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What Has Happened to Randy Edsall?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:51:47 +0000

I'm having a hard time remembering any coach more universally despised than Randy Edsall.

Edsall, who at one point was viewed as something of a savior during his mostly successful tenure at UConn, has not enjoyed quite the same warm-and-fuzzy reception down in College Park, Md. Indeed, it can justifiably be said that Edsall's stay with Maryland has thus far been nothing short of a disaster.

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TCU Stung by Drug Bust

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:01:17 +0000

As if we needed it, college football has yet another scandal to deal with.

The latest stunning and depressing news comes out of Fort Worth, where four TCU football players were among the 17 students arrested this week in relation to a campus drug bust. The arrests come after a six-month investigation that, according to police, included instances of Horned Frogs players selling marijuana to undercover officers.

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Conference-USA, MWC Merge to Form 'Superconference'

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:03:26 +0000

We have been speculating about the arrival of the so-called "superconference" in college football for some time now.

Well, maybe this qualifies (emphasis on "maybe").

On Monday, officials from the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA announced a new partnership agreement that will create a 18- to 24-team "superleague"--a conference (or, in their words, "association") that will include members from nearly coast to coast. The hope--and it seems to be a realistic one--is that by combining their strengths (relative though they may be) the leagues can gain greater leverage in the college football world and, perhaps, see their league champion catapulted further up the bowl pecking order.

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Hope for UCLA? With Mora in Charge, Things Are Looking Up

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:47:09 +0000

OK, I'll admit it. When UCLA first hired Jim Mora Jr., my initial reaction was, basically, this: Wow, what's happened to UCLA? Have they really fallen this far? And what on earth does Jim Mora Jr. know about college football, anyway?

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It's Preseason Top 25 Time. And the Tigers Top the List.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:48:46 +0000

Yeah, it's true: LSU looked, well, flat-out awful in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game.

Yeah, the Tigers were embarrassed in most every way, on the biggest of stages, by Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Signing Day Winners: 'Bama, Texas, Ohio State, Florida

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:29 +0000

Surprise, surprise.

Once again, Nick Saban and Alabama have come out on top in the annual recruiting race.

According to both ESPN and Rivals.com (as of Wednesday evening), Saban's latest class of (superstar) recruits ranks as the best in the nation. Scout.com, for its part, ranked Saban's class No. 2, behind only that of Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns.

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Merry Christmas, College Football Fans. It's National Signing Day.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:24:45 +0000

Yes, the second-biggest day of the national college football calendar is upon us.

It's National Signing Day.

From coast to coast, fans are anxiously awaiting word on the latest recruits to commit to their programs of choice, players are mulling last-minute decisions while facing utterly ridiculous pressure, and coaches are sweating out the final minutes of the 2011-2012 recruiting race (and, very likely, already plotting their moves for the 2012-2013 race).

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After Schiano's Departure, Rutgers' Flood Thrown into the Spotlight

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:01:18 +0000

So maybe Kyle Flood can exchange notes with Penn State's Bill O'Brien about what it's like to take over a major college football program when hardly anybody knows who you are.

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Cristobal Turns Down Rutgers

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:12:55 +0000

Mario Cristobal isn't going anywhere.

Or, at the very least, he's not going to New Jersey.

On Monday night, Cristobal stunned just about everybody in the college football world--especially those up in New Brunswick, I am guessing--when he reportedly turned down the opportunity to take over as head coach of Rutgers. With Cristobal pulling out of the search, Rutgers had reportedly offered the job to assistant coach Kyle Flood. The New York Times was the first to report the Cristobal news.

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More College Football Questions & Answers: Edsall, TCU, O'Brien

What Has Happened to Randy Edsall?

TCU Stung by Drug Bust

Conference-USA, MWC Merge to Form 'Superconference'

Hope for UCLA? With Mora in Charge, Things Are Looking Up

It's Preseason Top 25 Time. And the Tigers Top the List.

Signing Day Winners: 'Bama, Texas, Ohio State, Florida

Merry Christmas, College Football Fans. It's National Signing Day.

After Schiano's Departure, Rutgers' Flood Thrown into the Spotlight

Cristobal Turns Down Rutgers