Although the rope for college football coaches is seemingly shorter today than ever before, the times when they get axed after just one year are few and far between. Ellis Johnson managed to pull off that rare feat last season. The administration at Southern Mississippi needed just a dozen winless games to figure out that […]
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(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) After spending the past five days previewing Conference USA, it's time for our staff to pick the 2013 conference champion, player and coach of the year. Enjoy! Allen Kenney's Take: If the other mid-major conferences that we've covered have been surprisingly deep, Conference USA is, well… the opposite. Realignment has […]
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(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) While picking All-Conference teams in the American, MAC and Mountain West was an overwhelming task simply because of the sheer returning talent, in Conference USA it was kind of the opposite; with so much departing talent- not to mention all the departing teams- it was actually kind of hard. As […]
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The tectonic plates of conference realignment appear to have ceased shifting at this time. Sure, there are a few minor moves that still have to officially occur, but the announcements of which team(s) will be joining which league(s) are over and done with for now. Conference USA was a league that was hit hard […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 5/30/2013
The American Athletic Conference, getting set for the first season of its re-branded existence, has a logo. The logo features a blue "A" with a thin white trim around the outside and a red star in the middle, as first seen in a report by USA Today. The conference also has a horizontal […]
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Conference USA has served as something of a way station since the league came into existence nearly 20 years ago. As a league born of a merger, it is fitting that so many teams have moved through C-USA. Like many other leagues, C-USA is in the midst of a membership change, with six brand […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 5/29/2013
Can ECU win C-USA Title in last go around? Justin Hardy will figure prominently in that. (Photo courtesy USA Today Sports) As Kevin said in our look back at 2012 yesterday, this is a sneaky good conference. Well, at least it was until it was raided and will be raided again by The American. Despite […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/28/2013
(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It was a rocky offseason long before news broke that Notre Dame would be without Everett Golson for its 2013 season. Think about it: An embarrassing showing against Alabama, Brian Kelly speed dating with the NFL, high-profile transfers by Gunner Kiel and Davonte Neal, decommitments from blue chippers like Alex […]
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We had been clued in that Baylor was going to be having some new, updated uniforms from Nike this upcoming football season. We got a glimpse of the chrome helmet, which was enough of a suggestion of new things coming from the Baylor Bears. Now, the program looking to continue riding the momentum of the […]
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Will there be a player who has a Johnny Manziel-type breakout season in 2013? That may be a bit too much to expect, but there is always a few players who become the breakout stars of each season. Some have recognizable names, but just haven’t had the chance as they sat behind someone else, while […]
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Tulsa looks to defend the Conference USA championship in 2013. Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run will be previewing each conference for the 2013 season with week-by-week coverage. Today we continue our 2013 conference previews with a look at Conference USA. Conference USA always seems to have some sneaky fun football to pay attention […]
