A month of the 2015 campaign is complete, and it went by faster than a Leonard Fournette touchdown run. College football’s season is the shortest of any major sport’s, and September’s end is a harsh reminder. We’re now a third through the season, when it seems just yesterday Montana and North Dakota State were just […]
When Memphis travels to Bowling Green in Week 3, much more is at play than a meeting of two teams ranked in the CFB Huddle Group of Five/Independent Top 10. It’s also more than “a pretty significant step up in competition this week” from a Week 2 rout of Kansas, as Memphis head coach Justin […]
FIRST DOWN: Appreciating Michigan State In the past 21 months, Michigan State football has wins Ohio State, Stanford, Baylor and, as of Saturday, Oregon. That’s four opponents ranked no worse than No. 7. No other program can claim as many wins over teams ranked in the Top 10 at the time of their meeting in […]
#Karma. Ready as they may be to spin it, neither Paul Finebaum nor Clay Fratbaum nor Bret Bielema – especially Bret Bielema – can spin the ugly of the SEC’s Week 2. There’s no putting any lipstick on the Hogs losing at home to the Mid-American Conference’s Toledo Rockets. The 16-12 result coming the same […]
America’s insatiable hunger for football is the demand. There’s no shortage of supply, with 128 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and another 125 in the Championship Subdivision. However, finding distribution for the product — vis a vis, live-game telecasts — can bit a struggle. Even with more channels dedicated to sports than at any […]
Notre Dame’s defense is down another player. Any hope coordinator Brian VanGorder had for getting back talented defensive end/outside linebacker Ishaq Williams was dashed Thursday. Ishaq Williams — who was dismissed last offseason in an academic dishonesty case — was denied his waiver to the NCAA petitioning for eligibility in 2015. The announcement of Ishaq […]
Chalk up another 5-star quarterback prospect for Kevin Sumlin, whose Texas A&M Aggies received a verbal commitment from Tate Martell Thursday. QB Tate Martell has committed to #TAMU … He breaks down the decision here: http://t.co/GI0wkZmhmO #Aggies #GigEm pic.twitter.com/lbJgwlQPf6 — Blair Angulo (@bangulo) August 21, 2015 Martell committed to Washington as an eighth grader, a […]
Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin offered USA Today‘s George Schroeder a morsel of optimism about his Aggies in 2015. “We’ve got a chance to be good,” he said. Considering how often coaches will downplay their teams’ strengths, Kevin Sumlin’s assessment can be interpreted as downright giddiness. After an up-and-down 2014, Schroeder contrasts the Aggies’ […]
The Group of Five conferences may a surprisingly sizable ally in their efforts to compete with the Power Five’s television reach. Harry Minium of The Virginian-Pilot offers details of the quiet distribution giant American Sports Network, Sinclair Broadcasting’s sports brand. American Sports Network is entering just its second season, yet reaches more homes than Fox […]
The University of Miami debuted its new football duds for the 2015 season Saturday night in an event designed to capture the essence of The U. swagger. The Adidas-made Miami uniforms were unveiled at Club LIV at Fountainbleau Hotel, with a performance from Pusha T. HurricaneSports.com has more. Gear unveils are pretty standard stuff — […]
Dismissed Auburn Tiger Elijah Daniel found a new home over the weekend, heading to Football Championship Subdivision program Youngstown State. With Auburn officially parting ways with a player on one side of the line, the Tigers gain another in Texas transfer Darius James. The former high school All-American and 5-star prospect James enrolled at Auburn […]
Florida State running back Dalvin Cook turned himself in on battery charges Friday, shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest for allegedly hitting a woman late last month. Dalvin Cook is the second Seminole involved in a domestic violence case this summer. On the same day of Cook’s arrest, the NFL reduced the […]
On Monday, CFBHuddle.com unveiled its picks for the preseason Group of Five All-American team. It’s the defense and special teams turn, and one thing is abundantly clear: I think highly of the defenses at Boise State, Louisiana Tech and Utah State. Not coincidentally, all three are teams capable of competing for their respective conference championships, […]
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher made what seemed like the only logical choice Monday, dismissing quarterback De’Andre Johnson after video of the talented freshman punching a woman surfaced. But given Oklahoma’s reinstatement of Joe Mixon, Johnson’s dismissal wasn’t necessarily a slam-dunk decision. Johnson’s attorney issued a non-apology apology Monday shortly after media outlets picked […]
A variety of publications offer their preseason All-American teams this time of year. Each has its own leanings, evident in their individual selections, but it seems that, universally, the Group of Five is neglected. Consider Colorado State’s Rashard Higgins. He led the nation in almost every receiving category a season ago, yet fails to scratch […]
