Rankings are always fun to read because they spark a lot of talk between peers. Last week, Sporting News came out with list which ranks all the college football FBS coaches, and Georgia head man Mark Richt was fairly high on the list as he came in 14th. Richt is right in between Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio (No. 13) and BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall (No. 15). So here’s the question: Is Richt ...

The Texas Longhorns are on the up and up.After two consecutive years of falling well short of expectations, Mack Brown's squad appears to finally be ready to step back into the spotlight.Even Mack Brown himself thinks so: "We’re back to where we feel like we can win every game. That attitude is starting to get there." he said during a Big XII conference call.Much of this attitude that Brown is referring to is coming from ...

LSU, USC and Alabama are going to get all of the preseason hype, but that doesn’t mean that they are locks for BCS games. There are always some teams that come out of nowhere to find themselves in the nation’s top bowl games. In 2010, Auburn came out of nowhere and rode a wave of momentum all the way to the BCS National Championship Game. Oklahoma State wasn’t exactly viewed as a juggernaut at the ...

Miami Hurricanes fans are a spoiled lot. An unparalleled run of success in the 80’s and early 90’s, as well as perhaps the greatest team ever in 2001, have created a bar of success against which the program’s on-field success will be forever measured. The conceit is that Miami fans only care about a team that wins a title, but the reality is that Miami fans are starved for a contender right now. Relevance is ...

Michael Floyd will enter into the NFL just as he did at Notre Dame. Floyd's star will illuminate the dark Arizona sky like it brightened South Bend on a bitter cold night, and he will have the best rookie season of any Fighting Irish player who was drafted or signed in 2012.Floyd has every tool he needs in order to succeed at the next level.He is as strong as an ox and teams will have ...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, new Pitt head coach Paul Chryst is sticking with veteran Tino Sunseri as the team's starting quarterback going into fall practice.Chryst said Tuesday during the ACC spring meetings, "He was the best quarterback we had out of spring. That's why he's the starter."After a brutal 2011 season in which he never really grasped the "low-octane" offense of former head coach Todd Graham, Sunseri gets a fresh start in ...

Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, Illinois) blue-chip running back Ty Isaac announced that he has chosen USC over Michigan and Notre Dame.  Full Ride breaks down what Isaac’s commitment means to Lane Kiffin and the Trojans. Bleacher Report’s flagship college football recruiting program also looks at where Brian Kelly and Notre Dame will turn their focus, as well as where Michigan stands after being rebuffed by Isaac. Isaac joins No. 1 quarterback recruit Max Browne in ...

College football is nothing if not fraught with upsets, letdowns, surprises and heartbreak. Nowhere is that more evident than the staple of every team's schedule: the trap game.Here's a look at the Leaders division and each team's potential pratfall heading into 2012.Illinois: vs. Louisiana Tech: It's easy to see a team from a conference that's rapidly dissolving and think "easy win." Tech is coming off an 8-5 season, though, and returns underrated QB Colby Cameron, ...

Yesterday, we took a look at the biggest potential trap game for every SEC East team. Today, we head out west to see where each team in the nation's top division could trip up in 2012.Keep in mind, I consider a trap game any game in which a team—for whatever reason—may not be as prepared as it should be. Sometimes that's completely dictated by schedule, and other times there are other factors at play.Here are the ...

Another season under head coach Chip Kelly, another BCS bowl, and a double-digit win season. Fans expect nothing less of the extremely talented Oregon Ducks, especially in the watered-down Pac-12.This season, Oregon returns a total of 14 starters, including eight on the defensive side of the ball. But life isn't so sweet in Eugene, as the Ducks do have a few issues to straighten out before they can contend for ...