0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/7/2012
After a one-week hiatus, welcome back to this week’s “Case of the Mondays” where we are officially entrenched in college football’s offseason. Final exams have started nationwide, spring ball is over, and what we’re left with one big void of college football knowledge and information. Of the few nuggets remaining this week, we begin at […]
Columnist George Schroeder of the Eugene Register-Guard joins CBR for a podcast to recap spring football for the Oregon Ducks. George and CBR managing editor Allen Kenney hit on: The quarterback derby to replace Darron Thomas between sophomore Bryant Bennett and redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota. Talented defensive newcomer Arik Armstead. The NCAA’s investigation into Oregon’s […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/6/2012
Anyone who watched Oregon football last year knows that even on one of college football’s fastest teams, De’Anthony Thomas stood out as quite possibly the Ducks fastest individual player. The 5’9 true freshman was electrifying at times, and a straight blur at others, with no game more indicative of that than this January’s Rose Bowl. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/4/2012
First, let’s get to the facts: One of the single most dynamic playmakers in college football (not to mention an early 2012 Heisman Trophy favorite) was arrested Thursday night. The culprit? Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who was pulled over along with Clemson soccer player Amadou-Tidiane Daniel Dia. Watkins was charged with possession of marijuana […]
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Ty Hilldenbrandt: As crazy as it seems right now, at the time the BCS was implemented, it was hailed as a great new concept… until it wasn’t and everyone started hating after seeing its flaws. What are the flaws with this and why will we hate it in 5 years? In other words, what will […]
The Kansas St. Wildcats surprised the college football world a year ago, running up a 10-3 record and a trip to the Cotton Bowl behind the wizardry of legendary coach Bill Snyder. Last spring, no one was predicting such a dramatic rise out of KSU. A year later, what’s the word around Manhattan? We asked […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/3/2012
Other than a football playoff, no topic has gotten the college sports world buzzing these last few months quite like the NCAA’s outdated- and at times unfair- transfer policy. The story hit home in college football circles when Tennessee coach Derek Dooley played a tug-of-war with receiver DeAnthony Arnett earlier this winter, and became a […]
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Tommy Rees put himself in a bad situation with Notre Dame and Brian Kelly, but will he get another chance? There is an old saying that suggests nothing good ever happens after midnight. Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese can probably vague for that. Early this morning the two junior Fighting Irish […]
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One of the first recorded intercollegiate athletic conferences to form was called the “Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest.” It existed for two football seasons, disbanding after the 1893 football season was played. The four member schools for that league would come together with some other friends a few years later and form the […]
ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby is likely to accept an offer to be the new Big 12 commissioner. Names of heavy hitters like ESPN’s Burke Magnus and television industry titan Dick Ebersol had been floated earlier this year as potential candidates. Bowlsby’s candidacy, however, appeared to pick up steam […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/2/2012
In this edition of “Five Burning Questions” our good friend
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The sad reality of the sports world in 2012 is that too often, the good stories outweigh the bad. That for every one about a player, athlete or coach overcoming adversity, there are 10 thrown at us that have to do with arrests, misconduct or some kind of other inappropriate behavior. Thankfully, we can focus […]
