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Key to Title 15 for Alabama Football Lies in Backfield
When the Alabama football team takes the field this fall, the Tide will look to continue a storied tradition. After years of highs and lows, the Nick Saban era has reestablished Alabama’s position among the country’s elite winning 2 of the last 3 national titles bringing the schools total to 14. National pundits will look at [...]
Tweet2012 Big 12 Football Previews: Past, Present And Future Of The Kansas State Wildcats
Past: Bill Snyder‘s Manhattan Project successfully sidestepped implosions in close games in 2011. Eight of Kansas State‘s ten wins were decided by a touchdown or less so it behooves the Wildcats to remember that in 2012. Be it luck, solid coaching or a commitment to focus and execution late in games, they won’t repeat the [...]
TweetColorado Football Suspends Two After Pellet Gun Incident
The Colorado football program has suspended two of the eight players involved in an Airsoft pellet gun incident on Saturday night. Freshman Jeffrey Thomas and junior DeVaughn Thornton, both wide receivers, were suspended for the first two games of the season, Coach Jon Embree announced. Freshman linebacker Jermane Clark, who was also involved, is no longer [...]
TweetKyle Prater Eligible to Play Immediately for Northwestern
Kyle Prater is ready to roll this fall. After transferring from USC earlier this year, Prater applied for a residence waiver from the NCAA to be eligible this season for Northwestern. After waiting for quite some time to hear if he’d be able to play, Prater got the good news. With the waiver, Prater will [...]
TweetWashington Huskies Football: Fall Camp Preview
The Washington Huskies have been the fourth best team in the Pac-12 over the last three years. The only problem: it’s been a three-team race between Oregon, Stanford, and USC. Entering Steve Sarkisian‘s fourth year, the Huskies are finally “his” team and are poised to make the move from “good” to “great” in 2012. A [...]
TweetCollege Football Recruiting: The Top Three Tackles of 2013
Assembled is a preseason ranking for the top tackles in College Football Recruiting for the class of 2013. It seems every year there is an excellent class of tackles, and this year is no different. Here’s a quick breakdown of the top three… 1. Kent Perkins –Dallas (TX) Lake Highlands- Perkins is one heck of [...]
TweetClemson Tigers Suspend Sammy Watkins
Clemson Tigers receiver Sammy Watkins won’t compete in the first two games this season for the projected ACC power. He has been suspended by the school due to his arrest in May for drug charges. The school announced the penalty for Watkins on Friday. In a statement by head coach Dabo Swinney, the reasoning and [...]
TweetGarrett Reid’s Temple Connection
As the sporting world mourns the loss of Garrett Reid this week, the tragedy hits home in the Big East Conference. The Reid family has two younger sons currently involved with the Temple football program, no doubt casting a shadow over the summer around all of Philadelphia football. The news out of Lehigh on Sunday [...]
TweetAnother Pointless Preseason College Football Top 25 List
The 2012 college football season is almost underway, which means it’s time for tailgating, football road trips, painting your team’s logo onto the front lawn and, of course, making 25 stabs in the dark to come up with a preseason Top 25 list. Preseason polls are nothing more than educated guesses based on past performances, who’s [...]
TweetEight Colorado Football Players Involved in an Air Soft Gun Incident in Boulder
As parents all around the country have said before, nothing good ever happens after 2 am. That was certainly the case for eight University of Colorado football players on Saturday night. Police officers in Boulder pulled over two cars containing eight members of the CU football team after witnesses thought the air soft gun they were pointing [...]
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