Less than one week ago, with what appeared to be three easy games remaining in their conference schedule, experts penciled in a then undefeated Penn State team into the national championship game.  After all, how could the mighty Nittany Lions lose to either Iowa, Indiana or Michigan State. Well, they did.  To Iowa.  And that’s why they play the games. With that poll-rattling upset, the Florida Gators, despite not being ranked number one, are now the consensus favorite to reach the ...Read More

You know how that old urban legend goes?Out of the blue, a woman feels a sharp pain in her left forearm.  Three thousand miles away, a brother she never knew she had slices his arm in a wood-cutting accident.  They simultaneously sense a connection and ultimately share a tearful reunion after discovering there’s a sibling out there they never knew they had. The same is true in the world of college football.  Tommy Bowden, head coach of the Clemson Tigers, was ...Read More

It's actually not Friday anymore (not here, at least), but I'm getting this out a little later than I'd planned to since Friday was a busy day. Because there's not enough time for me to always go through every headline and interesting story I come across in short order, I thought it'd be a good idea to save up a few that I don't get to for a little end-of-week recap. So, without wasting much more of your ...Read More

If you want to spark a debate among friends, or really piss off a sensitive message board poster, talking about a program’s tradition, or lack thereof, is one of the best ways to do it. With that in mind, what better way to kick off our ‘bests’ series than by taking a look at who the most storied programs are. And when we think of 'storied,' we (most of us, at least) think of sustained success, championships, and ...Read More

The Sunshine State has long been a hotbed for college football. With an abundance of high school talent leaving for college every year, Florida schools have their pick of the litter of some of the nation’s best athletes. For as long as anyone can remember, at least one of the big three (Florida, Florida State and Miami) has been a factor in the national championship picture. In the past ten years, all three of these schools have ...Read More

Florida State came into 2007 with a lot of promise, as the Seminoles were ranked in the top 20 heading into the season. But, FSU lost their season opener at Clemson, which knocked them out of the rankings. They did rebound from that loss with four victories to get back into the rankings, but were then fell 24-21 to Wake Forest. FSU then split their remaining six regular-season games, and finished the season with a 35-28 loss ...Read More