Number One

Call it luck or fortune or coincidence. Some may deem it too much of a good thing or an abundance of riches. However it is sliced, one thing is for sure. Roy Williams’ North Carolina Tar Heels will be the best team in the nation for the 2011-2012 NCAA basketball season.

Following a nice run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament, the off-season was going to be ...

The Undefeated: A Look into College Football’s No Loss Teams

There remain six teams in the country who have yet to lose a football game. The ranks of the unbeaten have slimmed considerably in recent weeks after Oklahoma and Wisconsin took tumbles followed by Kansas State and Clemson. Who, out of the remaining, will…remain? Let’s take a closer look.

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The Lamb of Storrs

We, the collective college basketball viewing public, are used to a blueprint for UConn basketball under Jim Calhoun. First and foremost, his Huskies teams are anchored by a formidable front court. They, more often than not, lead the country in blocked shots. There have been the Emeka Okafors, Hasheem Thabeets and Josh Boones of the world to mount this attack.

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The Heisman Trophy

College football players around the nation are putting up some video game numbers to start the 2011 season. Some are candidates to win the Heisman Trophy; others have no more than a glimmer of a chance.

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, the frontrunner to win the award, is having himself a fine season, mechanical, methodical, errorless. He has over 1000 ...

The Madness Bowl Projections Aren’t Giving Up On Nebraska

Sure Nebraska got slaughtered by Wisconsin on Saturday night. It was not pretty and not a good way to be welcomed into the Big Ten. However, College Sports Madness is not giving up on their BCS bowl potential. Wisconsin is really, really good, so it is not a bad loss in the first place. The Cornhuskers certainly have issues to work out, but the Big Ten is full of mediocre teams that are ...

Michigan Breaks Into The Madness Football Top 25

Coach Brady Hoke and his Michigan Wolverines took care of business against Coach Hoke’s old school to move into the College Sports Madness Top 25. The Wolverines downed San Diego State by a score of 28-7. Oddly enough, it was the Michigan defense that did a superb job shutting down quarterback Ryan Lindley and running back Ronnie Hillman. Lindley and Hillman put up some yardage, but turnovers ...

UCF Tough Early Tests

UCF made plenty of noise last year when they started off the season 14-0. That winning streak included victories over Florida, South Florida, Miami and Massachusetts. The non-conference schedule this year is just as tough, but Coach Donnie Jones has quite a few new faces to break into the system. Transfers Jeff Jordan, Tristan Spurlock and Josh Crittle are all expected to play a major role on this team from day one. With ...

 James Vandenberg Earns Madness Player of the Week Honors

College Sports  Madness once again looks to the state of Iowa for their Offensive Player of the Week. This time it is James Vandenberg of the Hawkeyes. Down 24-3 late in the third quarter and 27-10 in the fourth quarter to Pittsburgh, it looked like Iowa was going to slip into mediocrity following their disappointing loss of the CyHawk Trophy a week earlier. But Vandenberg had ...

Year Three at Virginia

The third year of anything usually is the big one. It is when wide receivers in the NFL break or bust and it is when basketball coaches better start winning at their “new” school. For Virginia and Coach Tony Bennett, it is year three and the expectations are higher and it is time for the Cavaliers to start winning some games.

For Coach Bennett, there is not much ...

It was back in 1901 when 13 members began the Colorado State University Marching band. The pomp and pageantry existed when those 13 students started it all, but 110 years later the Colorado State Marching band has taken it to a whole new level. With 270 members, the largest collegiate band in the state of Colorado, and the Golden Poms and Visual Ensemble, the Colorado State Marching band is now a full optical and auditory experience for the lucky audience.

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