Archive for March, 2012

Texas A&M Football: 10 Ways to Know You Are an Aggie Fan

Posted by Michael Taglienti on March 27 2012 Add Comments
Texas A&M Aggies are known for their allegiance to their alma mater and their adherence to traditions. A&M has over 200,000 former students living around the world and seemingly almost as many traditions.Rival schools like to poke fun at the Aggies' traditions, but most Aggies realize that the traditions offer a unique shared experience that helps bond Aggies young and old. They are the ties that bind.As the Aggies embark on a new era in ...

Nebraska Football Recruiting: Power Ranking the Last 5 Recruiting Seasons

Posted by Patrick Runge on March 27 2012 Add Comments
Is Bo Pelini a good recruiter? The 2012 class marks Pelini's fifth, which gives us enough data to start drawing conclusions about Pelini's recruiting acumen. Although we have a much better idea of how well he did in previous years, we can still have at least some idea of how he's done from year to year.So let's take a look at a power ranking of Nebraska's last five years' recruiting classes, from five to one.Begin ...

The 50 Best College Football Swag Items

Posted by Luke Pashke on March 27 2012 Add Comments
College football fans are some of the most passionate fanatics in the world.They rejoice when their team wins, despair when their team loses, and have no problem expressing their allegiance to anyone and everyone. For some, the tenacious dedication they have for their respected programs is almost religious.While others may not take their loyalty to such high extremes, everyone loves to put their favorite school on display. With so many companies cornering the market in ...

Cincinnati Football: Bearcats Announce 2012 Football Schedule

Posted by Alex Callos on March 27 2012 Add Comments
The Cincinnati Bearcats announced their official 2012 college football schedule on Tuesday, and it features seven home games and three Big East road trips.With the departure of TCU to the Big 12, Cincinnati had a void to fill and was unable to get a home-and-home with a BCS school, forcing them to settle for Fordham.Scheduling Fordham and Delaware State gives Cincinnati two FCS schools, something they certainly did not want to have to do.Cincinnati will ...

Notre Dame Football: Most Exciting Games of 2012 Fighting Irish Schedule

Posted by Connor Killoren on March 27 2012 Add Comments
Year in and year out, Notre Dame is virtually guaranteed to be competing in a slate of marquee matchups.The same is true of the 2012 schedule.The Irish will go head to head with each of their traditional rivals, including a few not so usual suspects. For the most intriguing of these soon-to-come games, follow along.Enjoy!Begin Slideshow

The 30 Guys You Meet at Every Major College Football Tailgate

Posted by Amy Daughters on March 27 2012 Add Comments
Attending a well-attended college football tailgate event is a lot like visiting a college bar on a busy night, and you meet a bunch of the same characters.But what’s great about the collegiate tailgating scene is, to add to your regulars from a bar standpoint, you get a load of people who are unique to the highly specific task of celebrating with your vehicle.Indeed, where the tavern gives you drunk guy, lady killer guy and ...

Miami Football Recruiting: Power Ranking the Last 5 Recruiting Seasons

Posted by David Mayer on March 27 2012 Add Comments
The Hurricanes haven't had a great recruiting class since 2000 when Butch Davis was the head coach. During his five years at Miami he recruited players such as Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Edgerrin James, Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Dan Morgan, Santana Moss, Reggie Wayne, Bryant McKinnie, Jeremy Shockey, Andre Johnson, Willis McGahee, Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow II, Jonathan Vilma, Vince Wilfork and Antrel Rolle.Over the last five years, the Hurricanes recruiting class has been less than stellar, ...

Oklahoma Football: Should the Sooners Be the Favorite to Win the Big 12?

Posted by Alex Joseph on March 27 2012 Add Comments
Since Bob Stoops became the head coach of the University of Oklahoma in 1999, the Big 12 conference has basically belonged to the Sooners.Stoops and Company have won seven Big 12 championships in 13 years, and while there was still a real conference championship game being played, Stoops was 7-1 with his only loss coming in 2003 to a talented Kansas State squad. However, the Sooners were still elected to play in the National Championship ...

NCAA Tournament 2012: Stars Do Not Align for Orange as Ohio State Moves Forward

Posted by Andrew Pregler on March 24 2012 Add Comments
There was still a sliver of hope for the Orange as the clock ticked down. Five points is still a margin that can be recovered within a minute left of the game. But in the end, Ohio State's dominance was from start to finish. The Buckeyes had Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft to lead Ohio State to victory, but at the end of the day, two key factors led to a Final Four berth for the ...

NCAA Tournament 2012: Where Do the Florida Gators Go from Here?

Posted by Tim Pollock on March 24 2012 Add Comments
For the second year in a row, the Florida Gators crashed the NCAA Tournament party, stormed into the Elite Eight and then dominated…for 35 minutes.  That last five minutes, though, has been a little problematic for Billy Donovan’s boys.    With a double-digit lead deep in the second half against Louisville, the Gators were seemingly on their way to New Orleans.  Rick Pitino had just gotten teed up, the Cards were in foul trouble and ...