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Breaking Down the Texas Longhorns Matchup With the Wyoming Cowboys
The Texas Longhorns kick off the 2012 college football season with a game this Saturday evening at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium against the Wyoming Cowboys. Texas most recently squared off against the Cowboys in a home-and-home series in 2009 and 2010, with the Longhorns winning by a combined score of 75-17 in the [...]
TweetCan The Oklahoma Sooners Live Up To 2012 Expectations?
The Oklahoma Sooners are picked yet again to win the Big XII conference, but will the adjustments being made be enough to get it done? The Sooners always have high expectations going into the start of football season, but the 2011 season was filled with players feeding into their own hype, injuries, suspensions and basically [...]
TweetOfficial Rant Sports College Football Pre-Season Top 25 Rankings
Over the course of the summer, the college football staff here at Rant Sports has outlined the top 100 teams in the country in our 100 in 100 series. It’s been an exhaustive effort and we’ve finally reached the pinnacle! The series wrapped up this morning as we crowned the USC Trojans as our prohibitive [...]
TweetBig 12 Power Poll: Week One Salvos
1. Oklahoma Sooners That the Sooners remain atop this poll after an offseason of defensive tackle, offensive linemen and wide receiver attrition for everything except being caught in a compromising position with a Lacewell spouse, speaks to merits of a Big 12 national championship contender. Someone must win the conference and there are worse places [...]
TweetRant Sports 100 In 100 College Football Preview: No. 3 LSU Tigers
The calendar has officially turned and it’s game week, and we are blasting off the college football season. Man, has it been a long summer, but we have had our share of college football news along with some extremely hot weather. We continue counting down our Rant Sports 100 teams in 100 days, as we [...]
TweetRant Sports 2012 College Football Writers Roundtable: Part II
As the 2012 college footballseason approaches, Rant Sports continues a roundtable discussion with four college football writers covering various conferences and regions. Each writer tackles some of the biggest storylines and questions entering the opening weekend. This is part two of our two part discussion. 3. A plus 1 model is coming in 2014. Good? [...]
TweetUpdated Depth Chart Released For Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners released their updated depth chart on Monday for their first game of the season against the University of Texas – El Paso on Saturday. In typical Bob Stoops fashion, this could change any time within the week, but as of right now, we know what the Oklahoma Sooners will be working with. Highlights [...]
TweetRant Sports 2012 College Football Writers Roundtable: Part I
Every corner of the nation is ripe with anticipation for the 2012 season kickoff. Before we fire up the grill, invite the friends over and start on that first pregame beer, several college football writers for Rant Sports gathered around to talk about some of the big storylines entering the upcoming season. Four college writers [...]
TweetBreaking Down the Texas Longhorns Pre-Season Depth Chart- Special Teams
Over the past few days, we’ve broken down both the offensive and defensive sides of the Texas Longhorns depth chart. Today, we’ll take a look at the special teams units and the impact they’ll have on the overall success of Mack Brown‘s squad in 2012. Kick Returners Punt Returns: No. 1- Quandre Diggs No. 2- Jaxon Shipley [...]
TweetKansas State has a record-breaking Quarterback in Collin Klein
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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