Published on: 24th November, 2010
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and there's plenty for college football fans to be thankful for.The final BCS rankings are due to be released on December 5th—less than two weeks away—and, as always, there's still plenty at stake.Four matchups between ranked teams, including Friday's Iron Bowl between second-ranked Auburn ...Published on: 22nd November, 2010
The Heisman Trophy announcement is less than three weeks away, but the crystal ball predicting who will win is as cloudy as ever.A select group of student-athletes–Auburn's Cam Newton, Oregon's LaMichael James, and Boise State's Kellen Moore chief among them–has distinguished itself from the rest in the national conversation.But the ...Published on: 28th October, 2010
Week 8 was a busy one for wideouts in the West, with teams putting up points left and right while quarterbacks happily distributed the ball to their favorite targets.Even so, there wasn't exactly a ton of movement in the rankings from last week. One can only look to the three ...Published on: 20th October, 2010
After weeks of top teams from across the country falling by the wayside, the Pac-10 finally has a team atop the AP and coaches' polls.Similarly, a new leader has emerged among the conference's wide receivers.At least in the power rankings.Four teams were inactive this past weekend (Oregon, Stanford, UCLA and ...Published on: 16th October, 2010
Any mention of player arrests or shady off-field activity with regard to football in Los Angeles tends to find its way to USC. After all, the Trojans' football program, now led by Lane Kiffin, is in the midst of a period of probation. Scholarships have been revoked, wins and titles have ...Published on: 12th October, 2010
The script for wide receivers in the Pac-10 this past weekend read eerily like The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.There was certainly plenty of good, with breakout performances by USC's Robert Woods and OSU's Markus Wheaton, among others.The bad wasn't so bad, though the likes of Cal's Marvin Jones ...Published on: 3rd October, 2010
If there's one part of the UCLA Bruins football team that's struggled more than any other since the days of Karl Dorrell, it's the offensive line. Yes, the quarterback position has been a revolving door of injuries and poor play. From Ben Olson to Pat Cowan to Kevin Craft to Kevin ...Published on: 30th September, 2010
Folks in Westwood had plenty of reason to be excited after the UCLA Bruins trounced the Texas Longhorns in Austin, 34-12.However, even triumphs of such magnitude come with some trepidation.In UCLA's case, it comes in the person of Kevin Prince.The redshirt sophomore has missed the last few days of practice ...Published on: 26th September, 2010
When reviewing the game between the seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns and the previously-hapless UCLA Bruins in Austin this past Saturday, one phrase comes to mind for both fan bases. Shock and awe. For Mack Brown and the Orange-Bloods, it's the shock of getting demolished at home, in this case by the Bruins, thanks ...Published on: 18th September, 2010
Hello, college football fans! Josh Martin, UCLA football featured columnist here. I'll be covering tonight's tilt between the Bruins and westward-traveling Houston Cougars at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins have struggled in their first two games, as indicated by their 0-2 record, and even more so by last week's 35-0 beating ...