Archive for the ‘College Football’ Category
Raise Your Hand if You Aren’t Injured
Just when you were about to allow yourself a glimmer of optimism about this season, Gerald Jones goes down. There are far too many questions to ask. Who’s going to dive into the dirt to attempt to catch one of Jonathan Crompton’s 85 mph underthrown passes? Who will run right every single time out of [...]
5 Burning Questions: Mountain West Edition
1)  Can Utah stay at the top after losing most of the key players from last year’s undefeated team? They can at least stay near the top. Kyle Whittingham planned ahead with 24 redshirt freshman on the team and two players returning from mission trips. Still, a mid-major doesn’t simply reload after losing their starting [...]
Rodriguez Plans to Play Three QBs in Opener
Michigan fans want to see a much improved team this year in the second season with Rich Rodriguez as coach. These same fans want to see Rodriguez improve Michigan’s offense and finally find a quarterback that fits his system. Rodriguez plans to use three quarterbacks in the season opener Sept. 5 against Western Michigan. True [...]
Eric Berry Article
Check out our article on Eric Berry in this week’s Knoxville Focus. You can read it on page 11 here or find it at many of your more discerning establishments in town.
On tap: What We Learned from Bristol, Sports Blind Items, 5 Burning Questions: Mountain West Edition, NFC QB Unit Rankings, and whatever goodness [...]
Zook Responds to Meyer
We love this feud that is starting between current Florida coach Urban Meyer and former Florida coach Ron Zook. When asked about how he handles fights in the locker room, Meyer said the following:
“When we first got here five years ago they had freshmen in a separate locker room and it was a bunch of [...]
5 Burning Questions: Big East Edition
1)Â Â Can the conference really be that bad? Not one Big East team made the coaches top 25. Not one? Really? The Mountain West had three ranked teams. Does anyone really believe that if there was an ACC/ Big Ten Challenge-like competition in football between the two conferences that the Big East would come out [...]
USC Loses Starting DE For Six Weeks
USC coach Pete Carroll will not be sending happy tweets tonight as one of his starting defensive ends will be missing some time. Armond Armstead will be out six weeks with a broken foot. [USC Trojans] The sophomore defensive end has been playing on the first team defense in training camp and will probably miss [...]
5 Burning Questions: Notre Dame Style
5 Questions facing the team-that-needs-to-be-in-a-conference leading into the football season.
1) Is this finally the last season for Charlie Weis at Notre Dame?
Weis needs to thank Notre Dame’s athletic department for not firing him after last season and for scheduling cupcakes for this season. The Fighting Irish finished 7-6 last season, including an embarrassing loss to [...]
Charlie Ward Better Than Tim Tebow?
As sports fans, we get bored and decide to rip the best athletes in the world like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Â Tiger Woods and Tim Tebow. These four athletes are the best at their sport, but there is always some analyst or fan that will find something in their game to rip. Florida St. coach [...]
Fulmer Will Coach Next Season At…
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Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said this past weekend that he plans on coaching next season and wants to coach at a school that has a chance to compete for a championship. Here are schools that fit that criteria that we could see Fulmer interested in:
Texas A&M: I mentioned in my Big 12 rundown that I [...]