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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:38:28 GMT

Ohio State vs Michigan: who you got? Free the Fan will be there

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:04:47 GMT

Web Cam Contest: Oklahoma vs Texas Tech: Who will win this Big XII match up this Saturday?

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:57:02 GMT

This weeks biggest match-up. #2 Texas Tech vs #5 Oklahoma. Who will win this game? State your opinion on your Web Cam and you can win a prize from Overstock.com

Web Cam Video Contest: Florida vs Alabama: Who will win the South Eastern Conference Championship?

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:54:27 GMT

Who will win the toughest Conference in College Football? #1 and undefeated Alabama, will play Heisman Candidate Tim Tebow and the #3 Florida Gators. State your opinion on your WebCam and you can win a prize from Overstock.com

Pete at the Army Air Force Game

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:47:09 GMT

Should Texas Tech be #1

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:06:51 GMT

College Football Spotligh 10-29

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:13:14 GMT

Do you think the Knicks will have a better season with their new coach?

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:55:15 GMT

penn state #1

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:08:54 GMT

sports

Ohio State vs Penn State:Who you got???

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:02:22 GMT

does PITT have a chance at a bowl game this year ?

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:08:33 GMT

adam dimichelle

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:54:17 GMT

freak

Did anyone here about this college football player who amputated his pinkie to play his senior year?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:55:32 GMT

This OLineman asked doctors to amputate his broken right pinkie to play in his senior year, is this commitment or idiocracy?

Is Texas number one!

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:13:03 GMT

Texas beat a good team, but do the jump to number one spot.What about Georgia and Alabama,Florida.You could name any good team that a win over great team this year.

West Virginia VS Rutgers

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:21:13 GMT

West Virginia VS Rutgers

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:16:33 GMT

(4) LSU vs (11) Florida on Saturday, who you got?

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:42:19 GMT

(1) Oklahoma vs (5) Texas on Saturday, who do you got??

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:41:38 GMT

Noel Devine

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:41:24 GMT

Oregon St upsets No. 1 USC

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:30:09 GMT

Sickest catch ever!

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:53:19 GMT

Edwin Baptiste from Morgan State sickest catch ever!

Was the retaliation by Washingtons offensive line toward Oklahomas Demarcus Granger necessary?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:21:00 GMT

LSU Training

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:39:12 GMT

Can we now all agree OHIO St. is way OVER RATED?

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:39:36 GMT

USC stays on top as Oklahoma moves past Georgia into No. 2 spot

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:23:14 GMT

NEW YORK -- Southern California is now a no-doubt-about-it No. 1 in the AP Top 25, and there's a new No. 2 as Georgia slipped again. Poll Positions The top five teams in The Associated Press poll: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. For complete AP and USA Today polls, click here. The Trojans' resounding 35-3 victory against Ohio State on Saturday night made USC an overwhelming No. 1 in the media poll. USC received 61 first-place votes and 1,596 points on Sunday. The Trojans had 33 first-place votes last week. Oklahoma moved past Georgia into No. 2. The Bulldogs barely got past South Carolina 14-7 on Saturday and the Sooners notched their third consecutive blowout victory, winning 55-14 at Washington. Georgia is the first preseason No. 1 to drop that far after starting 3-0 since Oklahoma in 1985. The Sooners also fell to No. 3 after winning their first three games. The Bulldogs received two first-place votes this week. No. 4 Florida received the other first-place vote and Missouri moved up a spot to No. 5. Ohio State dropped eight spots to No. 13. No. 6 was LSU, followed by Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama and Auburn. Half the top 10 teams are from the Southeastern Conference. Two Pac-10 teams dropped out of the rankings after losing: California and Arizona State. Clemson moved back into the rankings. The Tigers started the season ranked ninth and fell all the way out after losing their opener 34-10 to Alabama, and returned as No. 23. Florida State also moved into the Top 25 for the first time since the middle of last season. The Seminoles were No. 24. Texas Tech is No. 11, followed by South Florida, Ohio State, BYU and East Carolina, which slipped one spot to No. 15 after squeaking past Tulane 28-24 in its first game as a ranked team since 1999. Penn State was No. 16 and Oregon was 17th, followed by Wake Forest, Kansas and Utah. The final five were West Virginia, Illinois, Clemson, Florida State and Fresno State, which lost 13-10 to Wisconsin.

