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College Football – Upsets Won’t Shake Up Rankings Too Much
The first weekend of the 2015 College Football season won’t give us a major shakeup to the preseason rankings, as the losses by Stanford, Arizona State and Wisconsin are all by teams outside the top 14, while favorites to contend for a playoff spot like TCU, Alabama, Baylor and Michigan State didn’t run in to any problems.
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BYU vs Utah – Hate For Your Rivals Makes You do Weird Things
There were thousands of fans from the state of Utah in attendance when BYU played Nebraska in Lincoln for the 2015 college football season opener. Among them was Chet Albanese, a Utah Utes fan, making the long way to Lincoln to make sure he sees the Cougars lose.
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College Football Rumors – BYU Cougars & Taysom Hill Can’t Catch a Break
The BYU Cougars are going to be without Taysom Hill at quarterback for another season, this time not completing one full game before finding out it’s over for him in 2015. They did beat Nebraska on a hail mary from Tanner Mangum to Mitch Mathews, but that probably wasn’t too much of a consolation.
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College Football Rumors – Notre Dame Fighting Irish Reveal Just How Bad the Texas Longhorns Are
It’s probably going to be another sad season for Charlie Strong and the Texas Longhorns, getting pummeled on the season’s opening weekend at South Bend by a relentless Notre Dame team, crushing the once proud program 38-3.
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College Football 2015 Season – Week 1 Scores & Standings
The opening weekend of the 2015 college football season opens with three ranked teams losing: Wisconsin to Alabama in the AdvoCare Classic (not a surprise) and two less predictable results; Northwestern stunning Stanford and Texas A&M crushing Arizona State. National championship and playoff hopefuls like TCU, Baylor, Michigan State, Auburn and Oregon looked impressive enough considering the stage of the season and their weak opponents for the most part.
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TCU Beat Minnesota – First Step Towards the College Football Playoff
There’s something obligating and pressuring about being the preseason #2 ranked team. TCU handled the pressure well with a 23-17 win in Minnesota, as Trevone Boykin did a very good job of handling the expectations with a touchdown throw and run.
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Utah Beat Michigan – Jim Harbaugh is in Deeper Waters Than he Thought
The easiest conclusion to draw from Utah beating Michigan 24-17 to open the 2015 college football season for both teams? Jim Harbaugh is in for long rebuilding job for a program that continues to struggle with anything on offense and remains a big name, nothing else.
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College Football Rumors – Michigan Wolverines & Texas Longhorns Still Far Away From Being Taken Seriously
Patience isn’t something you usually find among fans of big programs fallen upon hard times. The hope is extremely high at Michigan where Jim Harbaugh is in charge of changing the momentum, and reality is sinking in for Texas fans who thought Charlie Strong was going to turn things around in just one season.
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College Football Rumors – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Finally Ready to Win the ACC
The ACC has been in the clutches of Florida State football over the last few years. This season, Georgia Tech don’t seem to get poll love compared to the Seminoles, but if there ever was a season for the Yellow Jackets to win the conference, it has to be now.
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College Football Rumors – TCU Horned Frogs Under a Very New Kind of Pressure
For the first time since moving into the Big 12, TCU are favored to win the conference and by being nationally ranked as number two in both the AP and Coaches polls, anything but making the College Football Playoff is going to be a disappointment.