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Garrett Reid’s Temple Connection
As the sporting world mourns the loss of Garrett Reid this week, the tragedy hits home in the Big East Conference. The Reid family has two younger sons currently involved with the Temple football program, no doubt casting a shadow over the summer around all of Philadelphia football. The news out of Lehigh on Sunday [...]
TweetIMG College: Quiet College Football Devil
Welcome to Tin Foil Cap Corner, where today we’ll discuss incredibly coincidental events that may or may not be nominees for “World’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories Lifetime Achievement Award.” Today, we dig into this thesis. “ESPN, in conjunction with IMG, wanted superconferences, and has done everything possible to make them a reality.” Ready? Consider these cobbled-together [...]
TweetThe 25 Questions of the 2012 College Football Top 25 Rankings
Thursday morning was one of the many signs that College Football Season is fast approaching as the annual USA Today Coaches Poll, a list of the 2012 College Football Top 25 Rankings as voted by the coaches was released. Here is a look at the biggest question marks for those teams that may mean the [...]
TweetRant Sports Preseason All American Team: Special Teams
We come to the end of our Rant Sports Preseason All American Team with our special teams performers. Let’s jump right into it with our All American punter. Brad Wing, Punter, LSU: Wing burst onto the national scene as he averaged 44 yards per punt and that was as a redshirt freshman. Wing has a [...]
TweetUSA Today Poll Released: Big East Shutout
For the third time in four seasons, the Big East was left out of the inaugural USA Today Coaches Poll. While the sting of not housing a single Top 25 team was probably felt in league offices, the less than proud distinction doesn’t come as a shock to those who follow the league. A pair [...]
TweetPreviewing The Schedule: Week Three In College Football
Here’s the bad news: on the completion of this week’s games, the college football season is a quarter to its conclusion. The good news? A ridiculously entertaining set of matchups and nine more weeks of Saturday debauchery. September 13th (Thursday) Rutgers at South Florida Kyle Flood spoke like a new head coach at Big East [...]
TweetCincinnati Bearcats Read Press Clippings
While most athletes in 2012 won’t admit to reading, digesting, or caring about what the media has to say, some still take the opinions personally. Count a member of the Cincinnati Bearcats offensive live among them. Offensive lineman Austen Bujnoch revealed that the team has Athlon Sports list of the top players in the conference [...]
TweetBig East Football Preseason Media Poll Released
As Big East Media Day rolls on in Providence, the results of the highly anticipated preseason media poll were announced this morning. Here’s a breakdown of what the conference is predicted to look like in November. 1. Louisville (24) 219 2. USF (4) 176 3. Rutgers 155 4. Cincinnati 139 5. Pittsburgh 131 6. Connecticut [...]
TweetBig East Media Day Questions
As the Big East Conference gets set to take center stage in Providence, RI this week, here are the big questions surrounding the conference for the upcoming season. Laces Out will be updating you with the latest and greatest coverage this week. 1. Who is the favorite? If we’re to listen to Las Vegas, Louisville [...]
TweetMilitary Training For Syracuse Orange Football
Syracuse Orange football is starting their final Big East season in an interesting way. Head coach Doug Marrone has agreed to take his team to a New York military base to conduct August practices on Army grounds. The team is scheduled to head to Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division in upstate New York [...]
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