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Michigan Chooses Hoke: The coaching carousal turns and Brady Hoke will now be the head man at the winningestt college football program, Michigan. Denard Robinson hasn't spoken with Hoke about staying but it would put the Wolverines in an even bigger hole without their starting quarterback. Read More..

Luck Makes Valiant Return to Stanford: You have to respect the decision to finish school and graduate with the players you came in with during the recruiting period. Money really isn't everything to some people. Carolina Panther's fans have to suffer through another season of Jimmy Clausen as their starter after Andrew Luck decided to return to Stanford next season. Cam Newton, Ryan Mallett, Blain Gabbert and Jack Locker's stock all improved with Luck's decision. Read More..

Big Ten Suffers More Bowl Setbacks: The Big Ten took a lot of flack in recent years because their teams haven't been up to pair with the Southeastern Conference and the Pacific 10. It continued during this season's bowl games. The Big Ten is only 2-5 after suffering five losses on New Year's Day. The most glaring defeat was the TCU Horned Frogs downing the Wisconsin Badgers, 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. TCU completed an undefeated season at 13-0. They won't be considered for a share of the BCS National Championship. Read More..

Weis Heading Back to College Game: Will Muschamp wants to hire Charlie Weis to run the offense at Florida beginning next season. Muschamp wants a pro style offense to attract pro style quarterbacks and wide receivers. Weis is a great offensive mind. He's leading the Kansas City Chiefs offense with Matt Cassel to an AFC West division crown. It's expected Weis will take the job. He enjoyed being the head coach at Notre Dame. Muschamp is a great defensive coach. Read More..

Will They or Won't They Reviving Up: Every year around this time, underclassmen decide whether to stay in college football or enter the NFL Draft. Oregon's LaMichael James announced he will return to school next season. The Heisman finalist up is expected to start next season as the favorite to win the crown. That may not turn into anything. Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel expects Terrelle Pryor, Dan Herron, Mike Adams, Devier Posey and Solomon Thomas will all return to the team next season. These five players will be suspended for the first five games of next season by the NCAA. Read more

Bowl's Getting Better as New Year Approaches: The college bowl season seems longer and longer every year. Each postseason, it seems that more and more sponsors show up and put on a show with sub-par football teams. Most people don't watch them. The important bowls begin after Christmas Day. The intriguing ones start around New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. It's no different this season. The Rose Bowl, between TCU and Wisconsin has the potential for an instant classic. It's the tough, physical Big Ten style of football against the speed and flash of TCU. There's a classic rivalry between two storied programs. The Sun Bowl pits Miami (FL) against Notre Dame. It's not a BCS contest, but the ratings will be impressive whenever ND takes the field. Read more

Newton Spends Weekend Getting Heisman: There's a lot of controversy around Cam Newton. His father was found guilty of trying to extort money for his son signing with Mississippi State. Newton is basking in the glow of his success season with the Auburn Tigers. The Heisman Trophy will be awarded in New York this weekend. Newton's father will not attend the event. He's been limited in the access to Auburn athletics after the verdict from the NCAA was handed down. Everybody expects it to be Newton. He led the SEC in rushing this past year. Newton is expected to win the award. Read more

Meyer Leaves Florida...Again, but is It Forever? Urban Meyer will go down as one of the best collegiate football coaches in history. He's only 46 years old and decided to step down as head coach at the University of Florida. He cited his family and his health as two major reason he's leaving the Gators. He retired for one day last season, the day after Christmas, and came back in time for the Sugar Bowl. This season's 7-5 record, losing his coordinators and Tim Tebow took its toll on the stellar coach. Read more

College Football Clashes Highlights Black Friday : While everyone recovers from Thanksgiving, there's a lot to do on Friday instead of shopping for the best deals on electronics and the latest hottest gifts for this holiday season. It starts in Tuscaloosa with the Iron Bowl. It's the first time since 1994 that both Auburn and Alabama meet with both ranked inside the AP Top 10. Cam Newton faces the toughest test of the season. The Crimson Tide have a fearsome pass rush and tremendous defense. They've only allowed two touchdowns at home this season. It's not the same defense that helped the Tide win the National Championship last season. Read more

Boise Adds Two Solid SEC Schools To Regular Season Sked: It looks like teams are willing to take Boise State head on. IN 2011, the Broncos will play SEC powerhouse Georgia. They also added Ole Miss to their schedule for 2011. Boise downed Virginia Tech earlier this season. It was a solid win for the program. They have many of those, but adding SEC schools will give the school credibility with the BCS computers and the AP voters. They are the darlings of college football. Read More..

