0 comments by Tom Perry on 11/24/2012
It has been awhile since we’ve seen Geno Smith smile — probably since Oct. 6 when he was enjoying a West Virginia win in Austin against Texas. After the Mountaineers ended a five-game losing skid and finally became bowl eligible by holding off Iowa State in Ames 31-24 on Friday, Smith was able to crack […]
0 comments by Paradigm Shift on 11/23/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E80L-Qqd9co The LSU Tigers are taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Battle of The Boot in Fayetteville, Ark., this afternoon. LSU had a 3-0 lead until Zach Mettenberger threw a bullet of a pass to to receiver Jarvis Landry, who made an amazing one-handed grab in the back of the endzone. The play was […]
This season has been a disaster for me. Fade these immediately. Oklahoma State (+8.5) at Oklahoma Once upon a time, the Sooners would have wiped the floor with their Bedlam rivals. Bob Stoops' teams used to salivate, Pavlovian-styles, at the thought of taking revenge on a squad that embarrassed them the year before. But that […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
Auburn at No. 2 Alabama Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST, CBS Line: Alabama -33.5 We are probably watching the final game for Gene Chizik at Auburn, which would have seemed pretty far-fetched just two seasons ago when the Tigers won the BCS Championship. The Iron Bowl has national title implications again, but only for Alabama … […]
When Texas A&M packed up for the SEC last year, Texas decided it wanted to start a new Thanksgiving game tradition with new teams. Right now, the Longhorns may be wondering if some traditions are best left to run their course. Behind a bruising running game – TCU attempted just 9 passes on the night […]
TCU at No. 15 Texas Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST ESPN Line: Texas -7 For the fifth straight year the Texas Longhorns will play on Thanksgiving night, but in 2012 there’s a bit of a twist: The opponent is no longer longtime rival Texas A&M but instead Big XII newbie TCU. While the opponent has changed, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Week twelve has thrown another wrench into the Heisman race. For the last four weeks, Kansas State's Collin Klein had been running away from the pack. Then came Baylor and the ghost of Robert Griffin III as the Bears took the boots to the Wildcats. The Oregon Ducks also fell from the ranks of the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 11/21/2012
We were all getting ready to start off our Thanksgiving weekend when Pat Forde decided to drop a pretty juicy story on us all. According to Forde's report for Yahoo! Sports, the NCAA is investigating Auburn for potential recruiting violations. I know, you're shocked. Right? The repost says the NCAA is focusing their investigation on […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
No. 14 Nebraska at Iowa Friday, 12:00 PM EST, ABC Line: Nebraska – 14.5 The Nebraska Cornhuskers travel to Iowa City to face the mighty Hawkeyes in the annual…*sigh* Heroes Game. Look, Nebraska’s going to play Iowa. Iowa’s theoretical home field advantage might actually mean something if Cornhusker fans…wait for it…weren’t scooping up tickets left […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
ESPN strikes again! The worldwide leader in sports entertainment took a firm grip on the future broadcast rights of the new college football playoff format by announcing a new 12-year agreement for the broadcast rights for the national championship, national semifinals and any other related bowl game for college football's new postseason set to start […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
Mississippi State at Ole Miss Saturday, 7pm, ESPNU Line: Ole Miss -1 1/2 This is one of the south's oldest rivalries and Saturday the Bulldogs will meet the Rebels for the 109th time for the Golden Egg. Lately this game hasn't had a lot of external meaning, but not so this year as Ole Miss […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
No. 19 Michigan at Ohio State Saturday, 12:00 p.m., ABC Line: Ohio State -3.5 The Big Game may not be quite up to the magnitude of 2006's historic No. 1 vs. No. 2, but any time Michigan and Ohio State get together it is worth paying attention to. This year's edition of the storied Big […]
