Friday, September 30th, 2011
Still the only weekly picks section by a real, live Indiana alumnus/fan who prefers college football to college basketball...
What I'm watching this Saturday:
12 pm - Penn State at Indiana until it's a blowout in the second quarter, then probably Aggies/Razorbacks with a side of Air Force/Navy
3:30 pm - Baylor/Kansas State ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Three years ago, Mike Locksley was hired to turn around New Mexico's increasingly depressing football program. Long-time head coach Rocky Long had managed a record somewhere near .500 from 1998 to 2008, but he was fired after a four-win 2008 season despite going 9-4 the year before.
Three years later, Locksley ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Oklahoma and LSU both won on Saturday night, Oklahoma is 3-0, LSU is 4-0 and now both can say they've been No. 1 in the polls this season. As a reward for beating three ranked teams in four games, the Tigers get to be No. 1 in the AP's poll ...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
What I'm watching on Saturday:
12 pm - San Diego State at Michigan: We'll see if SDSU can handle Denard Robinson or not. If French literature has taught me anything, it's that revenge is a great motivating factor. Then again, a lot of the SDSU players probably have positive memories of ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
(11) Florida State (2-1) at (21) Clemson (3-0) (-2)
Usually, when I write game previews, I try to approach it like I would if I were betting real money on it even though most of the time I'm not...as far as my wife knows. But with Florida State at Clemson on ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
San Diego State (3-0) at (22) Michigan (3-0) (-11)
The Rich-Rod Wolverines would often make games like this much too close for comfort, and the Aztecs are good enough to make Michigan fan think about bringing an extra tube of Preparation H to the Big House. If you haven't been paying ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
It's the smart play. Oklahoma was always smarter.
As predicted, Texas's sweetheart deal with the Big XII pissed off one of the other heads of the five families. Now, in return for staying in the conference, they want some "reforms" to the Longhorn Network involving high school sports and some other ...
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