Friday is a great day as we head into the weekend. Just when it seemed we'd quietly get into the afternoon with little going on, the SEC and Big 12 decided to drop a new bomb that will help shape the college football postseason, starting in 2014.The Pac-12 and Big Ten have been bound together through the Rose Bowl during the BCS Meetings; now the Big 12 and SEC have tied themselves together too, through ...

Nebraska returns eight starters on both sides of the ball, and that likely made it a much easier decision to cancel the spring game due to severe weather. While most teams said goodbye to the spring with a spring game, the Cornhuskers just participated in practices and won't hit the field again until August.Spring provides a chance for teams to answer questions and to feel better about themselves heading into ...

Even though USC quarterback Matt Barkley was used as the yardstick for what a team could potentially get at his position in the next year if it decided to forego taking a first-round QB this year, I made the case earlier this week that Barkley might be extremely overrated as a pro prospect.By the end of the year, I believe Arkansas's Tyler Wilson will be the leader in the clubhouse to go ...

Though people like to bash the Missouri Tigers and say that they don’t stand a chance in the SEC in 2012, this team is full of talented players. With several returning stars, the Tigers will look to improve on last year’s 8-5 record, which included an Independence Bowl victory over North Carolina. In order to do that in a tougher conference, several players are going to have to step up and improve on their 2011 ...

As the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported on Thursday, Ohio State self-reported 46 secondary violations to the NCAA over the last 11 months. That's a lot! Almost 50 secondary violations after the whole snafu that led to Jim Tressel and Terrelle Pryor getting sent out of town and the suspension of several other Buckeyes would be a problem, right?So should we fire Urban Meyer? Should we fire Gene Smith? Should we figure out a way to fire all ...

The SEC and Big 12 are hard at work securing spots for their teams outside of a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) four-team playoff.The SEC and Big 12 announced on Friday that the two teams will meet in a New Year's Day prime-time bowl game for its conference champions should they not be selected to participate in a four-team playoff. If one or both conferences are represented in the four-team playoff, other teams from the conferences ...

Oklahoma quarterback's coach and offensive coordinator Josh Heupel got his big fish for the 2013 recruiting class with Cody Thomas from Colleyville, Texas.In Thomas, the Sooners get a top all-around athlete with plenty of size at 6'5", 220 pounds. He is a 4-star recruit and rated in the No. 9 to No.12 range among quarterbacks by most recruiting services. As a junior last season, he threw for 3,296 yards, 36 touchdowns and 15 interceptions on ...

Every day here at Your Best 11, we are counting down to the start of the regular season with our Top 150 players for 2012 season.No. 115: Ray Graham, No. 1, Pittsburgh, Running BackA year ago, Ray Graham was on his way to becoming a first- or second-round pick in the 2012 NFL draft. Then, things changed against UConn, the game where Graham suffered a season-ending knee injury. Graham elected to come back for his ...

Even though the entire frontcourt for the Bears will be freshmen or first-time starters, there is no question that the point-guard play of Pierre Jackson makes him the Baylor Bears most indispensable player for next season. The Bears suffered from the lack of a great point guard in the 2010-11 season. After not receiving an invitation from the NCAA tournament or the NIT, the Bears had a long offseason to think about the roster. In ...

The conference landscape of college sports is changing by the week, but one constant over the last several seasons has been the preeminence of the Big East in basketball. Although that league may still be the nation’s deepest and most competitive, no conference will be stronger at the top in 2012-13 than the Big Ten. No conference in the country can touch the level of returning talent that the top Big Ten contenders will carry ...