Archive for 'Division I Independents'
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 wins recruiting championship
Holding off a late surge by USC and overcoming two last minute changes to Florida State and Miami, the University of Florida adds the National Football Recruiting Championship to their NCAA Football and Basketball titles. This is according to Rivals.com’s recruiting report. The SEC took 7 of the top 10 spots in this year’s ranking. [...]
A December to Remember (coulda, shoulda, woulda)
Now that we have another week to wait before the NCAA Football title game, the full weight of what could have been hits deep in the belly of the college football fans. Let’s go way out on a limb and put together a fourteen team playoff in order to use the games played during the [...]
Florida Gets Their Shot!
The computers call it a draw and the people polls put the Gators above the Wolverines. Whether they voted for the Gators or for Ohio State not needing to beat Michigan twice, Florida now gets the shot to show if the SEC tough schedule can produce another national title. The pollsters save the BCS some [...]
Sports Crossfire Polls – Gators go to Number 2
The Sports Crossfire College Football Polls have the Gators vaulting past USC and Michigan into the 2nd slot and suggesting they will head to Arizona for a shot at Ohio State. 67% of Sports Crossfire fans vote against a playoff. Give someone else a shot. Don’t make Ohio State beat Michigan twice. Both are valid [...]
Will they get it?
The Florida Gators earned the right to a shot at the NCAA Football Championship yesterday by winning their 12th game of the year yesterday against Arkansas. Going 7 and 1 in the difficult SEC with earlier wins against top 20 teams LSU and Tennessee are enough to put Florida into the Championship Game. Will it [...]
Who should meet on Jan. 7th?
Who really knows? Pat Forde at ESPN says it’s all conjecture, stating, “I’d personally cast a vote in favor of Florida. I agree that a team should win its conference title to play for the national title. I don’t like the idea of putting the best team in America in double jeopardy against an opponent [...]
Three teams vie for BCS Title Game Slot
Teams playing better later in the year continue to be rewarded in the post season placement according to this USAToday article. “Southern California is expected to play for the national title vs. Ohio State if the Trojans beat UCLA on Saturday, according to those who analyze the Bowl Championship Series formula. But that could change [...]
Game of the Week
We head to the LA Coliseum for this weeks match-up between Booty and Quinn as USC hosts Notre Dame. The matchup to watch is the pass oriented Irish against the Trojans secondary. Last week against Cal’s high powered passing attack, USC was more than up to the task. Will they get it done again? No. [...]
Game of the Week, maybe Year
The much anticipated clash between Big Ten upbeatens in Columbus in now upon us. This should be an epic game and many think will decide the natiional championship. It will select one team to play for the title and disqualify the other. At Sports Crossfire, our Top 25 and Computer Polls are split with the [...]