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Mike Leach: Who Will Walk The Plank?

Albert Einstein said it, Mike Leach honed it and many college football programs across the country abide by it. Insanity: Making the same hire over and over again while expecting different results. As the regular season ends – and even before then – the college football coaching vacancies are opening in a flurry of activity. […]

Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly: Week 13 Edition

Nothing quite said “ugly” like the final regular season weekend of the 2011 season. Coaches were fired, teams blew big leads, and others continued their modus operandi of just being ugly. Enjoy, if you can stomach it. Arkansas Razorbacks: If you were pulling for Arkansas just to cause a ripple in the Bowl Championship Series, […]

South Carolina 34, Clemson 13: The Fall of the Tigers Continue

Think back for a moment. Not far back, just four weeks ago. The 8-0 Clemson team that was once sitting pretty, highly ranked and with national championship on the mind, turned out to be more Fox than Tiger. Four weeks ago, Clemson was just that; undefeated – and sitting in a perfect position at 8-0, […]

Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly: Week 12 Edition

Week 12 was expected to a tad bit on the ugly side, considering the slate of games we were expecting. It did live up to being part ugly; and crazy and wild too. It was just an all-around cluster. Welcome to week 12 of the ugly. Southern Miss: Southern Miss came in Thursday night versus UAB the 20th […]

The Doak Walker Award: Projecting the Finalist

Later this afternoon, the Doak Walker Award finalists will be announced. As I have done the last two weeks in breaking down each semifinalist, today I do the same as well as make a projection of who I feel should be the three remaining finalist for this prestigious award. Following this weekend, one player in […]

Washington State QB Suffers Lacerated Liver

Yesterday, Washington State suffered a loss at the hands of Utah 30-27 in overtime. Today, however, injury was added to the insult of the loss with the announcement made by Washington State that starting quarterback Connor Halliday suffered a lacerated liver during the game. Halliday was taken to Pullman Regional Hospital for observation and imaging […]

The University of Miami Self Imposes Bowl Ban

The University of Miami announced this afternoon that it will withhold its football team from bowl consideration following the regular season due to the NCAA inquiry. This is quite odd timing by the University of Miami – especially considering they are now 6-5, have not had a successful season, and would not have an attractive […]

NC State 37, Clemson 13: A Perfect Season Dream, May Become a Nightmare

Clemson was 8-0 following a 59-38 victory over North Carolina back on October 22nd, and feeling quite good about themselves moving forward.  At some point – Clemson ran into a wall. Following the North Carolina win, Clemson traveled to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech where they were unceremoniously knocked from the ranks of the […]

Statement from Gary Pinkel and Missouri AD Mike Alden

With the report coming this morning that Gary Pinkel had been arrested and charged with a DWI both the Missouri Head coach and Athletic Director have released a statement. Statement from Head Football Coach Gary Pinkel “Last night after practice, I met some friends for dinner.  After dinner, I was stopped by a Boone County […]

Five Burning Questions: Houston Cougars

Unless you have lived under a rock this college football season, you realize that there is a football team in Texas that has run through its opponents with ease. No, that team is not the Texas Longhorns – that team is the Houston Cougars. The catalyst is Case Keenum, but as Tom Franklin, the play-by-play […]

Breaking Down the Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist

Michael Crabtree, Calvin Johnson, Braylon Edwards and Larry Fitzgerald are just a few of past winners of the respected Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the nation’s top receiver. To win the award the recipient must be an active collegiate receiver and must not have been declared to be ineligible by the NCAA or their school.  […]

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