Tag: College Football

  • College Football – Teams With the Best TV Ratings in 2012

    College Football – Teams With the Best TV Ratings in 2012

    As we head into bowl season which follows the selection process for the BCS Bowls and for the lesser ones, with some schools not understanding how come they missed out on a big prize or even a bowl invite, although it was a bit less controversial this season than in the past, TV ratings and the market share some schools bring with them is an obvious factor of any choice.

  • Johnny Manziel, the Best Freshamn in College Football History

    Johnny Manziel, the Best Freshamn in College Football History

    It began with simply Johnny Manziel. It evolved into Johnny football, as Texas A&M found life in the SEC quite comfortable and exciting with their phenom quarterback. After becoming the first freshman to ever win the Heisman trophy, the nickname can probably evolve into Johnny Heisman.

  • Florida State Seminoles – Soon a Big 12 Team

    Florida State Seminoles – Soon a Big 12 Team

    There’s no stopping progress, and it seems to constant tectonic movements in College Football aren’t over. Next up on the realignment schedule? Florida State thinking about joining the Big 12, leaving the ACC, or at least hoping to.

  • The History of the BCS Bowls

    The History of the BCS Bowls

    The regular season is over, the Heisman candidates have been announced and the bowl games have been setup. What’s left? Get ready and wait for bowl season to begin, but mostly for the BCS Bowls, offering most of the interesting games to see in the 2012-2013 bowl season, with the end of the BCS era sorta coming to an end very soon.

  • Heisman Trophy – 2012 Shortlist

    Heisman Trophy – 2012 Shortlist

    It’s that time of year again: After all the bowl games were announced, it was time to narrow the Heisman trophy field down to three players. Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, Collin Klein of Kansas State and Manti Te’o of Notre Dame are in the running to be named College Football’s best player in the 2012 season.

  • College Football – The 2012-2013 Bowl Season

    College Football – The 2012-2013 Bowl Season

    The crown jewel of the 2012-2013 College Football bowl season will be Notre Dame playing against Alabama in the BCS national championship game, but the Fiesta Bowl, pitting Oregon and Kansas State against each other should be just as good. The Cotton Bowl (Oklahoma vs Texas A&M) and the Chick Fil-A Bowl (LSU vs Clemson) seem like better than the other BCS Bowls this season.

  • 2012 College Football Season – Final BCS Standings

    2012 College Football Season – Final BCS Standings

    There weren’t that many questions left heading into the final weekend of the regular season in College Football, with one big mystery left to be solves – who joins Notre Dame in the BCS national championship game. Alabama, with a dramatic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship game, are the answer, giving Florida the boost it needed to make it into the Sugar Bowl.

  • Wisconsin Badgers – Montee Ball Makes the Most of Opportunity

    Wisconsin Badgers – Montee Ball Makes the Most of Opportunity

    They weren’t even supposed to be playing for the Big Ten title, reaching the conference final only because two other schools are on probation. It didn’t matter to the Wisconsin Badgers, with a third consecutive Rose Bowl game on the line, and Montee Ball, along with Melvin Gordon, delivering the performance of a lifetime.

  • Florida State Seminoles – ACC Championship Harder Than Expected

    Florida State Seminoles – ACC Championship Harder Than Expected

    If you’d have asked Jimbo Fisher at the beginning of the season if going 11-2 to win the ACC and end up in the Orange Bowl is going to please him, the Florida State head coach was going to agree with you. Seeing as how the season went, there’s a slight feel of disappointment and underachieving in Tallahassee.

  • Alabama Crimson Tide – Run Behind Eddie Lacy & T.J. Yeldon

    Alabama Crimson Tide – Run Behind Eddie Lacy & T.J. Yeldon

    When it came down to the final moments, it was A.J. McCarron with the touchdown pass to Amari Cooper that won the game for Alabama, winning them the SEC and sending them to another BCS National Championship game. The names who deserve to be first when this win is mentioned are running backs Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon, combining for 334 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.