Notre Dame and Army Collide in Classic Match Up At Yankee Stadium:An old tradition is returning to Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. Army will take on Notre Dame for the first time in New York since 1969. I'm not old enough to remember when the rivalry was even relevant. I do appreciate history and this rivalry was one of the fiercest in all of college football up through the mid 1940s. It was so intense that Army decided to end the series for a decade because of the hate towards Army. The higher ups at Army decided that the torment received from Notre Dame's fans was too much to bear. They also thought it was beginning to overshadow the Army/Navy rivalry. Read more..

Newton Latest Of Guilty Until Proven Innocent: NCAA has spent a long time trying to clean up its athletics. Cam Newton is the latest player to be thrown into the spotlight for alleged recruiting violations. Newton came from junior college to Auburn after leaving Florida due to allegations Newton stole a laptop while at Florida. The story is becoming more strange. An unnamed source recently revealed that Newton talked to potential recruiters while still in JUCO and the topic of money came up. Pay for play, is something that shouldn't happen in college sports, especially the high-profile football. Read More..

Argument For College Football Continues to Grow: A Saturday in November means more upsets and the national championship picture becomes even clearer. LSU ended Alabama's national championship hopes with a 24-21 win in Baton Rouge. There's a slim chance that Alabama could make the national championship game, but it's unlikely. They would have to run the table and win the SEC Championship game at the Superdome. Full Story..

TCU and Utah Become Center of College Football for the Weekend: This weekend, the national championship picture won't be decided at the Swamp or Alabama or Auburn or Eugene, OR. The marquee match up will occur Rice-Eccles Stadium between the Utah Utes and the TCU Horned Frogs. Both Mountain West teams are undefeated. The winner keeps their chances of a BCS Bowl bid intact. Most TCU players remember the narrow 13-10 loss at Utah in 2008. It was the last time that TCU lost a game. Full Story..

NCAA To Study July Recruiting: The NCAA decided to not eliminate its July college basketball recruiting period. It’s a great win for the smaller schools that have small scouting staffs and even less in travel funds. The NCAA Board of Directors decided to take a one year look at summer recruiting. The proposal to end summer recruiting came from the Collegiate Commissioners Association. There were valid claims made by on both sides of the argument. Full story..

BCS Picture Getting Clearer After More Upsets: The last few weeks, the last few top undefeated teams in college football have lost. It started with Alabama and Ohio State losing to conference teams. The Oregon Ducks broke the streak of number one ranked teams losing when ESPN College Gameday visits the game sight. They dominated the host Southern Cal Trojans, 53-32 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. LaMichael James ran for 239 yards and three touchdowns. Full Story..

Pac 10 Reorganizes and Looks To Be Stronger than Ever: The expansion of the Pac 10 led to the California schools grumbling about lost rivalries. The realigned 12 team league will be separated into the north and south. Southern Cal, UCLA, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State will be in the south division. Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State will make up the north Pac 10 division. There was a lot of grumbling about the California schools losing the north/south rivalries. Full Story..

Boise State's Road Gets Easier after Upset Saturday: It looks like the path for Boise State's road to the BCS National Championship Game got a lot easier after Saturday's games. The Texas Longhorns defense stifled the no.5 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers attack, earning a 20-13 victory in Lincoln, Neb. The bigger shock happened in Madison, WI later in the day. The 17th ranked Wisconsin Badgers downed the no. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes 31-18. The lopsided loss to the Badgers means Ohio State's chance at a championship is all but over. Texas lost two games so far this season, which means the Cornhuskers chances of a national championship went with the loss to Texas. Full Story..

Oregon and Ohio State Destined for Glendale Meeting: Sundays are usually reserved for professional football. Fans sit in front of the television watching the best athletes compete at the top level of a great sport. There's also something happening this Sunday and the following Sundays that will ripple throughout football. The Bowl Championship Series will release its first standings at 8:15 p.m. Sunday night on ESPN. Teams have to campaign for the top spots in the rankings, using their strength of schedule, margin of victory and other computer rankings. The top two teams in the final BCS standings released on December 5 will meet in Glendale, AZ for the BCS National Championship game. Full Story..

Buckeyes Still Among Nation's Elite: The Ohio State Buckeyes remain unbeaten this season. They're lead by a terrific college quarterback in Terrelle Pryor. They're ranked second in all the polls. They didn't defeat tough opponents, Marshall, Eastern Michigan and Miami (OH). Many of the experts don't think that they belong in the BCS National Championship talk because they haven't beaten quality opponents except for the victory over Illinois last weekend. Full Story.. 

College Football Slate Includes In State Rivalries: It's instate rivalry weekend in college football. There's more than bragging rights at stake this weekend, which makes the games even more important that usual. The Florida State/Miami clash provides a great opportunity for both programs to distance themselves from the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It's going to be a tough game for both offenses. Florida State ranks first in the country in sacks, number two in tackles for loss and fourth in rush defense. Miami is ranked similarly, first in tackles for loss, second in sacks and second in pass defense efficiency. Fully Story...

