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Ranking College Football's Best and Worst Coaching Hires for 2012

Houston Cougars The college football coaching carousel was busy in the offseason, as 28 programs changed hands. Here’s how we rank the new hires: 1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State Previous Job: College football...

45 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Akron Zips, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Arkansas Razorbacks, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Colorado State Rams, FAU Owls, Fresno State Bulldogs, Hawaii Warriors, Houston Cougars, Illinois Fighting Illini, Kansas Jayhawks, Memphis Tigers, New Mexico Lobos, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels, Penn State Nittany Lions, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Southern Miss Golden Eagles, Texas A&M Aggies, Toledo Rockets, Tulane Green Wave, UAB Blazers, UCLA Bruins, UMass Minutemen, Washington State Cougars

Conference USA Football 2012 All-Conference Team

Houston Cougars The 2012 college football season is just around the corner, and Athlon continues its countdown to kickoff with a look at our first and second All-Conference USA teams for this season. First-Te...

46 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Conference USA, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Marshall Thundering Herd, Memphis Tigers, Rice Owls, SMU Mustangs, Southern Miss Golden Eagles, Tulane Green Wave, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UAB Blazers, UCF Knights, UTEP Miners

College Fantasy Football: Examining The Top Players in C-USA

Houston Cougars College fantasy football drafts will be heating up over the next few months and Athlon Sports has teamed with The College Fantasy Football Site to provide in-depth coverage for 2012. ...

46 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Conference USA, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Marshall Thundering Herd, Memphis Tigers, Rice Owls, SMU Mustangs, Southern Miss Golden Eagles, Tulane Green Wave, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UAB Blazers, UCF Knights, UTEP Miners

College football conference realignment draft: Part 4

Houston Cougars As we enter the final day of our conference realignment draft, all four commissioners elected to use the entire allotment of picks to build 16-team superconferences. Through the first 12 rounds...

Conference USA Football 2012 Predictions

Houston Cougars Editor's Note: Athlon's 2012 predictions were completed before UCF's postseason ban was announced. After eight seasons of stability, Conference USA will be ripped apart in 2013 when Memphis, UC...

48 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Conference USA, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Marshall Thundering Herd, Memphis Tigers, Rice Owls, SMU Mustangs, Southern Miss Golden Eagles, Tulane Green Wave, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UAB Blazers, UCF Knights, UTEP Miners, 2012 College Football Predictions

College Football Preseason 2012 Rankings: No. 61-80

Houston Cougars With the completion of Athlon's college football Top 25 for 2012, it's time to take a look at the rest of the rankings, continuing with No. 61-80. Note: Ranking is where team is...

Ranking the Big East's College Football Coaches

Houston Cougars by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on twitter) and Braden Gall (@BradenGall) Ranking the coaches in any college football conference is a difficult task. Many factors play into just how succes...

Recruiting: The Top 15 Two-Star Recruits

Houston Cougars -by Braden Gall (@BradenGall on twitter) Recruiting rankings are an inexact science, and even the experts will admit that. It is virtually impossible to measure heart, work ethic, mental focus ...

1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Boise State Broncos, Boston College Eagles, Cal Golden Bears, Houston Cougars, Kansas Jayhawks, Louisville Cardinals, Missouri Tigers, Stanford Cardinals, TCU Horned Frogs, UConn Huskies, Utah Utes, Wisconsin Badgers, AC100, Recruiting

TicketCity Bowl Preview: Houston vs. Penn State

Houston Cougars by Nathan Rush TicketCity Bowl Houston (12-1) vs. Penn State (9-3) Date: Jan. 2, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. ET Location: Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, Texas The first-ever Big Ten vs. Conferen...

1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Conference USA, Houston Cougars, Penn State Nittany Lions

The Greatest Non-BCS Offenses

Houston Cougars The BCS is wrapping up its 14th season of action and Athlon Sports is continuing its series of BCS rankings. We ranked the best performances of each BCS bowl game and we ranked the best teams of ea...

1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Hawaii Warriors, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Miami Ohio Redhawks, Nevada Wolfpack, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Utah Utes

Big East Gets Bigger: Adds Boise State and Four Others

Houston Cougars By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Finally. After losing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC in September and West Virginia to the Big 12 in late October, the Big East is ready to ...

1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Boise State Broncos, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, San Diego State Aztecs, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, UCF Knights

UCLA Coaching Candidates: Who’s the Leader?

Houston Cougars UCLA has a proud tradition in football, but the last two decades have been very mediocre outside of three or four special seasons. The Bruins’ last Rose Bowl win? That would be a victory over Iow...

Illinois Coaching Candidates: Who’s the Leader?

Houston Cougars The rollercoaster tenure of Ron Zook has ended after seven seasons at Illinois, and athletic director Mike Thomas is conducting a search that has a wide array of candidates. Houston coach Kevin Sum...

1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Cincinnati Bearcats, Eastern Michigan Eagles, Houston Cougars, Illinois Fighting Illini, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Wisconsin Badgers

Athlon Sports Heisman Voting: Championship Saturday

Houston Cougars -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...

Dan Mullen Leads Coaching Candidates at Penn State

Houston Cougars The search for the next Penn State head coach took an interesting turn over the weekend with the news that current Miami coach and former PSU player Al Golden signed a new four-year contract extens...

Athlon Sports Heisman Voting: Week 13

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Athlon Sports Heisman Voting: Week 11

Houston Cougars -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Each week, the Athlon editors will vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. A nine-man conglomerate of college football gurus fr...

Aggies edge Longhorns as Best Team in Texas

Houston Cougars There were major questions facing most Lone Star teams — besides conference realignment — coming into the 2011 season. Could Texas rebound from a losing campaign? Could Texas A&M continue i...

Case Keenum vs. Rice: Riveting record or ridiculous ‘running it up’?

Houston Cougars Case Keenum seems to be setting records on a weekly basis. Houston’s senior quarterback is in his sixth-year of eligibility and is lighting up Conference USA scoreboards each game. Against Marsha...

1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Case Keenum, Houston Cougars, Rice Owls, Kevin Sumlin

Will three, four or more unbeatens cause college football chaos?

Houston Cougars The same concern from fans and media arises each college football season around late October, and that is the potential for an unbeaten team to be left out of the BCS Championship Game. In most sea...

Miami Blowing Out Ohio State Leads Weekend Surprises

Houston Cougars The most shocking development over the weekend may be the news that Pittsburgh and Syracuse are headed to the ACC, but there were plenty of surprising results on the field as well. Ohio State lost ...

Georgia's Richt and UCLA's Neuheisel are on the Hot Seat

Houston Cougars Georgia fans were not ready to see their Bulldogs manhandled by Boise State in Atlanta. UCLA fans are looking for any positive after the last few seasons, but the Bruins fell at Houston on Saturday...

1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, SEC, Boise State Broncos, Georgia Bulldogs, Houston Cougars, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, Mark Richt, Rick Neuheisel

Predictions for College Football's 10 Best Games: Week 1

Houston Cougars Football is finally here. Here are our previews and predictions for the ten best college football games this weekend. TCU (-5) at Baylor (Fri.) The defending Rose Bowl champs open up w...

Big 12 Expansion Candidates

Houston Cougars By Steven Lassan and Mitch Light Texas A&M has announced its intentions to apply for membership in another conference, leaving the Big 12 with nine members at the start of the 2012 season. ...

1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Conference USA, Mountain West, Air Force Falcons, BYU Cougars, Houston Cougars, SMU Mustangs

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