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College Football Coaches Hot Seat Watch

With several coaches having already resigned or been handed their walking papers before the end of the season, I thought it’d be a good idea to keep track of all of the changes and speculate on the ones to come in one nice, tidy section. This section will be updated regularly, whether it’s to [...]

Saturday Shuffle: Upsets, upsets, and more upsets!

The Shuffle certainly has an appropriate name this week, doesn‘t it? Instead of doing the usual Saturday Shuffle tonight, I thought I’d devote tonight’s shuffle to all of the shuffling and shaking up that there’ll be in the upcoming polls thanks to an upset-filled week to cap September. Every college football season, there seems [...]

CFB Channel Cruisin’ Week 5: Oregon St.-USC, Georgia-Alabama headline this week

Last week, college football TV viewers were treated to a few exciting matchups (LSU’s last-minute win over Auburn), some big performances (Javon Ringer’s 200-yard day against Notre Dame), and a dud or two (Florida putting Tennessee over their knee in Knoxville). This week, there are quite a few intriguing matchups. We’re starting to [...]

Pryor’s passing helps Ohio State pull away from tough Troy

The keys are yours now, Terrelle. After Todd Boeckman’s struggles opened the door for Terrelle Pryor to supplant him as Ohio State’s starting quarterback, Pryor took full advantage of his opportunity today against Troy, excelling on the ground and in the air as he led the Buckeyes to a 28-10 win. While Boeckman [...]

Pryor to replace Boeckman as Ohio State’s starting QB?

Could a quarterback controversy be brewing in Columbus? After two sub-par performances by Todd Boeckman against Ohio and USC, highly-touted freshman Terrelle Pryor has been getting the better percentage of the snaps with the first team this week in practice for the Buckeyes, ahead of this weekend’s game against Troy. It hasn’t been decided [...]

Can Michigan get things turned around?

There likely weren’t too many people who penciled Michigan in to have a great first season under Rich Rodriguez, and thus far, those who didn’t have been right. The season started with a home loss to Utah, which was followed by an uninspiring 16-6 win over Miami of Ohio. Then on Saturday, the [...]

Where do USC and Ohio State go from here?

After months and months of hype and buildup, USC and Ohio State finally took to the field on Saturday, and if you were looking for an exciting game, the only way that you got your fill was if you were a USC fan or anyone who’s anti-Ohio State, as the Trojans pulled away in the [...]

Painter and Boilermakers could surprise in Big Ten

Pick up any major college football preview issue currently on newsstands, and chances are they will be predicting Purdue to finish no higher than fifth this season in the Big Ten, and that’s being generous. (examples: Sporting News picked the Boilermakers fifth; Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie for seventh; Lindy‘s picked Purdue to end [...]

Buckeyes’ backup QB situation a revolving door

Ohio State is set with a Heisman candidate at quarterback, but behind him, things are up in the air? Matt Severance says that could be just the thing that clears the way for the top recruit in 2008's class to make an early impact.

How do the BCS conferences stack up from top to bottom?

While doing a search for information for another upcoming article, I found a piece by Chick Ludwig of the Dayton Daily News, rating the six BCS conferences from top to bottom.