Week 2 featured three games pitting Top 10 Group of 5 and independent teams against one another. Those games — Louisiana Tech-Western Kentucky, Temple-Cincinnati and Boise State-BYU - provided some of the weekend’s best football. However, the Group of 5 teams to make the biggest splash were previously unranked. The Mid-American Conference scored a pair […]
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Thursday Night College Football ICYMI
In case you missed Thursday night’s college football — and, with the start of a new NFL season, you probably did — CFB Huddle’s ICYMI has you covered. The sole FBS game Thursday was a dandy, with Conference USA favorites Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky going to the wire. The Hilltoppers led wire-to-wire, but had […]
Jeff Driskel, Brandon Doughty Highlight Thursday’s Marquee Showdown
Ben Roethlisberger-Tom Brady? No, the NFL’s opening night quarterback pairing isn’t the most intriguing this Thursday. That distinction belongs to Louisiana Tech-Western Kentucky, which features Jeff Driskel and Brandon Doughty. Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky began 2015 popular picks to play in the Conference USA Championship Game, and neither did anything to dissuade the vote […]
Group of 5 and Independent Top 10, Week 1: Temple Rising
Temple and BYU represented college football’s Group of Five and independents well Saturday, each scoring a historically significant win. The Owls dominated Penn State for their first win over the Nittany Lions since 1941. By virtue of its impressive performance, Temple jumps from just out of the Top 10 in my preseason Group of Five/independent […]
College Football Night 1 Odds and Ends
The first bit of college football history made in this 2015 season comes courtesy of quarterback Trey White. White ran six yards to cap a 12-play, 84-yard drive: the first scoring drive in Kennesaw State football history. TOUCHDOWN!!! Trey White gives KSU the lead!! Owls lead 7-3 with 1:32 remaining in the first. #WitnessKSU #Believe […]
Thursday Six-Pack: Previewing College Football’s Opening Night
‘Tis the season, my friends. The eager anticipation is almost at a conclusion with opening night of the 2015 FBS football season almost upon us. The 2015 campaign opened with a bang last Saturday, as Montana scored a touchdown in the final seconds to upend four-time defending national champion North Dakota State. The Championship Subdivision […]
Projecting The Group of 5 Top 10 Ahead of ’15
The College Football Playoff introduced a new competition-within-the-competition last season, with the best of the Group of 5 jockeying for the automatic berth into one of the New Year’s bowl games. The inaugural Group of 5 race went right down to the wire, and the 2015 installment promises more potential for fireworks. Click the page […]
Aug. 13 News: Alabama Defense Regrouping After 2014’s End
Alabama completed another outstanding 2014 season with 12 wins and an SEC championship. And yet, for the Alabama defense, giving up 44 points to rival Auburn and 42 in the Sugar Bowl loss against Ohio State left a lingering, sour taste. John Zenor of the Associated Press writes the Alabama defense is working to get […]
College Football News July 16: Michigan State Has Nation’s Best Offensive Line
Mark Dantonio built Michigan State into a Big Ten and national championship contender with a hard-nosed philosophy. The Spartans’ tenacious defensive style have garnered plenty of attention, but Matt Brown of Sports on Earth tabs Michigan State’s offensive line has the best in college football. Brown breaks down the top five of each position group. […]
CFBHuddle.com Group of Five All-American Team: Offense
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 […]
Coming Full Circle: Asiantii Woulard Transferring to USF
Former UCLA quarterback Asiantii Woulard tweeted Monday he will transfer to USF. The Florida native decision brings his recruitment full circle, as Woulard was a one-time Bulls verbal commit before reopening in December 2012, shortly after the firing of Skip Holtz. Decided to come home & play at the University of South Florida. No past […]
College Football News June 3: New Year’s Six Kickoff Times
It’s just early June, but the release of the 2015 season’s New Year’s Six Kickoff times on Tuesday should give you a jump-start on planning your holiday. The Peach Bowl gets the New Year’s Six started for a second consecutive season, while coming campaign’s College Football Playoff semifinals are slated for Dec. 31 to accommodate […]
2015 Conference Championship Game Predictions
Over the new few weeks, CFBHuddle.com is rolling out some predictions for the 2015 college season. The following is a projection of each conference championship game, from the inaugural American Athletic, to the one that started it all: the SEC. AMERICAN ATHLETIC Saturday, Dec. 5 | Location: High seed’s home field This year marks the […]
College Basketball Games to Watch for Thursday, Jan. 29
Two of the nation’s premiere freshmen headline the slate of college basketball games to watch for Thursday, Jan. 29. GAME OF THE NIGHT NO. 16 MARYLAND at OHIO STATE WHEN: 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT TV: ESPN D’Angelo Russell is on a tear. The Ohio State freshman phenom scored 27 points in a loss at […]
Western Kentucky QB Brandon Doughty Is on Heisman Watch
If there was ever a legitimate candidate to become the first Heisman Trophy Award recipient from a Group of Five program since Ty Detmer in 1990, its Western Kentucky redshirt senior quarterback Brandon Doughty.