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2009 LOUISIANA TECH PREVIEW
Louisiana Tech returns nine starters, losing just tight end Anthony Harrison and receiver Phillip Beck. Quarterback Ross Jenkins returns as a redshirt junior. He started Tech’s final eight games and the Bulldogs went 6-2 in the games he started. He threw for 1,155 yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions. First-team All-WAC running back Daniel Porter started nine games and played in all 13 as he rushed for 1,164 yards and nine touchdowns. He has the chance to break Bulldogs career rushing yards record this year. Phillip Livas returns as the Bulldogs leading receiver. The electrifying player caught 43 balls for 607 yards and two touchdowns last season. He also ran for 337 yards and two touchdowns – all this while playing with a torn meniscus in his knee. He sat out spring ball, but is expected back for the fall. The team also returns its entire offensive line returning. |
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2009 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PREVIEW
Deep, experienced USC has just two spots to fill on offense starting with quarterback, where sophomore Aaron Corp (6-foot-4, 205 pounds) edged out a pair of national high school players of the year – true freshman Matt Barkley and junior Arkansas transfer Mitch Mustain. |
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2009 SUN BELT PREVIEW
Much of the Sun Belt’s recent history has featured parity and balance, with multiple teams sharing the league title in three of the last four years. Most teams have occasionally risen to the top, as six squads have earned at least a share of a conference championship in the last four seasons. Troy has been the exception. |
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2009 WESTERN KENTUCKY PREVIEW
WKU has several contenders to become the new starting quarterback. Senior Brandon Smith is the safe choice, but youngsters Marcus Vasquez and Kawaun Jakes offer play-making ability as running threats. Wide receivers Jake Gaebler and Quintrance Cooper and running backs Tyrell Hayden and Marell Booker are steady veterans, but the offense needs more speed. Wideout Derrius Brooks, who suffered a season-ending foot injury last year, could provide a spark. |
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2009 NORTH TEXAS PREVIEW
Two-year starting quarterback Giovanni Vizza transferred, leaving the No. 1 job for redshirt freshman Riley Dodge, who is head coach Todd Dodge’s son and perhaps his best recruit at North Texas. Despite holding true to the older Dodge’s four-wide spread system, the offense’s best depth is at offensive line and running back. Cam Montgomery, who rushed for 928 yards last season, and former starter Micah Mosely, who was injured last season, both return at tailback. Former All-Sun Belt lineman Kelvin Drake also returns after missing 2008 to injury, adding to a line that already returns five starters. The graduation of Casey Fitzgerald, the nation’s leading receiver the last season, leaves a massive hole in the receiving corps. |
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2009 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE PREVIEW
The good news is that all five starters return on the offensive line for one of the nation’s top rushing attacks. The bad news is that one of the best offensive trios in Sun Belt history is gone. Quarterback Michael Desormeaux (SBC Offensive Player of Year), running back Tyrell Fenroy (SBC Player of Year) and receiver/returner Jason Chery combined for 42 touchdowns last season. Sophomore quarterbacks Brad McGuire and Chris Masson and senior running back Undrea Sails will try to fill big shoes in the backfield. Some newcomers at wideout will assume Chery’s big-play role. ULL averaged a league-best 449 yards and 33 points per game last season, but it may lack the weapons to repeat such production this season. |
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2009 LOUISIANA MONROE PREVIEW
ULM’s offense was sluggish last season, so it will speed up in 2009 with a new up-tempo, no-huddle style. A larger transition may be breaking in a new quarterback to replace Kinsmon Lancaster, a three-year starter who racked up 7,306 career yards of total offense. Steady junior Trey Revell played some in relief last season, but SMU transfer Zach Rhodes will challenge him as a dual-threat quarterback. Rhodes could also play wide receiver. There is a support system for the new quarterback, including three returning starters on the offensive line. Tailback Frank Goodin returns as a quality runner and receiver. Wideout Anthony McCall led the team with six TD catches as a freshman last season. |
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2009 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL PREVIEW
T.Y. Hilton burst onto the scene as an electric freshman in 2008, ranking third nationally in all-purpose yards. In addition to his return skills, Hilton may already be the Sun Belt’s most dangerous receiver. Greg Ellingson is also a solid No. 2 target after posting 574 receiving yards in 2008. QB Paul McCall returns for his senior season after passing for 2,322 yards and 15 TDs last year. Five offensive linemen with at least seven starts are also back, including All-Sun Belt center Brad Serini. |
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2009 FLORIDA ATLANTIC PREVIEW
Senior quarterback Rusty Smith returns with more than 8,000 career passing yards to his résumé. Despite tossing 14 interceptions last season, Smith is still an NFL-caliber QB and Sun Belt standout. His primary targets — wideout Cortez Gent and tight ends Jason Harmon and Jamari Grant — return to give FAU a good passing attack. The offensive line will be solid behind Lavoris Williams and David Matlock. In-state recruiting has almost assured FAU of replenishing the roster with playmakers, sooner or later. |
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2009 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE PREVIEW
Tony Franklin, the former Kentucky, Auburn and Troy offensive coordinator, brings his four-wideout offense to the Blue Raiders. His system should fit well at Middle Tennessee, which returns 10 starters, including the deepest wide receiving corps in the Sun Belt. WRs Patrick Honeycutt, Eldred King and Malcolm Beyah will be among the major targets for QB Dwight Dasher, who returns to the starting role after losing the No. 1 job last season. Dasher was a dual-threat weapon as a freshman in 2007 and must return to that form for MTSU’s offense to produce to Franklin’s liking. |
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2009 ARKANSAS STATE PREVIEW
Arkansas State is loaded at skill positions with quarterback Corey Leonard, running backs Reggie Arnold and Derek Lawson and wide receiver Brandon Thompkins returning. Leonard, a three-year starter, should be the preseason favorite for Sun Belt Player of the Year. Arnold is vying for a fourth straight 1,000-yard rushing season. He and Lawson combined for nearly 1,800 rushing yards last season. Thompkins and tight end J.T. Jordan lead a solid receiving corps. |
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2009 TROY PREVIEW
Troy has withstood changes in quarterbacks and coordinators to remain the league’s most productive offense in recent years. Due to injuries, QBs Jamie Hampton and Levi Brown both started last season. Hampton was good, and Brown was even better with 2,030 passing yards, 15 TDs and three interceptions. The offense is set at quarterback with either. |
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2009WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The Western Athletic Conference garnered attention nationally when Boise State and Hawaii made BCS games to end the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Those results helped lead the campaign against the BCS system. |
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2009 NEW MEXICO STATE PREVIEW
Bye-bye, big numbers. Hello wins? Walker is ditching former coach Hal Mumme’s shotgun spread attack for a pro-style offense. Behind senior quarterback Chase Holbrook, the Aggies threw for 3,616 yards and 25 touchdowns last season, tallying the 10th best average (301 yards per game) in the country. The Aggies' running game was dismal, however, and needed to be balanced out. They ran for only 651 yards as a team. New Mexico State lost Holbrook, a senior who held 33 school records, and reserve QB J.J. McDermott has transferred to Southern Methodist. Quarterbacks Jeff Fleming (redshirt freshman) and Trevor Walls (redshirt sophomore from Fullerton Junior College) will attempt to keep the Aggies’ passing numbers up but the position remains a question mark headed into the season as neither was on target in the spring game. |
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2009 IDAHO PREVIEW
The Vandals lose three linemen: Kris Anderson, Billy Bates and Adam Korby, a four-year starter at center and first-team All-WAC pick. They also lose tight end Eddie Williams, their leading receiver and another first-team All-WAC selection. They return, among others, their quarterback and leading rusher. Junior Nathan Enderle (2,077 yards, 20 touchdowns, 17 interceptions) will lead the Vandal offense again this season unless junior college transfer Brian Reader takes it from him. Reader redshirted at Arkansas before moving to the JC level. Akey said Enderle was the better quarterback in spring but the battle for the starting position could extend into fall camp. Junior running back Deonte’ Jackson (161 rushes, 696 yards, three touchdowns), who led the Vandals in rushing the past two seasons, also returns. Guard Mike Iupati will be central to success on the line. The senior missed the start of the 2008 season with a shoulder injury; he was a reserve player in ’06 but moved into start |
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2009 UTAH STATE PREVIEW
The Aggies return a staggering 10 offensive players that will be led by junior quarterback Diondre Borel. Borel eventually took sole possession of the quarterback job last season and his dual threat abilities as a runner and passer provide a legitimate threat to defenses. He was quick to pull the ball down and run last season, but look for him to continue to improve as a passer (rolling through his progressions and using better mechanics) this season. He should feel more comfortable in the pocket, especially with four offensive linemen returning to protect him. Borel also added 15 pounds of muscle in the offseason. He led the team in rushing and passing last season. Sophomore Robert Turbin is back at starter after rushing for 485 yards. |
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2009 HAWAII PREVIEW
The Warriors had tons of instability at quarterback, with three different signal callers getting significant playing time. Greg Alexander ended up the 2008 opening day starter against Florida, but then gave way to Inoke Funaki and Tyler Graunke. The offense struggled partially because of the constant changes at quarterback. Alexander finally took the reins for the final six games and ended up throwing for 1,895 yards, 14 touchdowns and five interceptions while completing 62.9 percent of his passes. He’s expected to start again this season but Brent Rausch and Shane Austin are trying to narrow that gap. Graunke has graduated and Funaki, the quarterback who gave some teams trouble with his option abilities and started six games, has been switched to running back. He’ll likely start there and with his arm, Funaki could be a potent threat on trick plays. |
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2009 SAN JOSE STATE PREVIEW
The Spartans’ offense improved in the spring, but much is still unknown. For instance, senior quarterback Kyle Reed is still battling with junior Jordan La Secla for the starting job after playing in 10 games and throwing for 1,563 yards, nine touchdowns and six interceptions. Reed started eight games and the Spartans were 4-4 in those games. La Secla played in just two games. Both quarterbacks are considered passing quarterbacks with good arms. |
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2009 FRESNO STATE PREVIEW
