The Red Zone Report

How do you throw down the gauntlet to be the Heisman Trophy frontrunner for next season? By throwing for 414 yards and leading your team on a thrilling last-minute comeback in the Fiesta Bowl, if you’re Colt McCoy. As opposed to the showdown at Texas Tech in November when the Longhorns got down and had [...]

Four years ago, Utah was a team led by a hotshot young coach, with a cute gimmicky offense and a future #1 pick in the shotgun. The Utes rolled through their schedule and slid up the polls through the season, and when all was said and done, they became the first ‘BCS buster.’ The [...]

In the mess commonly referred to as the Bowl Championship Series, aka the B.C.S., college football teams compete in a season long struggle with the hopes of making it to the championship.  Only the strong survive and a single loss can, and has been, devastating to schools with national championship aspirations.  In no other sport [...]

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 [...]

And now the waiting game begins. Florida and Oklahoma both took care of business in their respective championship games, and while the crazy BCS machine could punch out an Oklahoma-Texas rematch, we appear to be headed for the SEC vs. Big 12, juggernaut vs. juggernaut BCS national title game matchup that we’ve been expecting. Both [...]

For the past few days, I’ve been mulling over writing an article about Sylvester Croom’s resignation at Mississippi State, but I figured it’s about time to break my silence. I’m sad to see Croom go, to say the least. I felt like he had a long future in Starkville, and it’s a shame [...]

Oh BCS, you’ve gone and done it again! By virtue of being #2 in the new BCS standings, Oklahoma has a place in the Big 12 title game against Missouri and a chance to tie up a berth in the national title game against either Florida or Alabama. On the outside looking in [...]

With defensive coordinator Will Muschamp set to be a target for some of the nation‘s top programs, Texas has made quite the pre-emptive strike by giving Muschamp a raise and naming him as the head coach-in-waiting. Muschamp has been mentioned as a candidate for the head coaching vacancies at Clemson, Tennessee, and Washington, and [...]

If you don’t feel like reading, just scroll on down for my top five Heisman candidates. On Saturday, Sam Bradford and Oklahoma host Graham Harrell and Texas Tech in a game that has Big 12 title, national title, and Heisman Trophy implications. Graham Harrell enters the weekend atop my list and many others. If [...]

And down goes another head coach from the collegiate ranks. While Phil Fulmer’s exit from Tennessee has drawn plenty of ire since it was announced on Monday, I don’t think there will be too many people shedding tears or gnashing teeth about Ron Prince’s resignation from Kansas State. It’s pretty simple why Prince [...]