Game You Need to Watch (No. 6) West Virginia at (No. 4) Purdue, 2:30PM Friday on ESPN This New Year's Day matchup has the potential to be the best college basketball game of the season so far. Only six teams remain unbeaten headed into the New Year, and two will play each other Friday. The Mountaineers already have one quality road win after knocking off Seton Hall in New Jersey last weekend. A win Friday could mean that ...

As the 2009 season ends Monday for the TCU football team, Andy Dalton's 2010 Heisman Trophy candidacy begins. The Horned Frogs' junior quarterback received nary a vote for the Heisman Trophy this season, despite leading his team to its first undefeated regular season since 1938. He'll lead the the third-ranked, an unbeaten Frogs against also flawless, and sixth-ranked Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Dalton threw for 22 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He also has rushed ...

Auburn's already stellar recruiting class for 2010 just got a huge boost as Rivals.com five-star prospect, and the No. 1 rated JUCO prospect in the nation, quarterback Cameron Newton, has committed to play for Gene Chizik and the Auburn Tigers. Newton told Jeffrey Lee of Auburnsports.com the news this afternoon. "I committed to Auburn," Newton said. "It feels great to get it over with. I'm so excited to be going to Auburn."  He ultimately chose the Tigers over ...

These are no longer last year's Indiana Hoosiers. Without Maurice Creek and facing a team ranked in the top 20 in the preseason, Indiana got the kind of complete performance Tom Crean has been lusting after for more than a year.  All the positive signs were there. Indiana forced more turnovers than it committed, had more assists than giveaways, and won won the rebounding battle. Devan Dumes, Jordan Hulls, and others stepped up their offensive production to fill ...

Kansas State over the decade may not have been the greatest team, however they've produced some strong players over the years. The 2000's decade team is right here. F - Michael Beasley F - Bill Walker F - Jeremiah Massey G - Jacob Pullen G - Denis Clemente F - Pervis Pasco F - Cartier Martin F - David Hoskins G - Tim Ellis G - Lance Harris Who starts and who sits? Begin Slideshow

You’ll have to excuse me for not finishing with the linebackers and defensive backs. I decided I wanted to actually spend time with friends and family over winter break instead of just writing about Oregon football. Crazy, right? And I’m writing this from my girlfriend’s cousin’s living room. Lucky for me, no one is up yet. If you’ve been reading my position analyses so far (you can read the breakdowns here), then you have a pretty good idea of ...

It’s a heartless story that doesn’t settle to well, within our sympathetic hearts. We knew it was coming, a decision on the future of Mike Leach. There’s no doubt he was the symbol of rehabilitating a program in default. That is, of course, until his name surfaced of atrocity against a player, egregious nature at a much-thriving program. The average program, particularly in the athletic department, much is emphasized on the meaning of discipline, not the ...

The 2009 Chick-Fil-A Bowl will feature the Tennessee Volunteers against the Virginia Tech Hokies on Dec. 31. Both the Vols and the Hokies are very good defensively, so you can expect a low scoring game. The oddsmakers currently have the Hokies favored by as much as six points. The posted total for the game is sitting at 49 points, which might seem a bit high considering how good both defenses are.  The Volunteers are coming off a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Edgar Sosa sometimes likes to replay his game-winning shot against Kentucky last season without the flashbulbs, the screaming, and the heroics of doing it in front of 19,000 fans at Freedom Hall.As Sosa dribbled time out and took a fading three-pointer with the Wildcats' Michael Porter in his face, his 25-foot dagger dropped with 2.8 seconds remaining, swaying the vicious rivalry in the Cardinals' favor.But before and after practice or in between ...

Bo Pelini ran his Nebraska bowl record to a perfect 3-0 Wednesday night in a rainy San Diego at the Holiday Bowl, demolishing childhood friend Mike Stoops’ Arizona Wildcats by a 33-0 score. In those three games Pelini’s Blackshirts have surrendered a total of 24 points, which is an impressive number. This was as dominant a bowl game victory as the Cornhuskers have had in a while. They rose to the occasion even more than they did ...