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Nick Saban:  Alabama's God of the Gridiron

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is no demigod. I am nearly 100 percent sure he is mortal. Nevertheless, his coaching success, especially at the college level, can be considered nothing less than otherworldly.

His time spent grazing the sidelines in the NFL be damned. Nick Saban has brought the culture of dominance back to the University ...

For LSU Les is More

Les Miles is not your normal college football coach. He goes for it on fourth down. He fakes field goals. He runs trick plays and completes Hail Mary’s. Coach Miles continues to be the reason LSU has remained successful in the toughest conference in the nation.

It was not going to be easy to replace Nick Saban as head coach of Louisiana State. Coach Saban ...

Wisconsin - Bowling for Roses

The University of Wisconsin enjoyed a one of their best seasons ever, and the best in recent memory this past year. They complied an impressive 11-2 record that included a 10-1 Big Ten mark. Their only blemish was a tough road loss to Michigan State in the conference opener. After that devastating loss, the Badgers reeled off a remarkable seven straight victories, which was highlighted by an ...

Feeling Right At Home: How Does Nebraska Fit Into and Change the Big Ten?

The Cornhuskers will begin their 2011 campaign in unfamiliar territory - the Big Ten. Nebraska moved from the Big 12 to the Big Ten following the 2010 season. No longer will Nebraska battle Oklahoma every year, a matchup that college football has seen a historic 86 times. Now Nebraska will be pitted against powerhouses like Ohio State and Wisconsin. Nebraska ...

Oregon's NCAA Probe into Rules Violations

You know how, in most movies, when impending doom is approaching, the music shifts? If the antagonist is creeping down the alleyways, the music turns dark and slow. If the natural disaster is edging ever closer to Earth, the music speeds up and breeds unpleasant emotion. If a court verdict is about to be released, the music steadies itself, building suspense and ...

Early Test for FSU

Florida State has a pretty comfy conference slate this year in the ACC. They avoid Virginia Tech and North Carolina out of the Coastal Division and get Miami and North Carolina State at home. This is a team that has enough talent, if they can pull it all together, to go undefeated in the ACC.

However, after a couple of cupcakes to start off the year, the Seminoles will ...

Boise State: Different Conference, Same Results

There was a time when it seemed exciting that Boise State was headed to the Mountain West. The MWC is certainly a better conference than the WAC. They were last year, they will be this year and they certainly will be next year when much of the WAC will join Boise State in the MWC.

But what does this really add for this season? Instead of a big ...

The Schedulers Present Oklahoma State with a Challenge

Oklahoma State has never had an easy schedule playing in the Big 12 South. They always had to face Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Oklahoma. The Big 12 South does not exist anymore with the departure of Nebraska and Colorado leaving the conference with ten teams, but the Cowboys easily have the most difficult schedule of any team in the conference.

How is that possible now that every team plays every other team? It comes down to who you get to play at home and who ...

Texas A&M BCS Bound?

With the new look Big 12, Texas A&M will have a great shot at a BCS game. This is the best team the Aggies have sported since the late 90s and the schedule makers were relatively kind. At least they give Coach Mike Sherman five conference home games and four road games.

But it all starts with the talent on the field. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill, wide receiver ...

Could Ohio State Suspensions Actually be Good for the Program?

Everyone has heard or read by now about the scandal at Ohio State.  Sports Illustrated did a feature on it, ESPN has been all over it, and it dominated Sports Center for at least a week straight. In the end, the effects on this year’s team were the loss of four players to suspension for the first five games, Heisman trophy candidate Terrelle Pryor bolting to the ...