College Football Picks
August 25
Week 1
FYI.
I am going to pick the top 25 games plus Arizona.
Rankings are the USA Today Poll
Overall 19-3
Thursday September 2
Marshall 7 @ #2 Ohio State 35 (W)
#14 USC 28 @ Hawaii 3 (W)
#15 Pittsburgh 21 @ Utah 14 (L)
Friday September 3
Arizona 31 @ Toledo 17 (W)
Saturday September 4
San Jose State 0 @ #1 Alabama 42 (W)
Miami (Ohio) 7 @ #4 Florida 45 (W)
#5 Texas 45 @ Rice 14 (W)
#24 Oregon State 21 @ #6 TCU 17 (L)
Utah State 7 @ #7 Oklahoma 56 (W)
Western Kentucky 10 @ #8 Nebraska 28 (W)
Eastern Illinois 14 @ #9 Iowa 17 (W)
New Mexico 10 @ #11 Oregon 42 (W)
#12 Wisconsin 35 @ UNLV 14 (W)
South Carolina State 0 @ #16 Georgia Tech 35 (W)
Tennessee Tech 0 @ #17 Arkansas 35 (W)
#21 LSU 17 @ #18 North Carolina 10 (W)
Youngstown State 10 @ #19 Penn State 31 (W)
Samford 3 @ #20 Florida State 63 (W)
Arkansas State 3 @ #22 Auburn 35 (W)
Louisiana Lafayette 14 @ #23 Georgia 47 (W)
Coastal Carolina 3 @ #25 West Virginia 24 (W)
Monday September 6
#3 Boise State 14 @ #10 Virginia Tech 21 (L)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Image via WikipediaAugust 23
Here is some injury news today:
Boston College lost 2 players to season ending injuries, Rolandan Finch (RB, knee surgery) and Colin Larmond Jr (WR, knee).
Clemson linebacker Scotty Cooper has quit the team to rehab a neck injury.
Kansas RB Rell Lewis is done for the season after injuring his knee.
Rutgers lost J.T Tartacoff, WR, indefinitely with a leg injury. Rob Horrell, LS, for the season with a knee injury and Mark Harrison, WR, indefinitely with a head injury.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
College Football News
August 17
BREAKING NEWS:
BYU to go independent in football in 2011. Cougars will join the WAC for all other sports. Press conference scheduled for Thursday.
http://twitter.com/CSUFootball
Here are some Injury and transfer news:
August 17
BREAKING NEWS:
BYU to go independent in football in 2011. Cougars will join the WAC for all other sports. Press conference scheduled for Thursday.
http://twitter.com/CSUFootball
Here are some Injury and transfer news:
- Michigan DB Troy Woolfolk has a dislocated ankle and will likely miss this season
- Clemson/Marshall QB/S Willy Korn will transfer to D II North Greenville
- Oklahoma Linebacker Austin Box will be out 3-6 weeks with a back issue
- Texas TE Trey Graham will miss the season with a injured right knee. Also WR Gregory Timmons has a neck injury and will be out indefinitely
Thursday, July 29, 2010
NCAA and Arizona Basketball
The NCAA has finally finished their investigation of Arizona basketball. The penalty was scheduled for June 25. The allegations center on whether Lute Olson helped former goazcats.com publisher Jim Storey raise $197,000 to hold the Arizona Cactus Classic recruiting event against NCAA rules. That may be a good thing for UA if the news is bad. But the NCAA would surprise if it made major changes to UA's self-sanctions, which include the withholding of one scholarship for 2012-13, a reduction in recruiting man-hours and a reduction in official recruiting visits.
The self-sanctions UA imposed were:
1 -- Two years' probation beginning Feb. 5, 2010, when UA submitted its official response to the NCAA allegations.
2 -- Reducing official recruiting visits from the maximum of 12 to 11 in 2009-10 and to eight for 2010-11. (The UA said the higher number in 2009-10 reflects the number already used at the time of their response).
3 -- Reducing recruiting "person-days" from the maximum of 130 to 120 in 2009-10 and to 110 in 2010-11.
