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Ranking the College Football Coaching Jobs: ACC
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
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, Coaching jobs

Ranking the College Football Coaching Jobs: Big East
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East, Louisville, Pitt Panthers, Rutgers, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse, West Virginia Mountaineers, Coaching jobs

Ohio State Vacates 2010 Season, Including Sugar Bowl Victory
News Further adding to what already has been a disheartening and humbling offseason for Buckeye fans, the university announced today that it is vacating all of its wins from the 2010 season, including i...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big Ten, Ohio State Buckeyes, Jim Tressel

Georgia Running Back Caleb King Ruled Ineligible
College Football Georgia’s quest to win the SEC East title in 2011 took a hit when running back Caleb King was ruled ineligible. Depth at running back was already an issue for the Bulldogs, especially after Washa...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, SEC, Isaiah Crowell, Georgia Bulldogs

New Coach, Same Luck
College Football By Jonathan Okanes No wonder Andrew Luck returned to Stanford. The university needs him.   While Luck was preparing to do an interview with a reporter this spring at the on-campus Arri...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac-12, Andrew Luck, Stanford

The Genius of Gus Malzahn
College Football by Michael Bradley Once Robert Cooper started his impression of Gus Malzahn during Auburn’s “Rookie Night” show late last summer, Clint Moseley couldn’t control himself any longer. He d...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, SEC, Auburn, Gus Malzahn

Ranking College Football's New Coaches From 2010
College Football By Mitch Light (@AthlonMitch on Twitter) As expected, the 22 new coaches from 2010 provided a mixed bag of success last season. Charlie Strong, Jimbo Fisher and Brian Kelly were some of the top...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, College Football Coaches

A Strong Start at Louisville
College Football By Rick Bozich It was the biggest coaching decision of Charlie Strong’s career as a head coach, and it only took seconds for it to smell like he had made the wrong call. It was the 10th g...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East, Louisville, College Football News

Athlon's 2011 Big Ten Predictions
College Football Forecasting the 2011 Big Ten race is no easy task, given the uncertainty present from the top down. Ohio State enters the fall with much to prove, despite claiming back-to-back BCS bowl wins and wi...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, 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, Big Ten Rankings

Pac-12 On The Rise
College Football by Brett McMurphy Larry Scott took the helm as commissioner of the Pac-10 on July 1, 2009. A few weeks later he was asked about Pac-10 expansion and said it was “not a topic that has come up ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac-12

What Should Oregon Do With Chip Kelly?
College Football The news for Oregon got worse last week with a Yahoo Sports' report that contained details about Willie Lyles and his relationship with Chip Kelly. The Ducks have yet to receive a letter of inquiry...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac-12, Oregon Ducks, Chip Kelly

Longhorns, Inc.
College Football The operative word in college athletics today is “business.” Schools are searching for more creative and effective ways to fatten their bottom lines, whether it’s through sponsorship deals, s...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Texas Longhorns

A Time for Kill at Minnesota
College Football Jerry Kill boarded the plane headed home and settled into the seat next to his wife, Rebecca. He was unusually quiet, his normal traveling salesman buoyancy suppressed by what he had just seen:...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Minnesota Golden Gophers

Conference Realignment's Winners and Losers
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) With conference realignment becoming official on July 1, the landscape of college football has changed. Athlon takes a look at the winners, losers an...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Conference realignment

BYU Goes Independent
College Football Last summer, when schools throughout the Big 12 Conference were wondering about their athletic futures as Texas and its cronies wondered whether it made sense to go West, the idea of football bache...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Independent, BYU Cougars

Why Does Clemson Continue to Underachieve?
College Football There’s no shortage of excuses as to why Clemson remains on the periphery of the nation’s power elite. Some would argue that its home state doesn’t produce an abundance of top prospects (alth...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Clemson Tigers

Athlon's 2011 All-America Team
College Football Athlon continues our countdown to the upcoming season with our first and second All-America team for the 2011 season. Click here for all our college football team previews, rankings and predictions...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, All American Team

The Best New Assistant Coaches in College Football
College Football Charlie Weis, Offensive Coordinator, Florida - New head coach Will Muschamp wants to run a pro-style attack at Florida, so he went out and hired a man who has been the offensive coordinator fo...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, College Football Assistant Coaches

Wisconsin Emerges as Favorite in Big Ten Leaders Division
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Landing a starting quarterback in June rarely happens, but college football’s biggest free agent has landed in Madison. Russell Wilson has decided ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten

Preseason CFB Fantasy Defense Ranks
College Football Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Over the next three months, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strat...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Preseason CFB Fantasy Kicker Ranks
Fantasy Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Over the next three months, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strat...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Fantasy

Athlon's 2011 All-Big East Team
College Football Athlon continues our countdown to the upcoming season with our first and second All-Big East teams for the 2011 season. Click here for all our college football team previews, rankings and predictio...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big East

Ohio State 2012 Coaching Search: 15 Names to Watch
College Football - By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Even though Ohio State is facing significant penalties from the NCAA, it remains one of the top coaching jobs in college football. The Buckeyes sho...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, OSU Coaching Candidates

Athlon's 2011 All-Pac-12 Team
College Football Athlon continues our countdown to the upcoming season with our first, second and third All-Pac-12 teams for the 2011 season. Click here for all our college football team previews, rankings and pred...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Athlon's 2011 All-Mountain West Team
College Football Athlon continues our countdown to the upcoming season with our first and second All-Mountain West teams for the 2011 season. Click here for all our college football team previews, rankings and pred...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Mountain West

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