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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Preview and Prediction: Utah State vs. Toledo
College Football Even though the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl doesn’t have the star power of a BCS game or the Cotton Bowl, this year’s game could be one of the best pre-New Year’s Day matchups. Utah State finish...
26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, MAC, Mountain West, WAC, Toledo Rockets, Utah State Aggies

New Mexico Bowl Preview and Prediction: Arizona vs. Nevada
College Football College football’s bowl season kicks off in Albuquerque, N.M. with what should be a high-scoring affair between Nevada and Arizona. The Wolf Pack averaged 37 points a game this year and ranked se...
26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Mountain West, Pac 12, Arizona Wildcats, Nevada Wolf Pack

6 Coaches to Replace Kliff Kingsbury at Texas A&M
College Football Texas A&M is in the market for a new offensive coordinator, as Kliff Kingsbury is leaving College Station to be the head coach at Texas Tech. Kingsbury is considered one of college football's r...
26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Texas A&M Aggies

10 Biggest Disappointments in College Football for 2012
College Football With college football's 2012 regular season in the books, it's time to take a look back at preseason predictions and which teams failed to meet expectations. USC was a popular pick to play for the ...
26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies

College Football's 10 Worst Matchups of the 2012 Bowl Season
College Football With 35 bowl games, it's not easy to decide which matchups are worth your time. To help your viewing experience, Athlon has ranked all postseason games from must-see to the must-miss. After taking ...
26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

Ranking the SEC's New College Football Coaches
College Football The SEC is college football’s toughest conference and only got better with the addition of new coaches Gus Malzahn, Bret Bielema, Butch Jones and Mark Stoops. All four schools (Auburn, Arkansas, ...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers

A Very Early College Football Top 25 for 2013
College Football With the 2012 season officially in the books, it’s time to take an early look at college football’s top 25 teams for 2013. Alabama will be losing a few key players from its national championshi...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football's Top 10 Must-See Matchups of the 2012 Bowl Season
College Football College football’s 2012-2013 bowl season kicks off in Albuquerque on Dec. 15 and ends on Jan. 7 with the BCS National Championship in Miami. With 35 games, there’s a lot of college football to ...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, MAC, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks

College Football's Top 25 Freshmen of 2012
College Football With the 2012 college football regular season in the books, it’s time to take a look at the year in review. Several freshmen made an impact in the national and conference title races, including H...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Georgia Bulldogs, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins

8 Coaches to Replace Tommy Tuberville at Texas Tech
News Texas Tech is the latest college football program looking for a new coach, as Tommy Tuberville made a surprising decision to bolt to Cincinnati to replace Butch Jones. Tuberville was 20-17 in three...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Grading Tennessee Football's Hire of Coach Butch Jones
News After an extended coaching search, Tennessee has finally found its man. Butch Jones was picked as the Volunteers’ next coach, replacing Derek Dooley after an ineffective three-year run in Knoxvil...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

10 Coaches to Replace Butch Jones at Cincinnati
College Football Butch Jones was one of the top names in the coaching rumor mill over the last few weeks and decided to leave Cincinnati for Tennessee. Jones led the Bearcats to a 23-14 mark in three years, which i...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats

College Football's Top 10 Surprises of 2012
College Football With college football’s 2012 regular season in the books, it’s time to take a look back at the highlights and lowlights from this year. There were plenty of surprises in college football this s...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Colorado's Football’s Coaching Search Continues: Top Remaining Candidates?

College Football Colorado had a messy divorce with former coach Jon Embree and finding a replacement hasn’t been easy. Cincinnati’s Butch Jones interviewed in Boulder with Colorado officials but decided not to ...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Colorado Buffaloes

Tennessee Football’s Coaching Search Continues: Top Remaining Candidates?

College Football With Mike Gundy, Larry Fedora and Charlie Strong saying no to Tennessee, the Volunteers' coaching search is wide open. The top names on athletic director Dave Hart's list have passed on the job, wh...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football's Best Heisman Campaigns
College Football Like politicians, college football athletes and their universities also campaign to grab votes. Since the race for the Heisman kicks off this week, we thought we'd look back as some of our favorite...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football's 2012 Postseason Awards and Recap
College Football With all of the BCS conferences finished with regular season play, it's time to take a look at the 2012 college football season and hand out some hardware. At the midpoint of 2012, all signs pointe...
27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Texas A&M Aggies

10 Coaches to Replace Bret Bielema at Wisconsin
College Football In one of the biggest surprises of the offseason coaching carousel, Bret Bielema decided to depart Wisconsin for Arkansas. Bielema led the Badgers to three consecutive Rose Bowl appearances and was...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Wisconsin Badgers

Arkansas, Auburn or Tennessee: Which is the best job opening in the SEC?
College Football The SEC is college football's No. 1 conference, so it's no surprise there's a lot of interest in the coaching positions at Tennessee, Auburn and Arkansas. Although each of the three schools has a l...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football's 2012 Postseason All-America Team
College Football College football's 2012 regular season is over, which means it's time to hand out the hardware. It's never easy compiling a postseason All-America team, especially after watching several players ha...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Florida State Seminoles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

5 Reasons Why Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama for the National Title
College Football After struggling to find success under Tyrone Willingham, Bob Davie and Charlie Weis, Brian Kelly has led Notre Dame back to promience. The Fighting Irish are playing in their first BCS bowl since ...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Independents, SEC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

5 Reasons Why Alabama Will Beat Notre Dame for the National Title
College Football Alabama is back in the national championship for the third time in four seasons. The Crimson Tide survived an early November loss to Texas A&M to wind up No. 2 in the BCS rankings and has a sho...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide

10 Coaches to Replace Fired Skip Holtz at South Florida
College Football After starting his career at South Florida with a solid 8-5 season, Skip Holtz appeared to have the Bulls in position to contend for Big East championships. However, the program never managed to ta...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, South Florida Bulls

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls for 2012: From Must-See to Must-Miss
College Football Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. Although Alabama and Notre Dame is clearly the biggest bowl game, with 3...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Syracuse Orange, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Georgia's Aaron Murray Gets Rocked By Alabama Defender
News The SEC Championship matchup between Alabama and Georgia might have been the best played game in 2012. The Bulldogs had a chance to win late, but the Crimson Tide defense held on the final drive to...
28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs

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