Of the multitude of “name-brand” games this weekend, probably none stand to tell us quite as much as Michigan’s visit to Notre Dame, or quite as little. One one hand, the Irish and Wolverines have served as an early litmus test for one another for the last 30 years , ad never more so than when one – or, lately, both –
You know what’s on the line here: Boise State and Virginia Tech both take the field tonight in Washington, D.C., harboring national ambitions that can only be met with a high-profile, skeptic-silencing win on a grand national stage. The winner (especially if it’s Boise) will be a step closer to a run on the top of the polls
The obligatory quarterback competition is always good for eight months of infighting, factionalizing and other fun among the fan base. But for most coaches, the last week of preseason practice is no time for uncertainty: By the time the initial depth charts for opening weekend hit the stands Monday, the summer-long debates over signal-callers at Arizona State , Colorado , Colorado State , Kansas , Kansas State , Kentucky , Louisville , Memphis , Oregon , Tennessee and Texas Tech had all been definitively answered, for at least the first half of the first game
The last word on the coming season’s most pressing topics. I’m sure exactly zero of Alabama’s nine departed defensive starters has given the subject this much thought, but if I was in any of their shoes, I can imagine feeling slightly more insulted by the unanimous decision for my old team at the top of almost every preseason poll this summer than proud.
Now in its sixth year, the Blog Poll is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of founder/manager/guru Brian Cook at MGoBlog , and now appears on SB Nation . This week, the Doc is counting down his preseason ballot, from No
Now in its sixth year, the Blog Poll is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of founder/manager/guru Brian Cook at MGoBlog , and now appears on SB Nation .
Now in its sixth year, the Blog Poll is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of founder/manager/guru Brian Cook at MGoBlog , and now appears on SB Nation . This week, the Doc is counting down his preseason ballot, from No
> Seventy-five years after its first appearance, the once-dominant Associated Press poll’s greatest virtue at this point is its role as curmudgeonly counterweight to the new world order wrought by television networks, corporate sponsors and revenue-hungry conferences: The AP not only refuses to participate in the newfangled “BCS” fad, but occasionally rejects the premises altogether. And yet, even the contrarian writers can’t resist the overwhelming tide pegging Alabama as the favorite to repeat as national champion.
Given ESPN’s conflicted role in Mike Leach’s tumultuous exit from Texas Tech last December, there was no chance of the ousted pirate captain ever landing a job on the same network that continues to employ his ongoing legal nemesis , Craig James. Fortunately, there is one network that appreciates the staggering philosophic and comedic possibilities of allowing Leach to speak on live television without a script over college football this fall, even if almost no one will hear it: Former Texas Tech University football coach Mike Leach joins CBS College Sports Network’s announcer line-up as a game analyst for the 2010 college football season.
Making the morning rounds…
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