Pitt football is looking forward to a new beginning with head coach Todd Graham. Graham brings an excellent offensive history, most of which he executed at Tulsa. He said in a press conference that this offense will focus on speed. Hopefully he doesn't disappoint. Will they have the speed and explosion necessary for his first season? I don't know. He should be able to give the Panthers a lift in that area for years to come. The defense ...

I'm about to delve into the situation that is Terrelle Pryor. I'm about to beat the horse to post-mortem.Take a minute to relax, and do a few deep-breathing exercises. Don't jump to conclusions either. Give this a chance and once all is said and done, have at me. Squeeze the living daylights out of your stress ball if you need to.The testosterone-filled show 1000 Ways To Die was only a precedent of the sports' spin-off, 1000 Ways To Ridicule Terrelle ...

Time out indeed Chip Kelly, because you and Oregon football are headed for some serious trouble if Will Lyles is correct. According to a Yahoo! Sports report, Lyles says that Kelly and Oregon paid him for his influence on recruits.  For his scouting services, Lyles was paid $25,000 by the Oregon Ducks. After initial reports about the validation of the payment broke, it sparked an ongoing NCAA investigation.  Lyles is claiming that Kelly personally approved the payment, and was also in ...

They are the drivers of college football.Head coaches plan the trip, select the pit stops and pick the passengers.In their captains' chairs, steering ships every which direction in search of football glory, head coaches are in their elements and seldom are frazzled. This is their zen, this is where they do their business.But with the 24/7 media model that entertainment and news corporations have built, TV programming has become a huge spotlight for the former ...

North Carolina State had a breakthrough season in 2010, with a 9-4 record overall and a 5-3 record in the ACC.The Wolfpack ended the season on a high note with a 23-7 victory over West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl, heading into which they were a three-point underdog.This followed a 6-7 campaign in 2008 and an even more disappointing 5-7 record in 2009. Unfortunately for NC State fans, a dispute this spring between quarterback ...

If the Pacific 10 conference had added Utah and Colorado even a few years ago and split into two divisions as it is doing starting this fall, then the South would have seemed the much tougher division with Utah, Southern Cal and to a lesser extent even Arizona. But there’s little question that the North should be the stronger division this season with powerhouse Oregon and a resurgent Stanford program with the nation’s best quarterback ...

Was Connecticut’s 2010 season a success or a failure? The answer isn’t particularly clear. The Huskies went to the Fiesta Bowl, but they were drubbed by Oklahoma in that game, and they finished with an 8-5 record in an extremely weak Big East conference. The team actually lost money by appearing in the Fiesta Bowl because they couldn’t sell their share of tickets to Huskies faithful. The 2010 season was definitely a strange one for ...

College sports polls may be the most controversial topic in all of sports. As much as we would all love some accurate way to rank such a large number of teams, it just doesn't exist.That being said, the polls are awesome.While enjoying a nice long day of watching ESPN, it was reported that Novak Djokovic will be replacing Rafael Nadal as the new number one in men's tennis. That means that before the two even ...

In 2009, Alabama's run to the BCS national championship began with a back-and-forth, intense season opener against the Virginia Tech Hokies at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Alabama managed to pull away in the fourth quarter and win 34-24 after a hard-fought contest.However, Virginia Tech will have its shot at revenge in 2013, as the rematch has just been set in stone and will take place once again at the Georgia Dome as both team's ...

The 2012 Ohio State football recruiting class is sure to take a hit with all of the uncertainty surrounding the University, but it's only July and the Buckeyes have a solid class given the circumstances—led by running back Bri'onte Dunn.According to Scout.com, Ohio State has five 3-star recruits, two 4-star recruits and one 5-star committed for the 2012 class. These are not the best numbers Ohio State has seen for recruiting this time of year, ...