The USC Trojans played their annual mock game today at the Coliseum to mark the beginning of the 2009 campaign. The game was intended to simulate the atmosphere of a real game and get the squad ready for its home opener against the San Jose State Spartans next Saturday. It was also intended to unveil the new starting quarterback, Matt Barkley, to the thousands of Trojan faithful who braved 105-degree heat to attend. This was especially notable ...

For the first time in a while Notre Dame has high hopes for their football season. Some expect 11 wins and BCS bowl berth. WHOA WHOA WHOA! Lets take a back a bit, they did lose to Syracuse last year. Here is a game by game assessment of what will happen this year for the Irish.  Game 1: Nevada Oh, this look winnable, Nevada is in the WAC. Wrong. Nevada has a very good offense and returns Colin ...

Well it's been a long summer, but at last it's finally here. College football finally kicks off the 2009 season this week. It's been an offseason full of questions and unsolved mysteries for a team that has been to the BCS for the past four seasons. Ohio State welcomes the Navy Midshipmen to the Horseshoe on Saturday, a truly unorthodox opponent before the non-conference game of the year against the USC Trojans. After crushing losses, the Buckeyes have ...

You can make a colorable argument that USC has been the best big game team in the country for the better part of this decade.  When they lose, it is typically to a (sometimes much) lesser opponent.  If you turn on the lights and tell the Trojans it really matters, they are perhaps the most indomitable opponent. With the lone exception of the 2006 Rose Bowl, it is difficult to point to a hyped contest that ...

Game Preview If you are a college football fan who enjoys a good mismatch, this is going to be one for the ages. The defending national champion Florida Gators open their 2009 season with an overmatched FCS opponent from the Big South Conference: Charleston Southern. The Buccaneers stand absolutely zero chance of winning this game, and quite frankly, they shouldn't even be on the Gators' schedule. There were talks that Utah was going be the season opener for Florida, but the ...

The No. 1 team in Division II football started out with a great 37-23 win over the No. 12 team on Saturday. Grand Valley State started this season as the team to beat and had to prove their worth in the first game traveling to West Texas A&M. The following recap taken from the Grand Valley State website. Grand Valley State opened the season offensively and drove down the field in impressive fashion. When Senior quarterback Brad ...

Location: College Station, TX Nickname: Aggies Conference: Big 12 Last Year’s Record: 24-10   Why They’ll Make It In a conference with great 1-2 punches, Texas A&M can lay claim to its own. Donald Sloan in the backcourt and Bryan Davis in the frontcourt will be one of the more formidable scoring duos in the country this season. Not only that, they’ll also provide great senior leadership for a team bringing in a top-30 recruiting class. DeMatha product, Naji ...

So on to Week Seven and here we go with the predictions... USC 31, Notre Dame 17 Rutgers 21, Pittsburgh 15 South Florida 29, Cincinnati 20 Oklahoma St 34, Missouri 21 Texas 42, Oklahoma 38 Georgia Tech 19, Virginia Tech 16   NON-BCS 1. TCU 5-1 2. Utah 5-1 3. Boise St 4-1 4. BYU 5-2 5. Notre Dame 3-3   PAC TEN 1. Oregon 6-0 (3-0) 2. Oregon St 6-0 (3-0) 3. California 5-1 (2-1) 4. USC 5-1 (2-1) 5. Arizona St 4-2 (2-1) 6. Stanford 4-3 (3-2) 7. Arizona 3-3 (1-2) 8. UCLA 2-4 (0-3) 9. Wash ...

Point guard Maurice Acker has re-joined the Marquette Golden Eagles basketball team after leaving two months ago to focus on his studies.  Acker, a senior, was on track to graduate in the fall but will need to take a couple more classes in the spring to graduate on time.  Because of this, he re-joins the rebuilding Golden Eagles the week before classes start.   Last season, Acker averaged 2.8 points and 1.8 assists and played a key ...

I play for my high school baseball team. During this offseason, my coach said to all potential pitchers: "If you want to pitch, you need to go to the pitching workouts". These workouts aren't supposed to be mandatory and shouldn't be run by coaches, but they are. This is the kind of accusations that are being made for Michigan. Every college and high school has workouts, meetings, training sessions in the offseason. And anyone who has ever ...