Archive for December, 2005
LSU Rips Hurricanes 40-3
40-3
Carroll agrees to contract extension with USC
Pete Carroll, who coached Southern California from mediocrity to dominance since being hired in 2001, agreed to a contract extension with the school. Neither Carroll nor USC athletic director Mike Garrett would provide specifics of the deal. “We love what Pete is doing here,” Garrett said in a statement issued late Wednesday. “He does a [...]
College Bowl Conference Challenge
2005-06 Bowl Conference Showdown Conference BowlGames Wins Losses WinningPercentage ACC 8 – - -% Big 12 8 – - -% Big East 4 – - -% Big Ten 7 – - -% Conf. USA 6 1 1 -% MAC 2 1 – -% Mtn. West 4 – 2 -% Pac 10 5 1 – -% [...]
NCAA reinstates Matt Leinart after accidental violation
Matt Leinart is reinstated after his taping of a “Sports Center is Next” spot during a recent guest appearance ont the ESPN show. Imagin the outbursts at ESPN if he was unable to play in January. “We were unaware of any potential violations for taping a short ‘SportsCenter is next’ tag during a guest appearance,” [...]
Top Bowl Matchups
The title game between USC and Texas is sure to generate quite a bit of attention as January 5th approaches. Before the hype begins in earnest, let’s look at the best of the non-BCS games on tap this Holiday Season. The SEC and ACC championship games crowned two surprise conference champions in Georgia and even [...]
ESPN.com – NCF – Bush headlines AP All-America team
ESPN.com – NCF – Bush headlines AP All-America team: “Vince Young can claim at least one victory over Southern California this season. The Texas quarterback was selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday, relegating USC’s Matt Leinart to second-team. Young was runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting to Trojans tailback Reggie Bush and [...]
ESPN.com – NCF – Texas’ Brown votes Trojans No. 1, Longhorns No. 2
ESPN.com – NCF – Texas’ Brown votes Trojans No. 1, Longhorns No. 2: “The coaches decided to release only their final ballots, which were printed in Monday’s editions of USA Today.” A good move all the way around to have this public. The need to move to making it public every week. The few abnormal [...]
Fanblogs XIV Poll – Week 15 : Fanblogs College Football Blog
Fanblogs XIV Poll – Week 15 : Fanblogs College Football Blog Interesting top fourteen from FanBlogs.com. Oregon places ahead of three BCS teams, Georgia, Notre Dame and West Virginia. First place votes in parenthesis. Weighted ballot points appear beside team name. Teams are ranked on likelihood to beat lower ranked teams on a neutral field, [...]
2005-2006 Bowls are set
The 2005 College Football Bowl Match-ups are all set. Two upsets in the conference championships shake up the BCS, but Notre Dame manages to jump ahead of Oregon for the final at-large bid. There will be much hype about the Texas-USC game with barely a whimper about the Bowl Championship Series selection for 1 and [...]
USC and Texas Dominate Final Week of Play
Wow!!! 136 combined points run up by USC and Texas as the two powerhouses demonstrate they are heads, shoulders and torsos above the rest of the college football pack. If there was any doubt about the two teams most deserving of facing one another for this seasons NCAA Championship it was put to rest yesterday [...]
College Football Playoff System
The time has come for this to be implemented. Everyone is expecting at the end of today there will be two undefeated Division IA college football teams and they will compete for the national championship in Pasadena on January 2nd. Thirty days after their final game, they will hit the gridiron again to play for [...]