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Greatest BCS National Championship Performances
College Football -by Mitch Light (follow at @AthlonMitch) and Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) With the 14th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest b...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, BCS National Championship

College Football All-America Team As Recruits
College Football by Braden Gall (follow at @AthlonBraden) The merits of recruiting rankings are hotly debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. But one quick look at the 2011 Athl...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Recruiting

NFL Fantasy Football Start and Sit: Week 14
NFL -by Braden Gall ( @AthlonBraden on twitter) Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Week 14 Rankings Start These Quarterbacks: Philip Rivers, San Diego (Buffalo) Rivers has had seven games with mul...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, start or sit

Keith Marshall Commits to Georgia: Pros and Cons
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow him at @AthlonBraden) The nation's No. 1 running back in the Athlon Consensus 100 has committed to the Georgia Bulldogs. Raleigh (N.C.) Millbrook tailback Keith Mar...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Georgia Bulldogs, College Football Recruiting

Larry Fedora: Grading the North Carolina Hire
College Football -by CoachesByTheNumbers.com North Carolina has named Larry Fedora its next head football coach. In July of this year, we laid out our thoughts on the situation at UNC and named a few names for ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, North Carolina Tar Heels

Robert Griffin III Should Win the Heisman over Andrew Luck
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Each week, the Athlon editors vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. In Athlon Sports' final Heisman ballot of 2011, the nine-...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Andrew Luck, Montee Ball, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, LSU Tigers, Stanford Cardinal, Wisconsin Badgers, Heisman Trophy

Greatest Sugar Bowl Performances of the BCS Era
College Football -by Mitch Light (follow at @AthlonMitch) With the 14th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. S...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Utah Utes, West Virginia Mountaineers, BCS bowls, college football bowls, Sugar Bowl

Greatest Orange Bowl Performances of the BCS Era
College Football -by Mitch Light (follow at @AthlonMitch) With the 14th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. S...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Arian Clayborn, Coby Fleener, Matt Leinart, Tom Brady, Torrance Marshall, BCS bowls, college football bowls, Orange Bowl

Greatest Rose Bowl Performances of the BCS Era
College Football -by Mitch Light (follow at @AthlonMitch) With the 14th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. S...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Andre Johnson, Mark Sanchez, Ron Dayne, Vince Young, Miami Hurricanes, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, BCS bowls, college football bowls, Rose Bowl

College Football Awards: Weird, Wacky and Wonderful
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow on twitter @AthlonBraden) Athlon Sports recognizes some of the best, worst, most unfortunate, bizarre and confusing teams, players and statistics of the 2011 season: ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Clemson Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats, Pitt Panthers, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Wisconsin Badgers

Betting Against The Spread: Championship Saturday
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) The college football season is basically over. With the possible exception of The Bedlam Series, there is very little on the line this weekend. Six of...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Betting Against the Spread, college football predictions

NFL Fantasy Football Start and Sit: Week 13
NFL -by Braden Gall ( @AthlonBraden on twitter) Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Week 13 Rankings Start These Quarterbacks: Eli Manning, NY Giants (Green Bay) The NFL’s second-worst pass defen...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, start or sit

Dorial Green-Beckham: The Nation's Best Player
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow him @AthlonBraden) Athlon Sports 2012 recruiting ranking, the Athlon Consensus 100, was re-released today. And there is no change at the top of the truest and most ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Arkansas Razorbacks, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, Dorial Green-Beckham, Recruiting

Recruiting Rankings Update: Risers and Fallers
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow at @AthlonBraden) The Athlon Consensus 100 is a recruiting ranking used to portray the truest and most accurate list of the top 100 senior football prospects in the nati...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, National Signing Day, Recruiting

Athlon Sports Heisman Voting: Championship Saturday
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Each week, the Athlon editors vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. A nine-man conglomerate of college football gurus from At...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Kellen Moore, Matt Barkley, Montee Ball, Robert Griffin, Russell Wilson, Trent Richardson, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, Houston Cougars, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Stanford Cardinal, Wisconsin Badgers, Heisman Watch

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 13 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. And two Big Ten teams came in at #1 of our Top 25 College ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Ohio State Gets Recruiting Bump from Urban Meyer
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow him on twitter @AthlonBraden) Urban Meyer is a proven commodity on the sidelines. His immaculate coaching record speaks for itself. He is 104-23 overall and 7-1 in ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, Recruiting, Urban Meyer

College Football Power Rankings: Pac-12
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 13 Pac-12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Oregon (10-2, 8-1) – With the dominating 49-21 win...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac-12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Betting Against The Spread: Week 13 Picks
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Like most of us around the college football world, the state of Oklahoma completely shocked me last week. Two of the worst defensive performances...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Betting Against the Spread, college football predictions

NFL Fantasy Football Start and Sit: Week 12
NFL -by Braden Gall ( @AthlonBraden on twitter) Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Week 12 Rankings Start These Quarterbacks: Matt Ryan, Atlanta (Minnesota) After five straight weeks with only one...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, start or sit

Athlon Sports Heisman Voting: Week 13
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Each week, the Athlon editors vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. A nine-man conglomerate of college football gurus from At...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Kellen Moore, Landry Jones, Montee Ball, Robert Griffin, Russell Wilson, Ryan Broyles, Trent Richardson, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, Houston Cougars, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Stanford Cardinal, Wisconsin Badgers, Heisman Watch

Bo Pelini: Good Coach or Underachiever?
College Football -by CoachesByTheNumbers.com In our piece on Gary Patterson, we focused on the extremely fickle nature of college football fan bases. No longer are fans looking from year-to-year to analyze the ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Bo Pelini, Bo Pelini

LSU-Alabama: A Case Against a BCS Rematch
College Football -by Braden Gall (follow him @AthlonBraden) LSU and Alabama are probably the best two teams in the nation. And when you play in a league that boasts the last five National Champions, you are...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers, BCS National Championship

College Football's Top 25 Rivalries
College Football Pep bands, cheerleaders, tailgating, student sections, cornhole and especially rivalries. All of which makes college football the greatest sport on the planet. The Athlon Sports editorial staff put...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Army, Auburn Tigers, BYU Cougars, Cal Golden Bears, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Navy, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State BeaversTexas A&M Aggies, Pittsburgh Panthers, Stanford Cardinal, Tennessee Vols, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 12 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. And two Big Ten teams came in at #1 of our Top 25 College ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

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