The Bulldogs offense could be a serious sore spot this season, especially early on, because of quarterback instability. Three-year starter Tom Brandstater graduated and was drafted in the sixth round by the Denver Broncos in April, leaving the quarterback position empty. Junior Ryan Colburn and freshman Derek Carr, the younger brother of former Fresno State star David Carr, are now in the hunt for the starting position along with redshirt freshman Ebahn Feathers. Colburn and Carr, who enrolled in January just to have a shot at starting, have the inside track. Feathers, an option quarterback, will play a major role in the offense regardless of who starts. Colburn knows the offense best but has only five pass attempts in his college career. |
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2009 NEVADA PREVIEW
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year, is the perfect fit for coach Chris Ault’s pistol offense. A modification of the shotgun formation, the pistol puts the quarterback in an abbreviated shotgun with a running back lined up behind him. The Wolf Pack ripped through defenses last season with the option running game as running back Vai Taua led the WAC with 1,521 rushing yards (117 yards per game and 15 touchdowns) and Kaepernick finished third in the league with 1,130 yards (86.9 yards and 17 rushing touchdowns). Kaepernick actually led the league in rushing scores as he became just the fifth quarterback in FBS history to throw for more than 2,000 yards and rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season. The Wolf Pack returns three starting linemen but loses its top two receivers, so Kaepernick will need to find new targets. He’ll also need to find some touch and accuracy on his balls to be more effective passing. |
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2009 BOISE STATE PREVIEW
Quarterback Kellen Moore burst on to the scene last season as a poised freshman, ending the season as the nation’s 12th most efficient passer, the WAC Freshman of the Year and an All-WAC second team selection. He threw for 3,486 yards, 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, giving Broncos fans tons to be excited about this season. |
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2009 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The Horned Frogs will feature a suffocating defense and could soar with the nation’s top half-dozen teams if the offense can gain power. Defensive end Jerry Hughes is one of the nation’s elite players. He looked even stronger and quicker in spring drills, which should frighten TCU opponents. Cornerbacks Rafael Priest and Nick Sanders are one of the nation’s best tandems. Expect TCU’s defense to pitch a few shutouts. Quarterback Andy Dalton and receiver Jimmy Young lead an attack that’s both dangerous and reliable. Young makes few mistakes. If the Horned Frogs can win at BYU in October, they could have a chance at an unbeaten regular season. |
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2009 SAN DIEGO STATE PREVIEW
New coach Brady Hoke wants to establish balance in the Aztecs' attack, which might have been the most unbalanced in the country last season. SDSU rushed for a total of 878 yards. |
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2009 NEW MEXICO PREVIEW
The Lobos problems in 2008 can be easily explained: they couldn’t score. In five of eight losses, New Mexico scored 10 or fewer points and scored a total of 36 in a season-ending four-game losing streak. In his final season, Rocky Long’s grind-it-out offensive style lost its bite. |
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2009 WYOMING PREVIEW
Anemic: that’s a kind word for Wyoming’s offense in 2008. The Cowboys scored seven or fewer points a whopping five times. The team’s inability to move the ball, score points, and keep fans awake led to Coach Joe Glenn’s departure from Laramie. |
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2009 UNLV PREVIEW
The Rebels don’t lack for depth at quarterback. Omar Clayton has traveled from fifth-string walk-on to dependable starter, and Mike Clausen has shown he can win if given the chance. Prize freshman Caleb Herring will push Clayton and Clausen. |
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2009 COLORADO STATE PREVIEW
Quarterback Billy Farris and running back Gartrell Johnson led the Rams mini-revival last season, pushing Colorado State to its best record in five seasons. That’s the good news. |
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2009 AIR FORCE PREVIEW
Coach Troy Calhoun is pushing sophomore quarterback Tim Jefferson to deliver more. That’s a major challenge. Jefferson was named the Mountain West’s offensive freshman of the year, and he enjoyed an often-spectacular debut. |
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2009 UTAH PREVIEW
If Utah can replace superstar quarterback Brian Johnson, the Utes could again be mighty. Unfortunately for Utah fans, that remains a big if. |
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2009 BRIGHAM YOUNG PREVIEW
This isn’t the team’s problem. Quarterback Max Hall leads a Cougar attack that could rank as the most powerful in the Mountain West and among the most powerful in the nation. Hall was sensational last season while collecting 3,957 yards and 35 touchdowns, and completing 69 percent of his passes. |
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2009 TCU PREVIEW
Quarterback Andy Dalton has been a rock for the Horned Frogs. He’s a wise, accurate passer who stays away from mistakes. Last season, he threw only five interceptions and went 105 passes without throwing one to the other team, and he’s a tough runner. |
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2009 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The Mid-American Conference has often been referred to as the cradle of coaches and is quickly becoming known as a conference of quarterbacks as well. |
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2009 EASTERN MICHIGAN PREVIEW
Just 23 lettermen return on offense for the Eagles under first-year coach Ron English, although he does have two experienced quarterbacks he can turn to. Record-setting senior Andy Schmitt started 10 games last year and completed 261 of 417 passes for 2,644 yards and 15 touchdowns. Schmitt set an NCAA single-game record with76 attempts without an interception in a loss Nov. 22 against Temple; the following week, his 58 completions in an upset of Central Michigan also set an NCAA record. Junior Kyle McMahon played in five games, starting two, before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. He finished the year 45-of-73 passing for 574 yards and two touchdowns. |
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2009 TOLEDO PREVIEW
Senior quarterback Aaron Opelt missed much of the spring after suffering a shoulder injury but is expected to be back healthy in the fall. A three-year starter, Opelt has thrown for nearly 5,000 yards and 30 touchdowns in his career but has battled a multitude of injuries. Opelt completed 59.8 percent of his passes for 2,176 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2008, starting all 12 games for the first time in his career. |
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2009 BALL STATE PREVIEW
Nate Davis won’t soon be forgotten in Muncie, Ind., but the Cardinals began a new era when first-year head coach Stan Parrish named Kelly Page his starting quarterback heading into fall camp. The redshirt freshman out of Mesquite High School in Texas was ranked as the 12th best prep player in the country by ESPN.com and 25th best by Rivals.com in 2007. Page and Davis, who left school early and was drafted in the fifth round by the San Francisco 49ers, are about the same size (6-foot-3, 215 pounds), but Davis has lots to accomplish if he wants to be compared with Davis in other ways. |
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2009 WESTERN MICHIGAN PREVIEW
Following Western Michigan’s victory over Rice in the Texas Bowl last season, head coach Bill Cubit revealed that quarterback Tim Hiller had been playing the last three games with a torn ACL in his left knee. The announcement took everyone by surprise but showed what kind of competitor Hiller is. The best part of the story for Cubit, though, is that Hiller is expected to be ready for the start of his senior season. The three-year starter already has the school’s single-season record for attempts (522), completions (339), yards (3,725) and touchdowns (36). He’s also one of only two Western Michigan quarterbacks to reach the 3,000-yard plateau twice in a career. |
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2009 NORTHERN ILLINOIS PREVIEW
It’s not everyday a freshman quarterback takes his team to a bowl game after the program produced only two wins the year before, but Chandler Harnish did just that last season. Harnish threw for 1,528 yards and rushed for a team-high 539 yards, but ran out of steam down the stretch as Northern Illinois lost four of its last five games, including the Independence Bowl. This year, Harnish is expected to take on an even greater leadership role with the graduation of 2008 MAC defensive player of the year Larry English, who was selected by the San Diego Chargers as the 16th pick in the NFL Draft. |
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2009 CENTRAL MICHIGAN PREVIEW
Central’s Michigan’s record-setting quarterback Dan LeFevour is poised to make some more history this season. Entering his senior year, LeFevour has produced 11,702 yards of total offense, the 14th-most in Football Subdivision history. Timmy Chang of Hawaii ranks first all-time with 16,910 yards, while Byron Leftwich of Marshall holds the MAC career record with 12,084 yards. LeFevour has averaged 300 yards of total offense per game in his career with the Chippewas and would move into the top-5 all-time by the end of the season if he maintains his current pace. |
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2009 MIAMI PREVIEW
A truly wide-open competition exists at quarterback with senior Dan Raudabaugh, sophomore Clay Belton, redshirt freshman Zac Dysert and true freshman Austin Boucher getting a look. Raudabaugh and Dysert took the majority of the snaps in the spring, and Raudabaugh appears to have the early edge after playing in 11 games last season. |
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2009 KENT STATE PREVIEW
For the first time in three years, Kent State enters a season looking for a quarterback. The graduation of Julian Edelman definitely hurts the Golden Flashes, who will have to find a way to account for the school-record 3,190 total yards of offense he piled up in 2008. Sophomore Giorgio Morgan, who redshirted last season, so far has the edge over senior Anthony Magazu coming out of spring practices, but no starter at the position has been named yet. |
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2009 OHIO PREVIEW
Senior quarterback Theo Scott is healthy again after a season-ending collarbone injury, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s getting his starting spot back. Fellow senior Boo Jackson proved to be a very capable replacement after Scott went down with a broken clavicle against Ohio State in the second game of the season. Jackson was 185-of-306 passing in 2008 for 2,355 yards, 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The Bobcats also finished the season on a high note, scoring a combined 90 points in wins over Akron and Miami as Jackson threw for eight scores and just one pick. A close competition between Scott and Jackson wasn’t settled in the spring and will continue into fall camp. |
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2009 AKRON PREVIEW
Senior quarterback Chris Jacquemain returns for a third year after completing 231 of 399 passes for 2,748 yards, 20 TDs and 14 interceptions last season. Ten of those 14 picks came in just three games, in which the Zips went 1-2, so not letting a bad day spiral out of control will be key for him this season. |
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2009 TEMPLE PREVIEW
The Owls welcome back eight starters on offense, but still need to find a quarterback with the graduation of three-year starter Adam DiMichele. Junior Vaughn Charlton and sophomore Chester Stewart are vying for the spot, and both have starting experience. Charlton redshirted last year after starting the final four games of 2007 in place of an injured DiMichele, finishing the year 78-of-137 passing for 808 yards and three touchdowns. Stewart made three starts last season filling in for DiMichele and appeared in three other contests, completing 53 of 106 attempts for 524 yards and four touchdowns. |
