Archive for November, 2011

BCS Rankings 2011: Midlevel Upsets Won’t Impact National Championship Race

Posted by Josh Martin on November 5 2011 Add Comments
Week 10 of the 2011 college football season has been chock-full of upsets, though, few of them figure to have much bearing whatsoever on who plays for the BCS national championship. The Big Ten underwent a bit of reshuffling on Saturday, but lost its shot at a crystal football. No. 10 Nebraska, the conference's best bet to emerge as a dark horse in the national title hunt, followed up a huge home win over No. ...

Northwestern vs Nebraska and the Most Embarrassing Losses of the 2011 Season

Posted by Marty Martin on November 5 2011 Add Comments
This year in college football has not been the upset-laden extravaganza that some thought it would be.  However, there have been several games that made us shake our heads in disbelief.  Today we watched one of those games. Nebraska welcomed Northwestern into their stadium, and played like a team not worthy of a No. 10 BCS ranking. Let's take a closer look at this game and a few others that make you shake your head and say, "How ...

LSU vs Alabama: Big Game for Trent Richardson Won’t Sway Heisman Voters

Posted by Ryan Rudnansky on November 5 2011 Add Comments
Alabama running back Trent Richardson has had an extraordinary season so far, rushing for 989 yards and 17 touchdowns.He's already being called a better running back than former star Mark Ingram—and he's the No. 2 Crimson Tide's biggest star.However, despite all of this, he had garnered just one first-place vote in ESPN's expert poll before Saturday's game against No. 1 LSU.And that is because Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck had collected 14 of the possible 15 ...

BCS Projections: Why Michigan and Nebraska Must Completely Fall from Top 25

Posted by Michael Dixon on November 5 2011 Add Comments
I understand that conference life is rough. When you're in a position like Michigan and Nebraska are in, you're always a target. Even in your down years, everyone brings their best game against you. In the case of Nebraska, it's even more that way. This is their first year in the Big Ten. The last thing that anyone from a proud conference wants to do is let a big name from another conference come in and ...

College Football Week 10: Michigan, West Virginia & the Worst Early Performances

Posted by Dr. SEC on November 5 2011 Add Comments
You would not know it by turning on ESPN, but there were football games today outside of LSU and Alabama. This morning there were several entertaining games for college football fans.In the early games, there were several alleged contenders that were proven to be pretenders. Many of these teams had BCS bowls and conference championships within their grasp but now will need help to obtain their goals.Here is a list of the early-morning games' biggest ...

LSU vs Alabama Predictions: Tigers Defense Will Dominate Nick Saban’s Offense

Posted by Austin Green on November 5 2011 Add Comments
In what is being billed as "The Game of the Decade," I expect LSU's terrifying defense to wreak havoc all day long.The Tigers defense might be the best I have ever seen, and they can prove their skills tonight against the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.LSU's defense has been annihilating teams this year, allowing just 11.5 points per game. The Tigers give up just 251.4 total yards per game, meaning A.J. McCarron and the Alabama offense ...

LSU vs Alabama 2011: Tigers on Track to Replicate Past BCS Successes

Posted by Josh Martin on November 5 2011 Add Comments
Nick Saban and Les Miles—they're much more than just coaching adversaries on opposite sidelines of the much-anticipated biggest game in the history of mankind between LSU and Alabama.They're the two men most qualified to speak about this year's Tigers team looking eerily like the ones that captured BCS national championships in 2003 and 2007.Saban, the current head coach of the Crimson Tide, was the big man on campus in Baton Rouge back when the Bayou ...

College Football: Week 10 Studs and Duds

Posted by William Penfield on November 5 2011 Add Comments
With another week of college football almost in the books, we saw some great individual performances throughout the day.From Andrew Luck to Montee Ball, the nation's best players came to play this Saturday, putting on a show for audiences across the country.Note: This list will be updated throughout the night at the conclusion of the remaining games, including "the game of the century," Alabama vs. LSU.Begin Slideshow

Ryan Broyles Injury: Torn ACL Will Shatter an Already Broken Sooners Season

Posted by Andrew Kulha on November 5 2011 Add Comments
The Oklahoma Sooners season just went from broken to shattered with the news that star wide receiver Ryan Broyles will end his season.The sad news is that not only will this end the season for Broyles, but it will be the final note of the tune that was his career at Oklahoma.KOCO Oklahoma City reports on Broyles' injury: The all-time leading receiver in NCAA history, Oklahoma's Ryan Broyles, suffered an ACL injury during a 41-25 win ...

College Football 2011: Texas A&M and 5 Teams We Can’t Believe Were Ever Ranked

Posted by Stix Symmonds on November 5 2011 Add Comments
They were ranked why? Looking at the records of some teams, we start to scratch our heads as to why we ever thought they were good enough to grace the top 25.Texas A&M lost their second game in a row this week by dropping to Oklahoma 41-25. They were manhandled by the Sooners and needed 15 points in the final quarter just to make the game as close as it was.In light of their fourth ...