0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/7/2012
No. 21 Mississippi State at No. 7 LSU Saturday, 7:00 p.m. ESPN Line: LSU -14 ½ So seriously, have there ever been two 7-2 teams with less in common than Mississippi State and LSU, who’ll get together Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge? I mean, think about it. For LSU, yes they’re coming off the second […]
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On Wednesday, legendary Texas football coach and former Longhorns Athletic Director Darrell Royal passed away. He was 88-years-old. The University of Texas confirmed the news via their website this morning. Royal, who began his head coaching career at Mississippi State in 1955 is best known for the 20 years he spent in Austin as a […]
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Penn State at No. 16 Nebraska (BCS rankings) Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ABC, ESPN 2 Line: Nebraska -7.5 Nebraska looks to carry the Big Ten banner proudly in their second season in the conference as the postseason looms. The Huskers are the highest ranked team in the BCS standings (thanks to Ohio State's ineligibility), and look […]
The leading contenders for the national championship have separated themselves from the pack, with Alabama, Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame the four remaining undefeateds. Ben Kercheval of College Football Talk joins CBR managing editor Allen Kenney for a podcast to forecast the rest of the regular season. Ben and Allen discuss: *Which of the […]
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A lot of talk and hullabaloo was made over the possibility of a brand new bowl game for the 2014 season featuring the champion of the Big 12 vs. the champion of the SEC and it was named the "Champions Bowl." Well, for all of that blustering it turns out the Champions Bowl is more […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 11/6/2012
Ahh, social media – sometimes we love you a little to much. In fact it caused a near meltdown for UCLA head coach Jim Mora on Tuesday after someone created a fake twitter account for one of his players, Richard GoForth, on Monday night. He’s a freshman on the Bruins team and isn’t even a […]
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We’re down to five undefeated programs as the college football season comes down the homestretch. Of course, only four of them have a legitimate shot at playing for a BCS National Championship in January (sorry, Louisville). There’s also Ohio State, but the Buckeyes aren’t even eligible for the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl. But there are a […]
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No. 11 Oregon State at Stanford 3:00pm, Fox Line: Stanford -5 1/2 Oregon State rebounded after their first loss of the season with a 36-26 win over Arizona State last weekend and will take on a Stanford team that is on a 3 game winning streak this Saturday in a game that is going to […]
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Well college football fans, whether you’re ready or not, the college football coaching carousel is officially in full swing. With Idaho’s firing of Robb Akey a few weeks ago and Joker Phillips getting axed on Sunday, the pink slips are going to start flying fast and furious, with schools like Arkansas, Cal and Boston College […]
According to multiple media reports floating around the World Wide Web yesterday, Mack Brown allegedly took umbrage with opposing players flashing Texas’ famous “hook ‘em” hand sign upside down. The comments were reported to have come in response to a question about a penalty that his team received last weekend against Texas Tech when receiver […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/5/2012
With Alabama surviving, Oregon thriving and a whole bunch of madness in between, fans all over the country are already looking ahead to next Saturday and thinking to themselves, “Damn, how can it possibly top what we just saw this past Saturday?” Well don’t look now, but chances are pretty good it does […]
Notre Dame football can’t help but be polarizing. College football does this to normal, rational people. Notre Dame football makes it worse. In the immediate aftermath of Notre Dame’s thrilling 29-26 win in triple overtime over Pittsburgh, public commentary ran the full spectrum, from “overrated” to “overachieving”. Mark May saw blood; Lou Holtz saw guts […]
