Marvin Gentry-US PRESSWIRE
Dan Mullen has Mississippi State trending upward after some dark days under his predecessor Sylvester Croom. Croom went 21-38 in his five years at Starkville with a 10-30 mark in the SEC making just one bowl appearance, a Liberty Bowl victory against Texas A&M, in 2007. Hired in 2009, Mullen brought a winning pedigree with [...]
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Scott Sewell-US PRESSWIRE
Collin Klein came out of nowhere last season to lead Kansas State to a seven game win streak, which included an upset over eventual Heisman winner Robert Griffin III and 15th ranked Baylor, to begin the 2011 season. The Wildcats finished with a 10-3 record and a trip to the Cotton Bowl. In fact, the three Wildcat [...]
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Peter Aiken-US PRESSWIRE
Charlie Weis was all smiles when he was introduced as the new head coach at Kansas this past December, but that smile will not be making a return appearance anytime soon considering the state of Jayhawk football. After serving as offensive coordinator at Florida, Weis jumped at the opportunity to become a head coach again and [...]
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Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE
Notre Dame announced the suspension of their leading rusher, Cierre Wood, and defensive end Justin Utupo for the first two games of the season for the violation of team rules. Wood and Utupo will miss Saturday’s season opener vs. Navy in Dublin, Ireland and the home opener vs. Purdue on September 8. This is a disturbing trend [...]
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Douglas Jones-US PRESSWIRE
West Virginia has found a new home in the Big 12 after years in the Big East. The Big 12 conference has undergone a radical makeover in the last two years losing Colorado, Texas A&M, and Missouri for the Pac 12 and SEC, respectively. Fans of the conference will remember the head coach patrolling the sidelines [...]
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Gavin Stansbury-US PRESSWIRE
I do not know what shoe size Kain Colter wears, but he has big shoes to fill at Northwestern replacing the graduated Dan Persa. Persa entered the start of the 2011 season as a dark horse Heisman candidate and the Wildcats had hopes of a successful run toward the top of the Big Ten standings [...]
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Jesse Johnson-US PRESSWIRE
Rex Burkhead is not the flashiest player in the nation. He likely will not be a first round draft pick in the NFL draft. He may not even be the most publicized player in his own team’s backfield. However, one thing is certain and that is Burkhead is the best running back you have never heard [...]
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Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE
College football is an exciting sport to watch in large part because of watching the development of underclassmen as they mature on the football field. Everyone is trying to find the next big thing in college football and Michigan State running back Le’Veon Bell is one guy looking to take that next step in his career. [...]
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Derick Hingle-US PRESSWiRE
One of the entertaining parts about sports is forecasting and projecting how well a player or team will do in an upcoming season. The weeks leading to the start of college football are littered with predictions of conference winners, Heisman favorites, and award watch list nominees. No other sport changes as much from week to week [...]
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