Best of Lou Holtz Pep Talks

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:03:19 GMT

#1 USC V. #5 OHIO ST. WHO WILL WIN ?

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:24:03 GMT

#1 USC vs #5 Ohio State, Who you got?

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:54:27 GMT

East Carolina should or shouldn't be in the top 15 in the country?

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:03:14 GMT

East Carolina goes 2-0 this season beating 2 top 25 teams this year and 3 going back to the bowl game last year beating Boise State..

teebow

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:40:53 GMT

can he bestoped

2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason (Aug. 17)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:07:02 GMT

1. Georgia (22) 0-0 1528 2 2. Ohio State (21) 0-0 1506 5 3. USC (12) 0-0 1490 3 4. Oklahoma (4) 0-0 1444 8 5. Florida (6) 0-0 1415 13 6. Missouri 0-0 1266 4 7. LSU 0-0 1135 1 8. West Virginia 0-0 1116 21 9. Clemson 0-0 1105 6 10. Auburn 0-0 968 10 11. Texas 0-0 966 15 12. Texas Tech 0-0 786 22 13. Wisconsin 0-0 771 24 14. Kansas 0-0 707 7 15. Arizona State 0-0 631 16 16. Brigham Young 0-0 590 14 17. Virginia Tech 0-0 578 9 18. Tennessee 0-0 509 12 19. South Florida 0-0 496 NR 20. Illinois 0-0 483 20 21. Oregon 0-0 366 23 22. Penn State 0-0 293 NR 23. Wake Forest 0-0 227 NR 24. Alabama 0-0 89 NR 25. Pittsburgh

Georgia takes top spot in preseason AP poll for first time

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:55:45 GMT

NEW YORK -- By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 -- to start the 2008 college football season. Seeking its first national championship in 28 years, Georgia is on top of The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time. The Bulldogs received 22 first-place votes and 1,528 points from a panel of 65 media members in the poll released Saturday. AP Preseason Poll Top five teams in the AP preseason poll released Saturday: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. "To have people believing we have one of the best teams in the nation going into this thing, it's exciting for us," Bulldogs coach Mark Richt said in a telephone interview with the AP. "I don't think anything is guaranteed, but we certainly have put ourselves in position where at least the college football world thinks we're pretty good." Ohio State, coming off a second consecutive loss in the national championship game but returning 20 starters, is No. 2. The Buckeyes received 21 first-place votes and 1,506 points. No. 3 Southern California, which plays Ohio State in Los Angeles on Sept. 13, received 12 first-place votes. No. 4 Oklahoma had four first-place votes and No. 5 Florida received six first-place votes. Georgia finished last season 11-2 and No. 2 in the country behind Southeastern Conference rival LSU. The Tigers won the national championship in the Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 7 by beating the Buckeyes. But a week earlier on that same field the Bulldogs ended their season with a seventh straight victory and sent a message about 2008: "Look out!" Rarely translates Georgia faces long odds in its bid to win its first national championship since 1980. Only 10 AP preseason No. 1 teams have gone on to claim the national title: • 2004-Southern Cal • 1999-Florida State • 1993-Florida State • 1985-Oklahoma • 1978-Alabama • 1975-Oklahoma • 1974-Oklahoma • 1956-Oklahoma • 1952-Michigan State • 1951-Tennessee Georgia toyed with high-scoring Hawaii and its Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback Colt Brennan in a 41-10 rout, and one glance at the Bulldogs' depth chart, with all those freshmen and sophomores playing major roles, revealed the Bulldogs would be a force this season. The questions started even as Georgia celebrated its big victory on the confetti-covered turf. Richt's job since then has been to keep his team from getting too wrapped up in the hype. "I think it motivates the guys to prepare well, but the big thing is: If you think about a championship way back in January ... that can wear you down," Richt said. "It's our responsibility as coaches to help these guys break it down to one day at a time, one workout at a times, one practice at a time. Just prepare to be in position for the challenge. "If we don't work, we'll have no chance." No. 6 Missouri has its best preseason ranking. The Tigers ended last season No. 4, which was their best showing ever in the final poll. LSU's Tigers will begin defense of their national championship ranked seventh. West Virginia is eighth, Clemson is ninth and No. 10 Auburn gives the SEC four top-10 teams to start the season. With Florida and LSU taking the last two national titles, the SEC could become the first to conference to have three different teams win consecutive national titles. Georgia certainly has the ingredients on the field to make that happen. "We take it one step at a time. All we can do is focus on the smaller picture," receiver Mohamed Massaquoi said. "We can't let ourselves get overwhelmed. It takes away from playing hard and playing smart." The Bulldogs return 16 starters, including quarterback Matthew Stafford, already being touted as a future first-round draft pick, and running back Knowshon Moreno, who became the first Georgia freshman to run for 1,000 yards since Herschel Walker did it while leading the Bulldogs to the national title in 1980. We definitely have our work cut out for us. -- Georgia coach Mark Richt Stafford has been starting since his freshman season, and so far has been more of a caretaker quarterback than a star for the Bulldogs. He completed 56 percent of his passes last season for 2,523 yards and 19 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. The Bulldogs expect more from the 6-foot-3, 237-pound NFL prototype. "I think he's ready to fly," Richt said. "He improved tremendously from his freshman year. "We're all kind of growing together with Matt. This year we ought to see a better performance by him, not only because he's better but because the guys around have improved also." Stafford will, however, be without his left tackle from last season. Trinton Sturdivant, who started every game as a freshman last season, injured his left knee in a preseason scrimmage and is done for the year. On defense, the Bulldogs have a potential All-American in ev

