Eastern Washington’s Red Football Field May Give Boise State the Blues
Published on: 5th March, 2010
There's a new Crimson Tide about to be rolled out onto the college football scene. Trying to coax in a new stream of fans and marketing dollars, Eastern Washington University is installing a new red turf in its 5,000 seat Woodward Field. Perhaps inspired by the notoriety of the famous blue turf ...Terry Shea: Whatever Happened to The Former Rutgers Head Football Coach?
Published on: 4th March, 2010
Two weeks ago, my wife suddenly hit the brakes. Trying to guide two apparently loose dogs off the road, she was bitten by one of them. When I told a friend of this incident, he reminded me that, "no good deed goes unpunished." And I guess in the won-loss crucible of college ...Florida Gator Running Backs: Five-Headed Monster Lurking in the Swamp
Published on: 3rd March, 2010
A five-headed monster is lurking amongst the 90,000 plus orange and blue clad denizens who weekly populate the sink-hole situated along University Drive on the University of Florida campus. For all the talk of John Brantley: The Sequel , it's not just the new Gator quarterback who's garnering preseason note from ...Rutgers To the Big Ten: The Eruption that Will Change College Football
Published on: 2nd March, 2010
Rutgers is sitting on top of a volcano that's about to explode. The Big Ten knows it and that's why they're about to come calling. Citing "Big Ten Sources, Officials from Other Conferences, and television Executives," an article on the Chicago Tribune's website , suggests that Rutgers will be the ...John Gagliardi: St. John’s Football Coaching Legend Wins with “No’s”
Published on: 1st March, 2010
He probably would have made a good priest. After all, he is the Head Football Coach at St. John's University, the small Catholic but big-time winning school in Minnesota. His coaching record at the Division III program is off the charts. Since he began coaching in 1949 (four years at Carroll ...Herschel Walker or Bo Jackson: Who’s the Greatest RB in SEC History?
Published on: 27th February, 2010
The stat guys will probably argue for Herschel. The gut guys might just go with Bo. Who's the greatest running back in Southeastern Conference history? Most SEC college football junkies would agree that it probably comes down to either Georgia's Herschel Walker or Bo Jackson of Auburn. Both stars played during the ...Wayne Peace: Florida Gator QB Was One of Gator Nation’s Founding Fathers
Published on: 27th February, 2010
When Sports Illustrated ran the cover which accompanies this piece in September of 1982, we knew things had changed. The Florida Gators had gone big time. And we were right there. Quarterback Wayne Peace was my Phil Simms, before Simms was Simms. I can remember singing the praises of the then ...Homer Rice: Georgia Tech’s Football Innovator Dared to be Great
Published on: 27th February, 2010
"When you're not afraid to lose, winning comes easier." Especially when you have nothing to lose. And that's what I learned about this man. Reading a book on coaching football, it was in the manual's forward that I found the simple wisdom that impacted a life, a university, and a faraway apprentice. Homer ...The Top SEC Drumlines: Going to Battle with the Bands
Published on: 26th February, 2010
While my friends were busying themselves with other sorts of pre-game festivities, I had something else in mind. At the time, I felt a slight sense of the college football geek-dom I'd eventually settle into creeping in. But that would only last until I got to the Florida Book Store on the ...1994 Rutgers-Virginia Tech: One of College Football’s Fantastic Finishes
Published on: 26th February, 2010
Like Christmas, I've heard it said that Halloween has its spirits too. On a trick-or-treat night October 31, 1994, against its homecoming and Big East opponent, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights pulled off one of the great comeback wins in recent college football history. In a back and forth shootout, Rutgers found themselves ...Featured Sponsors
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