...
College Football Expansion: What Teams Have a Better Shot at Winning?
Let's be honest, the ultimate goal of all this college football realignment is to achieve even greater profits for a sport that is already witnessing skyrocketing profits. The conferences interested in expansion are interested in bringing more teams that will expand the conferences' borders, stretch their profit zones, and bring in new television revenue. However, there are still teams involved ...
College football's in the air; we still don't know exactly where
Expansion rumors, speculation and innuendo predicting seismic changes on the college football landscape began to materialize Thursday.
College Football Expansion Begins
It looks like the earthquake that's been brewing in college football will finally hit as early as Thursday.The University of Colorado officially accepted an offer to become part of the Pac-10; thereby making the new conference the Pac-11 for the time being. After that, a wild round of conference realignment will likely begin.
College Football Conference Realignment: What's the Latest?
I have only two words to amply describe what this whole cluster [insert expletive that begins with the letter "F"] on conference realignment in college football is doing to me physically: Linda Blair. Just old enough to appreciate the 1973 classic film The Exorcist , I feel as if this whole saga has consumed me, sadly enough to the point where my head is on the verge of recklessly spinning ...
College Football Conference Expansion: West Virginia to the SEC?
Conference expansion is quickly becoming an annoying subject. It's right up there with the hysteria-causing, nausea-inducing final week before National Signing Day. Yet, this expansion talk, which most of it has turned out to be, just talk, has the potential to rock the college football landscape. The past week has set into motion what could be the largest sweeping change to college football in ...
College football realignment begins
College athletics are on the verge of a monumental shift, a realignment that could disintegrate one conference, turn others into 16-school goliaths and have huge financial implications on some of the biggest programs in the country.
Hypocrisy is strangling the college football's credibility
Today, the powers that rule college football proved once again how their hypocrisy is strangling the sport's credibility. While the NCAA sanctioned USC for the gifts received by Reggie Bush, referred to as “a former football student-athlete,” more news emerged about schools bailing from the Big 12 for “greener” pastures.
College football shakeup will be long-remembered
Twenty years from now, this conversation has to happen, as little football fans sit on their grandfather's knee . . .
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Wilson, drafted by the Rockies, will play football this season
Russell Wilson plans to play both college football for N.C. State and professional baseball in the Colorado Rockies ' minor-league system.
Top 50 College Football Players Of The Decade
It's time for an All-Decade Top 50 list. That's right, the best players from the years 2000-2009 in college football. Because I'm simply awful at comparing players, I've devoted much more of my time to finding the guys most worthy of making such a list from a variety of different positions (though I am a sucker for a good offense), and much less time on how they rank against each other and why ...
College football landscape shifting
Hold on tight, there's a whole lot of movin' and shakin' going on in college football.
2011 College Football Recruiting: The Top Five Prospects in Los Angeles
Most of college football recruiting focuses on the national stage, but to give fans from Los Angeles a locally-focused look into the 2011 class, this list will breakdown the top five prospects from L.A. De'Anthony Thomas from Crenshaw highlights the list as one of the best prospects in the country, but there are a few other names from the area to keep your eye one as well. We'll analyze each ...
Does ESPN Have a Southern Bias When it Comes to College Football Recruiting?
College Football, ESPN, and the South: “Of the 150 players ranked by ESPN, here is the breakdown of the top four states: Florida–27, Texas–21, California–18, Georgia–17. Note: Ohio, population 11.5 million, had one selection … Just in case you might be thinking that this is a one time deal, THIS year’s ESPN top 150 is [...]
2011 College Football Recruiting: The Top 10 Prospects in Houston
Most of college football recruiting focuses on the national stage, but to give fans from Houston a locally-focused look into the 2011 class, this list will breakdown the top five prospects from the Houston area. Texas is home to some of the best talent in the country, and Houston specifically has a lot of great prospects out there that are going to make big impacts on the next level. The group ...
What Advantage? College Football's Least Hostile Stadiums
One of the best parts about college football is the home-field advantage. Crazy student sections and traditions spanning back decades often swing the outcomes of games and change history. But what about when the home field advantage is simply non-existent? Lord knows that it makes those tough match ups just that much more difficult. In this slideshow, I take a look at college football's 10 least ...
NCAA: College Football Expansion Could Ruin College Basketball
Gary Parrish at CBSSports.com penned an insightful article this morning on expansion and how basketball is not a consideration. He addressed how Kansas could be the a big loser in all of this, but the biggest loser is college basketball as a whole. It's no secret that college football has been the driving force behind expansion, at least initially. Conferences needed to go to 12 teams to ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS: Nebraska poised to join Big Ten
Illinois football coach Ron Zook has heard all the rumors about Big Ten expansion, but don't ask him when it will happen.''I would be surprised if it's not 12 or 18 months away,'' Zook said. ''It could happen tomorrow, too.''Zook might not be far off. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska could join the Big Ten on Friday.The newspaper reported Tuesday that an executive at a Big 12 school ...
