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College Football's Top 25 Quarterbacks for 2012
SEC With the college football season right around the corner, it's time to countdown the best of the best. Athlon continues the countdown to kickoff with a look at the top quarterbacks in college footb...
39 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, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Iowa Hawkeyes, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan Wolverines, Missouri Tigers, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, West Virginia Mountaineers, Western Michigan Broncos

College Football's Top 30 Running Backs for 2012
SEC A torn ACL ended Marcus Lattimore's 2011 season in mid-October, but all signs point to a full return by the junior in 2012. Although the Gamecocks may take it easy on Lattimore early, he should be ...
39 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

College Football's Top 10 Non-Conference Games of September
SEC The much-anticipated college football season is almost here, and we cannot wait for toe to meet leather on the gridiron. From Cowboys Stadium to the Rose Bowl to the Georgia Dome, here are the top ...
40 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Nore Dame Fighting Irish, Tennessee Volunteers, UCLA Briuns, USF Bulls, Washington Huskies, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC

15 Biggest College Football Quarterback Battles
SEC The kickoff to the 2012 college football season is just around the corner, but quarterback battles remain in full swing across the nation. Most national title contenders have settled on a quarterba...
40 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Arizona State Sun Devils, Auburn Tigers, Boise State Broncos, Cincinnati Bearcats, Florida Gators, Iowa State Cyclones, Kentucky Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Stanford Cardinal, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Virginia Cavaliers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football 2012 Win Total Projections: Athlon vs. Vegas
SEC Even if you don't place any wagers on sports, the lines/projections from the good folks in Vegas are always something to check out before each season and before each week of games. Not only is it i...
40 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

Olympics 2012: Which U.S. colleges led the way in London?
SEC Michigan's Michael Phelps led the Olympics in medals (six), but where did his alma mater Michigan rank? Football and basketball remain king, but at le...
40 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: Olympics, Big 12, Big Ten, Ivy League, Pac-12, SEC, Cal Golden Bears, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Michigan Wolverines, Princeton Tigers, Stanford Cardinal, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, The only words I ever said to an opponent when standing on his base were the names of his children I'd fathered.

College Football's Top 10 Players Returning From Injury
SEC Injuries are a big part of any college football season. 2011 was no different, as losing Knile Davis was a key setback to Arkansas' hopes of winning the SEC West last year, while Missouri's offensi...
40 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Missouri Tigers, NC State Wolfpack, Nevada Wolf Pack, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Tennessee Volunteers, Vanderbilt Commodores, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Basketball's Great 68 Questions: 17 for the South Region
SEC College football season hasn’t begun, but here at Athlon we’re already hard at work in thinking about the 2012-13 basketball season. Believe us, the season will be here before you know it. ...
40 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Conference USA, Ohio Valley, SEC, Sun Belt, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Florida Gators, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Kentucky Wildcats, Marshall Thundering Herd, Memphis Tigers, Missouri Tigers, Murray State Racers, North Texas Mean Green, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, Vanderbilt Commodores, West Virginia Mountaineers

SEC Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes
SEC It's not easy getting college football coaches to honestly comment on another coach, player or team. Most coaches don't want to give opposing teams billboard material, which is why there ...
40 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Football's Top 20 Linebacker Units for 2012
SEC 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 o...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Stanford Cardinal, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 20 Defensive Back Units for 2012
SEC 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 o...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC

SEC Player Rankings: The Top 75 Players for 2012
SEC With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, the SEC is bigger and better than ever. While the Tigers and Aggies probably won't win the conference in 2012, the addition of both teams only adds ...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Football's Top 20 Offensive Lines for 2012
SEC 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 o...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, WAC

College Football's Top 20 Wide Receiving Corps for 2012
SEC 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 o...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Baylor Bears, BYU Cougars, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Florida Bulls, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, West Virginia Mountaineers

College football teams we'd like to see on Hard Knocks
SEC College football is the world’s greatest reality show. The competition is more fierce than anything on Survivor. The glory is greater than anything on American Idol. And if you don’t think some...
41 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Akron Zips, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, LSU Tigers, Maryland Terrapins, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans, Washington State Cougars, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Football's Top 25 Running Back Units for 2012
SEC 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 fi...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arkansas Razorbacks, Clemson Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, Pittsburgh Panthers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Cavaliers, Wisconsin Badgers

Texas A&M Aggies 2012 QB Battle: Jameill Showers vs. Johnny Manziel
SEC Moving to the SEC was already expected to be a challenge for Texas A&M, but the Aggies will also have a new head coach and quarterback for 2012. Considering all of the new faces, it may take a ...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football's Top 20 Storylines to Watch in Fall Practice
SEC The start of the 2012 college football season is just a few weeks away. However, as fall practice kicks off around the nation, plenty of unanswered questions remain, including some that will have a...
41 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, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Overrated Trends and Overlooked Numbers
SEC With college football season less than a month away, some (but hopefully not all) preseason predictions and projections will be moot. Trust us, we’ve been digesting our thoughts on the upcoming s...
41 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Arizona Wildcats, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boise State Broncos, Florida Gators, Illinois Fighting Illini, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, NC State Wolfpack, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys, South Florida Bulls, Texas A&M Aggies, West Virginia Mountaineers

SEC's Top 10 Storylines to Watch in Fall Practice
SEC Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is just around the corner. However, plenty of unanswered questions remain around the nation for every team. Injuries, quarterback battles and ...
41 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Tennessee Fans Create Another Bad College Football Rivalry Video
SEC We are all for creativity and cheering for your college football team, but sometimes it can result in some embarrassing videos.  Remember Texas A&M's Welcome to the SEC video? That was...
42 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football's 2012 All-Name Team
SEC With 124 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 2012 college football magazine ...
42 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

2012 College Football Awards: Sack Masters
SEC History, and most every rational brain in sports, indicates that the quarterback position is easily the most important and valuable on any football roster. In order to protect the most valued membe...
42 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

Ranking the nation's top college basketball coaches
SEC Through the last two weeks, Athlon Sports ranked each coach in the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC along with the top 20 coaches from outside those seven conferences...
42 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast, Arizona Wildcats, Butler Bulldogs, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Saint Louis Billikens, Saint Mary's Gaels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Syracuse Orange, UCLA Bruins, Vanderbilt Commodores, VCU Rams, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Tennessee Football: 2012 Is a Make or Break Year for Derek Dooley
SEC The fan base isn’t happy. He’s working for a new athletic director. He won one SEC game in 2011. Simply Derek Dooley needs to win – and win right away. For 37 days — a stretch that span...
43 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

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