Published on: 22nd November, 2010
No football coach in America is going to be happy when their team commits 16 penalties for 145 yards in one game, but it’s hard to believe that many would act the way Nebraska’s Bo Pelini did during Saturday’s 9-6 loss at Texas A&M.There were numerous times when ABC cameras ...Published on: 22nd November, 2010
Thanksgiving Day has always traditionally been a day when the NFL shines and holds the nation’s attention while spectators gobble on turkey and delight in the misery of the Detroit Lions. It’s the following day, known around the country as Black Friday, when college football gets the chance to reign supreme. ...Published on: 18th November, 2010
The scouting process for the NFL Draft can be many different things—a meat market, a stock market of sorts, a picture that develops slowly over time—but most importantly, it’s always extremely unpredictable. Trying to handicap which 21 and 22-year-old young athletes are best equipped to handle the transition to professional ...Published on: 8th November, 2010
Coming into the 2010 season, there weren’t many preseason prognosticators around college football who were predicting great success for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The common conception was that the loss of quarterback Zac Robinson, wide receiver Dez Bryant, offensive tackle Russell Okung and cornerback Perrish Cox—all NFL Draft picks—would be just ...Published on: 5th November, 2010
Back in June, I wrote an article previewing some of the things I thought could happen during the 2010 college football season.I’ve never really been a firm “predictions guy," so I thought I should frame it more from the standpoint of what could happen rather than what will happen.Some things ...Published on: 5th November, 2010
Tomorrow, the Utah Utes will host Mountain West foe TCU in a battle of two unbeaten BCS busters. Both teams have been rolling through opponents and solidifying themselves as legitimate contenders on the national scene this season. The Utes and Horned Frogs are ranked top 10 nationally in both total ...Published on: 2nd November, 2010
For your viewing pleasure, I went scouring the YouTube universe for video highlights of some of the top prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft. Now I know, it's a bit difficult to judge a player solely based on highlights because they only show positive plays, but beggars can't be choosers. I don't exactly ...Published on: 1st November, 2010
This past April, we watched as LaceDarius Dunn and Ekpe Udoh helped carry a Baylor Bear basketball program, which just seven years ago was facing national scandal and ridicule following the murder of Patrick Denehy, to its first Elite Eight appearance in school history. The Bears’ tournament success, which can ...Published on: 31st October, 2010
As a simple college football fan, it can be somewhat of a challenge trying to decipher just who the top NFL prospects are at the college level because as fans, we don’t have access to nearly the amount of inside information on players that professional scouts do. We don’t have ...Published on: 31st October, 2010
This weekend, the college football world seemed to settle down a bit after three weeks of pure turbulence. The top three ranked teams in the nation (Auburn, Oregon and Boise State) rolled to statement victories, cementing their place at the top of the college football world. But even though each ...