College football countdown: No. 87 Kent State
Sporting News previews the Golden Flashes as we count down our
Sunday, June 6, 2010
NCAA Realignment: Four New Mega Conferences and the New Look of College Football
The 2010 college football season is rapidly approaching for college football fans. Individual team reports and preseason rankings, however, do not seem to top the list of of discussions at this point. The movement of teams out of their traditional conferences into new ones is dominating the headlines of college football at this point in time. These discussions are also leaning toward possible ...
College football countdown: No. 90 Troy
Sporting News previews the Trojans as we count down our presea
Texas the prize piece in college football expansion
Will the Southeastern Conference make its play on the Longhorns? document.write (" "); DESTIN — The Texas Longhorns are suddenly taking RSVPs at the door of arguably the most exclusive party in college football.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Football returning to Bluefield College
Ready for the gridiron... The helmets for the new Bluefield College football program was unveiled during a press conference at Pocahontas High School on Friday.
Expansion Plans by Pac-10, Big Ten Would Destroy Football Landscape
Nearly every major college football conference has peeked into Pandora's Box, and it's almost too late to snap it shut before hell breaks loose. It all began back in December with the Big Ten, when it let slip it was thinking of -- gulp -- expanding. Since then, the E-word has spread like wildfire. Two months later, conferences like the Pac-10 started talking of expanding when its television ...
Bluefield College to reinstate football program, begin club play in Fall 2011
POCAHONTAS, Va. — Bluefield College, having not lost a football game since 1941, is poised to begin a new winning streak.
College football countdown: No. 91 San Diego State
Sporting News previews the Aztecs as we count down our preseas
Friday, June 4, 2010
College football: ESPN selects games for first three weeks of season
ESPN has selected 30 college football games for coverage across ESPN’s platforms during the first three weeks of the 2010 season. The games – featuring top teams the Southeastern Conference , Atlantic Coast Conference , BIG EAST, Big Ten, Western Athletic Conference and more – are in addition to previously announced telecasts.
Football Cardinals ranked in 2 preseason pubs
The North Central College football team is ranked in the national NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 in both the Sporting News and Lindy's Sports College Football Preview Magazines.
THE TRUE WAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL EXPANSION UNFOLDS
Let us go ahead and layout the blueprint for college football's expansion. Everyone has their own ideas about who will go where and how much money is involved. Now lets get right down to the where the rubber meets the road. The expansion is all about television money. The Big 10 is looking for the cable dollars, the SEC is not going to get left behind, and everyone else is looking to survive ...
Jeffries, B-H’s Brown bound for College Football Hall of Fame
As a coach and player, both Willie Jeffries and Troy Brown wereimpactful individuals in the game of college football.
College football countdown: No. 92 Utah State
Sporting News previews the Aggies as we count down our preseas
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
More College Football at Yankee Stadium?
Interest on the part of a Big 12 school that sees an opportunity for both money and an expanded recr
Local football combine offered Saturday
Trev Faulk knows what the pressure of being a high school football player with dreams of playing college football can be like.
College football countdown: No. 93 Marshall Thundering Herd
Sporting News previews the Thundering Herd as we count down our preseason top 100 college football teams leading into the season opener on Sept. 2. Last year : 7-6, 4-4 Conference USA (beat Ohio in Little Ceasars Pizza Bowl) Brian Marshall passed for 2,646 yards but may not start at QB for the Herd. 2010 projected record : 5-7, 3-5 C-USA (fourth, East) Why we know we're right : Doc Holliday gets ...
Preseason College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten Quarterbacks
The long summer football drought before the storm of games in the fall is brutal for hardcore college football fanatics. Fans are champing at the bit for any little piece of new information about players and teams they can find. This is the time of year when writers start interviewing janitors that work with relatives of players for any hint of something unique to write. It's also when bloggers ...
Could Kansas Football Ticket Scandal Have Been Avoided by Paying Players?
College football fans were rocked this week as news broke of a ticket scandal that netted over $800,000 at Kansas University. The allegations were startling as staff, administrators and even a player’s parent were involved. Everyone was shocked -- except for me. For fans who don’t know, tickets to college football games are traded like a black market commodity among staff, university personnel ...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
College football countdown: No. 94 Illinois Fighting Illini
Sporting News previews the Illini as we count down our preseas
SN10: Top helmets in college football
Dave Curtis and Matt Hayes Sporting News college football columnists Matt Hayes and Dave Curtis offer their 10 best for a specific topic each week. This week's top 10: helmets.
College Football Fashion: The Worst Uniform Color Combos
Ugly, Dreadful, horrendous. Yes, there are many words to describe some of college football's recent uniform experiments. For fans nationwide, school colors are a symbol of pride no matter how they're displayed. Sometimes though, schools can push the limits of what is acceptable to the human eye. These 10 uniform combinations show that sometimes, keeping it simple, and keeping certain colors to a ...
Chat about college football now
Just a friendly reminder that our live college football chat begins today at 3 p.m. With the SEC and Big 12 spring meetings underway and the Sentinel's preseason rankings moving along, we should have plenty to discuss.
Football Great Dayne Is Victim Of 2 Burglaries
Local college football legend Ron Dayne has recently been the victim of burglaries in two locations.
Meyer's chest pain diagnosed as esophageal spasms
Florida coach Urban Meyer says chest pain that bothered him the last three years has been diagnosed as esophageal spasms.
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