Published on: 18th December, 2010
Good afternoon, college football fans! This is Keyon Jeff, featured columnist here, ready to guide you through the New Orleans Bowl battle between the Ohio Bobcats and the Troy Trojans from the Louisiana Superdome. Ohio (8-4, 6-2) finished second in the Mid-Atlantic Conference East Division under sixth-year coach Frank Solich. The ...Published on: 2nd November, 2010
On Saturday afternoon, No. 6 Alabama and No. 10 LSU (both 7-1, 4-1) battle on the gridiron for the 74th time. Personally, I'm upset because it was originally scheduled as a night game at Death Valley. Thank the suits at CBS for moving it to 3:30 p.m./ET. Anyway, the rivalry originated 1895, and Alabama leads the ...Published on: 23rd October, 2010
Good afternoon, college football fans. This is Keyon Jeff, LSU Featured Columnist here, live blogging today's LSU-Auburn game from Jordan Hare Stadium. This battle for SEC West supremacy features Auburn QB and Heisman Trophy candidate, Cam Newton, leading the nation's ninth ranked offense against LSU CB Patrick Peterson and the country's third best defense. The winner of ...Published on: 14th October, 2010
With an 6-0 start, including three wins over Top 25 teams, and a No. 9 ranking in the polls, LSU figures to have no problems Saturday night in Death Valley versus the McNeese St. Cowboys. Just because LSU is playing an FCS team doesn't mean the Tigers can take it easy against the Southland Conference school in ...Published on: 11th October, 2010
The narrative to the 2010 SEC season was shaping into a simple one: It's Alabama and then everybody else. With South Carolina trouncing the Tide, plus LSU and Auburn eking out victories on Saturday to remain undefeated, the race for the SEC title has become wide open. At the midway point of the ...Published on: 29th September, 2010
The 12th-ranked LSU Tigers (4-0, 2-0) host the Tennessee Volunteers (2-2, 0-1) on Saturday afternoon in Death Valley. On paper, the Tigers have the advantage over Tennessee in all three phases of the game. The Volunteers offense struggled against better teams (Oregon and Florida); the defense has allowed 108 points in its last three ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
The SEC always has an abundance of big-time players at the skill positions: quarterback, running back, linebacker, and defensive back Surprisingly, the conference hasn't produced many breakout wide receivers. The only ones that come to mind are Hines Ward and Percy Harvin. Georgia WR A.J. Green, a preseason All-American selection, was suppose to ...Published on: 20th August, 2010
After a summer of hyperventilating over conference realignment that was more whimper than bang, the 2010 college football season is two weeks from kickoff.While FCS programs mess around with that whole playoff system (sarcasm), the goal of the big boys in the FBS is to get into a postseason bowl game.With 35 ...Published on: 13th August, 2010
After winning two BCS titles in the past decade, LSU fans have set the standard in Baton Rouge at national championship or bust. But coming off back-to-back disappointing seasons (8-5 in 2008 and 9-4 in 2009), head coach Les Miles is feeling the heat from Tiger Nation. Many Purple and Gold faithful are ...Published on: 31st July, 2010
When do NFL teams become rivals? If they play in the same division, then they are natural rivals since they play each other twice a season (three times if they meet in the playoffs). But what about non-divisional teams? I pose the question because I must have read at least a dozen articles during the offseason that proclaimed ...