Category — College Football

Oregon’s Rose Bowl unis are raising some eyebrows.
NikeBlog.com

Craig James as a politician? Makes sense to us. Besides, it doesn’t get any worst than a so-called politician from Texas.
Star-Telegram

And you wonder why we’re taking Florida State over Notre Dame?
With the college football bowl season kicking off today, our friends at The Wiz of Odds provides a list of prop bets.
The Wiz of Odds

The college football bowl season kicks off Saturday with a trio of games, starting with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, pitting Temple against Wyoming. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl will follow later Saturday.
Our picks:
Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple over Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Ohio over Utah State
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State over Louisiana-Lafayette
Beef O’Bradys St. Petersburg: Florida International over Marshall
San Diego CCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU over Louisiana Tech
Maaco Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State over Arizona State
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Southern Miss. over Nevada
AdvoCare Independence Bowl: Missouri over North Carolina
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan over Purdue
Belk Bowl: Louisville over N.C. State
Military Bowl: Air Force over Toledo
Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl: Texas over Cal
Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State over Notre Dame
Valero Alamo Bowl: Baylor over Washington
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces: Tulsa over BYU
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers over Iowa State
Franklin American Music City: Ole Miss over Wake Forest
Insight Bowl: OU over Iowa
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: A&M over Northwestern
Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech over Utah
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Vandy over Cincy
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois over UCLA
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia over Auburn
TicketCity Bowl: Houston over Penn State
Capital One Bowl: Nebraska over South Carolina
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Florida over Ohio State
Outback Bowl: Georgia over Michigan State
Rose Bowl Game by Vizio: Wisconsin over Oregon
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State over Stanford
Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan over Virginia Tech
Discover Orange Bowl: Clemson over West Virginia
AT&T Cotton Bowl: Arkansas over Kansas State
BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU over Pitt
GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State over Northern Illinois
BCS National Championship: LSU 17, Alabama 14

“I want to thank Bob Stoops and Mack Brown, particularly Coach Brown…”
Your 2011 Heisman Trophy winner: Robert Griffin III.

UCLA settles for Jim Mora Jr. as its new head football coach. USC fans are delirious with the hire. That tell you anything? Didn’t think so.
ESPN LA
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When it rains it pours.
Must have hired the same company my relatives did for our last reunion.
BustedCoverage.com

Some college football coaches voted Oklahoma State 4th behind Stanford in this week’s rankings. It’s no surprise that Nick Saban is 1 of them, but Missouri’s Gary Pinkel might want to watch his back in the future. Pinkel also voted OSU 4th behind LSU, ‘Bama and Stanford. He’s already got that SEC loyalty thing down.
Stanford meets the Cowboys in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2. OSU has opened as a 3 1/2-point favorite. I think we’ll jump on some of that action. We could see a double-digit win.
SI.com

With Ben Howland and the basketball team nose diving, his collar is really getting tight.
You think Jay Norvell, co-offensive coordinator at OU and Karl Dorrell’s offensive guy at UCLA, might have put a bug in Kevin Sumlin’s ear? The 2 worked together at OU, so it’s almost a given Sumlin asked Norvell his opinion about the UCLA job before AD Dan Guerrero came calling after Houston’s loss to Southern Mississippi. Or maybe it was the timing. Or just maybe it wasn’t a good fit.
Regardless, first Chris Petersen turns down the job and now Sumlin. Next?

Yes it sucks but until we get a playoff system this is the crap we’re stuck with. Blame your college presidents and those so-called institutions of higher learning.
We’d like to bump Oklahoma State past ‘Bama in our rankings, but for credibility sakes (I know, we’re really pushing the envelope there), the Cowboys’ loss to Iowa State occurred at the wrong time of the season. Granted, they played a tougher schedule than the Tide, dropped a huge game in circumstances unimaginable and captured the title in a rougher conference than the SEC, but losing so late in the season (and to Iowa State) cost OSU dearly. That’s why a playoff is the only answer. If not, it’s still mythical national championships, though me and Jim Gazzolo are the only old heads who use the term anymore.
We tip our cap with the way OSU poked OU. With a playoff, maybe they smoke ‘Bama and LSU.
1. LSU (13-0): Co-champs if Tigers lose national title game?
2. Alabama (11-1): As defensive as St. Nick has been, I’d fit his big head in a helmet for the showdown with LSU.
3. Oklahoma State (11-1): Beating the shit out of OU is still a pretty good “consolation” prize.
4. Arkansas (10-2): Yawn.
5. USC (10-2): At least we don’t have to hear Lane Kiffin crying again about all of the “injustices” the Trojans suffered by being on probation. Just take your punishment and swallow it like a man dude.
6. Oregon (11-2): If we were forced to watch an LSU rematch, many folks preferred this 1.
7. Stanford (11-1): We could see OSU pounding the Cardinal just because in the Fiesta Bowl.
8. Boise State (11-1): It must really suck to be UCLA when the Boise coach thumbs his nose and picks Idaho instead of Westwood.
9. Wisconsin (11-2): Matchup with Oregon in Rose Bowl should be 1 of the best during bowl season.
10. Houston (12-1): The song “You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille” keeps playing in my head.
11. Kansas State (9-2): Cotton balls and Arkansas. There’s a joke in there somewhere.
12. South Carolina (10-2): Cocks rose to the occasion frequently this season. Always a good thing.
13. Michigan State (10-3): Already having trouble picking Sparty or Georgia in the Outback Bowl. A little help?
14. Baylor (9-3): Bears beat OU and Texas in the same season. And if RG 3 walks away with the Heisman, that’s really Wac(k)o. How much would that ticket have paid at the sportsbook?
15. Oklahoma (9-3): Your preseason No. 1, ladies and gentlemen.
16. Michigan (10-2): The sweet taste of sugar and New Orleans are a lovely combo.