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2009 BOWLING GREEN PREVIEW
Under first-year head coach Dave Clawson, senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan will be doing something this fall Bowling Green fans haven’t seen for quite some time – taking snaps from under center. Under departed coach Gregg Brandon, the Falcons worked almost exclusively out of the shotgun and were a pass-first offense in recent years. Not so anymore. |
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2009 BUFFALO PREVIEW
Two of the most dynamic playmakers not only in the MAC but also in the entire nation make their home at Buffalo. Running back James Starks and receiver Naaman Roosevelt together accounted for 30 touchdowns and more than 2,700 yards of offense last season. Both were rewarded for their efforts by being named preseason All-American candidates in 2009. |
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2009 CONFERENCE USA PREVIEW
Football coaches at every level have been claiming for decades that great defense wins championships. Well, none of those guys are currently coaching in Conference USA where success is annually driven by big-play, pass-happy, high-scoring offenses. |
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2009 TULANE PREVIEW
Experience is present in all the right places to make the Green Wave a better offense than the one that scored a paltry 16.7 points a game in 2008. Senior Andre Anderson should be one of the premier running backs in the nation if he's fully recovered from the fractured dislocated right shoulder that put him down after seven games last season. At the time of the injury, the 6-foot, 211-pounder ranked fourth nationally in rushing with 864 yards. |
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2009 SMU PREVIEW
June Jones has built a career on constructing explosive offensive units, so it must have been challenging for the first-year head coach to watch the Mustangs in 2008. Employing the same pass-happy philosophy and operating from the shotgun formation that he used so effectively at his last coaching stop in Hawaii, Jones failed to get similar results. SMU ranked ninth in scoring offense (21.3) and 11th in total offense (314.3 yards per game) among C-USA teams. While Jones' offense certainly doesn't lead to gaudy rushing statistics, the Mustangs scored just three touchdowns on the ground and ranked last in the NCAA with a 49.7-yard average per game. |
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2009 UTEP PREVIEW
The Miners should again field a high-scoring offense powered by their passing attack. Junior quarterback Trevor Vittatoe has put up big numbers since his freshman year, but last season he matured into a strong field general and intelligent passer. He tossed 33 touchdown passes to set a school single-season record, but perhaps even more impressive was the fact he was intercepted just nine times in 418 attempts. Three of those picks came in the season opener against Buffalo. |
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2009 TULSA PREVIEW
When it comes to offense, they don't do it much better anywhere than at Tulsa. The Hurricane averaged an astonishing 569.9 yards per game to lead the nation for a second straight year in that category last season. The team set a school record by scoring 661 points – that's an average of 47.2 which was good for second nationally. However, the trigger man of that attack, quarterback David Johnson, has departed via graduation along with his 4,059 passing yards and 46 touchdowns. |
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2009 RICE PREVIEW
The Owls have undergone a major overhaul on offense, on and off the field. C-USA MVP Chase Clement, who accounted for 4,433 yards of total offense and 52 touchdowns, has departed at quarterback along with NFL wide-receiver draftees Jarett Dillard and James Casey, who set a C-USA record with 111 catches in 2008. |
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2009 HOUSTON PREVIEW
When it comes to offense, few did it better than the Cougars in 2008. They ranked second nationally in total offense (562.8 yards per game) and averaged 40.6 points using a quick-strike approach that led to 25 touchdown drives of five plays or less. Almost all the playmakers who led that assault are back, but first and foremost is junior quarterback Case Keenum. A mere “2-star'' recruit out of high school in Abilene, Texas, Keenum went from part-time starter as a redshirt freshman to the national leader in total offense (403.2 yards per game) and Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year last season (5,020 yards, 44 touchdowns passing; 221 yards, 7 TDs rushing). |
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2009 MARSHALL PREVIEW
The Thundering Herd actually has the elements in place to field a fairly dangerous offense, if they're all in place when the 2009 season begins. The team's biggest offensive weapon, junior running back Darius Marshall, remained suspended at press time after being arrested in early May on marijuana possession charges. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge on May 12 and was sentenced to six months unsupervised probation. The last Marshall player to face similar charges under Coach Mark Snyder, linebacker Corey Hart, has been suspended for only the 2009 season opener. A similar punishment is expected for the 5-foot-10, 189-pound Marshall, who racked up over 1,000 yards rushing in each of his first two college seasons. |
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2009 UAB PREVIEW
There are two words that describe UAB's offense: Joe Webb. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior from Birmingham, Ala., blasted into the national limelight in 2008 with an incredible year passing and running the football. Webb, who played receiver as a sophomore, threw for 2,367 yards, rushed for a league quarterback record of 1,021 yards and accounted for 21 touchdowns. |
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2009 MEMPHIS PREVIEW
An influx of junior college and Football Bowl Subdivision transfers are descending on Memphis and will have an impact on both sides of the ball, but the primary weapons on offense will be returning players in running back Curtis Steele, and wide outs Carlos Singleton and Duke Calhoun. Steele, a 6-foot, 185-pound senior, became only the fourth player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark rushing last season, rolling up 1,223 and seven touchdowns on 218 carries. He's a tough, agile runner who rarely turns the ball over and some are touting him as a Heisman candidate. |
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2009 UCF PREVIEW
Coach George O'Leary cleaned house after 2008, when the Golden Knights had one of the worst units in the nation. UCF ranked last among the 119 FBS programs in total offense (229.5 yards per game), was 113th in scoring (16.58), 115th in passing offense (116.3) and 98th in rushing (113.25). O'Leary hired a new coordinator in Charlie Taaffe, who has run the gamut in terms of offenses, ranging from the wishbone to the wide-open passing schemes used in the Canadian Football League. Three new position coaches came aboard with Taaffe, so change is in the air. |
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2009 SOUTHERN MISS PREVIEW
Larry Fedora was well known as an offensive strategist long before he arrived in Hattiesburg last year to replace long-time head coach and Golden Eagle alum Jeff Bower. Fedora simply added another impressive chapter to his resume in 2008 by developing a unit that broke 36 school records, including the one for total offense by generating 5,635 yards. That figure ranked Southern Miss 20th nationally, which was its highest finish ever in that category. |
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2009 EAST CAROLINA PREVIEW
When the NCAA granted Patrick Pinkney a sixth year of eligibility last January, it assured that the Pirates would have a quality leader and performer at quarterback. The half-brother of first-round NFL Draft pick Aaron Curry has helped ECU to 17 victories, a league title and two bowl appearances over the last two seasons while passing for 4,033 yards and 24 touchdowns. Most of Pinkney's supporting cast returns, too, including four of five starting offensive linemen. A fifth could be back in the fall if senior guard and All-C-USA candidate Doug Palmer is allowed back from a suspension. |
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2009 PAC-10 PREVIEW
The Pac-10 bills itself as “The Conference of Champions,’’ and backs that boast up almost everywhere that college sports are played these days – everywhere but one. |
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2009 WASHINGTON STATE PREVIEW
They Cougars return eight starters on offense: so far, so good. The problem is, that’s from a 2-11 team that was outscored 453-77 in the Pac-10, beating only non-Bowl Subdivision team Portland State and a Jake Locker-less Washington team at home in double overtime in the Apple Cup. |
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2009 WASHINGTON PREVIEW
One way to tell the difference between the bottom-of-the-BCS barrel programs at Washington and Washington State is simply this. |
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2009 ARIZONA PREVIEW
True freshman Matt Scott must come through for Arizona to have a chance to build on last season’s first real step of coach Mike Stoops vision for his program; if, that is, the fan favorite can win the job from challenger Nick Foles. |
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2009 ARIZONA STATE PREVIEW
No offense, please, we’re the Arizona State Sun Devils…and no, Dennis Erickson’s first team two years ago almost certainly wasn’t as good as that 10-win, season-long ranked group that greeted his arrival in Tempe. |
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2009 STANFORD PREVIEW
Third-year coach Jim Harbaugh chose not to make a change but to stay, opting to look past all the NFL interest in him and extend his contract on The Farm. |
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2009 OREGON STATE PREVIEW
Is Mike Riley smiling? Well, if the nation’s most underrated great coach isn’t, he should be, every time he thinks about what he’s got coming back on offense to Corvallis. |
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2009 UCLA PREVIEW
After going 4-8 the first season back at his alma mater last fall, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel has been pulling out all the stops for the Bruins ever since. |
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2009 CALIFORNIA PREVIEW
Jeff Tedford has always had players, from quarterbacks to ball carriers, from receivers to the “big uglies up front,’’ to implement his sophisticated offensive schemes. |
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2009 OREGON PREVIEW
Offense won’t be where the Ducks, top 10 in both final polls a year ago after whacking Oklahoma State 42-31 in the Holiday Bowl, will have to find their way. The man who made the offense go, coordinator Chip Kelly, has assumed the reins as one of the Pac-10’s two new coaches, with Mike Bellotti moving on up to athletic director as he was always planning to do to. |
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2009 BIG TEN PREVIEW
When it comes to bowl season and the Big Ten, the league has become the nation’s punching bag. Given the beatings that conference champs have taken – Ohio State’s crushing losses to Florida and LSU in back-to-back national title games after the ‘06 and ‘07 seasons and Penn State’s weak showing against USC in the most recent Rose Bowl – it’s easy to understand why the Big Ten is viewed skeptically. Last season, the only conference program to earn a bowl game victory was Iowa, which knocked off South Carolina. |
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2009 ARMY PREVIEW
Army has a new coach, its third in four seasons, but the Black Knights will continue to run the triple-option offense and will continue to run an offense with a foundation of running the ball. |
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2009 NAVY PREVIEW
There isn’t much mystery as to what Navy is going to do on offense as the Midshipmen run a flexbone offense with triple-options. |
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2009 NOTRE DAME PREVIEW