Epic SEC Showdown: It's going to be a quality showdown between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida Gators this weekend. Both teams enter the contest with unblemished records. The Crimson Tide hold onto the number one ranking. In previous match ups between two top five teams, the winner usually wins the national championship. Full Story..

Pac-10 Blossoms With New Top Teams: There are a lot of great college football games this weekend. The Red River Rivalry will be played between Oklahoma and Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It's one of the best rivalries in all of college football. It's definitely in the top three, along with Notre Dame/USC and Michigan/Ohio State. The Southeastern Conference has a great game on the slate this weekend. Full Story..

Big Ten Sports Two Early Heisman Hopefuls: It looks like the early Heisman trophy race is going to come down between two highly talened Big Ten quarterbacks. Denard Robinson has been the most fun player to watch this season. He's in a great offensive system at Michigan. Head coach Rich Rodriguez will ride Robinson as far as he can take this team and that might be to the Rose Bowl or another BCS bowl. Full Story..

Miami hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Panthers : Miami Hurricanes head into Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers tonight. The game didn't look good for the Panthers from the start as Miami just marched down the field on many occasions. Harris just passed the pigskin around like it was practice. The Miami offense looked good scoring first. Full Story..

SEC Powerhouse Gets Major Reinforcement: The Alabama Crimson Tide, the number one ranked team in the country, will be getting one great reinforcement come this Saturday. Head coach Nick Saban announced that reigning Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram is a full go for the contest against Duke. Ingram is returning after missing two games because of arthroscopic knee surgery. Full Story..

Robinson Makes All the Difference In Win over Notre Dame:Denard Robinson is simply spectacular. He's had the most impressive debut as a starting quarterback in college football since guys named Tebow and McCoy. Robinson's a lot more fun to watch than those guys. Full Story..

Four Great Programs Face Off This Saturday: Four of the most storied college football programs are meeting this weekend. Michigan and Notre Dame are looking to establish themselves among the elite programs again. Joe Paterno and Penn State travel to Tuscaloosa to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Full Story..

Miami Looking For Return to Elite Status: It's unsure about the effects of one game can have on most college football programs. That's not really the case for the Miami Hurricanes. The Canes are looking for a way to becoming an elite program again. It may start against the program that caused the major set back, against Ohio State. It's going to be a tough task because the game's at the Horseshoe. Full Story..

Boise State Makes Statement Against Virginia Tech: The Boise State Broncos are for real. They earned a number three preseason ranking. They're first game against Virginia Tech was a classic game for the ages. They'll have to win all their games to be in the BCS National Championship team. Full Story..

Top 10 Matchup Finishes Great Weekend of College Football: The first weekend went pretty much as expected. In the headline from Saturday, LSU defeated a short-staffed North Carolina team. The game was interesting as both offenses did some good things and the Tar Heels were able to mask missing eight starters, including their entire starting secondary due to allegations and an investigation. Full Story..

College Football Begins Tonight: It's a great time to be a football fan. It's the last weekend of preseason games in the NFL. Even better, collegiate teams are beginning their quest towards bowl games. There are some quality teams showcased tonight. Lane Kiffin makes his debut as head coach at Southern Cal head to paradise to play the University of Hawaii Warriors. South Carolina hosts Southern Miss. Miami (FL), Pittsburgh and Ohio State all play their opening games tonight. Full Story..

SEC Still the Cream of the Crop: There's a lot of uncertainty in college football this season. It's expected that one team from the South Eastern Conference will be represented in the National Championship game. Which team depends on a number of factors. Expect the Alabama Crimson Tide to be at the top of the league. Full Story..

First College Poll Released: The defending national champions will start the 2010 NCAA Football season in the same place they ended last season, ranked first in the Associated Press poll. The Alabama Crimson Tide are the AP's number one team in a preseason poll for the first time since 1978. More..

Brian Kelly Brings Success to South Bend: Brian Kelly has had success every where he's gone to coach. He won two Division II national championships during his tenure at Grand Valley State. He won the MAC championship with Central Michigan in his 3rd season. He won 10 games in his first year at Cincinnati and followed that success with two consecutive Big East championships. More..

CBS Turner Outbids ESPN: A recent report stated that CBS/Turner out bid ESPN for the rights to broadcast the NCAA Tournament next season. The report also includes expanding the field for 65 to 96 teams. More..

USC Hit with Huge Sanctions: Lack of Institutional Control, it's what the University of Southern California was accused of during the tenure of Reggie Bush and O.J. Mayo during their time at the school. More..

College Athletes & Professional Programs: Colleges rely on their athletics to make the Universities a lot of money. This leads to the athletes joining the school and having to go to class. More..