A large population in a city or a metro area doesn’t necessarily mean you get to have a team in the NBA, NHL, MLB or NFL. For example, places like Austin in Texas, quite close to one million people, have to settle for the Texas Longhorns in College Sports instead of a serious pro-team, although I’m not sure the people there see it that way. More
In 2014, the Big Ten, or B1G as others prefer, is going to be a 14 team conference, wit Maryland (from the ACC) and Rutgers (from the Big East) joining the conference that’s mostly been about the Midwest for so many years, but in its own attempt to become a Super Conference, is leaning South, trying to break up the ACC. More
Expectations of each football program is different, but it’s safe to assume that Lane Kiffin, Mack Brown,Paul Johnson, Steve Sarkisian, Gary Pinkel and Paul Pasqualoni will be the first head coaches to get fired after the 2013 College Football seasons if they don’t meet the early season expectations. More
The three most recruited states in College Football are Florida, California and Texas. No one recruits better beyond state lines than Bob Stoops and Oklahoma, with a strong foothold in Texas. Nick Saban and Alabama do great about everywhere while other schools like Clemson, Oregon and Ohio State do very well beyond borderlines as well. More
With two national titles and two undefeated seasons on his resume, Urban Meyer isn’t expected to just do a good job at Ohio State. He needs to win a national title for the Buckeyes, better sooner than later. More
Are things going to be different in 2013? Who knows. Still, it’s always fun speculation, and it’s not a really bold assumption saying Alabama will be the early season favorites; Texas A&M will be the closest thing to a challenger in the SEC, while Oregon, Stanford and Ohio State will also have hopes of winning a national title. More
The direction College Football is going, we’ll be left, in the end, with four Super Conferences while the rest fight for scraps. The Big Ten, which has added Maryland and Rutgers (both joining in 2014) in the most recent act of conference poaching, are eyeing quite a few ACC schools: Florida State, Virginia, Georgia Tech and possibly even Duke and North Carolina. More
Replace one former offensive coordinator with the current one. Seems logical. After Chip Kelly bolted the Oregon Ducks ship in favor of an NFL career with the Philadelphia Eagles, making Mark Helfrich, the OC for under Kelly since 2009, the next Head Coach in Eugene seems like the smart move. More
No way how you turn the story of Manti Te’o and his fake, dead girlfriend around, it’s hard to see how he was exactly a victim in all of this. More
For some reason, the only head coaches in the NFL with a past as a head coach in College Football, are all in the NFC, except for one More