Tag Archives: Illinois
Florida-Oklahoma championship showdown headlines BCS matchups
There was a small chance that the BCS could’ve went a little nutty and spit out an Oklahoma-Texas rematch for the national championship, but after the coaches’ poll revealed Oklahoma and Florida to be 1-2, there was little surprise as to who would be playing for the national title. Of course, even Urban Meyer probably [...]
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 to [...]
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 really get [...]
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 as [...]
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 Wolverines committed [...]
Deja Vu for Mizzou: Tigers outpoint Illini in another shootout in St. Louis
It wasn’t Kurt Warner and the Greatest Show on Turf on display in St. Louis on Saturday night, but there were plenty of fireworks between Missouri and Illinois last night, much like there were in last year’s matchup. And, just like last year, Missouri took control in the second quarter, built a seemingly insurmountable lead [...]
Primetime Pigskin Preview: Missouri vs. Illinois
This time last year, few people would have predicted that by the time January rolled around, Missouri would have held the #1 ranking heading into the last day of the regular season on the way to a 12-2 record, and that Illinois would have won nine games and played in the Rose Bowl. Now, the [...]
2008 NFL Draft Analysis: LBs – Rivers and Connor lead the way.
In this year’s class of linebackers, top prospects Keith Rivers and Dan Connor are sure-fire first round draft picks. But after those two, things drop off significantly.
