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Your Weekend Primer: Week 4 Picks & Predictions
September 25, 2009 by
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Three things we'll see before Week 4 is in the books:1. Miami will prove its for real in Blacksburg. If there's any criticism surrounding the Hurricanes' surprising start, it's that those two wins over Top 25 teams came against a Florida State team that is hard to get...
The Señior's Top 25: Week 4
September 21, 2009 by
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USC's stunning upset to Washington took its toll on the rankings. Embarrassing as the loss was, it created a conundrum as far as the rankings go, because these Trojans did get a quality win over Ohio State in Columbus. There was no way The Señior could put USC below the Buckeyes...
Weekend Rewind: What We Learned
September 20, 2009 by
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Five lessons from a weekend in which the entire Mormon following wept, as did a certain salt-and-pepper lady killer at Troy.1. USC can't get over itself. The Trojans have their fair share of traditions: the Song Girls, Victory, unleashing Rose Bowl beatdowns on the Big Ten -- and...
Your Weekend Primer: Week 3 Picks & Predictions
September 18, 2009 by
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Five things we'll see before Week 3 is in the books ...1. Lane Kiffin will be sorry he riled up Urbanzilla. It's no secret that the real reason behind Kiffin's Kanye West-like mouth diarrhea upon his arrival at Tennessee was simply to generate interest in a program that...
The Señior's Top 25: Week 2
September 14, 2009 by
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Unlike the rest of the pollsters, The Señior isn't ready to return Michigan to the rankings, despite a thrilling win over Notre Dame. Here's why: through two games, the Wolverines have beaten a MAC team (Western Michigan) and an Irish team whose last two wins came against...
Saturday Rewind: What We Learned
September 13, 2009 by
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Five lessons from a Saturday where Ohio State did nothing to help its battered reputation and Dan Hawkins' life got just a little bit worse.1. For Michigan and USC, the kids are alright. Saturday proved the coming out party for a pair of freshman as the Wolverines' Tate Forcier...
Your Weekend Primer: Week 2 Picks & Predictions
September 11, 2009 by
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A three-pack of things we'll see before Week 2 is in the books ...1. The Notre Dame bandwagon will run out of room. The way the Irish dominated Nevada on both sides of the ball certainly didn't help to squelch the notion that this is a team headed for a return to the BCS. The...
The Señior's Top 25: Week 1
September 08, 2009 by
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The biggest winner and loser from opening week saw their fortunes rise and fall in this week's Top 25. BYU rose to ninth after knocking off Oklahoma, while the Sooner fell to 14th. It probably should have been higher considering OU managed 165 yards of offense without Sam Bradford...
Cincinnati Exposes Would-Be Big East Champ Rutgers; Can 'Cats Get Some Respect?
September 07, 2009 by
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No defending champion from a BCS conference was more disresepcted in the preseason polls than Cincinnati. SEC champ Florida was No. 1, Big 12 winner Oklahoma was No. 3, USC, the Pac-10 champ came in fourth, Big Ten co-champions Ohio State and Penn State were sixth and ninth, repsectively...
Saturday Rewind: What We Learned
September 06, 2009 by
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Five lessons from an opening weekend that opened with a blow to the chin of Boise State's Byron Hout and ended with one to Oklahoma's mystique.1. Without Sam Bradford, Oklahoma is mediocre at best. If there was any question whether it was the Sooners offensive scheme or Bradford...
Saturday Observations
September 05, 2009 by
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* Ohio State survived a huge scare by Navy to make it 31 straight home openers. Puzzling turn of events as the Buckeyes went for it on 4th and 2 instead of kicking a field goal and then after climbing within two points, the Midshipmen come out in a spread?There's no reason Navy...
Your Weekend Primer: Week 1 Picks & Predictions
September 05, 2009 by
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In the immortal words of Adam Carolla, "Let's get it on. Got to get it on. Mandate: Get it on!" The season is upon us. Sure, we've already had a top-25 clash with Oregon and Boise State, but that dud, aside from some postgame fireworks, wasn't a true opener. In...