Richt draws on experience to prepare Bulldogs

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:39:02 GMT

ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia heard the expectations on the field at the Louisiana Superdome in the moments after its 41-10 rout of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs have lived with them ever since, every single day. Coach Mark Richt has listened to them at summer meetings of Bulldog Clubs across the state. The players have heard them on campus all spring and summer. When you're 20 years old and everyone within a 60-mile radius of Sanford Stadium is telling you how great you're going to be, it would be tempting to assume that the actual playing of the games is a formality. It would be tempting to believe your coronation awaits. [+] EnlargeLynn Bass/Icon SMI Mark Richt's experience with expectations could pay dividends to Matt Stafford and the Bulldogs. Richt has not had to deal with these expectations in his previous seven seasons at Georgia. In fact, the Bulldogs have not been ranked No. 1 in any Associated Press poll since 1982. But Richt spent his formative years as a coach at Florida State. He worked for Bobby Bowden for 13 of the 14 consecutive seasons (1987 to 2000) in which the Seminoles finished in the top five. Richt grew up in coaching dealing with these expectations. That's how he came to tell his Bulldogs a story about the 1988 Florida State Seminoles. The previous season, Florida State had finished second in the nation to Miami, which had beaten the Seminoles 26-25. Florida State had nearly its entire team return for the 1988 season. The Seminoles spent eight months as the consensus No. 1. The players ate it up. They decided to create a dance video, which would save their greatness for posterity. The Chicago Bears had done just such a thing during the 1985 regular season en route to the Super Bowl. It didn't dawn on the Seminoles that the Bears had danced after their 12-1 start. Florida State hadn't played a game yet. 2008 SEC Preview The SEC has delivered the last two national champions. The reigning Heisman winner is from SEC country. What will the conference provide in 2008? • Low: Uncertain QB landscape • Low: Tebow still learning • Maisel: UGA's great expectations • Opportunity for South Carolina • Skill threat: UT's Eric Berry • Forde: Five SEC predictions • SportsNation: Vote on SEC Richt, sitting in his office the other day, relished the story the same way he did when he told it to his Georgia team this past spring. "Florida State studied the Chicago Bears' rap, 'The Super Bowl Shuffle,'" Richt said. "While we were doing that, Miami was studying the 46 defense, Buddy Ryan's scheme that helped them win the Super Bowl. They had never run it before. They sprang it on us. We had no answer. We had very few answers." The Seminoles played their archrival Hurricanes in the season opener as if they didn't know even the questions. Miami won 31-0. Richt called it "the hardest lesson that Florida State ever learned." After Richt told the Bulldogs the story, he showed them "The Seminole Rap." "I was just trying to send the message that if you get too full of yourself, it could come tumbling down in a hurry," Richt said. "… I just told them that the preseason blessing could be a blessing or a curse. It will be a curse if you choose to use it as a sense of entitlement, like, 'I don't have to work anymore.' It will be a blessing if it excites you to begin to work like you never worked." As the leaders of the team prepared for August practice, they said all the right things. They understand the lesson of "The Seminole Rap." They understand the 2007 season is the past tense. They know this is a different team. "I'm going on my fourth season here," defensive tackle Jeff Owens said. "I have seen the ups and downs. I have experience at both winning and losing." [+] EnlargeJason Parkhurst/US Presswire After throwing for 4,272 yards through two seasons, Matt Stafford is facing even higher expectations in 2008. In 2006, the Bulldogs lost four of five games, then rallied to win their last three and finish 9-4. In 2007, after being routed at Tennessee 35-14, Georgia stood at only 2-2 in the SEC East. The Dawgs then won their final seven games, tied for the division championship and finished second in the AP rankings. Imaginations, at least those outside the locker room, took off from there. "I'm just ready for it to get here," quarterback Matthew Stafford said, "so people will have something to talk about other than, 'What if?' When I go to campus, it's, 'Are y'all going to do it?'" Stafford does sardonic well. "They realize it's set in stone," he said. "Fans think, 'You're preseason No. 1, so you should win it.'" Stafford begins his junior year with outsized expectations on himself in addition to the expectations on his team. NFL scouts go all dreamy when they talk about him. He is 20 years old and maturing before our eyes, as his numbers indicate: two seasons

