Archive for November, 2010

NFL Draft 2011: DeMarco Murray, Noel Devine, Top Seniors From Each Ranked Team

Posted by Adam Fromal on November 30 2010 Add Comments
Now that we're drawing near bowl season in college football, it's time to start thinking about how these players we love watching will play at the next level. In the next few months, you'll see plenty of mock drafts and predictions about who will go where, but for now, let's forget about that. This NFL Draft preview is a little bit more related to college football.So without further ado, let's take a look at the top senior ...

Nebraska-Oklahoma: Is This the Big 12’s Game of the 21st Century?

Posted by Lake Cruise on November 30 2010 Add Comments
“Game of the Century” usually refers to the titanic 1971 clash between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.  When asked to rank the best games of the 20th century, most sportswriters include it on their lists.  The game was one of the most watched sporting events in American history. In 1971, to the very heart of Boomer Sooner Nation—Norman, Okla.—travelled the defending national champion Huskers.  Nebraska was seeking its second national championship in the program’s history—and ...

Mountain West Conference Scheduled to Change Name to Lisop League In 2012

Posted by Jo-Ryan Salazar on November 30 2010 Add Comments
SATIRE—In a press conference earlier today at the Mountain West Conference headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, commissioner Craig Thompson was on hand to make a special announcement. "Gentlemen," Thompson said before a capacity crowd of reporters, journalists and a few fans from all member schools, "The Mountain West Conference has chosen to go in a new direction, a new state of relevancy, a new peace of mind in regards to the degraded future of collegiate athletics. "Starting ...

20 Most Out-Of-Place Sponsors For Bowl Games

Posted by Trae Thompson on November 30 2010 Add Comments
Bowl season is looming, which means college football fans are about to be flooded with advertisements by countless sponsors. There have been numerous companies come and go as sponsors for various games over the years, some of them well known and others unheard of. Changes have even occurred on a yearly basis in some cases, and fans then turn around to discover even more bowl games are being added. That's happened this year with the ...

Running Back U: College Football’s Top Running Back Schools

Posted by Michael Pinto on November 30 2010 Add Comments
So far this month we've given you our rankings for Quarterback U and Linebacker U, and now we give you the ranking for Running Back U.When it comes to the running back position, there are a handful of schools that have separated themselves from the herd. In recent years, most fans will point toward the Miami Hurricanes, but in the long history of college football, many schools have produced massive quantities of star running backs. Here are ...

Holiday College Hoops Hangover Impacting Tonight’s Games

Posted by Robert Ferringo on November 30 2010 Add Comments
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m still feeling the effects of the holiday weekend. There are the few extra disgusting pounds that I’m carrying from Thursday’s gluttony, the lingering slow-mindedness from a Friday full of binge drinking and gambling, and the sore muscles from Saturday’s annual football tournament (a five-team, four-man round robin street football tournament known as Bocci Bowl). Add all that up and one thing is for certain: it is Tuesday ...

Florida Gators Getting Little Production From Senior Class

Posted by Jim Folsom on November 30 2010 Add Comments
The University of Florida basketball team was supposed to be a contender this year. The reason is they were returning all five starters from last year. The Gators entered this season ranked in the top 10 in most polls but have since dropped to around No. 18. A drubbing at home to Ohio State and some not too impressive wins over Morehead State and Florida Atlantic have cast some doubts over how good this team really ...

Michigan Should Fire Rich Rodriguez, Go After Jim Harbaugh (Or One of These Guys)

Posted by Adam Hirshfield on November 30 2010 Add Comments
Michigan Wolverines head coach Rich Rodriguez is on the hot seat.OK, to be fair, Rodriguez has been on the hot seat for a while, especially since he guided the team to its first consecutive losing seasons since 1962-63. But the temperature on said hot seat became just a bit hotter with Saturday's embarrassing 37-7 blowout loss to Ohio State in Columbus.Yes, the Wolverines have shown a bit of progress this fall, posting a 7-5 regular ...

Will Michael Floyd and Kyle Rudolph Stay at Notre Dame Or Go To The NFL?

Posted by Jim Sheridan on November 30 2010 Add Comments
Over the years, players have left school early to enter the NFL draft for various reasons—family stability, better draft positioning and sometimes bad advice from those around them.Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate are recent examples, Darius Walker went undrafted after declaring himself eligible for the 2007 draft and Raghib Ismail left school after finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting and had a solid career in the Canadian Football League as well as the NFL.Every ...

Heisman Trophy 2010: Jim Plunkett Says Cam Newton “Way On Top”

Posted by T.J. Mcaloon on November 30 2010 Add Comments
Jim Plunkett took time out of his busy day to speak with Bleacher Report. He touched on many topics, including why Andrew Luck should stay in college after this year since the NFL's collective bargaining agreement is up in the air, how Luck is the best passing quarterback in the country, and his top players in college football today. Mr. Plunkett was the recipient of the 1970 Heisman Trophy as quarterback at Stanford. While at ...