4 -- (this is actually part of No. 3) Reducing person-days from 60 to 52 this July.
5 -- Reducing scholarships from the maximum of 13 to 12 for 2011-12.
6 -- Institutional recertification that the UA's current policies and practices conform to NCAA requirements.
The NCAA has added the school shall reduce by one scholarship in the 2012-13 academic year, reduction in "person days in 2010-11 from 110 to 100, 2 less official visits for 2010-11, Two men's basketball players competed while ineligible during the 2007-08 academic year, based on their receipt of impermissible benefits in conjunction with the 2006 Cactus Classic. The institution will vacate all wins in which those players competed while ineligible.
The NCAA has finally finished their investigation of Arizona basketball. The penalty was scheduled for June 25. The allegations center on whether Lute Olson helped former goazcats.com publisher Jim Storey raise $197,000 to hold the Arizona Cactus Classic recruiting event against NCAA rules. That may be a good thing for UA if the news is bad. But the NCAA would surprise if it made major changes to UA's self-sanctions, which include the withholding of one scholarship for 2012-13, a reduction in recruiting man-hours and a reduction in official recruiting visits.
The self-sanctions UA imposed were:
1 -- Two years' probation beginning Feb. 5, 2010, when UA submitted its official response to the NCAA allegations.
2 -- Reducing official recruiting visits from the maximum of 12 to 11 in 2009-10 and to eight for 2010-11. (The UA said the higher number in 2009-10 reflects the number already used at the time of their response).
3 -- Reducing recruiting "person-days" from the maximum of 130 to 120 in 2009-10 and to 110 in 2010-11.
4 -- (this is actually part of No. 3) Reducing person-days from 60 to 52 this July.
5 -- Reducing scholarships from the maximum of 13 to 12 for 2011-12.
6 -- Institutional recertification that the UA's current policies and practices conform to NCAA requirements.
The NCAA has added the school shall reduce by one scholarship in the 2012-13 academic year, reduction in "person days in 2010-11 from 110 to 100, 2 less official visits for 2010-11, Two men's basketball players competed while ineligible during the 2007-08 academic year, based on their receipt of impermissible benefits in conjunction with the 2006 Cactus Classic. The institution will vacate all wins in which those players competed while ineligible.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Some of Joe Paterno's achievements: (Wikipedia)
Paterno is in his 60th season on the Penn State coaching staff as of 2009, holding the record for most seasons for any football coach at any university.
Paterno holds more bowl victories (24) than any coach in history. He also tops the list of bowl appearances with 36.[6] He has a bowl record of 24 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie with his latest win in the 2010 Capital One Bowl. Paterno is the only coach with the distinction of having won each of the current four major bowls—Rose, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar—as well as the Cotton Bowl Classic, at least once. Under Paterno, Penn State has won at least three bowl games each decade since 1970.
Overall, Paterno has led Penn State to two national championships (1982 and 1986) and five undefeated, untied seasons (1968, 1969, 1973, 1986, and 1994). Four of his unbeaten teams (1968, 1969, 1973, and 1994) won major bowl games and were not awarded a national championship.
Penn State under Paterno has won the Orange Bowl (1968, 1969, 1973, and 2005), the Cotton Bowl Classic (1972 and 1974), the Fiesta Bowl (1977, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, and 1996), the Liberty Bowl (1979), the Sugar Bowl (1982), the Aloha Bowl (1983), the Holiday Bowl (1989), the Citrus Bowl (1993 and 2010), the Rose Bowl (1994), the Outback Bowl (1995, 1998, and 2006) and the Alamo Bowl (1999 and 2007).
Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1993, Penn State under Paterno has won the Big Ten championship three times (1994, 2005, and 2008). Paterno has had 29 finishes in the Top 10 national rankings.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Award - 2002
- Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award - 2005
- Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award - 1981, 2005
- Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year - 1978, 1982, 1986
- Paul "Bear" Bryant Award - 1986
- United States Sports Academy's Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award (1989, 2001)[7]
- The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award - 2005
- Walter Camp Coach of the Year - 1972, 1994, 2005
- Dave McClain Big Ten Coach of the Year - 2008
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