LeGarrette Blount Ushers In Chip Kelly Era In The Worst Way Possible
September 04, 2009 by
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Ironically, the AFCA was pushing hard for this season to be defined by sportsmanship, implementing pregame handshakes. Opening night was defined by anything but sportsmanship as Oregon's LeGarrette Blount suckerpunched Boise State's Byron Hout and then attempted to after fans...
Preseason Countdown: No. 1 Florida
September 03, 2009 by
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Where The Gators Have Been: The nation's love affair with all things Tim Tebow was not dampened as he led Florida to another title and delivered a now iconic postgame speech after the loss to Ole Miss that's been commemorated with a plaque on campus. Seriously, can this guy...
Preseason Countdown: No. 2 Texas
September 03, 2009 by
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Where The Longhorns Have Been: If not for the Big 12's ridiculous tiebreaker rule -- and a rather well-timed catch by Michael Crabtree -- it would have been Texas and not Oklahoma that matched up opposite Florida in the national title game.Still, the Longhorns were probably better...
Preseason Countdown: No. 5 Penn State
September 03, 2009 by
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Where The Nittany Lions Have Been: The Spread-HD brought Penn State back to the spotlight as Daryll Clark and Evan Royster led the Lions to an unexpected Rose Bowl berth.PSU was not among the top three favorites in the Big Ten in 2008 and were No. 22 in the preseason AP poll, but after...
Preseason Countdown: No. 3 Oklahoma
September 02, 2009 by
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Where The Sooners Have Been: Sam Bradford may have won the Heisman Trophy and the offense may have scored more points (51.1 per game), but the season was marred by a 10-point loss to Florida in the national championship game, a game that may not have been Oklahoma's to play in...
Preseason Countdown: No. 4 Ole Miss
September 02, 2009 by
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Where The Rebels Have Been: One game completely turned around Ole Miss' season and its national perception. While the Rebels followed their shocking win over eventual national champion Florida with back-to-back road losses to Alabama and Arkansas, they ended 2008 on a six-game...
Preseason Countdown: No. 6 USC
September 01, 2009 by
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Where The Trojans Have Been: Like clockwork, Pete Carroll led USC to its seventh straight Pac-10 championship and subsequent BCS berth in 2008. Over that time, the Trojans have gone undefeated once, lost one game three times and two games three times. It's a level of dominance...
Preseason Countdown: No 7 Virginia Tech
September 01, 2009 by
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Where The Hokies Have Been: Another year, another 10-win season in Blacksburg. For the fourth straight year, Virginia Tech hit double digit wins, making them one of only three teams to hit the mark during that period, joining Texas and USC. But unlike those schools, nobody seems to...
Preseason Countdown: No. 8 Alabama
August 31, 2009 by
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Where The Crimson Tide Have Been: Alabama fans expected Nick Saban to return the team to national prominence, but not this quickly. On the heels of a 7-6 season, Saban led the Tide to a 12-2 season in 2008 with highs that were far more monumental than that Sugar Bowl debacle against...
Preseason Countdown: No. 9 Ohio State
August 30, 2009 by
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Where The Buckeyes Have Been: The 2008 season has to be like a broken record for Jim Tressel: national-championship talent and all they had to show for it was another Big Ten title, a co-title at that.Now, that's nothing to scoff at, but when you add in that the Buckeyes had the...
Preseason Countdown: No. 10 Cal
August 28, 2009 by
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Where The Bears Have Been: Few teams have been as tantalizingly up and down as Cal in recent years. In 2004, a loss to USC kept them from the Pac-10 title and a shot at the national title. In '06 expectations rose and fell just as quickly as they dropped the opener vs. Tennessee...
Preseason Countdown: No. 11 Boise State
August 26, 2009 by
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Where The Broncos Have Been: Despite a 12-0 regular season, Boise State was denied another BCS berth by the computers, which liked Utah a little bit more than the SmurfTurf crew.But maybe the Macs and PCs new something because the Broncos went out and got beat by TCU in a game that...
Well, His Name Is Joe Cox
August 26, 2009 by
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It's no secret the pressure is on Joe Cox. The fifth-year senior will be the man at Georgia for the first time following Matthew Stafford's departure to the NFL and it's a certain kind of pressure that can make you do things ... like forget to make sure your **** is fully...
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