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Athlon Awards: Ranking the Big East's Best Units
College Football Kickoff for the 2011 season is just a few weeks away. To help pass the time before the opening weekend, Athlon will be taking a look at the best units by conference.  A "1" signifies the b...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia

CFB Fantasy WR Rankings
College Football Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Until kickoff, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strategy pieces ev...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

College Football's 2011 All-Name Team
Overtime With 120 teams in the FBS and around 100 players on a roster, there are certainly some interesting names that pop-up throughout the course of production for Athlon's 2011 college football magazine ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Overtime, News, Funniest Names, Funny Names

Predicting College Football's Breakout Players: Pac-12
College Football by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) What is a breakout player? Defining that term isn’t exactly easy. Although Big East fans are likely already familiar with the names on this li...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Athlon Awards: Ranking the Best Units in the Big 12
College Football Kickoff for the 2011 season is just a few weeks away. To help pass the time before the opening weekend, Athlon will be taking a look at the best units by conference.  A "1" signifies the b...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Ranking the Big Ten's Top 40 Players for 2011
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden), Scott Henry (@4QuartersRadio) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at the...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

Athlon Awards: Ranking the Best Units in the ACC
College Football Kickoff for the 2011 season is just a few weeks away. To help pass the time before the opening weekend, Athlon will be taking a look at the best units by conference.  The ACC has a lot of ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Athlon Awards, college football rankings

Ranking the Sun Belt's Top 25 Players for 2011
College Football By Scott Henry (@4QuartersRadio) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at the top 25 players for 2011 in t...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Sun Belt, Arkansas State, FAU, FIU, MTSU, North Texas, Troy, UL Lafayette, UL Monroe, Western Kentucky

Is Washington the Pac-12's Surprise Team?
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Defining what is a surprise team is no easy task. Over the next couple of weeks, Athlon will take a look at a team from each of the BC...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Washington

Predicting College Football's Breakout Players: Big East
College Football by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) What is a breakout player? Defining that term isn’t exactly easy. Although Big East fans are likely already familiar with the names on this li...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia

Predicting College Football's Breakout Players: ACC
College Football by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) What is a breakout player? Defining that term isn’t exactly easy. Although ACC fans are likely already familiar with the names on this list, this i...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Athlon Awards: Running Back Units
College Football They're the teams within the team - those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context. Whether it's the offensive linemen firing off tim...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Christine Michael, LaMichael James, Marcus Lattimore, Montee Ball, Trent Richardson, Alabama, Arkansas, Boston College, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Washington, Wisconsin, Athlon Awards

Ranking the SEC's Top 40 Players for 2011
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at the top 40 players for 2011 in the...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, SEC, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

College Fantasy Mock Draft
College Football The 2011 college football season is less than 40 days away and many fantasy drafts will start over the next month. To help prepare for your upcoming fantasy draft, Athlon Sports has completed its s...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy, Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football Rookies Worth Drafting
NFL Yes, the NFL lockout has hindered their progress, but we still expect these 12 rookies to make an impact in some way, shape or form in 2011. 1. Mark Ingram, RB, New Orleans Saints have a crow...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Athlon Awards: Quarterback Units
College Football They're the teams within the team - those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context. Whether it's the offensive linemen firing off tim...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Arizona, baylor, Boise State, Cincinnati, Georgia, Hawaii, Houston, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Stanford, Tulsa, USC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Athlon Awards

Ranking Conference USA's Top 25 Players for 2011
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at Conference USA's top 25 players fo...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF, UTEP

Who Will Coach North Carolina in 2012?
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) and Mitch Light (@AthlonMitch) It's really no surprise North Carolina decided to end Butch Davis' tenure. However, the timing of his firing was odd. ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, North Carolina, Butch Davis fired, coaching search, UNC Coach

The Best Quarterback in the Big Ten?
College Football The Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten are three of the deepest quarterback conferences in the nation. Athlon's editors have debated which quarterback they would vote No. 1 in the Big 12, and Andrew Luck i...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

Looking Back at the Top Recruits of 2006: 20-11
College Football by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Every year, millions of dollars and man hours are spent trying to acquire talent by college football programs across this great country. Attemptin...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Butch Davis Fired at North Carolina
News A NCAA investigation has been a dark cloud hanging over Butch Davis and North Carolina’s football team since last season. And North Carolina is ready to make Davis the fall guy. In a bit of stran...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, North Carolina, Butch Davis, Fired Coach

Is Louisville the Big East's Surprise Team for 2011?
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Defining what is a surprise team is no easy task. Over the next couple of weeks, Athlon will take a look at a team from each of the ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East, Louisville

College Football's Coaches on the Hot Seat
College Football The coaching carousel is usually one of the most intriguing elements of college football's regular season and has been in full effect since May with the departure of Jim Tressel at Ohio State and B...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Coaches on the hot seat, Mark Richt

Looking Back at the Top Recruits of 2006: 40-31
College Football by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Every year, millions of dollars and man hours are spent trying to acquire talent by college football programs across this great country. Attempting to...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

College Football: Projecting the 2011 Win Totals
College Football by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The countdown to kickoff for the 2011 college football season is less than 40 days away. With fall camps opening up in a matter of days, now is anoth...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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