1. 20 College Football Teams That Wish Week 1 Was Later in the Season

    Preparing to take the field for an upcoming football season takes hours and hours of dedicated work, film study and preparation. And then fall practice starts. The amount of time dedicated to this game is enormous, with good reason...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 8,350 reads 29 comments

  2. College Football: 10 Coaches on the Hot Seat Who Cannot Afford a Week 1 Loss

    A college football coach only has 12-13 game to prove that he deserves to keep his job every season. Because of the brevity of each season, every single game is of utmost importance, including Game 1...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 1,437 reads 4 comments

  3. Ranking the Best and Worst of College Football Announcers for 2012 Season

    Several aspects of the college football home viewing experience are essential. One must have the appropriate seating—without it, the entire experience can turn into a disaster...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 6,276 reads 14 comments

  4. 2012 College Football Top 25: Predicting Each Team's Offensive and Defensive MVP

    The college football offseason has been littered with "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" moments, scandal, trials and drama...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 13,566 reads 84 comments

  5. 10 College Football Teams Who Should Forfeit Punting/Kicking

    The above picture appears to be of Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley telling his team to go for one after a touchdown. Given his kickers' penchant for missing attempts at scoring points, he may want to reconsider...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 1,413 reads 2 comments

  6. The 10 Toughest Fall Camps in College Football

    The NCAA has a pretty solid list of guidelines governing practices and preparation during camp. The days of Bear Bryant's legendary camp at Junction, Texas, are gone...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 11,802 reads 32 comments

  7. The 10 Best Offensive Minds in College Football

    There are many college football fans—the purists among us, if you will—who love the sight of a solid defensive struggle such as Alabama and LSU's epic first meeting last season...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 8,137 reads 59 comments

  8. 20 College Football Teams Whose Season Could Be Over by Week 3

    The first three games of the college football season mark the first quarter of the season and the beginning of the meat of the schedule...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 5,659 reads 31 comments

  9. Top 20 Underrated College Football QBs Entering 2012 Season

    The players on this list are much like a good marinade on the perfect steak. They are overlooked, under-appreciated and sometimes lost in the shadows of greater talent and expectations...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 9 months ago 2,587 reads 25 comments

  10. College Football: 14 'Mid-Major' Players Who Will Steal the Show in 2012

    We are all aware of Denard Robinson, Tyrann Mathieu, Montee Ball and Matt Barkley. You can hardly turn around with a story coming at you from somewhere about these guys. Not all good , either...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 2,370 reads 31 comments

  11. College Football Fall Camps: Which Players Are Under the Biggest Microscope?

    Every college football player in fall camp across the country is under some level of scrutiny. Coaches are closely scrutinizing to see who deserves to make the two-deep, fans are ...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 7,714 reads 23 comments

  12. Ranking Every College Football Conference Champ's Chances of Repeating in 2012

    Repeating as champions of a college football conference is no small feat. Oklahoma, USC, Oregon, Wisconsin and Virginia Tech are all teams that have won consecutive conference titles ...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 5,064 reads 95 comments

  13. Stat Predictions for the Top 20 Heisman Trophy Favorites

    It's coming, folks. Inevitably, like Lee Corso shooting off at least one gun during the season, Lou Holtz making ridiculous predictions for Notre Dame, and Steve Spurrier throwing ...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 9,040 reads 31 comments

  14. College Football: 25 Teams, Players and Coaches Feeling the Most Pressure

    We are all under some kind of pressure. Pressure from the wife to clean the garage, pressure from the boss to meet deadlines and possibly even pressure from the parentals to find another location for our all-night gaming parties...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 8,251 reads 11 comments

  15. 10 Conference Changes That Should Occur Before Playoffs Begin in 2014

    Now that the rush to switch conferences has died down and we actually have a plan for a playoff in place, let's take a look at some changes that could still be made before the new system gets here...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 2,875 reads 12 comments

  16. 10 College Football Coaches Who Will Be Out of the Business in 5 Years

    By 2017, we will have seen three more Olympiads, two Presidential elections and countless reality television shows filled with mindless drivel. The men on this list will also be out of the business of coaching...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 4,135 reads 7 comments

  17. College Football 2012: Which Heisman Candidates Will Have the Best Week One?

    Now that Steve Spurrier has made his annual splash at the SEC Media Days, we turn our attention toward the rapidly approaching football season...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 2,166 reads 12 comments

  18. College Football's Top 10 Best Live Mascots

    From Zips to Aggies and Spartans to Gamecocks, mascots roam college football sidelines across the country...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 13,192 reads 12 comments

  19. College Football: 10 Possible Names for the Playoff System

    With the college football playoff system heading our way in the near future, it's time to start thinking about names. It still may be over a year away, but the rite of naming a newborn entity can never begin too early, just ask my wife...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 4,579 reads 24 comments

  20. Predicting Which College Football Head Coach Is Likely to Be Fired First in 2012

    These coaches need some job security. Their jobs are in serious danger, and not at the end of the 2012 season. No, the coaches on this list have a great shot at being fired before the season even ends...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 3,998 reads 4 comments

  21. The College Football Title Game: The 9 Worst Cities That Could Host It

    It's easy to pick random cities as bad sites for a championship game. Worst, in my book: Ames, Iowa; Boise, Idaho and Barrow, Alaska. But really, none of those are realistic...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 10 months ago 4,710 reads 35 comments

  22. 14 Best College Football Movies and Documentaries Ever

    Good college football movies are harder to find than you might imagine. There are several solid documentaries, including the recent pieces that are part of ESPN's 30 for 30 . The films on this list are the best of the two genres...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 11 months ago 13,611 reads 27 comments

  23. Predicting the USA Today Preseason Coaches' Top 25 College Football Poll

    Like peanut butter without jelly, the college football offseason is not complete without some preseason top 25 poll prognostication. That's what this list is all about...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 11 months ago 19,600 reads 89 comments

  24. College Football Predictions: Projecting 2012 All-Freshman Team

    Sometimes freshman surprise us. Outside of Sammy Watkins' family and friends, who really saw him exploding onto the scene in such a big way last season? Or how about USC's Marqise ...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 11 months ago 4,553 reads 5 comments

  25. The Most Underrated College Football Player at Every Position

    The college football offseason is all about the hype. We list preseason top 25s, best quarterbacks by conference and coaches who are on the hot seat...

    Carl Stine Written by Carl Stine about 11 months ago 5,076 reads 16 comments