It’s finally here. Saturday marks the day that has been circled on calendars across Texas since they were purchased late last year. Statewide conversations are all the same this week – whether it’s at the local BBQ joint, in an office cubicle or at a neighbor’s mailbox, “Football season is finally here.”
Archive for August, 2008
Exactly Different
Posted in NCAA Athletics, Texas Longhorn Athletics, tagged College Football, Longhorn football, NCAA Football, Texas football, Texas Longhorns on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Big 12 Preview
Posted in NCAA Athletics, Texas Longhorn Athletics, tagged Baylor Bears, College Football, Colorado Buffalos, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, NCAA Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Big 12 Storylines
*** While the age old mantra “Defense wins championships” may still ring true, don’t try to convince the defensive coordinators in the Big 12. An astounding ten of twelve teams return their starting quarterbacks from 2007. Addionally, four Big 12 teams finished nationally ranked among the top eight teams in scoring offense.
*** The [...]
SEC Preview
Posted in NCAA Athletics, tagged Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, College Football, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi Rebels, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NCAA Football, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Vanderbilt Commodores on August 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
2008 Storylines
*** Of 24 potential coordinators, there will be 11 new men calling shots on Saturdays in the Southeastern Conference. With so many teams learning new systems, there will not be the potential advantage normally associated with a lack of coaching cohesion.
*** There are six SEC teams breaking in new quarterbacks this Fall (Tennesee, South [...]
Big Ten Conference Preview
Posted in NCAA Athletics, tagged Big 10, College Football, Illinois Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, NCAA Football, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Big 10 Storylines for 2008:
*** Conflicting Results? – Will the real Big Ten please stand? In the last three years during the regular season, the Big 10 has a very respectable non-conference record of 17-12 versus BCS conference schools. In those same last three years, the Big 10 is a wretched 8-14 in bowl games [...]
Pac-10 Conference Preview
Posted in NCAA Athletics, tagged Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, College Football, NCAA Football, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the West Coast, offense reigns supreme and defensive football is sometimes downright offensive. That is the way of life in the Pac-10 and things do not look significantly different for 2008. In an interesting twist the three most talented teams behind USC (Cal, Oregon & ASU) all have tougher schedules than the three teams [...]
