Published on: 7th July, 2010
It seems that the talk of realignment isn't confined to the ranks of FBS conferences. Several Division II conferences are looking to expand their ranks, leaving some conferences scrambling to either keep current members in place or add new members. Like Division I's Big 12, the Lone Star Conference has several teams ...Published on: 7th July, 2010
It keeps getting earlier, doesn't it? In the not too distant past, most college football fanatics had to wait until August to get their first taste of the Top 25. Now, it seems as if the first news story we see post-signing day is the early edition of the Top 25 for ...Published on: 30th June, 2010
With conference expansion come many questions. Who is the new favorite? What impact with the new teams have on the power balance of the conference? How will the new media markets integrate? Along with those serious questions, there must remain time for the ultra-seriousness of determining which school has the ...Published on: 9th June, 2010
Last week, the internet was rife with rumors that the Pac-10 was taking a queue from the Big Ten, and would offer invitations to join the conference to a number of other schools. The biggest rumor was that the Pac-10 offered, or was about to offer, invitations to six ...Published on: 25th May, 2010
Most often, the spring game provides the first glimpse of next season's team. Spring games is almost always the first time the general public (or the media, for that matter) see the team performing as a complete unit. Offenses run at near game-situation speeds, and defenses provide the hardest hits ...Published on: 17th May, 2010
One of the great traditions of college football is the ubiquitous mascot. In the late 1980s, Michigan State reintroduced "Sparty," featuring a foam-rubber costume that allowed the wearer much greater freedom of movement. Since that fateful football season, the great college football mascots of today sprung up from ...Published on: 10th May, 2010
Almost as soon as the final second ticks off the clock at the BCS championship, college football fans turn their attention to next season — an agonizing eight months away. Spring practices, spring games, and recruit signings give all of us college football junkies our fix. But unlike ...Published on: 5th May, 2010
College football is more than two teams facing one another on the gridiron. It's two institutions. Two unique and distinct spirited groups. The students, the faculty, the alumni, the band, the cheerleaders...the 11 players have more riding on the game than the standings. These unpaid athletes play for the love ...Published on: 7th January, 2010
With all of the pomp and pageantry of the BCS Championship game, it's easy to miss one central point: The team that wins is not the National Champion. In fact, the NCAA is the first to point out that Division I FBS football is the only NCAA sport in which the ...