0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 2/8/2013
Rivals Ohio State and Michigan continue to pick the cream of the crop in Big Ten recruiting. Photo: USA Today Sports When Penn State abandoned football independence and joined the Big Ten in 1993 there were thoughts that the Nittany Lions would soon become a dominant force in the Big Ten. With a strong grasp […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 2/7/2013
A day after his mother confiscated his National Letter of Intent and ran off with it, Fort Lauderdale running back Alex Collins has finally signed with the Arkansas Razorbacks. What should be the conclusion of a bizarre signing day story may just be beginning though. On Wednesday, National Signing Day for college football around the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 2/5/2013
Wednesday is the most important day in college football's offseason and ESPN will be all over the significant announcements to be made from start to finish. ESPN is expanding their National Signing Day coverage to 11 hours worth of programming with plenty of official announcements and analysis from ESPN's college football crew and more. In […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/31/2013
If there is one thing we have learned about Bill O'Brien over the course of the last calendar year, it may be that he is a relentless and fearless leader. Now, with days to go the Big Ten's coach of the year is working on putting together a surprisingly decent recruiting class in his first […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/30/2013
It is a battle that has been going on for a while now, but the cracks in the NCAA fortress may finally start leading to some crumbling. A federal court judge ruled Tuesday the NCAA cannot keep football and basketball players from pursuing a cut of the profits made through television coverage of football and […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/29/2013
Conference realignment has brought an end to many great rivalries over the years. Our hope is that these storied rivalries will one day be replaced by new, developing rivalries. But until West Virginia and Oklahoma State establish a true hatred for each other and Louisville and Wake Forest duke it out for bragging rights, we […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/28/2013
National signing day is nearly upon us (less than ten days away for those keeping track) and we are continuing to see some big recruiting news leading up to the most important day in college football's off-season. Over the weekend Michigan and Notre Dame each secured some lucrative verbal commitments, and once again it seems […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
College football is full of great traditions. Many of these traditions are familiar to even the most casual of fans. Notre Dame's "Play Like a Champion Today" sign and Ohio State's dotting of the "I" are among the most commonly known traditions. Others tend to fly under the radar a bit. While we may all […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/23/2013
We cannot trust anybody to do anything right these days it seems. We cannot trust the players to make good decisions. We cannot trust coaches to do the right thing either. We cannot even trust their bosses to properly monitor their actions. Perhaps not so stunning is the revelation that today the powers that be […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
After sorting through who we think will be the top teams in the country next college football season, was there any doubt who we are pegging as the team to beat? Really, this was one of the simplest decisions we have had to come together on since the launch of the site two years ago. […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/21/2013
President Barack Obama was sent through the inauguration promenade in the nation's capital Monday to officially kick off his second term in office. While this was going on it got us wondering who would be sworn in as President of College Football Nation, if such an utopia were to actually exist. We took the question […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
When Hugh Freeze arrived at Ole Miss we expected to see new energy pumped in to the Rebels football program. A full year into his regime in Oxford and we are certainly seeing some results on the recruiting trails. Days after receiving a verbal commitment from Illinois five-star wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss has […]
