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Texas A&M Aggies – Johnny Manziel Back on the Road to the Heisman
Voters get bored quickly and don’t often give Heisman trophies to the same player more than once. In fact, Archie Griffin is the only one to get it twice, back-to-back. Johnny Manziel might not be leading Texas A&M to a national championship, but there’s no reason to ignore he’s the best player in College Football.
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Texas Longhorns – Johnathan Gray Buys Mack Brown Some Time
Thanks to Johnathan Gray having a strong day on the ground and David Ash not making any foolish mistakes, the pressure is slightly off of Mack Brown to turn in the keys to the Texas Football program, although it wasn’t convincing enough to make anyone think that this season is going to end with optimism and plenty of smiles.
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Stanford Cardinal – Superior in Every Possible Way
We’re going to have to wait a little while before we find out whether or not Stanford are once again the best team in the Pac-12, but for now, and the crop of opponents they’re facing, they seem to have an edge in almost every possible aspect, whether it comes to their defense, special teams or the running game led by Tyler Gaffney.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Winning Ugly is Their Only Option
It seems that this current age of Notre Dame football has nothing to do with offensive players that will go down in history. Tommy Rees isn’t the answer to last year’s problem, and Cam McDaniel isn’t the guy who’ll torch the field with his feet. However, there’s enough spirit, defense and hustle to get through games in which the opponent isn’t going to do much better either.
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Michigan Wolverines – Close Calls Won’t Always Go Their Way
It seems Michigan are determined to tempt fate and keep games against much inferior opponents closer than they should be, as Devin Gardner continues to make mistake after mistake while the personnel tries to find new excuses for reasons to these poor performances, which won’t take them very far once the Big Ten conference schedule begins for them.
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Texas Longhorns – Mack Brown Refuses to Acknowledge the Truth
It’s hard for elite programs to realize the moment when they become regular like everyone else, and it seems the same process is very difficult for Texas and especially it’s head coach, Mack Brown, who keeps insisting that things will be OK, and the fans pressure is nothing but a response to a trend, which can be fixed by simply winning games.
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Clemson Tigers – Tajh Boyd Needs Some Controversial Refereeing Help
Becoming national champions always involves some lucky breaks along the way, and the Clemson Tigers needed a big one from the referees in their next step towards an undefeated season, calling that Bryan Underwood, at some point during his 83-yard touchdown run, stepped out of bounds, calling the play dead and pretty much saving the ACC-hopefuls.
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ACC – Clemson vs North Carolina State Predictions
With their sights set on winning the ACC and going to the BCS national championship game, a trip to play North Carolina State ended the very same ambitions for a different team last year, which means the Tigers should be extremely focused as the arrive in Raleigh.
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Tennessee vs Florida – Time to End the Losing Streak
It used to be one of the best rivalries in College Football, but since the fall of the Tennessee Volunteers, the Florida Gators have had their way in this one, winning the last 8 meeting between the two teams.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Braxton Miller or Kenny Guiton is the Question
There wasn’t supposed to be any quarterback debate with the Ohio State Buckeyes. The starting job belonged to Braxton Miller, but his injury and the strong performance from Kenny Guiton, the fifth-year backup, has changed the situation and possibly the Hierarchy in Columbus.