College Football Week 10 Picks: Best of the Rest

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Friday, November 6th 2009. Under NCAA Football, Previews & Predictions Tags: Arkansas, Brigham Young, BYU, Clemson, Colorado, Duke, Florida State, Fresno State, Idaho, Kansas, Kansas State, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, purdue, San Jose State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Todd Reesing, ucla, Washington, Wyoming

In my other college football picks post, I previewed and gave my picks for this week's top 25 games, and below are my picks for 10 of the top games involving unranked teams this week. As with the other picks, and any that you see here on The Red ... Continue Reading

T.O. out in Dallas – what’s next for both parties?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Thursday, March 5th 2009. Under NFL Tags: Al Davis, Bill Parcells, Brian Robiskie, Dallas Cowboys, Dan Snyder, Isaac Bruce, Jason Witten, Jeremy Maclin, Jerry Jones, Juaquin Iglesias, Laveranues Coles, Louis Murphy, Martellus Bennett, Miami, New York Jets, Oakland, Patrick Crayton, Roy Williams, San Francisco, St. Louis, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Terrell Owens, Tony Romo, Torry Holt, Washington

Well, everyone who thought that it wouldn’t be long before the Dallas Cowboys would come to regret signing Terrell Owens were right. After three seasons and just as many lowlights as highlights, the Cowboys are parting ways with T.O. Jerry Jones has played the situation close to the ... Continue Reading

How to Kill Your Draft stock, by Andre Smith

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, February 23rd 2009. Under NFL Draft Tags: 2009 NFL Draft, Alabama, Andre Smith, Cincinnati, Detroit, Jacksonville, Nick Saban, Oakland, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington

I was occupied over the weekend, so I didn’t see this until today (late, I know), but what to make of Andre Smith’s disappearance from the combine? Yeah, he apologized for it, as he should’ve, but this was the last thing that the reigning Outland Trophy winner needed, with the ... Continue Reading

College Football Coaches Hot Seat Watch

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Saturday, December 27th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Arizona State, auburn, Big Ten, Brent Guy, Brent Venables, Bret Bielema, Bud Foster, Buffalo, BYU, Chuck Long, Clemson, Diondre Borel, Doug Martin, Greg Robinson, Hal Mumme, Jeff Genyk, Joe Glenn, Kansas, Kansas State, Kent State, Lane Kiffin, Louisiana Tech, MAC, MAC East, Miami (Ohio), Michigan State, Mike Sanford, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, Oakland Raiders, Oklahoma, Philip Fulmer, Ron Prince, San Diego State, Shane Montgomery, syracuse, Tennessee, Toledo, Tom Amstutz, Tommy Bowden, Tommy Tuberville, Tyrone Willingham, UNLV, Utah State, Virginia Tech, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

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 ... Continue Reading

Tuberville out at Auburn, Leach or Calhoun next?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Thursday, December 4th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, Connecticut, Houston Nutt, kodi burns, Lane Kiffin, LSU, Mike Leach, Nick Saban, Ole Miss, Randy Edsall, SEC, Texas Tech, Tommy Tuberville, Troy Calhoun, Vanderbilt, Washington

In a move that almost all of the college football world saw coming for the majority of the season, Tommy Tuberville stepped down at Auburn today. The last time Tuberville was on edging towards the furnace, the Tigers went 13-0 the following season. Unfortunately, there was no escape ... Continue Reading

Texas tabs D-coordinator Muschamp as Brown’s successor

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Tuesday, November 18th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: auburn, Bob Stoops, Clemson, Gene Chizik, Iowa State, LSU, Mack Brown, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Will Muschamp

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 ... Continue Reading

Monday NFL Minute: Titans win (again), Lions lose (again), and plenty more

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, November 17th 2008. Under NFL Tags: 2009 NFL Draft, Anquan Boldin, Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, DeAngelo Williams, Denver, Detroit, Drew Stanton, Green Bay, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Jake Delhomme, Jonathan Stewart, Kansas City, Kerry Collins, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Miami, Michael Turner, Mike Singletary, Minnesota, New England, New Orleans, New York Giants, New York Jets, NFC, NFC North, Oakland, Peyton Manning, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Tennessee, Tony Romo, Tyler Thigpen, Washington

There’s still one more game to be played in Week 11 of the NFL season, but Week 11’s first 15 games have yielded plenty of observations, a few surprises, and a few things staying according to form. The Titans keep winning, the Lions keep losing, and there was neither ... Continue Reading

Should Weis be on the hot seat at Notre Dame?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Friday, November 14th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Boston College, Charlie Weis, Jimmy Clausen, Navy, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Washington

Are times getting desperate in South Bend? A little over a month ago, Notre Dame was 4-1 and in position to show their worth as a Top 25 team. Now, heading into Saturday’s game against Navy, the Irish are 5-4, with their lone win coming against Washington. Charlie Weis is ... Continue Reading

NFL Fantasy Start or Sit Week 10

Posted By Dan Lippert On Friday, November 7th 2008. Under Fantasy Football Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Arizona, Atlanta, Brady Quinn, Buffalo, Calvin Johnson, Carolina, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Dan Orlovsky, Daunte Culpepper, Denver, Detroit, Donnie Avery, Donovan McNabb, Earnest Graham, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Jonathan Stewart, Joseph Addai, Jr., Marshawn Lynch, matt jones, Miami, Michael Vick, NFL fantasy football, Oakland, Philadelphia, Rashied Davis, Roddy White, Ryan Grant, ryan torain, Santana Moss, St. Louis, Steve Slaton, Tampa Bay, Ted Ginn, Terrell Owens, Tim Hightower, Washington

Because I'm dumb, I forgot to post it up before the Thursday night game. Sorry to all those who missed out on his selection of Quinn, which proved to be quite the hit. It seems this week is all about change. Our country has changed presidents. The Lions have changed ... Continue Reading

Fulmer’s ouster at Tennessee painful, but justified

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Tuesday, November 4th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Brian Kelly, david cutcliffe, David Oku, Duke, Gary Pinkel, Mark Richt, Mike Hamilton, Mike Leach, Nick Saban, Philip Fulmer, SEC, Tajh Boyd, Tennessee, Todd Graham, Urban Meyer, Washington

I was actually planning on doing a piece on Monday on who the next college football head coach to get that masking agent known as a buyout, but before I could get it hammered out, across the wire comes the news that Philip Fulmer is done at Tennessee. There ... Continue Reading

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