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College football countdown: No. 20 LSU
Sporting News previews the Tigers as we count down our preseason top 100 college football teams leading into the season opener on Sept. 2.
Last year: 9-4
2010 projected record: 9-3 (overall), 6-2 (SEC)
Why we know we’re right: Championship seasons, more than anything, are dictated by two critical factors: winning on the road and smart play from [...]
College football countdown: No. 19 Pittsburgh
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Sporting News previews the Panthers as we count down our preseason top 100 college football teams leading into the season opener on Sept. 2.
Last year: 10-3
2010 projected record: 9-3, 6-1
Why we know we’re right: Pittsburgh might boast more star power than the rest of the Big East combined. Running back Dion Lewis, receiver Jon [...]
College football’s throwbacks: Washington Huskies
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Thanks to newfound continuity, four fallen college football powerhouses – Nebraska, Florida State, Miami and Washington – are ready to party like it’s 1999.
Why this is Washington’s year
Jake Locker has had three dismal seasons as a stater, but he finally has the talent around him to succeed.
1. Jake Locker is the man. LSU cornerback Patrick [...]
College football countdown: No. 49 Northern Illinois
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sporting News previews the Huskies as we count down our preseason top 100 college football teams leading into the season opener on Sept. 2.
Last year: 7-6, 5-3 MAC (Lost to South Florida in International Bowl)
2010 projected record: 9-3, 7-1 (1st MAC West)
Chandler Harnish has to shake his injury history to lead Northern Illinois to [...]
Four Downs: Inter-conference challenges and more
Monday, June 28, 2010
Dave Curtis and Matt Hayes
Sporting News college football columnists Dave Curtis and Matt Hayes weigh in on the hot topics in their sport.
First down
Do you ever see college football doing what college basketball does with nonconference challenges between leagues—for example, a Big Ten-SEC challenge in September, where each team plays?
Curtis: I’ve always [...]
SN10: Best game-changing receivers
Monday, June 28, 2010
Matt Hayes and Dave Curtis, Sporting News
Sporting News college football columnists Matt Hayes and Dave Curtis offer their 10 best for a specific topic each week. This week’s category: game-changing receivers.
Matt Hayes’ top 10:
A.J. Green is perhaps the best pure receiver in college football.
1. A.J. Green, Georgia: The most complete receiver in the [...]
What We Learned: Texas the key to next phase of expansion
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The two worst-kept secrets of college football expansion were formally set in motion Friday: Nebraska joined the Big Ten, and Boise State joined the Mountain West.
But those weren’t the only things we learned on yet another busy day.
DeLoss Dodds’ Texas athletic department hasn’t joined the Pac-10 — yet.
Texas will wait until Tuesday to make [...]
Pac-10 reportedly ready to invite six Big 12 teams
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sporting News staff reports
While much of the recent college football expansion talk has revolved around the Big Ten, another BCS conference might be the first to make a bold move.
The Texas website OrangeBloods.com, a member of the Rivals.com network, reports the Pac-10 appears prepared to invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, [...]
NCAA’s bite can be redefined in Southern Cal case
Monday, June 7, 2010
The NCAA will finally announce its punishment for USC in the Reggie Bush case.
There’s no morning-line favorite for the punishment Southern Cal’s football program will receive from the NCAA Committee on Infractions. Probation, scholarship loss, even a postseason ban? Nobody knows where the music will stop.
And for the Trojans, the punishment—which probably won’t come until [...]
Scott Free to Pursue Pac-10 Expansion
Sunday, June 6, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott didn’t walk out of the final conference meeting of the weekend with any earth-shaking announcements.
But he was willing to say that he’s been given the green light to potentially shake up the college football landscape.
Scott [...]
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