Forum Winner Be in the Top 10 this week and Win NCAA Football 2009!!!

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:16:37 GMT

Will the Georgia Bulldogs win this Years National Championship?

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:12:34 GMT

Will Tim Tebow repeat as the Heisman Trophy Winner??

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:07:36 GMT

DO ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO JODY ADAWALE

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:16:07 GMT

Will the Clemson Tigers be at the Top of The Game?

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:34:03 GMT

Early forecast predicts Buckeyes, Bulldogs in title game

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:15:19 GMT

The heat of June dragging you down? Wondering what cool bowl matchups might happen in December and January? Well, here's a very early look at what the 2008 bowl season could bring. 2008-09 Bowl Projections Bowl (Matchup) Projection FedEx BCS National Championship Game (BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2) Georgia Bulldogs vs. Ohio State Buckeyes Tostitos Fiesta (BCS vs. BCS) Oklahoma Sooners vs. BYU Cougars Allstate Sugar (BCS vs. BCS) Auburn Tigers vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders FedEx Orange (BCS vs. BCS) West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Clemson Tigers Rose Bowl presented by Citi (BCS vs. BCS) USC Trojans vs. Wisconsin Badgers GMAC (C-USA vs. MAC) Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Central Michigan Chippewas International (Big East vs. MAC) Louisville Cardinals vs. Miami (Ohio) RedHawks AutoZone Liberty (C-USA vs. SEC) Houston Cougars vs. Ole Miss Rebels AT&T Cotton (Big 12 vs. SEC) Texas Longhorns vs. LSU Tigers Konica Minolta Gator (ACC vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame) Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Capital One (SEC vs. Big Ten) Florida Gators vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Outback (Big Ten vs. SEC) Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Tennessee Volunteers Chick-fil-A (SEC vs. ACC) Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Virginia Tech Hokies Insight (Big 12 vs. Big Ten) Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Purdue Boilermakers Gaylord Hotels Music City (ACC vs. SEC) Miami Hurricanes vs. South Carolina Gamecocks Brut Sun (Pac-10 vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame) Oregon State Beavers vs. Texas A&M Aggies Bell Helicopter Armed Forces (Mountain West vs. C-USA) TCU Horned Frogs vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Pacific Life Holiday (Pac-10 vs. Big 12) Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Missouri Tigers Texas (Big 12 vs. C-USA) Colorado Buffaloes vs. UCF Knights Roady's Humanitarian (WAC vs. ACC) Boise State Broncos vs. Maryland Terrapins Valero Alamo (Big Ten vs. Big 12) Michigan State Spartans vs. Kansas Jayhawks Papajohns.com (Big East vs. SEC) Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Kentucky Wildcats PetroSun Independence (SEC vs. Big 12) Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys Emerald (Pac-10 vs. ACC) California Golden Bears vs. Boston College Eagles Champs Sports (ACC vs. Big Ten) Florida State Seminoles vs. Michigan Wolverines Meineke Car Care (Big East vs. ACC) Pittsburgh Panthers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Motor City (MAC vs. Big Ten) Ball State Cardinals vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Sheraton Hawaii (WAC vs. Pac-10) Nevada Wolf Pack vs. UCLA Bruins San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia (Mountain West vs. Pac-10) Air Force Falcons vs. Arizona Wildcats R + L Carriers New Orleans (C-USA vs. Sun Belt) East Carolina Pirates vs. Florida Atlantic Owls Congressional (ACC vs. Navy) Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Navy Midshipmen Pioneer Las Vegas (Mountain West vs. Pac-10) Utah Utes vs. Oregon Ducks St. Petersburg (Big East vs. C-USA) USF Bulls vs. Memphis Tigers New Mexico (WAC vs. Mountain West) Fresno State Bulldogs vs. New Mexico Lobos

