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The AP Top 25 was announced today and there were very few surprises due to the crazy games this weekend. The biggest surprise to me was the Georgia - Florida game. Florida played a great game and Georgia seemed to do everything they could to help them! Texas Tech looked like they could beat anybody! Check [...]
November 2nd, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, BCS, Florida, Georgia, Texas Tech, Upsets | No Comments
There were winners and losers in the latest polls. Top five include:
Texas
Alabama
Penn State
Southern California
Oklahoma
Check out the rest of the poll results…Read on… http://www.usatoday.com.
October 20th, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, Alabama, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas, USC | No Comments
The latest Harris Interactive College Football Poll News was released today (Oct. 19th). About the poll:
‘Poll Methodology and Process
This year, the BCS has again commissioned Harris Interactive to construct a
panel of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former media
who are committed to ranking the college teams each week during the 2008 college
football season. Panelists [...]
October 19th, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, BCS, Polls, Texas | No Comments
Barry Horn wrote on Dallas News’ Sportsday: Sports Media Blog about four games that no one in Dallas will be watching.
October 11th, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, Blogs & Websites, Commentary, Humor and Insight, Schedules, TV Coverage | No Comments
Sports Network - USA
“In the process, Bobby Bowden earned career victory number 375. Sophomore QB Christian Ponder threw three first half touchdowns in the victory, and finished …”
Read on about all of the ACC teams so far…http://www.sportsnetwork.com
(Google Alert)
September 15th, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, ACC, Boston College, Clemson, Commentary, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | No Comments
2008 College Football Preview
By Anthony Stalter
With the amount of turnover most college football programs face from year to year, it doesn’t make much sense to try and figure out which program is better than the next. So what college football preseason polls essentially convey is …(Google Alert)
August 22nd, 2008 | Posted in 2008 Predictions, 2008-09 Season, Commentary | No Comments
NBCSports.com reports…
“NCAA bans horse-collar tackles in football - Wire Services …
Aug 20, 2008 … The NCAA banned the horse-collar tackle from college football. Following the lead of the NFL and acting on a proposal made by its Football …”
For other info or commentary on the ruling try a Google Search.
August 22nd, 2008 | Posted in 2008-09 Season, Rules | No Comments
Joseph Morgan, a columnist for The Bleacher Report.com offers commentary on the 2008’s ‘Five Sure Bets’:
“…Many fans wonder, how good is our new recruiting class? Will Coach (insert name here) finally deliver on his championship promise? Is it too early to make flight reservations for Miami in January?
There’s no need to worry, college football fans. I [...]
August 14th, 2008 | Posted in 2008 Predictions, 2008-09 Season, Commentary, Humor and Insight | No Comments
Terry Bowden of Yahoo! Sports.com wrote on Rivals.com:
” College football 2007 became known as the Year of the Upset…
“On any given Saturday anybody actually could beat anybody. It wasn’t just that the reduction in the scholarship levels years earlier had finally impacted the game. The answer also had its foundation in this new [...]
August 13th, 2008 | Posted in Commentary, Offense | No Comments
By Chris Low of ESPN.com says,
” Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has a chance to become only the second two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy in college football history, and Georgia’s Matthew Stafford may well be the first quarterback taken in next year’s NFL draft…
And, yet, the uncertainty at quarterback in the SEC this season is [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in 2008 Predictions, 2008-09 Season, Commentary, Florida, Georgia, SEC | No Comments