TCU and the Big East have announced a partnership beginning in 2012. That college expansion story creates a three-team Mountain West swing. Potentially grabbing leftovers from the Big 12, the Mountain West replaces BYU, TCU and Utah with Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State. Not a horrible trade, but something akin to one-for-one trade of Kobe Bryant for Joe Johnson. There’s only one team in this six-pack that is well known: BYU.  They’re going independent in football, ...

With the recent move to the Big East, TCU will now join their fourth new conference since the Southwest Conference dissolved in 1996. That's a new conference nearly every four years on average. The United States hasn't even had as many Presidents as TCU has had conferences in that time span. TCU has been dominant in each of the three previous conferences it has joined since 1996, winning at least one championship a piece in all ...

If Oregon can hold off in-state rival Oregon State and Auburn can defeat South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game, the two teams will meet in the BCS National Championship Game (sorry TCU).This game will pit two of the nation's most dynamic and exciting offenses against each other in what should be an exhilarating title game.Oregon ranks first nationally in scoring at a whopping 50.5 points per game, while Auburn is the seventh highest scoring ...

This Saturday in Corvallis marks the 114th meeting between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers in the Civil War. But the look of the game is much different that in recent years. The Ducks, having one of their best seasons ever, are 11-0 and ranked No. 2 in the BCS standings. All they have to do is win over unranked Oregon State and their bid to the BCS Championship will assuredly be punched. For the ...

There's two buzzes going on in the NFL right now: NFL 2011 Draft Predictions and Playoff Picks. One is a race for excellence, focused on a playoff birth and a Super Bowl ring, while the other is all about a top draft spot. And, nothing matters more than the ever important number one pick. So, which team will snatch the top spot and, more importantly, who will go first?Is Stanford's Andrew Luck still the lock on ...

Personnel First let’s start with the Illini personnel. March To March’s jc25 has a great breakdown of Bruce Weber’s squad here. Take some time to familiarize yourself with this group and then come on back. As you can see this is an experienced squad. They return all five starters from last season, but more importantly, they have a core group of players that compliment one another’s skill sets impressively. McCamey is the ...

We’ve got five or six games under our belts, and college basketball’s big dogs have played one or two formidable foes to give us a capable barometer. Instead of doing a whose undefeated record is better than another's perfect slate, we’re going to do some March to March projections based on what we’ve seen out of teams thus far. We’re also taking the liberty of giving you some reason to our rankings ...

2010 Bowl projections are guaranteed to stir up anger in college football fans. Almost as much anger as there will be when the actual bowl selections are named.There are 35 bowl games this year which means 70 teams get bowl spots: that's better than half of the teams in the FBS.So for most of those schools, especially the 6-5 or 6-6 teams, it's hard to be unhappy about receiving any bowl invite.But there are a ...

For just a minute, consider the thought. Is Auburn (12-0) truly heads above the rest of the country? Sure, the Tigers have run through the season undefeated (in arguably the nation's toughest conference), have a quarterback that's a clear favorite for the Heisman Trophy and have put up incredible statistics. Obviously Oregon (11-0) could make a case that it is just as good, but let's jump down a couple spots below and look at Stanford (11-1). Amazing ...

College baseball bid adieu to Rosenblatt Stadium in a dramatic fashion. Whit Merrifield's RBI single in the bottom of the 11th-inning sent South Carolina to their first collegiate title in baseball since 1950, coincidentally the first CWS to ever be played at Omaha's baseball haven.But just like that, the page has turned on the 2010 NCAA season. The Gamecocks are no longer champions, but rather just another hungry team looking to take home some precious ...