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Georgia leads 6 teams getting 1st place votes
The 2008 preseason poll comes out with 6 teams, 3 from the SEC, getting first place votes. The leading vote getter, Georgia, was reminded of what got ‘em there by Coach Richt. We’ll save that for later.
Preseason polls are interesting and unfortunately matter more than they should as pollsters do not like to move teams [...]
As Marion Jones heads to prison, Kelli White prepares to receive her MBA
A far, far better thing I did, than I have ever done,
A far, far better place I am, than I could have gone.
These could be the words ringing in Kelli White’s mind as her competitor on the track, Marion Jones, heads to prison after admitting to lying about her drug use. And White must [...]
Classic Game Withdrawal
Resending our note to college presidents from a year ago
College Presidents,
With all but a few games between this season and the bowls, it is time to preview the morsels available for the college football fan to satisfy his/her hunger before the New Year’s Day Games. The best team in the land according to all [...]
BCS Snubs Mizzou
Yes, the Bowl Championship Series performed poorly in setting up the 2007 - 2008 post season match-ups. The decisions made continue to fly in face of seeing the best gridiron performances and lean toward appeasing those hugging the tree of tradition. However, the most flagrant foul was not made by the selection group, it was [...]
Kansas - Missouri battle for 2nd slot
In August, no one was writing about the two Big 12 teams that would be battling it out for a slot in the National Championship Game. If anyone had, they certainly would not have been writing about two teams out of the Big-12 North and Kansas would not have been either of them.
But here we [...]
Will the best 2 teams please stand up?
Texas Tech derails sooner National Championship plans and helps the Big East and Big-Ten in the process. Graham Harrel’s seventy-two pass attempts and 420 yards were too much for an OU team without NCAA passing efficiency leader Sam Bradford. In the process the Red Raiders threw a wrench into the Big 12 Conference Championship [...]
Big 12 in drivers seat
With 3 teams vying for one of the two slots in New Orleans to decide the NCAA National Football Champion, the Big-12 conference is in an ideal position. It is surprising considering where they conference ranked going into the season, but we all now know the pre-season polls are for the birds, especially of the [...]
BCS Big-12 Update
With Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri sitting at 4, 5 and 6 in the BCS, the Big-12 is looking stronger across the board than it has in quite some time. In fact, if these teams can max out (Missouri and Kansas square off with the winner facing Oklahoma in the Big-12 Title Game) then the [...]
The Curse Continues for Number 2
Putting the boogie man off a week, Boston College joined previous 2nd ranked teams in defeat. This time at the hands of Florida State 27-17. We are seeing parity across the college ranks this season as we have not experienced in a long, long time. The combination of strong defenses across the [...]
The hex of number 2
As top 10 teams continue to fall the number 2 spot seems to be the most likely culprit. USF fell to Rutgers last Thursday night and the Hoakies cannot fail to see the similarities as they host Boston College this week on none other than Thursday nite. In this week’s game of the [...]
LSU - For real???
Are the Tigers for real? Was their early season dominating defense courtesy of weak offense or the real deal. After three straight weeks of down to the wire games and squeaking two out of three in the powerful SEC, it is definitely a question worthy of an answer. Although that answer will [...]
Upset Weekend 2007
With 6 of the top 13 teams being upset, this weekend will go down as the underdog weekend of the year. Starting Friday night as Souther Florida took care of West Virginia the Big 12 North took care of the Big 12 South as Colorado and Kansas State take down Oklahoma and Texas. [...]