The Notre Dame offense progressed from downright lousy in ‘07 to merely mediocre in ‘08. Perhaps this will be the season that true offensive productivity returns to South Bend, where the home team has averaged 16.4 and 24.7 points the past two seasons. |
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2009 INDIANA PREVIEW
When Kellen Lewis stepped onto the field for the Indiana Hoosiers, he instantly became one of the most dangerous offensive players in the Big Ten. A dual-threat quarterback, Lewis finished his junior year as the school’s career leader in touchdown passes and completions and ranked second in total yardage |
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2009 PURDUE PREVIEW
Purdue never won a Big Ten title in Joe Tiller’s 12 years as head coach, but his teams did play in 10 bowl games. For the Boilermakers – once among the league’s most downtrodden programs – Tiller’s accomplishments, including a school-record 87 wins, were an unqualified success. |
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2009 MINNESOTA PREVIEW
Under former Minnesota head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers wanted to run the ball effectively above all else. That quickly changed when Tim Brewster took over the program, and handed the offensive reins to Mike Dunbar. A spread attack devotee, Dunbar preferred a pass-heavy offense, as evidenced in 2008. Minnesota’s Adam Weber threw more passes than any other Big Ten QB, but the Golden Gophers were ineffective with the running game, ranking last in the league with 103.8 rushing yards per game. |
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2009 ILLINOIS PREVIEW
Any discussion about the Fighting Illini offense usually begins – and ends – with two players: Senior quarterback Juice Williams and junior wide receiver Arrelious Benn. |
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2009 MICHIGAN PREVIEW
With 33 straight bowl berths and 40 seasons without a losing record, the University of Michigan football program was a model of consistency – until last year. |
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2009 NORTHWESTERN PREVIEW
The Wildcats were a pleasant surprise last season, posting a 9-4 record overall, and nearly upsetting Missouri in the Alamo Bowl. For Northwestern to keep the momentum going, a slew of inexperienced offensive performers must grow up quickly. |
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2009 MICHIGAN STATE PREVIEW
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio had no problem putting his offense in the hands of tailback Javon Ringer last fall. Not only did Ringer gain 1,637 rushing yards and score 22 touchdowns, he also carried the ball an NCAA-high 390 times. |
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2009 IOWA PREVIEW
The Hawkeyes will have to find a new identity offensively after relying heavily last year on running back Shonn Greene, who rushed for more than 100 yards in every game and finished with a school-record 1,850 yards, plus 20 rushing touchdowns. The unstoppable Greene, coupled with one of the league’s best defenses, spurred Iowa to a 9-4 record, including four straight wins to end the season. |
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2009 WISCONSIN PREVIEW
Bret Bielema had the magic touch during his first two years in Madison, leading the Badgers to a 21-5 record and setting up high expectations for last fall. Predicted to challenge Ohio State for the Big Ten title in ‘08, Wisconsin instead fell flat. |
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2009 PENN STATE PREVIEW
In quarterback Daryll Clark and tailback Evan Royster, the Nittany Lions feature two of the Big Ten’s premier offensive players. A first-team all-league performer last year, Clark led Penn State to a share of the conference title, and drove the offense to a league-best 38.9 points per game. |
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2009 OHIO STATE PREVIEW
Surrounded by veteran skill position players last season, Ohio State freshman Terrelle Pryor was able to ease himself into the starting quarterback role. Now Pryor is the one with experience as the Buckeyes must replace tailback Beanie Wells and leading receivers Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie, each of whom was an NFL Draft pick. Just how much better the 6-foot-6, 235-pound Pryor will be in his second season remains to be seen, but clearly the promise is there. |
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2009 BIG EAST PREVIEW
The first three seasons of the “new” Big East produced three BCS bowl victories by conference members, countless big games played on national television, (many with national implications), and a sparkling 69-21 record in non-conference games in 2006 and 2007. |
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2009 SYRACUSE PREVIEW
One of the biggest stories involving Syracuse football in the offseason was that former Duke point guard Greg Paulus would be enrolling in graduate school there and competing for the starting quarterback position in the fall. |
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2009 CONNECTICUT PREVIEW
The Huskies' quarterback play has been less than inspiring for the past two seasons, but the team has made two consecutive bowl games using a simple formula – play good defense and hand the ball to Donald Brown 25 to 30 times. |
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2009 LOUISVILLE PREVIEW
The Cardinals joined the Big East in 2005 and, for the first two seasons, used a high-powered offense to take the conference by storm. It was one of the most explosive units the league had ever seen. |
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2009 CINCINNATI PREVIEW
The first-string quarterback was denied a sixth year of eligibility. The second-string quarterback goes down with a broken leg in the second game of the season, leaving the third-string quarterback, a player with no experience, to lead the team into the season. |
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2009 RUTGERS PREVIEW
Rutgers stumbled to a 1-5 start last season but finished on a seven-game winning streak which included a 29-23 win over North Carolina State in the PapaJohns.com bowl. |
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2009 WEST VIRGINIA PREVIEW
The Mountaineers have been the dominant team in the Big East over the past four seasons; not coincidentally, that coincides with the career of supremely-talented and dynamic quarterback Pat White, who excelled in the Mountaineers read-option, spread-formation offense. |
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2009 PITTSBURGH PREVIEW
Outside of South Florida, which has a four-year starter in Matt Grothe, no team in the Big East has more experience at the quarterback position than Pittsburgh. |
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2009 SOUTH FLORIDA PREVIEW
There are very few players in the country who are as exciting as senior Matt Grothe, who figures to finish this season as the Big East’s all-time leader in total yardage and a number of other categories. |
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2009 BIG 12 PREVIEW
Just a few minutes after Oklahoma learned that it edged out Texas in the BCS standings and would go to last season's BCS national championship game, Sooner coach Bob Stoops was asked if that would somehow make the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry even bigger. |
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2009 TEXAS A&M PREVIEW
Ordinarily, when a team only averages 2.9 yards per rushing attempt, it wouldn't seem like a big deal to replace a pair of running backs. But in Texas A&M's case it means entering a season without Mike Goodson and Javorskie Lane to lean. It's a pretty big change in Aggieland. |
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2009 TEXAS TECH PREVIEW
Texas Tech coach Mike Leach isn't a big fan of rebuilding projects. He's gone through them before and typically managed to produce something very similar to his previous version. |
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2009 BAYLOR PREVIEW
Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference, Baylor has been searching for a player it can build an offense around. It finally has one in sophomore quarterback Robert Griffin. |
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2009 OKLAHOMA STATE PREVIEW
Is this finally the year the Oklahoma-Texas monopoly of the Big 12 South ends? Only Oklahoma State can answer that question. It is the only team in the southern division with the proven talent to step up. |
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2009 TEXAS PREVIEW
Texas' offense has a lot of changeable parts, but everything begins and ends with quarterback Colt McCoy. He might not have all the physical tools of Vince Young, but he's become the heart and soul of the unit. His mixture of precision passing and running ability will have him in the hunt for the Heisman Trophy and the Longhorns on the shortlist for the national championship. |
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2009 OKLAHOMA PREVIEW
If it all came down to skill players, Oklahoma wouldn't have much to worry about in 2009. It has a Heisman Trophy quarterback (Sam Bradford) back for an encore. Along with the best pass-catching tight end in college football (Jermaine Gresham), and two trusted and talented running backs (DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown). There is even a potential star in the making with wide receiver Ryan Broyles. |
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2009 KANSAS STATE PREVIEW
How do you replace a quarterback like Josh Freeman, who went in the first round of the NFL draft? In Kansas State's case, you don't go back to the drawing board; you turn back the clock and bring back legendary coach Bill Snyder to see if he can perform another Manhattan Miracle. |
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2009 IOWA STATE PREVIEW
Big 12 has always been a copycat conference, and Iowa State will climb aboard the spread-offense bandwagon. It will be the most obvious change for the Cyclones this season. They also hope it results in more wins. |
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2009 MISSOURI PREVIEW
Missouri has reigned atop the Big 12 North the previous two seasons largely because of its offensive talent. Players like quarterback Chase Daniel, receiver Jeremy Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman were some of the conference's best. |
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2009 COLORADO PREVIEW
Colorado is a mystery team in 2009. The quarterback race between Tyler Hansen and Cody Hawkins never came close to settling in the spring. To make matters worse, offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich bolted for Oregon following spring drills. Coach Dan Hawkins promoted quarterback coach Eric Kiesau to coordinator and continuity was maintained. |
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2009 KANSAS PREVIEW
Kansas is in the enviable position in the Big 12 North. It is the one with the veteran quarterback returning — Todd Reesing — and it's the one with the dominant wide receiver — Dezmon Briscoe — still in the fold. |
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2009 NEBRASKA PREVIEW
Replacing quarterback Joe Ganz and the team's top two receivers will be challenging at Nebraska, but this is Nebraska we're talking about. Don't be surprised to see much more emphasis on the running game this season. |
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2009 DUKE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Coach David Cutcliffe is well-known for his success with quarterbacks, and at Duke he has a quarterback in Thaddeus Lewis who is so good that his main competition is now a defensive back. Zack Asack, who started six games as a freshman in 2005 before his 2006 suspension for plagiarism, has been moved to safety. |
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2009 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Fans and media of the ACC who know the four North Carolina-based schools as the Big Four also know that when it comes to football, just how big a joke the moniker has been. |
