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SEC Competitive Bottom to Top
Six SEC teams are ranked in the top 25 of this week’s Associated Press, and all twelve teams have received poll votes this season. More importantly, the average point spread in this season’s 11 SEC match-ups is 9.91 points with 8 games decided by less than 10 points. Road teams are 8 and 3. The [...]
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 [...]
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 being [...]
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 Big-12 [...]
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 have to wait [...]
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. Auburn kicks [...]
Game of the week
Oh what a difference a week makes. We could be looking at two games featuring undefeated top 10 teams this week, but Colorado, Kansas State and Auburn took three of these four teams down last week. With all three looking for redemption the stakes are possibly even higher for all. We will pick the SEC [...]
LSU hosts Virginia Tech for the Game of the Week
The Hokies come into Tiger Stadium ranked 9th in the AP poll and sporting one of the best defenses in the country.  They hope the second ranked Tigers’ offense starts as lackluster as they did last week against Miss. State. LSU’s shutout and 6 interceptions showed they know how to defend the endzone. We pick [...]
Week 1 Roundup
Twenty-two of the Sportscrossfile.com Top 25 take care of business. Appalachia State carried the 1AA title into Ann Arbor, and stunned Michigan allowing critics to suggest the Big Ten would have trouble competing in that division. Our hats are off to the football players and coaches of Appalachian State University. Clemson welcomed Florida State into [...]
Florida and LSU meet for the SEC Title
With a favorable home conference schedule, LSU, sporting the best defense in the country, will win the SEC title game on it’s way to New Orleans for the NCAA National Championship Football game.
BCS At Large Bids
In the second year of the five BCS game format, the six conference winners will be joined by six at-large additions. This will include Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and California.