Published on: 30th July, 2010
Although Texas played in the National Championship Game last season, its running game most definitely left something to be desired. It's not often that a team can rank among the top 15 in the nation in yards gained, and top three in points per game, and still have fans believing that ...Published on: 30th July, 2010
Every season, college football anoints new players as national stars. Prior to last season, Mark Ingram, Toby Gerhart and Ndamukong Suh were certainly recognized as great players by their respective fan bases, but lacked the national recognition that they would eventually receive as the season progressed. Each player ultimately finished ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
One of the truly beautiful aspects of the NFL is the fact that any given season, new teams will emerge as contenders out of nowhere. In 2008, the New Orleans Saints were sitting at home watching the playoffs. In 2009, they won the Super Bowl. The reason for this shift in outcome ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
Pat Haden has been named the new athletic director at USC, and it's clear from one of his first actions in the position that he's trying to change the perception of the school. Six weeks ago, the NCAA laid down hard sanctions on the Trojans football program after discovering that former ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
One of the most entertaining aspects of college football is the constant influx of new talent. A sport constantly in transition, the most common storyline in college football at the beginning of each season is which unproven players will ultimately prove adequate in replacing former stars lost to the professional ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
In the past three seasons the Longhorns have lost three players—Andre Jones (kicked off the team), Jarvis Humphrey (illness), and Derek Johnson (transfer)—at the defensive tackle position. This is certainly cause for concern, because with Lamarr Houston and Ben Alexander graduated, the Horns are now fairly thin at the position. ...Published on: 12th July, 2010
With the World Cup behind us, so are the lamentations of commentators that simply don't understand why soccer isn't more popular in the United States—for now at least. Their gripe is understandable. Soccer is a truly international game, and with America's rabid sports culture, it would seem like the game ...Published on: 9th July, 2010
At times last season, Texas' offense looked frustratingly predictable. The usual plot for most offensive series was as follows: On first down, they would hand the ball off out of the shotgun to a running back that was basically standing still, which would result in either a loss or minimal gain. ...Published on: 6th July, 2010
Perhaps more so than other years, this college football season will mark a time of transition. Not only has the game lost some of it's biggest names of the past four years in Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy, and Sam Bradford, but conference re-alignment has altered the landscape of the sport—albeit not ...Published on: 28th June, 2010
The message is clear to football recruits who want to play their college ball at the University of Texas: Grab your seat now, while it's still there. The Longhorns secured their 22nd commitment in the 2011 class when San Antonio Sam Houston DT Quincy Russell pledged to the Longhorns on Sunday. Russell ...