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2009 VIRGINIA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Nobody on the Virginia staff has a bigger challenge than newcomer Gregg Brandon, who will coordinate an offense that lost probably its best half-dozen players, including running back Cedric Peerman, tackle Eugene Monroe, tight end John Phillips and wide receiver Kevin Ogletree, from a unit that averaged only 16.1 points a game last season – four fewer than any other team in the conference. |
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2009 MIAMI (FL) PREVIEW
OFFENSE: New offensive coordinator Mark Whipple has never coached in what is now know as the NCAA Bowl Subdivision, but was the offensive assistant coach last season for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the quarterbacks coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2004 through 2006. And, with seven starters returning from an offense that ranked third in the ACC with 27.1 points a game, he’ll have more talent to work with than he did during his 16 years as head coach at Massachusetts, Brown, and New Haven. |
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2009 GEORGIA TECH PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Coach Paul Johnson emerged from spring practices convinced the Yellow Jackets will be better in his second season than his first. They should be, with 17 starters back, including running back Jonathan Dwyer, quarterback Josh Nesbit and three offensive linemen who combined to start 37 games. |
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2009 NORTH CAROLINA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The wide receiver corps lost three players to the NFL draft, including first-round pick Hakeem Nicks, and yet should be restocked enough this season to be a team strength. |
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2009 VIRGINIA TECH PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The Hokies ranked third in the ACC last season with 174.4 rushing yards a game, and should be formidable on the ground again with Darren Evans back at tailback. Evans, a 6-0 foot, 213-pound sophomore, gained a school-record 253 yards against Maryland, and finished his freshman season ranked third in the ACC with 90.4 yards per game. |
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2009 BOSTON COLLEGE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Dismissed coach, Jeff Jagodzinski, ended up on the staff of the Tampa Bay Buccaneeers, as did Steve Logan, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator the past two years. New coach Frank Spaziani hired Gary Tranquill, who has been offensive coordinator at Michigan State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina, with no intentions of running the same offense favored by Jagodzinski and Logan. |
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2009 MARYLAND PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The Terps have an experienced quarterback in senior Chris Turner and a dynamic back in Da’Rel Scott. Turner ranked third in the conference with 193.5 passing yards a game and fifth with a passing efficiency rating of 119.3, and Scott was named first-team All-ACC as a sophomore after ranking second in the ACC with 94.4 yards a game. |
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2009 FLORIDA STATE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Other than starter Christian Ponder, the only other two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster are E.J. Manuel and Will Secord. Manuel is a redshirt freshman who was sidelined during the spring with a broken finger and Secord is a freshman from Frisco, Tex, who didn’t arrive until this summer. |
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2009 CLEMSON PREVIEW
OFFENSE: With James Davis, the second-leading rusher in Clemson history now gone, the focus of the offense will be running back C.J. Spiller, who has 2,335 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns, and last season set a record for Clemson running backs with 436 receiving yards. |
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2009 WAKE FOREST PREVIEW
OFFENSE: It will probably be incumbent for the offense to carry a heavier load than a year ago, especially early in the season when so many of the defensive players are striving to get their feet on the ground. There’s no better position to build an offense around than quarterback, and in the history of the Wake Forest football program there has been no better quarterback than Riley Skinner. |
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2009 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: In hindsight, the week off after a tough 27-24 loss at Maryland allowed the Wolfpack to jell as a team. Perhaps even more instrumental to the four-game winning streak that saved N.C. State’s season and landed them in the PapaJohn’s Bowl was the play of quarterback Russell Wilson, whose first half of the season was marred by a series of injuries. |
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The BCS is a fundamentally flawed system
When the Presidential Oversight Committee of the BCS meets June 15-19 in Colorado Springs, perhaps it will consider how to apply the same values espoused and celebrated by American higher education across the nation to the most recognizable pastime and the biggest business on many university campuses-- intercollegiate football. |
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2009 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The road to Atlanta for the SEC Championship again starts in Gainesville, Fla. Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators approach the 2009 season as an overwhelming favorite to win the SEC East, a near-universal pick to capture another conference crown, and the national consensus choice to take a third BCS championship in four years. Everybody’s All-American, Gator quarterback Tim Tebow, wraps up a storied career with a chance to win a second Heisman Trophy and a third national title. |
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2009 ARKANSAS PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The Hog offense returns eight starters from a unit that ranked fourth in total offense in the SEC. The big story heading into fall camp will be the big transfer playing under center. QB Ryan Mallett was one of the nation’s top recruits a couple years ago when he signed with Michigan. After the Wolverines made a coaching change, Mallett (a 6-foot-7, 248-pound pocket-passer) found himself an ill fit in the spread option running attack of new coach Rich Rodriguez. He figures to be a perfect fit for Bobby Petrino’s pro style system, and the results could be explosive for the Arkansas offense. |
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2009 AUBURN PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Auburn enters the 2009 season with a new offensive system, but a lingering question as to who will lead the attack. New head coach Gene Chizik hired offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn (formerly of Tulsa and Arkansas) to implement a no-huddle, shotgun offense. By the spring game, the Tigers had learned the new scheme well enough to hang several big plays on a short-handed defense. |
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2009 FLORIDA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Can we expect another Superman sequel in 2009? While the strength of this Florida football team might reside on the defensive side of the ball – all eleven starters return from last season’s national champions – the heart of the Gators beats under the number 15 jersey of quarterback Tim Tebow. |
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2009 GEORGIA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: What a difference a year makes. The Bulldogs entered last season as the nation’s top-rated team, a ranking based mainly on offensive firepower. The strengths of the Georgia squad were at the skill positions, namely strong-armed QB Matthew Stafford, RB Knowshon Moreno, and WR Mohamed Massaquoi. The question marks were along the line of scrimmage where the Dogs were young, unproven, and low in numbers. Now, the big three playmakers are all off to the NFL (Stafford as the top overall pick), Georgia is young or unproven at most skill positions, and Dog fans are counting on the offensive line as a team strength. |
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2009 KENTUCKY PREVIEW
OFFENSE: Will the “Wildcat” save the Wildcats this season? Inconsistency plagued the Kentucky offense last year, especially in the passing game. Junior QB Mike Hartline returns after passing for only nine TDs and just over 1,600 yards. He figures to be a solid if unspectacular signal-caller. Spectacular does describe the other man who will take snaps. Expect rising sophomore Randall Cobb, primarily a wide receiver, to see plenty of action from the shotgun “Wildcat” formation where he provides an explosive run-pass threat. |
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2009 LSU PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The LSU offense returns plenty of seasoned skill-position players, and enough experience up front to be of championship caliber. The biggest item on the Tiger agenda is to get consistently good play from the quarterbacks. Sophomore Jordan Jefferson finished 2008 as the Tiger starter, and his performance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl win over Georgia Tech (offensive MVP) leaves him the top option heading into the fall. Jarrett Lee, another sophomore, started eight games last season, has a strong arm, and is mobile enough, but lost confidence after being bitten by an interception bug. Two freshmen went through spring drills with the Tigers. Chris Garrett is a big, pro-style passer, while Russell Shepard is a multiple-threat. Shepard was considered by many to be the top QB prospect in the nation. |
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2009 OLE MISS PREVIEW
OFFENSE: In 2008, the Ole Miss offense ranked second in the SEC in scoring and third in total offense. The Rebels were one of the most balanced teams in America, rushing for 186.5 ypg, and passing for 221.2. Six starters return from that offensive unit, including the top five rushers and three of the top four receivers. Junior QB Jevan Snead comes off a tremendous year in which the Texas transfer threw 26 TD passes, second only to Tim Tebow in the SEC, and finished third in the conference in passing average at 212.5 ypg. Snead capped off the season by throwing for a career-high 292 yards in a 47-34 Cotton Bowl thrashing of Texas Tech. |
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2009 MISSISSIPPI STATE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: New head coach Dan Mullen comes to Starkville fresh from another national title as offensive coordinator at Florida. He has to start from scratch at Miss State in implementing his spread attack because former coach Sylvester Croom favored a West Coast short-passing style scheme. Eight offensive starters are back from the 2008 squad, but Mullen essentially wiped the depth chart clean upon his arrival. |
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2009 TENNESSEE PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The Volunteers struggled on offense last season, ranking 115th in Division I in total offense. New head coach Lane Kiffin brings an offensive background to Knoxville, but the talent level is not up to typical Rocky Top standards. Starting senior Jonathan Crompton is one of only two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster; junior Nick Stephens provide relief. Crompton threw more interceptions (five) than touchdowns (four) last season. Freshman B.J. Coleman probably outplayed Crompton in the spring, but left the team after not winning the job (and possibly making it easier for Kiffin to sign a big-name recruit). |
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2009 SOUTH CAROLINA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The quarterback position gets the most attention on most every football team, and that is especially true for any football team with Steve Spurrier as head ball coach. The QB spotlight shines squarely on enigmatic redshirt sophomore Stephen Garcia in 2009. After apparently treating his first 15 months of college life like a character in an extended version of the old Animal House movie, Garcia finally got on the field in 2008 and showed enough promise to win the QB job. The Gamecocks need continuing maturity from Garcia as he is the only quarterback on the roster to have taken a game snap (fellow QBs Tommy Beecher and Chris Smelley transferred). There is no viable option after Garcia. Reid McCollum would probably get dibs on the position, but don’t be surprised to see exciting freshman DB Stephon Gilmore take some shotgun snaps. |
