0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/7/2012
With the second weekend of college football set to kick off, here's our staff's Week 2 picks! North Carolina State at Connecticut, Saturday, Noon, ESPN3 Tom Perry’s Take: The Wolfpack are looking to rebound from a bad loss to Tennessee in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game, and going on the road to Connecticut is not going […]
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It was announced earlier today that the Big 12 has inked a 13 year deal for their media rights with ESPN/ABC and Fox networks. According to the report the deal is worth a whopping $2.6 billion deal, which comes out to about $20 million a year per team in the ten team conference. The deal […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
As we mentioned in today's Morning Playbook, there was a report from Bloomberg Business Week suggesting that the Big East was considering a potential name change. The idea is obviously not a new one, as the Pac-10 has adopted the Pac-12 brand recently and with the Big East ready to start welcoming in new members […]
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We've all heard the expression "A wolf in sheep's clothing," right? Well, up on the docket today in the CBR Court are a few teams who've been accused of being "Winners in sheep's clothing" from week one. What does that accusation mean? Simply that they've been accused of winning but not really being that good […]
FEPO got off to a solid start last week, going 3-2 against the number. Of course, people who put their money on a set of picks that included backing Boston College will soon find themselves parted with it. Want to feel even less enthusiastic about this week's assortment of guesses? Here are five underdogs! (I […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
For those of you keeping score at home, the state of Ohio is now 3-0 against Pennsylvania in college football this year. Last week we watched Penn State be upset at home by the Ohio Bobcats. Meanwhile in Pittsburgh the ACC-bound Pitt Panthers were stunned by FCS Youngstown State. Last night the Buckeye state chalked […]
The Texas A&M Aggies are about to start life in the SEC this weekend when the Florida Gators visit Kyle Field. Derek LaFitte of new A&M site Good Bull Hunting joins CBR managing editor Allen Kenney for a podcast to talk about the enthusiasm around College Station and how the Aggies are adjusting to the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/6/2012
This is the weekend that Missouri and Texas A&M have been looking forward to for a while now. The two former Big 12 schools will welcome SEC competition in their respective conference debuts, with Missouri hosting SEC East favorite Georgia and Texas A&M playing host to the Florida Gators. Will the grand debuts be full […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
I have said it before and I'll say it again. It is darn good to have Mike Leach back in college football, and it seems he gives us a new reason to love him every day. He is never afraid to share his opinions and thought son anything, and yesterday was no exception. The Internet […]
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You have to love Nick Saban. Really, you do. Some coaches might love the fact that the media does nothing but sing their praises and tell them how good their team is. Not Nick Saban. He doesn't need that and he had no problem telling the media assembled in Tuscaloosa Wednesday just how he felt […]
"I'll show you where you can shove that microphone…" College football’s ruling tyrant, Nick Saban, is ordering you, members of the media, to spare him all your love and adoration. On the heels of his team’s dismantling of Michigan over the weekend, Saban berated the hacks in attendance at his Wednesday media session, letting them […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/5/2012
They call Purdue “The Cradle of Quarterbacks,” and given that the school has produced names like Drew Brees, Kyle Orton, and yes, the immortal Gary Danielson, it seems like an appropriate nickname. However, when the current group of Boilermakers takes the field on Saturday against Notre Dame, the school will honor someone honor one of […]
