NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 10 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Should Chad Pennington ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL
College Football Ole Miss (4-5, 1-4) at Tennessee (3-6, 0-5), Noon ET TV: CBSHow’d CBS get stuck with this one? This is supposedly the fourth-best game of the week? Yowzers. Tennessee fans have their arms impa...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, SEC
College Football Iowa (7-2, 4-1) at Northwestern (6-3, 2-3), Saturday, 11 a.m. CTThe Big Ten’s biggest contest of the week pits two clubs trying to hang on to the momentum that carried them through the first hal...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten
College Football Kansas State (6-3, 3-3) at Missouri (7-2, 3-2), Saturday, 11:30 a.m.The Tigers are trying to avoid a familiar funk — the extended losing streak. Mizzou, after jumping into BCS title game talk, h...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12
College Football Washington State (1-9, 0-7) at Oregon State (4-4, 3-2), Saturday, 1:00 p.m.The Beavers are expected to win, and had better win, if they entertain thoughts of going to a bowl game. After Saturday, Oreg...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 10
College Football Miami (6-3, 4-2 ACC) at Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3 ACC), Saturday, noon ETThis Coastal Division clash was supposed to feature a matchup of two of the ACC’s best quarterbacks: Jacory Harris vs. Joshu...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC
College Football Pittsburgh at Connecticut, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ESTConnecticut’s football team showed a little life in its last outing, a 16–13 overtime win against West Virginia. However, if the Huskies d...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East
College Football The Heisman Trophy is college football's most prestigious trophy, so the editors here at Athlon take the voting for the 13.5-inch, 25-pound award very seriously. Each week, the ballots are collect...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football
College Basketball Aside from my alma mater's dreadful performance in a home exhibition game against Indianapolis, it was an absolute pleasure to wake up and peruse some college hoops box scores this morning. C...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball
Fantasy Each week, Athlon will take a deeper look at the fantasy matchups that affect your lineup. Some players will deserve a second look from managers, while others could create some concern. Check out Athl...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Fantasy
College Football Northwestern (6-2, 2-2) at Penn State (5-3, 2-2), Saturday, 2:30 p.m. CTFans around University Park are ready to celebrate Joe Paterno’s 400th victory, but before anyone can pop champagne the Ni...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten
College Football Florida (5-3, 3-3) at Vanderbilt (2-6, 1-4), 12:21 p.m., ET TV: SEC NetworkA subtly huge game, even though the Gators should roll. Be interesting to see how Florida responds after a very draining exp...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, SEC
College Football Washington at Oregon, Saturday, 12:30 p.m.Washington’s chances of winning this game are about 1 in 100. That is, Oregon has the No. 1 offense in the country while the Huskies have the No. 100 de...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 10
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 9 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Why was Donovan McNabb o...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL
College Football Baylor (7-2, 4-1) at Oklahoma State (7-1, 3-1), Saturday, 11:30 a.m.Welcome to the Big 12 Game of the Week. Seriously. Baylor and Oklahoma State, in November, for self-control of the South Division. W...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12
College Football Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) at Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC), Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ETVirginia Tech is firmly in control of the Coastal Division race, two games up in the loss column on Georgia Tech, Mia...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC
College Football Louisville at Syracuse, Saturday, noon EST Syracuse coach Doug Marrone said this week that even though his team is 6–2 it really hasn’t accomplished anything this season. That, of cours...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East
College Football Athlon editors Steven Lassan, Mitch Light and Braden Gall debate five burning questions about Week 10 in college football: Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonMitch1. If yo...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football
College Football The Heisman Trophy is college football's most prestigious trophy, so the editors here at Athlon take the voting for the 13.5-inch, 25-pound award very seriously. Each week, the ballots are collect...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football
College Basketball For three years, I have been a member of the Big Chief Challenge — a fantasy college basketball league that will test the will and knowledge of any true NCAA Hoops junkie.It is a 20-team league ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball
College Football No small numberA win for Penn State this weekend will get Joe Paterno to win No. 400. It’s just another win for Paterno, whose focus is and always has been on his players and their progress, but...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten
College Football If you were circling games on South Carolina’s schedule in August, determining importance, this Saturday’s game against Arkansas would’ve ranked highly. But it’s an odd positio...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, SEC
College Football If USC supposedly was the toughest test remaining on Oregon’s schedule, the road to the Ducks’ second straight Pac-10 title could become downright silly. Oregon broke open a close game ear...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 10
College Football Baylor Bears: Now Do You Believe?Baylor’s rise in the Big 12 South and the national rankings and in the thoughts and minds of college football fans has found real traction with win over Texas.Bo...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12
College Football Optimists attribute it to parity. Realists attribute it to mediocrity. Members of those two groups can argue about the cause all they want, but they can’t disagree about the effect: The ACC is a...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC