College Football Examiner

What College Football Examiners are talking about

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:04:35 -0700

Here is what college football Examiners are talking about as we head for the second week of games, headlined by No. 3 USC at No. 8 Ohio StateKansas State Wildcats Examiner Eric Janzen takes a look back at the weekend the stadiums were empty eig...

Decision on LeGarrette Blount defines season for Oregon Ducks

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:16:34 -0700

LeGarrette Blount finally made good on his promise. The Oregon running back said the Ducks owed Boise State an "ass-whuppin" and he delivered. Too bad it came after the game and possibly ended Blount'...

Oregon-Boise State live chat

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:25:02 -0700

Join us for our live in-game chat of the Oregon-Boise State game at 7 p.m. Pacific.

We will be taking questions as well as live blogging the game as it happens on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium in Boise.

Oregon-Boise State live

A look at this week in college football history

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:25:11 -0700

From the National Football FoundationFEATURED MOMENT: September 3, 1984- At the Kick-Off Classic in the Meadowlands, No. 10 Miami (Fla.) defeated No.1 Auburn 20-18 to score its second straight victory over the number one team ...

Sunday links for College Football Examiners

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:56:57 -0700

Cal Bears Examiner Rob Calonge says cornerback Syd'Quan Thompson has a goal: winning the Pac-10 title. Oklahoma Sooners Examiner Bryan Waters looks at several previews for the Sooners' season. Michigan State Examiner Michael Fer...

Michigan players say program broke rules on workouts

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:15:54 -0700

The Detroit Free Press has an in-depth investigation on the Michigan football program and several players said theRWolverines violated NCAA rules for summer conditioning among other things.One excerpt from the Free Press story says:"The players ...

What college football Examiners are talking about on Saturday

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:01:09 -0700

Here are some links to Examiner articles on college football for Saturday, Aug. 29. SEC Examiner Brent Beaird has his predictions for the Western Division here.Colorado State Examiner Rich Kurtzman says the Rams finally named a starting qu...

Here are links to Wednesday's stories by College Football Examiners

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:32:05 -0700

A roundup of links by College Football Examiners and Sports Examiners on college football for Aug. 19. Washington State Cougars Examiner Lew Wright has stories on everything from the Cougars' color analyst Jim walden to scr...

Turns out Notre Dame has a new whiz kid

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:15:38 -0700

Lordy be, did you see the headline out of South Bend, Ind?Nah, nothing to do with Hawaii coach Greg McMackin's homosexual slur against Notre Dame. Not even news that Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis had no comment about McMackin's reference to a little ...

BYU's dream season, let us count the ways

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:53:18 -0700

Lots of talk, in case you hadn't heard, about Utah and the Mountain West this offseason. OK. whining moaning, old-fashioned politics. In other words, college football business as usual. I've said the Utes can buy some T-shirts and ce...

College Football: Pope Meyer should travel as well

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:25 -0700

Much thanks to The Itsy-bitsy-est Post-Marxist Subversive While waiting for Commissioner Thompson to call me back ...The pope of college football was on display Thursday. No, not Beano Cook. Pope Urban Meyer, Florida Gators coach. Meyer, a Catho...

Officially, Notre Dame-Army to meet at Yankee Stadium

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:32:37 -0700

What was widely reported last week became official Monday. Notre Dame and Army will renew their storied rivalry Nov. 20, 2010, in the first college football game at new Yankee Stadium. No kickoff time was announced."We could not be more excited ...

Hearing-impaired Ohio State fan wants captioning

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:28:25 -0700

An Ohio man, who is hearing-impaired, is suing Ohio State saying the school should offer captioning on its scoreboards because he cannot hear the announcers.Vincent Sabino said he doesn't have the same access as other fans to radio broadcasts when he...

Notre Dame has more neutral games in mind

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:07:09 -0700

Lots going on today with the start of football media days, starting with the Sun Belt Conference, which is conducting its media days via video teleconference. This could be a move that you may see other conferences make to save some money. We&rs...

Aikman leads Hall of Fame inductees

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:52:59 -0700

Troy Aikman, who starred at UCLA, Thurman Thomas (Oklahoma State) and coach Lou Holtz will lead the College Football Hall of Fame inductees Saturday night in South Bend, Ind. Others who will be inducted are Roger Brown (Ma...

Notre Dame-Army at Yankee Stadium makes perfect dollars and sense

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:20 -0700

OK. Call me a dinosaur, an out of touch retch looking to rekindle the good old days of college football. I really don't care. I'm thrilled that Army and Notre Dame will play at Yankee Stadium as early as next season.An official announcement...

Boise State might be perfect, but not a contender

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:41:32 -0700

Boise State has too weak a schedule to contend for BCS title in 2009Boise State just might be a title contender.I read that recently and figured it must be to repeat as WAC champion. But no it was a national title contender. Boise State. This season....

Boise State might be perfect, but not a contender

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:41:32 -0700

Media Days mean college football kickoff not far behind

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:55:36 -0700

Barry Switzer would likely tweetWith the major college football season 48 days away, most conferences are less than two weeks away from conducting media days. Here is a schedule of all 11 conference media days.ACC: July 26-27...

Florida's Meyer says Utah not part of SEC weekly grind

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:55:22 -0700

Urban Meyer said Utah can't take weekly SEC grindFlorida coach Urban Meyer had to step carefully when asked about the effort by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch and the Mountain West Conference to join the BCS party. Meyer, after all, led Utah...