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Welcome to the Pac-12 Colorado

When Colorado makes a change, they go all out. Moving to the Pac-12 was one thing, but the Buffaloes also ended the unsuccessful reign of Coach Dan Hawkins. Now, steps in Colorado alum Jon Embree to lead the Buffaloes into a new frontier. While Hawkins did not leave the cupboard completely bare, this group will have a tough time competing in the Pac-12 right away.

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Colorado Buffaloes

Overall Rank: #58
#10 Pac-12

Can Northern Illinois Dominate Again?

A year ago Northern Illinois beat their conference foes by an average of nearly 32 points per game. They even blew out Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl by a score of 40-17. This was a team that scored 65, 59 and 71 points in their last three regular season games. The offense may be just as good, which is very scary for all opposing defenses.

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Northern Illinois Huskies

Overall Rank: #59
#1 MAC West Conference

 

Kentucky's Randall Cobb takes home a CATSPY

Kentucky football was nearly shutout in the annual CATSPY Awards, Kentucky’s cheap knock off of the ESPYs. Randall Cobb stepped it up and won the Male Athlete of the Year award. But this story is going to quickly change away from Cobb’s accomplishments and even away from the poorly named CATSPY Awards.

The big winner on CATSPY night, held at the ...

Kentucky Wildcats

Overall Rank #60
#11 SEC

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Washington Huskies

Overall Rank: #61
#11 Pac-12

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Purdue’s Pressure

The Boilermakers posted a mediocre 4-8 record last year, which ended in a miserable six game skid. Losing six straight games is a rough way to end your season, but considering they had to battle through a very strong Big Ten schedule, it wasn’t all that surprising. However they do have something to hang their hat on….their pressure defense. Purdue produces a lot of negative plays.  They ranked 14^th in the nation in sacks, and 4^th in tackles for a loss, leading the Big Ten in ...

Purdue Boilermakers

Overall Rank: #62
#10 Big Ten


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Reality Can Wait For Vanderbilt

One winning season in 28 years…who cares? Vanderbilt has high hopes and new enthusiasm with the hiring of Coach James Franklin. And this is football we are talking about…American football. Stuck in the best conference in all of college football, winning at Vanderbilt has proven to be very difficult. The high academic standards make it nearly impossible to compete with the likes of Florida, Alabama, Auburn and ...