New Indiana University football coach Kevin Wilson is quickly developing a reputation as a riverboat gambler ... to a fault. He unsuccessfully attempted a fourth-down conversion rather than kicking an easy field goal last week in the Hoosiers' season-opening loss to Ball State, but it didn't make a difference in the final score of that game. This time, it did. Wilson … [Read more...] about Kevin Wilson Did It Again … and It Cost Indiana This Time
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Indiana Hoosiers Open Kevin Wilson Era with Loss
I'm not quite sure that was the way the Indiana University football team wanted to begin its new era. Playing their first game of the 2011 season and under new coach Kevin Wilson, the Hoosiers looked pretty much like, well, the Hoosiers -- the IU teams of the last three seasons under Bill Lynch and the IU teams throughout the program's history -- in a 27-20 loss to in-state … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers Open Kevin Wilson Era with Loss
#7 Boise State Broncos: College Football 77 in 77
This is the year. It has to be. To quote Elvis Presely "It's now or Never." (by the way, anyone notice that song is a blatant rip off of "O Solo Mio" just like "My Country Tis of Thee" is a rip off of "God Save the Queen) Anyways, the Boise State Broncos, the mid-major darlings of college football, will be fielding a team dominated by seniors and seven returning starters on … [Read more...] about #7 Boise State Broncos: College Football 77 in 77
Penn State’s Derek Moye: Big Ten’s Best Receiver?
Assessing the talent at wideout in the Big Ten this fall, a few names jump out at you: Roy Roundtree from the Michigan Wolverines, Jeremy Ebert at Northwestern, and maybe A.J. Jenkins for the Illini and the Hoosiers' Damarlo Belcher. However, my choice plays for the traditionally ground-oriented Penn State Nittany Lions who probably have the best core in the league. Their #1 … [Read more...] about Penn State’s Derek Moye: Big Ten’s Best Receiver?
#10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish: College Football 77 in 77
Here it is- THE BIG ONE! Of all my 77 in 77s, this is my piece de resistance. The team I cover the most, Chicago's home college football team, the program covered in the media unlike any other. Yes, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the most storied and well-documented team in the history of the game. This preview will be longer than the others, so let's get right to … [Read more...] about #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish: College Football 77 in 77
Notre Dame Defense: Too Early 2011 Season Preview
In 2010, the Notre Dame defense improved dramatically over its 2009 output, making big leaps in scoring defense (63rd nationally to 23rd), interceptions (50th to 19th) and sacks (89th to 54th). Those numbers come mostly from the final four games, when they seem to just "get it," a stark contrast from the first nine games where they showed potential but were also very … [Read more...] about Notre Dame Defense: Too Early 2011 Season Preview
Best Defensive End in College Football? Notre Dame, Michigan Have Candidates
Notre Dame senior defensive end tandem of Kapron Lewis-Moore and Ethan Johnson were named preseason candidates for the 2011 Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award. Lewis-Moore and Johnson are one of three sets of teammates to appear on the list of 35 players. The other two are North Carolina's Quinton Coples and Donte Paige-Moss; and USC's Wes Horton and Nick … [Read more...] about Best Defensive End in College Football? Notre Dame, Michigan Have Candidates
#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
Fickell isn’t Jim Tressel, and that’s just the way he wants it
The Sports Bank's, Jeff Beck, reporting from day two of Big Ten Football Media Day in Chicago. It was late, 11 p.m. on a Friday night a week and a half after Jim Tressel had been dismissed as head coach of the Ohio State program, when an undoubtedly drained Luke Fickell worked alone in his office. Much had transpired in that week and a half. In the blink of an eye, the … [Read more...] about Fickell isn’t Jim Tressel, and that’s just the way he wants it
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