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College Sports New Year Celebration

For those of us who live and breathe college sports, we know the real New Year is six months after the one that everybody else celebrates. July 1st marks the end of the 2011-2012 collegiate season and the beginning of 2012-2013. Around these parts at midnight we blast the USC fight song instead of Auld Lang Syne. Instead of a hung over day of watching meaningless bowl games, we memorize new conference ...

North Carolina Football, What Could Have Been…

The North Carolina Tar Heels are not bowl eligible this season. This is just a side effect of a disappointing reign that has recently come to an end. Former Head Coach Butch Davis and the Carolina program were recently investigated by the NCAA and found to have committed some major violations. Numerous players were suspended numerous games in recent seasons, including three highly drafted players who were all ...

Interview with Tulsa Football Head Coach Bill Blankenship

The Head Coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes was gracious enough to accept an interview request. Here is the transcript of our phone interview.

You have coached high school football for over 20 years. What is the biggest difference between being a high school head coach and a collegiate coach?

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Temple Prepares for the Big East

The past few years have been a host to myriad of changes around Temple University’s football program. In 2009, they made just their third bowl game in school history, as they were rewarded for their 9-4 season with an invitation to the EagleBank Bowl. After the very next season, Temple’s head coach, Al Golden, who won conference Coach of the Year in 2009, left for a brighter future at the University of Miami. Taking over his ...

A Season of New for Washington State

Washington State football has been in a state of depression for the last eight seasons, not compiling a better than .500 record in that time span. It has been nine years since they earned a bowl bid and 15 years since they clinched a Rose Bowl bid. The past four seasons have been the worst for the Cougars, compiling a miserable 9-40 record. That is a .184 winning percentage!  To help try to turn ...

A College Football Playoff? Say it Ain’t so!

If you have not yet read my colleague Dan Levine’s piece on this topic, check it out here. He describes the feelings held by most…well, most people with a heartbeat.

Unfortunately for him and for all of you who agree, he is wrong. It happens to the best of ...

2012 NFL Draft Grades

1) Indianapolis Colts

Grade: A-

Andrew Luck as their first pick was a no-brainer. This does not diminish their selection though. He is indeed the best quarterback ...

An Early Look at the 2012 Football Top 10

On the night of the 2011 BCS National Championship game, the College Sports Madness staff gathered around to argue about 2012. It is never too early to start looking ahead to next season even if we do not yet know who is staying and who is going. But we do know who should have good enough teams to overcome some unexpected losses and look towards a chance to be playing one year for now for the national crown.

1. LSU
Forget about ...

Split National Championship? Don’t Bet on it.

The Associated Press does not care about this Bowl Championship mumbo jumbo. They vote on their own national champion at the end of the year. Thus, as odd as this sounds to non-college football fans, the possibility of two title winners exists each and every year.

The last time it happened was in 2003 when LSU won the BCS title ...

Let the Bowls Begins

The time for projecting is over and now it is all about the games on the field. The 2011/2012 bowl announcements are here and the months of college football excitement culminate in one game for those fortunate 70 teams headed to a bowl game. From Wyoming and Temple kicking things off on Saturday, December 17^th until the BCS National Championship, College Sports Madness has you covered. Our bowl capsules will provide fans with a quick ...