The five biggest stories that the CBR staff will be watching this week: 1. What to do about targeting? Last weekend featured crucial officiating decisions regarding the new targeting rules in three games that I watched: Oklahoma-Tulsa, Texas A&M-Alabama and Texas-Ole Miss. Each case involved a key defensive contributor (OU’s Gabe Lynn, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix […]
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West Virginia (2-1) vs. Maryland (3-0) at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST, ESPNU Line: Maryland -4.5 With all of the conference flipping and lack of loyalty to regional rivalries, West Virginia and Maryland have found a way to keep playing each other on a regular basis. The Mountaineers lead the all-time […]
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Stave taking a knee – video proof pic.twitter.com/hgPfGiycWy — Mike Hall (@BTNMikeHall)
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It’s too soon to start calling Braxton Miller “Wally Pipp.” But senior quarterback Kenny Guiton has proven himself to be more than a backup. Guiton, making his first career start, played a very good game in leading the Ohio State to a mostly comfortable 52-34 victory in Berkeley. Guiton threw for 276 yards […]
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Sometimes in life, it is not about how you start, but rather how you finish. Marcus Mariota and Oregon proved that this afternoon. Mariota and the Ducks overcame a bit of a slow start in their game and wound up vivisecting the Tennessee Volunteers 59-14 today at Autzen Stadium. Mariota started off two for […]
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photo: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images This was the game everybody has been anticipating since Johnny Manziel and the Aggies went to Bryant-Denny Stadium last season and upset the eventual National Champion Crimson Tide. After the Tide dismantled Notre Dame and won their second straight title, this game was circled on most calendars around the college […]
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Any Big Games? Texas (1-1) vs. No. 25 Ole Miss (2-0), Longhorn Network There are not a whole lot of great games ot be paying attention to this evening, but for those of who who get a chance to watch this one it may be the most intriguing option. Given the inability to stop the […]
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Any Big Games? No. 6 Texas A&M (2-0) vs. No. 1 Alabama (1-0), CBS (More) You may have heard this game was taking place today. It's a pretty big one wiht the two-time defending national champs traveling to College Station tot ake on the only team to beat them in 2012 and their Heisman Trophy […]
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Any Big Games? No. 23 Nebraska (2-0) vs. No. 16 UCLA (1-0), ABC (More) This is actually a really good noon game on the schedule between a couple of teams with plenty of offense and conference championship hopes. Could this be a Rose Bowl preview? Probably not, but it is not exactly impossible. UCLA scored […]
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Air Force and Boise State are playing the only game on the schedule Friday night, and it is off to a fast start. The Falcons and Broncos just drove right down the field on each other for touchdowns, so this could be a fun night. We need it after Thursday night's slate. One of the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/13/2013
Heading in to week three we see Allen is still sitting on top of the standings, but it is a tight race with four staff members directly behind him tied for second place. Kevin M was the only staff member daring to pick BYU while Josh, making his debut, was the lone predictor to call […]
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No. 1 Alabama (1-0) at No. 6 Texas A&M (2-0) Saturday, 3:30 PM EST, CBS Line: Alabama -7.5 Love them or hate them, the SEC has delivered some marquee match-ups for the fans very early in the 2013 college football season. In week one, the SEC featured Alabama (vs Virginia Tech), Georgia (at Clemson) and […]