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2009 VANDERBILT PREVIEW
OFFENSE: For a bowl-winning team, Vanderbilt struggled mightily on offense last season. The Commodores were last in the SEC in total offense and ranked a lowly 117th nationally. They should improve this season due to scheme and experience. The Commodores are flirting with a no-huddle and they return nine starters on offense that might be able to run the attack. The quarterback battle between senior Mackenzi Adams and sophomore Larry Smith is the biggest unresolved issue coming out of spring. |
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2009 ALABAMA PREVIEW
OFFENSE: The Tide offense loses seven starters from the 2008 SEC West championship squad. The most significant of those losses is quarterback John Parker Wilson, who departs Tuscaloosa holding virtually every passing record at the school. Major depletions at running back and along the offensive line are other concerns. Since the defense and special teams figure to be outstanding, a return trip to Atlanta for the SEC title game may be in the cards if Bama is just average on offense. |
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BCS to reject Mountain West playoff proposal
BCS commissioners aren't expected to take any action on the Mountain West playoff proposal when they meet in Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Alabama to vacate games
by Dennis Dodd In the ongoing dinner theater known as Being Alabama only the actors change. The roles remain the same. |
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Rose Bowl on ESPN in 2011
The Rose Bowl game will move from network television to ESPN for the 2011 game, joining the rest of the BCS on the network. |
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Big nonconference games vanishing
by Pat Forde For two seasons now, Alabama has been the savior of Labor Day weekend college football. While the vast majority of FBS schools seek out season-opening chumps, the Crimson Tide have dared to play somebody. |
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Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Awarded Army-Navy Football
by Navy Sports Information ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The city of Philadelphia has been synonymous with the Army-Navy football classic over the years, hosting 81 of the previous 109 service academy battles. Army and Navy will be building on that rich tradition in the years ahead with today's announcement that Philadelphia will serve as the host of "America¹s Game" five times during an eight-year span at Lincoln Financial Field (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017). |
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2009 MEMPHIS PREVIEW
An influx of junior college and Football Bowl Subdivision transfers are descending on Memphis and will have an impact on both sides of the ball, but the primary weapons on offense will be returning players in running back Curtis Steele, and wide outs Carlos Singleton and Duke Calhoun. Steele, a 6-foot, 185-pound senior, became only the fourth player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark rushing last season, rolling up 1,223 and seven touchdowns on 218 carries. He's a tough, agile runner who rarely turns the ball over and some are touting him as a Heisman candidate. |
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Tennessee Athletic Director backs Kiffin
by Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Lane Kiffin has done just what his new boss at Tennessee wanted him to do: Put the Volunteers back in the national spotlight. |
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Marve transfers to Purdue
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Miami quarterback Robert Marve will transfer to Purdue instead of walking on at Tennessee. |
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Big 12 teams to share record 130 Million Dollars
Even in the face of a struggling economy, the Big 12 Conference's economics are showing robust growth. |
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Notre Dame and Army want to play in New Yankee Stadium
The old Yankee Stadium hosted some of college football's greatest moments. The new Yankee Stadium might also host college football -- and the Fighting Irish are interested in writing the first chapter in its gridiron history, the school's athletic director said, according to The New York Times. |
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Big 12 coaches vote to keep tiebreaker
by Associated Press PHOENIX -- Big 12 coaches have rejected a proposal to change the controversial tiebreaker that gave Oklahoma the nod over Texas in the three-way tie in the Big 12 South last season. |
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Coaches mull changes in football poll
by Associated Press PHOENIX -- The results of a three-month review of the USA Today coaches' poll are a secret. The coaches' final regular-season ballots -- and even the identity of the 61 voters -- may soon be a secret as well. |
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Big Ten expansion is not in the near future
by Adam Rittenberg The Big Ten has no immediate plans to expand, and it would take more than a desire for a football championship game and a longer regular season for the league to add a 12th member, commissioner Jim Delany said. |
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Paterno wants 12 teams in the Big Ten
by Associated Press NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Thursday night that he has pushed within the Big Ten conference to expand it to 12 teams as a method of leveling the playing field in college football. |
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NFF ANNOUNCES 2009 FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS
by National Football Foundation NEW YORK, April 30, 2009 - From the national ballot of 76 candidates and a pool of hundreds of eligible nominees, Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, announced the 2009 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) Class, which includes the names of 16 First Team All-America players and two legendary coaches. |
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Michigan State adds Alabama and West Virginia to future schedules
by Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan State has signed contracts for home-and-home football series with Alabama and West Virginia. |
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Former Michigan quarterback Threet transferring to Arizona State
by Assiciated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Former Michigan quarterback Steven Threet plans to transfer to Arizona State, according to a person familiar with Threet's decision who requested anonymity because the details are still being worked out. |
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Record Spring Crowd of 95,722 attend Ohio State Spring Game
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A national spring game record crowd of 95,722 came out to enjoy the high temperatures and watch Terrelle Pryor throw two long touchdown passes in 30 seconds, leading the Gray over the Scarlet 23-3 on Saturday at sun-drenched Ohio Stadium. |
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Thompson pitches playoff plan
by Ivan Maisel PASADENA, Calif. -- If this were Hollywood, then Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson would have swooped into town, given his "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" speech, and then watched as college football's conscience-stricken power brokers changed their minds and voted for a playoff. |
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Tennessee honors former coach Phillip Fulmer
by Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said he's intentionally tried to lay low in recent months as his replacement, Lane Kiffin, took over the Volunteers. |
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Charlie Weis may have to be in the BCS discussion to remain at Notre Dame
by Dennis Dodd There is a magic number for Charlie Weis to keep his job. It's up to everyone else to figure out exactly what it is. "I wouldn't answer that," Notre Dame's coach told me this week. "I can tell you we would be very disappointed if we weren't in the BCS discussion." |
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Vegas Bowl switches sponsor
by Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Las Vegas Bowl has a new sponsor, Maaco Inc., and is going to be played Dec. 22. |
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New Pac 10 Commish has an Open Mind
by Dennis Dodd Two words have kicked off the Larry Scott era as Pac-10 commissioner. More than three months before he officially takes office, Scott has raised eyebrows and maybe some blood pressure with a three-syllable sentence fragment. Open mind. |
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Coach Pelini rewarded with extension
by Tim Griffin Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has signed a one-year contract extension that will boost his yearly contract to $1.851 million per season. |
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Ohio State sells sports media rights for 128 Million Dollars
by Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio –The Ohio State University Department of Athletics today announced it has reached an agreement with IMG College , a division of IMG Worldwide, and RadiOhio Inc., for a 10-year multi-media rights partnership. |
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Congress to probe BCS antitrust issues
WASHINGTON -- Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series. |
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Coachs Call
by Max Howell John Heisman... Paul "Bear" Bryant... Bobby Dodd... Ralph "Shug" Jordan... General Bob Neyland... Eddie Robinson... Johnny Vaught... Vince Dooley... Steve Spurrier... and more... The common thread? These are the "field generals" that made Southern college football what it is today. |
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Gators have Kiffin in their sights
by Chris Low Defending BCS champion Florida opens spring practice Wednesday, but the Gators clearly are thinking of this fall's showdown with Tennessee. Peeved by the verbal jabs from new Volunteers coach Lane Kiffin, several Florida players say photos of Kiffin are posted throughout their locker room, a reminder of what will fuel them come Sept. 19 in the Swamp. |
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Kelly looks to put his stamp on Oregon
When a well-wisher tried to congratulate him on Tuesday, Chip Kelly interrupted. Oregon's new head coach had more pressing business to discuss: "Happy St. Patrick's Day!" exclaimed the new top Duck, who, it turned out, was making up for lost time. He'd forgotten it was St. Paddy's Day until a post-lunch staff meeting. "I saw it in my day planner," he said. "It's not like [defensive coordinator] Nick Aliotti's gonna remind me." |
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CONTROVERSIAL GRADUATE ASSISTANT HIRES
by John Moorehouse What do Mike Groh, Mitch Browning and Bryant Young have in common? All three are well-accomplished as either coaches or players in the game of football. All three will be graduate assistants at major college football programs this fall. And all three have no business serving in such roles. |
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Weis plans to stay on field during games
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis started spring practice Friday by saying he plans to stay on the field for games in the fall. |
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Atlanta bids for Florida-Georgia game
Atlanta sports boosters hope to win one of the country's top college football rivalries: the famed annual showdown between Georgia and Florida. |
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NCAA rejects FSU plan for a Blue Ribbon Panel
The NCAA turned down Florida State's proposal that a "blue-ribbon committee" be formed to review the policy of vacating wins as a form of punishment, and that the policy be suspended from use while it is under review, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. |
