Fans of EA Sports can start lining up at GameStop stores nationwide to buy the NCAA Football 2011 video game with the Former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow gracing the box cover.  Approximately 1,300 stores around the country will promptly open Doors at 10 PM, as the sales start at 12:01 a.m. Those first in line can participate in live in-store tournaments and various interesting fan contests such as trivia. A frenzy of fans are expected to participate in the ...

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has always been overshadowed by bigger conferences like the SEC and the Big 12. This year the ACC has enough talent to make other conferences take notice and now they have the big TV contract as well. ACC just signed a 12-year TV package deal with ESPN worth $1.86 billion and the games will be seen on a regular basis. That means the ACC will begin to get more exposure and ...

The search for a new TE coach to replace Greg Nord is officially complete. Chip Long, a graduate assistant specializing in tight ends at Arkansas under head coach Bobby Petrino, has accepted the vacancy and will be coaching along side Illinois head coach Ron Zook. He will also be teaming up with former Arkansas offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, who accepted the offensive coordinator position at Illinois last December. Before Long worked as a graduate assistant in Fayetteville, he ...

Ohio State defeated 3 top 15 teams down the stretch, and topped off the season with a 26-17 Rose Bowl win over Oregon. Unfortunately, a win over a Pac10 team is not going to hush the detractors. Ohio State must be even better to quiet them, and to live up to their own expectations. Cameron Heyward and Ross Homan will lead the perennial powerhouse defense. Pryor and a host of returning starters on ...

On July 29 former Cincinnati QB Tony Pike will officially begin his tenure with the Carolina Panthers as NFL training camps begin. Now that Pike has moved on, it is time for someone new to take the reigns as the leader of the Bearcat offense. Welcome to the show, Zach Collaros. Collaros will step under center in 2010-2011 as the No. 1 quarterback for the first time in his college career. Collaros played as ...

Summer is winding down, meaning Fall Camp is just around the corner. Many of the nation's elite have secured their positions for next season and, barring any injuries players like quarterback Terrelle Pryor from Ohio State and running back Mark Ingram from Alabama, have little to nothing to worry about. Not all the positions are locked up across the country, especially with the new freshman arrivals over the summer. Many coaches will be looking to use Fall ...

As we lurk closer to Joe Paterno's final chapter at Penn State, Nittany Lions fans are hoping to win one more national championship before the guy with the glasses calls it quits. Unfortunately for the "Nit-Wits" out there, 2010 will not be the year of the Nittany Lion. The Penn State football program is in a state of flux after landing the 10th best recruiting class for 2010, according to Scout.com. After all, the future does ...

When you look at the national landscape of recruiting, it's always best to break down prospects by regions considering most players stay close to home. This, for the most part, will give you a greater idea of where the top programs are collecting a lot of their talent from. On that note, we'll be doing a series of articles over the next few weeks identifying the top 10 states for every position in the 2011 recruiting ...

With the beginning of the college football season now less than two months away, the countdown has officially begun. While everybody has their favorite team and university they will always support, it is time to put all of that aside and dish out the real preseason Top 25 for college football. Here is a breakdown of the top 25 college football teams for 2010. Begin Slideshow

The effectiveness and numbers of the passing game in college football is one of the most debated and misunderstood parts of the game.   It seems that when you ask the average SEC fan what programs are passing the ball more, they rattle off names according to reputation instead of fact.   Since the days of Bart Star and Joe Namath, Alabama has not been terribly successful throwing the ball. There were blips on the radar, but nothing ...