Last year I was not very high on the Colorado Buffaloes heading into college football season, and the C Buffs did not disappoint going 3-10 and losing 7 in midseason. Well actually, they did disappoint, quite a bit, just not me because I had zero expectations for Jon Embree's group. I have a similar negative outlook for them this year, I predict a seventh straight losing year … [Read more...] about #72 Colorado Buffaloes: College Football 77 in 77
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Iowa Hawkeyes Welcome Back Heisman Runner-Up QB Brad Banks
Former University of Iowa All-America quarterback Brad Banks led the 2002 Hawkeyes to a Big Ten co-championship; a perfect 8-0 league mark and an 11-2 overall record. That team made their first ever BcS appearance vs. USC in the Orange Bowl. Banks was runner-up to USC’s Carson Palmer (you might have heard of him, he made a lot of news with the Cincinnati Bengals lately) in … [Read more...] about Iowa Hawkeyes Welcome Back Heisman Runner-Up QB Brad Banks
#18 West Virginia Mountaineers: College Football 77 in 77
The tallest midget. The most intelligent Kardashian sister. The most interesting reality "star." The richest man in Joliet. The least fattening funnel cake. These are all synonyms for the best team in the Big East. Yes, it's a super conference in college basketball; but in college football...well, I've already thrown up enough this week. And in 2011, the most sober frat boy … [Read more...] about #18 West Virginia Mountaineers: College Football 77 in 77
#23 South Carolina Gamecocks: College Football 77 in 77
Of all the 1990s trends that have thankfully died out, I was really glad to see an end to all those STUPID white hats that frat-boy douches used to love wearing. The ones reading “BEAVERS” in huge letters with "Oregon State University" just below in smaller font. And of course “COCKS” with “University of South Carolina” just above the brim. “It’s funny … [Read more...] about #23 South Carolina Gamecocks: College Football 77 in 77
#27 Air Force Falcons: College Football 77 in 77
it really is the very definition of irony. The Air Force Falcons college football team, rarely ever attack their opponents through the air. They finished in the nation in passing. The service academy that runs our deadliest of war machines, the air planes and jets, actually does all it's work on the ground- through the rushing obsessed triple option attack. In this game of … [Read more...] about #27 Air Force Falcons: College Football 77 in 77
#36 Iowa Hawkeyes: College Football 77 in 77
What's the key to the Iowa Hawkeyes having a much better 2011 than 2010? "Got to make sure we're practicing well, and we go eliminate off-the-field distractions, and making sure we're finishing games," wide receiver Marvin McNutt told me at Big Ten media day. So all those off-the-field distractions were they a big reason the team went downhill fast toward the end of last … [Read more...] about #36 Iowa Hawkeyes: College Football 77 in 77
College Football 77 in 77: #45 Syracuse Orange
The Syracuse Orange are one college football team that no one can seem to figure out in 2011. Take a look at the end of this article at their rankings in the three publications I quote at the end of every 77 in 77. Notice how their placement is all over the map? The consensus idea is that the football team at this college basketball school will rely on an emerging offense to … [Read more...] about College Football 77 in 77: #45 Syracuse Orange
College Football 77 in 77: #49 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
This year's upcoming season of mediocre-to-slightly-above-average college football in Hotlanta will not be enough to distract Ramblin' Wreck fans from the fact that they are on probation for four years and just had the 2009 ACC Championship stripped and vacated. I've always said stripping of titles and wins are pointless. They may be removed from the media guides and … [Read more...] about College Football 77 in 77: #49 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