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Marve narrows list to six
TAMPA, Fla. -- One of college football's most sought-after free agents has narrowed his list to six finalists, but his final decision probably won't come for more than a month. |
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NCAA penalty is too stiff says Bowden
Florida State coach Bobby Bowden is supporting the university's appeal of an NCAA sanction stripping wins from Seminoles sports teams whose athletes were involved in an academic fraud scandal. |
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Florida State president apologizes
by Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State University president T.K. Wetherell has apologized for an obscene remark about football coach Bobby Bowden's former school. |
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Senior Bowl will stay in Mobile
by Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. -- Senior Bowl president Steve Hale says the game has no plans to leave its longtime home in Mobile. |
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Steinbrecher named new MAC commish
The Mid-American Conference announced Monday that Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher will replace Rick Chryst as the league commissioner. |
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Dave Hart, 83, dies of heart failure
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Dave Hart, a former Southern Conference commissioner, head football coach at Pittsburgh and athletic director at two other schools, has died. He was 83. |
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15 SEC Predictions
by Brian Harbach Months before the season is set to begin here is a list of 15 predictions that might be reality in 2009 for the SEC. |
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Davis opts to leave national champion Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida defensive tackle Torrey Davis, who made two goal-line tackles in the national championship against Oklahoma, has left the team. |
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL CINDERELLA IN 2009
by John Moorehouse On this Monday afternoon, productivity nationwide is declining as folks try to pick those winners for their NCAA tournament pool. OK, maybe Rick Neuheisel isn’t playing this year, but most everyone else will be. |
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Bellotti stepping down as Oregon football coach
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Mike Bellotti is stepping down as Oregon's football coach to become the school's athletic director, and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly will be promoted to head coach. |
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Economy not hurting the Big Ten Network
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman says 2009 should be the two-year-old cable network's first full year of profitability. |
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New deals keep BCS bowl lineup intact
NEW YORK -- The Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls extended their agreements with the Bowl Championship Series, deals that will keep the national championship game at the sites of those games through the 2013 college football season. |
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Rocky descent for Rocky Top?
by John Moorehouse Ten years ago, Tennessee entered spring practice on top of the college football world. The Volunteers just wrapped up a national championship season. The perfect record in 1998 concluded a four-year run that saw the Vols go 45-5, seemingly setting up Phillip Fulmer to be coach for life, and Tennessee appeared to be entrenched as one of the nation’s perennial powerhouse programs. |
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Tarnished Record
by Dennis Dodd Another day at Florida State, another messy NCAA oil spill. They're used to them in Tallahassee. But FSU going on probation (again) was not close to being the main news Friday when the school went on probation (again). |
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Negative Recruiting
by Chris low Ever wondered what the night before national signing day is like for a prospect being coveted from the East Coast to the West Coast? Alshon Jeffrey knows all too well. |
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Keeping things under control now beyond Bowden and Paterno
by Gregg Doyel Somehow Florida State found itself amid one of the biggest academic scandals in recent NCAA history -- not as intense but more widespread than Clem Haskins' Minnesota travesty and Jim Harrick's slime pit at Georgia -- yet the Seminoles avoided being hit with the NCAA's most damaging allegation: a lack of institutional control. |
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The 12 truly premier gigs in college football
by Andy Staples If Mike Leach hadn't interviewed with Washington in December without informing the Texas Tech brass, the Red Raiders' football program probably wouldn't have nearly imploded last week. In fact, much of the animosity toward Leach stemmed from the perception he possesses a wandering eye. |
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Bleakley memorialized seven days after getting lost at sea
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) -- A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men. |
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FSU penalties to impact wins race
by Ivan Maisel The horse race between Joe Paterno of Penn State and Bobby Bowden of Florida State for the most victories in the history of major college football came to an abrupt halt Friday. Bowden, a game behind Paterno when the 2008 season ended, has pulled up lame due to a case of academic fraud. |
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Alabama reports repeated violations
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama has told the NCAA that athletes improperly got free textbooks for other students and that the school failed to adequately monitor distribution. |
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NCAA penalties extend to 10 FSU sports
The Florida State football team faces forfeiture of wins, four years of probation, scholarship reductions and other penalties due to former staff members' involvement in what the NCAA described Friday as "major violations" stemming from academic fraud. |
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MWC reveals playoff proposal to BCS
NEW YORK -- The Mountain West Conference wants to lead the fight for a major college football playoff. The MWC presented the BCS with a proposal Wednesday to create an eight-team playoff system that would allow greater access to the national championship game to teams outside the six most powerful leagues. |
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Mike Slive gets three year deal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has agreed to a three-year contract extension. |
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2009 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot Released
The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced the names of 76 players and six coaches who comprise the 2009 Football Bowl Subdivision Ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. |
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Core beliefs regarding the world of college football
by John Moorehouse It’s my first column for this fine Web site, so I feel compelled to lay down a few ground rules. Here, in short, are 10 of my core beliefs regarding the world of college football. |
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Mallett charged with public intoxication
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Fayetteville police arrested Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett on a public intoxication charge early Sunday outside of a nightspot near campus. |
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Coaches play the curious game of oversigning in college football
The fax machine in the Ole Miss football office began spitting out signed National Letters of Intent early in the morning Feb. 4. As the day went on, the fax machine kept humming. By the time Rebels coach Houston Nutt addressed the media on Signing Day, 37 players had inked with Ole Miss. In other words, 37 players had signed a document that promised them a one-year, renewable athletic scholarship provided they met the school's academic requirements and the NCAA's academic and amateurism requirements. |
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LSU, West Virginia to play in 2010-11
West Virginia and LSU have agreed to a two-year football series beginning in 2010, officials from both schools announced. |
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Longhorns to learn nuances of BCS
Texas coach Mack Brown plans to invite several leading BCS pundits to meet with his staff and team to explain the nuances of the muddled system. |
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Schiano will no longer be Rutgers defensive coordinator
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers coach Greg Schiano is giving up his defensive coordinator duties. Schiano announced Tuesday that he is promoting two assistants to share the defensive coordinator role. He also made two other assistants co-offensive coordinators. |
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Schools not expecting change
Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson was the only commissioner from a non-automatic qualifying conference on Craig Thompson's conference call last Friday. And he hung up early. |
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Commish fans D.C. with BCS message
by Graham Watson Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson on Friday concludes a two-day trip to Washington designed to raise awareness of what he considers inadequacies in the Bowl Championship Series system. |
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Georgia State, Curry perfect pair for new program
by Dennis Dodd ATLANTA -- It is possibly the only Division I college football program without a full-time athletic director, practice fields and located on the ninth floor of a bank building. To be precise, that would be one floor above a Planned Parenthood office. |
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Leach, Texas Tech still unresolved
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech coach Mike Leach missed another deadline Tuesday to accept a contract extension and now the school's board of regents will meet Friday to discuss his job. |
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Utah senate adopts playoffs resolution
Utah's state legislature is calling for a playoff system to determine college football's national champion after an undefeated University of Utah was shut out of the national title game for the second time in four years. |
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Lawyer fights to keep Vols football seats
For years, generations of Thomas Luck's family supported the University of Tennessee and its endeavors. |
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RECRUITING – The Other Season
by Max Howell In the South, we have college football season, recruiting and spring football. December, January and up until the first week in February all eyes are on the High school athlete and his decision as it relates to his college of choice. |
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Mumme has prostate cancer
Former Kentucky and New Mexico State football coach Hal Mumme said he stubbornly waited until the conclusion of a stressful season to get tested for prostate cancer, despite the advice of team doctors and his cancer-surviving wife that he do it earlier. |
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UF and OU Feel for Utah
For what it's worth, they feel Utah's pain in Miami. |
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All-America tackle Andre Smith barred from Sugar Bowl
Alabama junior offensive tackle Andre Smith has been suspended and will not play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Alabama coach Nick Saban reports. |
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Oklahoma quarterback Bradford wins Heisman
