The 2012 college football regular season has quickly come to a close, which means we can begin to look over some of the top candidates for the Coach of the Year. This season, there are many legitimate candidates that you can throw onto the table. There are coaches that have completely turned programs around with one season. Some guys have saved teams from falling off the map and becoming irrelevant. There are first-year head coaches ...

Monte Kiffin's decision to resign as defensive coordinator of USC was the perfect choice for everyone involved.The father of head coach Lane Kiffin was under fire for a disappointing season on the defensive side of the football. During the course of the year, the squad allowed 38 points in a loss to UCLA, 39 points in a loss to Arizona, and a whopping 62 points in an embarrassment at home against Oregon.It was likely that his ...

Not only did Ohio State go undefeated this season, the Buckeyes are set up to see some key starters return next year and they already boast an impressive 2013 recruiting class.The 12-0 Buckeyes, who served a one-year bowl ban this season, finished No. 4 in the AP poll to end the 2012 campaign.They did so with an electric dual-threat quarterback in Braxton Miller, depth in the backfield and a defense that was generally solid.Miller was ...

Over the last few weeks, and all the way until the ceremony on December 8, you're sure to hear all the reasons Manti Te'o should win the Heisman. The truth is, it doesn't matter whether he does or not.His true reward for a great career at Notre Dame should be reaching top 10 status in the 2013 NFL draft.When the college season wraps up and the NFL draft rolls around, there's sure to be plenty ...

With similarly opportunistic defenses and respective dynamic backfield duos, the SEC championship between the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide and third-ranked Georgia will come down to quarterback play.This matchup is wonderful for a multitude of reasons—a national championship berth is at stake in addition to the conference title.But the QB position isn't least among them.While Bulldogs signal-caller Aaron Murray has to be viewed as the more NFL-friendly prospect, he hasn't exhibited the same discipline with ...

The 2012 Heisman Trophy race has failed to produce a runaway winner. Every time it looked like one player might start to pull away from the pack, whether it be Geno Smith or Collin Klein, they would fade back to the pack. It gives Heisman voters a lot of options and just as much flexibility when filling out their ballots. Don't be surprised if that causes a spread-out vote, leading to a very close race ...

Tulsa has won and covered three straight against Central Florida and doing it a fourth time will earn the Golden Hurricane the Conference USA championship.Tulsa beat Central Florida, winners of Conference USA's East Division,two weeks ago and a slight favorites at most sportsbooks tracked by OddsShark.com to do it again. The line opened at minus-one but, by Friday, Tulsa had been bet into a two-point favorite at most shops.The teams meet to decide C-USA ...

Sadly, the 2012 college football regular season will come to an end this weekend. It seems like just yesterday that we were in the dog days of summer, waiting for the season to start. Now, here we are, trying to figure out which teams will end up in which bowl games. It's been another entertaining year filled with great action and terrific individual performances. We saw plenty of breakout stars step out onto the national stage ...

A spot in the Rose Bowl is on the line on Saturday night in Indianapolis when the Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2, 7-1 Big Ten) and Wisconsin Badgers (7-5, 4-4 Big Ten) do battle at Lucas Oil Stadium.The last time these two teams met, on September 29 in Nebraska, the Cornhuskers erased a 17-point deficit and held on for a 30-27 victory.While Nebraska is the heavy favorite to emerge victorious, Wisconsin isn't about to go down without a ...

When the UCLA Bruins (9-3) walk into Stanford Stadium on Friday night, they might have expectations of a different outcome against the Stanford Cardinal (10-2) than they had less than a week ago at the Rose Bowl, when the Cardinal thrashed the Bruins by a score of 35-17.There's only one problem—Stanford's got UCLA's number, and the result of this game won't be much different than what we witnessed last weekend.UCLA is going to lose the ...