Bama linebacker Johns charged with selling cocaine, possessing Ecstasy

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:38:23 GMT

Alabama's already thin linebacker corps took another hit Tuesday when senior Jimmy Johns was dismissed from the team following his arrest on multiple drug charges. [+] EnlargeAP Photo/Rob Carr Jimmy Johns, the 10th Alabama football player arrested within the past year, is jailed in Tuscaloosa on $120,000 bond. Johns, who was moved from running back to linebacker this spring, was arrested Tuesday morning in Tuscaloosa and charged with five felony counts of distributing cocaine. A sixth charge of possession was also tacked on after police officers searched his off-campus residence and found cocaine and Ecstasy pills, according to Tuscaloosa Police Department Capt. Jeff Snyder, who heads up the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force. It didn't take Alabama coach Nick Saban long to react; he dismissed Johns immediately. "This type of behavior obviously will not be tolerated, and he is no longer a part of our program," Saban said in a statement. Johns is the 10th Alabama football player arrested within the last year. Snyder said police received information about two months ago that Johns was involved in the selling of drugs. "Once we were able to get our investigation in place, we were able to buy from him five different times over the last week and a half and were then able to obtain a search warrant for his residence," Snyder said. On two occasions police bought cocaine from Johns on the Alabama campus and, on one of the five times investigators bought cocaine from Johns, they bought as much as seven grams of the drug, according to police. Johns is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $120,000 bond -- $20,000 for each charge. Snyder said Johns was the only member of the Crimson Tide football program who was a part of the investigation. "In fact, over the course of our investigation, he indicated that he tried his best not to let anyone else on the team know that he was selling," Snyder said. "As our investigation goes right now, nobody else in the football program is involved." The Crimson Tide were already without linebacker Prince Hall this spring after Hall was suspended by Saban for disciplinary reasons. Saban said recently, however, that the door was open for Hall to rejoin the team if he met all of the coach's expectations. Linebacker Ezekiel Knight also remains sidelined because of a heart ailment, and there's concern that he might not be able to play again. Depending on what happens with Hall, sophomore Rolando McClain is the lone returning linebacker with extensive experience. McClain, a freshman All-America selection last season, manned one of the other two inside spots in the Tide's 3-4 defense this spring along with Johns. The 6-foot-2, 233-pound Johns was No. 2 on the Tide in rushing in both of his first two years, but he saw reduced playing time last season after missing part of spring practice for academic reasons.

Former Marshall defensive standout killed in Florida crash

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:22:42 GMT

Another young life lost...R.I.P. Johnathan Goddard

was Joe ever not great?

Thu, 8 May 2008 15:49:30 GMT

Joe Montana leads Notre Dame to a comeback victory

All Access Ohio State Buckeyes

Wed, 7 May 2008 05:42:24 GMT

FSU MVP faces drug and weapons charges.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:40:32 GMT

Clemson lineman Kenneth Page pictured with thousands of dollars.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:04 GMT

This photo was found on his myspace page.

WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE COTTON BOWL THIS YEAR

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:41:57 GMT

Ore kicked off team; sources say Hokies coaches grew weary of player's attitude

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:12:30 GMT

TERRELLE PRYOR JUST COMMITED TO OHIO STATE WHATS YOUR GUYS TAKE ON THIS?

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:35:30 GMT

Pryor will make his decision today regarding where he will play college football

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:07:12 GMT

if you were him would you choose Michigan or Ohio State?

UCF freshman dies after participating in conditioning drills

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:22:55 GMT