The first person to congratulate Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was the player who won it last year -- Tim Tebow. The star quarterbacks from the top two teams in the country shook hands Saturday night, then embraced. On Jan. 8, with the national championship on the line, it won't be so cordial. |
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Tebow and the NFL
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow insists the Bowl Championship Series national title game will have no bearing on his decision to leave school early. |
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TEXAS COULD STILL WIN THE AP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The best chance Texas has to be crowned national champion this season likely lies with the members of the media who vote in The Associated Press college football poll. |
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College Football on TV Nov 25 thru Nov 29
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ESPN, BCS agree to four-year deal for Television, Radio & Digital Rights
The Bowl Championship Series is coming to ESPN starting in January 2011 (following the 2010 regular season). ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013. |
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Mid-Week College Football on TV (11-11 thru 11-14)
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College Football on TV (Week 11)
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Carroll Finds Humor in the BCS
"The more we win the worse we get," USC Coach Pete Carroll said of his team's slide in the BCS standings. Carroll injects some levity after the Trojans drop from No. 5 to No. 7 in the aftermath of their third shutout victory in four weeks. |
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College Football on TV from Nov. 4 thru Nov. 7
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FULMER OUT AS TENNESSEE HEAD COACH
Phillip Fulmer has announced that he will not be the head football coach at Tennessee in 2009. The decision ends a 16-plus year career for the dean of SEC coaches. A news conference inside Neyland Stadium will take place this afternoon at 5 p.m. Eastern, where Fulmer will "step aside." |
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NOTRE DAME COULD AFFECT BIG EAST OR SEC BOWL SLOTS
by Brian Bennett If Notre Dame beats Pittsburgh on Saturday, it could be a double-dose of bad news for the Big East. Not only would the league take another high-profile nonconference loss on the chin, but the Irish would gain bowl eligibility at 6-2. And that could pose problems for the rest of the Big East bowl hopefuls. |
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College Football on TV Saturday Nov. 1 and Sunday Nov 2
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Week Night College Football on TV
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IF YOU LOOK GOOD, YOU PLAY GOOD
Before elite teenage football players choose a college program, a decision that will shape the rest of their personal and professional lives, they often ask themselves one important question. Will I look good? |
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College Football on TV (Oct 25 and 26)
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College Football on TV (10-21 thru 10-24)
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College Football on TV 10-16-08 thru 10-18-08
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Around the Nation Week 8
by Bob Epling Midterm Grades |
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Bo and Woody Left their marks on LSU-Florida
by John Fineran There’s a lot of the late Bo Schembechler in Les Miles, a lot of the legendary Woody Hayes in Urban Meyer. |
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College Football on TV on Saturday October 11th
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Gators take on beefy LSU line
by Edward Aschoff Saturday's game against No. 4 LSU could be won in the trenches. |
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Mid-Week College Football on Television
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The Fearless Friday Forecast
by Tony Barnhart We were 6-4 last week and some of those losses really hurt. I wasn’t surprised that Alabama beat Georgia. I was very surprised that the Crimson Tide led 31-0 at halftime. Double ouch if you picked the Bulldogs at home. |
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GAME OF THE WEEK PREVIEW: OHIO STATE AT WISCONSIN
by Jim Gumm The Terrelle Pryor era has begun in Columbus and as the starting quarterback for Ohio State, he’ll try to lead the Buckeyes to a win in the hostile environment of Camp Randall Stadium against the Wisconsin Badgers. |
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College Football TV Schedule for Saturday October 4th
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MIDDLE TENNESSEE ESCAPES ON HAIL MARY PASS
by AP Joe Craddock threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to freshman Malcolm Beyah as time expired Tuesday night and Middle Tennessee State beat Florida Atlantic 14-13. |
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Mid-Week College Football on TV
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1st BCS Standings to be released on Oct. 18th
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is designed to match the two top-rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive matchups between eight other highly regarded teams in four other games. |
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UPSET SATURDAY: WHO BENEFITTED?
The Big 12 emerged from a wild weekend with no major casualties. Major bragging rights, rather, including the ultimate: We’re No. 1. |
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Top-ranked Trojans wary of unheralded Beavers
by Associated Press Number 1 Southern California looks to be super strong, the Pac-10 appears pretty weak, so the Trojans should have an easy time of it Thursday night in their conference opener at Oregon State. |
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College Football TV Schedules for Week 5
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GEORGIA ANNOUNCER, LARRY MUNSON, RETIRES
After 43 years as the lead voice on Georgia's radio network, play-by-play announcer Larry Munson announced that he has retired, effective immediately. |
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Sooners, Horned Frogs provide interesting matchup
National rankings. Fascinating matchups on the field and on the sidelines. Two tough-minded teams from states that border one another. No, the AT&T Red River Rivalry doesn't arrive until Oct. 11. Oklahoma and TCU will provide a different kind of showdown Saturday: BCS royalty against BCS buster with more than its share of interesting subplots. |
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Call it a travesty, but not a rivalry
by DAVID CLIMER As one last dig at the hosts, the Florida band played a peppy rendition of "Rocky Top" at the end of this long afternoon at Neyland Stadium. Consider it a sign of the times. The Gators even play "Rocky Top" better than Tennessee. |
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Joe Paterno one up on Bobby Bowden
Saturday night marked Joe Paterno's return to the top of the all-time major college wins list. He passed Florida State's Bobby Bowden after the Seminoles lost at home to Wake Forest, 12-3. |
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LOUISVILLE RACES PAST KANSAS STATE
The Cardinals roared by Kansas State 38-29 on Wednesday night, coming to life after an appearance by the former heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali. |
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Televised College Football (Week 4)
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Harvin Ready for Tennessee
Florida receiver Percy Harvin hasn't felt this good since 10th grade, an encouraging sign for the fourth-ranked Gators -- and maybe a troubling one for Tennessee. Harvin, the team's most dynamic player, missed the opener against Hawaii following heel surgery and touched the ball just six times against Miami. |
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USC is now a solid #1
Southern California is now a no-doubt-about-it No. 1 in the AP Top 25, and there's a new No. 2 as Georgia slipped again. |
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Arkansas at Texas Postponed
Texas officials have decided to postpone the No. 8-ranked Longhorns football game against Arkansas because of Hurricane Ike. |
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Week 3: College Football TV Schedule
Thur. Sept 11: North Carolina at Rutgers, 7:30 PM, ESPN Fri. Sept 12: Kansas at South Florida, 8:00 PM, ESPN2 Sat. Sept 13: Navy at Duke, 12:00 PM, ESPNU Sat. Sept 13: Louisiana-Lafayette at Illinois, 12:00 PM, Big Ten Network |
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This Week in College Football History:
September 18, 1999: Cincinnati stuns No. 9 Wisconsin and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne 17-12 at Nippert Stadium, as the Bearcats grab their first-ever win over a ranked opponent. The Badgers end the season with a No. 4 ranking and a Rose Bowl victory, while Cincy finishes 3-8. |
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Game of the Week: Ohio State at Southern California
by Jim Gumm Jim Tressel and his highly ranked Ohio State Buckeyes travel to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to take on Pete Carroll's top ranked Southern California Trojans in a much anticipated match-up between two of college football's premiere programs. |
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VANDERBILT UPSETS SOUTH CAROLINA
by The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt heard all the talk from South Carolina after beating the then-No. 6 Gamecocks last October. It made the Commodores mad. And for the first time since 1992, they finally did something about it on their own turf. |
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Week 2: College Football TV Schedule
Thur. Sept 4: South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 8:30 PM, ESPN Fri. Sept 5: Navy at Ball State, 7:00 PM, ESPN Sat. Sept 6: Connecticut at Temple, 12:00 Noon, ESPNU Sat. Sept 6: Georgia Tech at Boston College, 12: 00 Noon, Raycom |
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Mauk argues in court for another season with Bearcats
by Associated Press KENTON, Ohio -- Former Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk should be granted a sixth year of eligibility because injuries prevented him from playing his freshman season, his attorney told a judge Thursday in a lawsuit against the NCAA. |
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Game of the Week: Miami (FL) AT Florida
by Michael DiRocco Florida and Miami renew their intra-state rivalry in Gainesville and the Gators are hoping the home-field advantage - plus one of the nations best offenses - will be enough to snap a six-game losing streak in the series. |
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Quick Hit
by Jim Gumm When the Georgia Bulldogs play in Sun Devil Stadium, on the campus of Arizona State University, on September 20th 2008, it will represent the first time that Georgia will ... |
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Week 1: College Football TV Schedule
Aug 28: Vanderbilt at Miami University, 7:00 PM, ESPNU Aug 28: Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech, 7:30 PM, ESPN 360 Aug 29: Temple at Army, 7:00 PM, ESPN Classic Aug 29: SMU at Rice, 8:00 PM, ESPN Aug 30: Appalachian State at LSU, 11:00 AM, ESPN Classic Aug 30: Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina, 12:00 PM, ESPN |
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Game of the Week: Alabama vs Clemson
by Bob Epling Alabama and Clemson meet in the inaugural Chick-fil-A College Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome in front of a Primetime ABC audience, the ESPN College Game-Day crew, and a sold out crowd. Clemson is a consensus Top Ten preseason pick. |
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Former Tennessee DT Jesse Mahelona Killed in Automobile Accident
by Tommy Former Tennessee Volunteer Jesse Mahelona was killed in an automobile accident in his home state of Hawaii. |
