Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Henderson: Anchors aweigh for one of greatest college football towns (Denver Post)


One of my favorite parlor games among fellow college football writers is naming the most miserable, disgusting college town in America. We also name the best.


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 and pro football games on TV this weekend (Oct. 8-12) (Naples Daily News)


NAPLES — College and professional football games on TV this weekend in Southwest Florida: COLLEGE FOOTBALL Thursday 7 p.m. ESPNU Colgate at Princeton 8 p.m. CSS Arkansas-Monticello at West Georgia 9 p.m. ESPN Nebraska at Missouri Friday 9 p.m. ESPN Louisiana Tech at Nevada Saturday Noon VERSUS Iowa State at Kansas Noon ESPN Auburn at Arkansas Noon ESPN2 Purdue at Minnesota Noon ESPN ...


College Football Schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule. Updated through Saturday, Oct. 3.


Area College Football Player Update (after Week 5) (Walton Sun News)


Area College Player Update: A list of prep football players from the area who are now playing in college.


Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Blinn unanimous No. 1 in junior college football poll (Houston Chronicle)


Blinn College received all seven votes in the NJCAA/Football.com poll Tuesday.


Lunchtime college football chat: Michigan, Bowling Green at noon Tuesday (The Toledo Blade)


Check here at noon Tuesday for The Blade's Lunchtime College Football chat. Beat writers for Michigan (Ryan Autullo) and Bowling Green (Donald Emmons) will huddle up here in the newsroom to field your questions. Michigan, Bowling Green football chat: 10-6


Cleveland State keeping its options open on adding college football program (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)


After almost 12 months of meetings, consultants and reports, CSU finally has an answer to the question of adding college football: Maybe.


Transcript of Petrino on College Football Live (Arkansas News Bureau)


In case you work in an office that has no TV and missed Bobby Petrino’s appearance on ESPN’s College Football Live earlier this afternoon, there’s no reason to worry. Here’s a transcript of the approximately two-minute interview between Petrino and College Football Live host John Saunders: Coach, first of all, let’s look back at last week. What [...]


Atlanta gets Black College Football Hall of Fame (WXIA-TV Atlanta)


Atlanta will soon be home to two football halls of fame. Black college football and NFL quarterbacks James "Shack" Harris and Doug Williams will announce Oct. 9 the establishment of the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta .


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mt. SAC needed a break in the action (Pasadena Star-News)


There are two schools of thought on whether a bye is good for a college football team. Mt. San Antonio College coach Bob Jastrab believes the positives outweigh the negatives and the week off will be beneficial for the Mounties in the long run.


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.


Thole: College football powers make waves in BCS (Stillwater Gazette)


OK, now that college football has firmly returned to its perch as America's favorite pastime, it's time to look at facts.


Allstate Commercial Star 'Bergwood' Campaigns to Make Safeties Worth More Than Two Points in College Football (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)


If a safety is one of the rarest plays in college football, then why is it only worth two points?


Monday, October 5, 2009

We're learning so much about college football (Deseret News)


Another week of college football is in the books and we're learning so much as the season heads into October . . .


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: All systems go for Boise State (Whittier Daily News)


In a perfect world, the best two teams in college football would run the table, waltz into Pasadena in January and battle it out on the Rose Bowl floor for the Bowl Championship Series title.


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.


College roundup: Albion football team opens MIAA play with a shutout of Olivet (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)


The Albion College football team let its defense do the talking Saturday.Albion opened play in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association with a 20-0 shutout of Olivet at Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium.The win came after an 0-3 start to the season in nonconference...


College Football Schedule (Omaha World-Herald)


Wondering how your favorite teams are doing? Print out our weekly college football schedule. Updated through Saturday, Oct. 3.


College Football Scores - October 3, 2009 (WCAV Charlottesville)


Here are the scores from college football games played on Saturday.


College football awards watch (10/4) (Dallas Morning News)


College football awards watch (10/4)


Sunday, October 4, 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.


A few words about the college football season (USA Today)


What's the word in college football, as the season nears halftime? Well, several come to mind.


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


AP Top 25 College Football Poll (WITN 7 North Carolina)


Auburn and South Florida were among four teams to move into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.


Saturday, October 3, 2009

College Football Notebook: WSSU back in CIAA (The Salisbury Post)


Associated Press The college football notebook ... CARY — With financial woes ending its bid to join Division I, Winston-Salem State is headed back to ...


AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Whittier hopes for rare victory against Cal Lutheran (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)


If Whittier College needs any motivation for today's Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football opener against Cal Lutheran, the Poets don't have to look very far.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Eagles hope to fly again (Rapid City Journal)


CHADRON, Neb. — The Chadron State College football team will strive to use its homecoming game today as the springboard to get back on the victory trail. The Eagles, who have lost two consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference games, will host New Mexico Highlands.


College Football: Mines ready to take on Jimmies in DAC battle (Rapid City Journal)


From one do-it-all quarterback to another. That is the challenge, that the South Dakota School of Mines football team faces as it prepares to take on winless Jamestown College in Jamestown, N.D., today.