1. College Football: Mark It Down -- 14 Things That Will Absolutely Happen in 2012

    Despite the fact that the start of the 2012 season is months away, college football fans are already taking a long look at how the 2012 college football season could play out...

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  2. Oregon Football: 5 Offseason Goals for the Ducks

    With the 2011 season and recruiting period over, everyone will now start to look forward at the 2012 season. For most, spring games cannot come quick enough, but August is still a long way off...

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  3. 50 of the Worst Moments in College Football History

    Throughout the history of college football, there have been some plays, calls and moments that have elevated the sport to the popularity it has today...

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  4. One Game Every College Football Team Wishes It Could Opt out of for 2012

    Every year, college football fans start to take a look at the out of conference schedules and see what primetime games are going to happen in the upcoming season...

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  5. Oregon Football: 5 Reasons Chip Kelly Will Go Down as the Greatest Duck Coach

    In 2007, coach Mike Bellotti brought Chip Kelly onto the Oregon staff as the offensive coordinator. That may end up being one of the biggest moments in Oregon history...

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  6. Setting the over-Under Win Total for Every College Football Team in 2012

    Now that the recruiting period is behind us, college football fans begin the long wait. Soon spring practice will come and go and the summer months will leave fans longing for the sound of pads colliding...

    Joe Penkala Written by Joe Penkala about 8 days ago 27,142 reads 119 comments

  7. Oregon Football: 5 Reasons to Be Excited for the 2012 Season

    For college football fans, this is a dead period of having to wait and wait, and while spring practice and games give us a short reprieve, the wait drags out all the way until August...

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  8. Oregon Ducks Football: 5 Keys to the 2012 Season

    With the national signing day behind the Oregon staff, the attention is now being placed on offseason workouts, spring practice and the 2012 football season...

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  9. College Football Recruiting: Grading Every Team's National Signing Day Class

    As is the case every season, national signing day came and went extremely quickly. High school seniors from around the nation made their commitment to go and play football at their program of choice and shaped the future of college football...

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  10. 2012 Stock Report for Every BCS College Football Team After National Signing Day

    As the letters of intent flew into schools all over the nation, the 2011 season finally has been put to rest and the 2012 season has begun...

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  11. Oregon Football: Arik Armstead and Bralon Addison Headline Ducks Class

    Once the dust had settled, the Ducks had all of their letters of intent in and signed and they could take a look at how their 2012 recruiting class shaped up...

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  12. Oregon Football: Arik Armstead Picks Ducks; Kelly Leaving Lasting Impact

    On Sunday, Oregon received news that Arik Armstead had made his choice to play college football with the Ducks and with that commitment, the Ducks have truly shown how far they have come...

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  13. Tracking Oregon's 2012 National Signing Day Targets

    As National Signing Day approaches, college football fans are like little kids on Christmas morning as they await to see what surprises await their program for years to come...

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  14. First Word You Think of for Every College Football Coach

    Since the 2011 college football season has ended, many moves have been made around the national landscape; coaches have been moved to new spots while some have remained at their old stomping grounds...

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  15. Chip Kelly's Heart Is in Oregon; Stays with Ducks, Turns Down NFL's Buccaneers

    Sunday night saw a flurry of activity as many sports and media outlets were reporting that Chip Kelly and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had reached an agreement that would make Kelly their new head coach...

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  16. Oregon Football: 4 Reasons Chip Kelly May Leave for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    With the news from ESPN that coach Chip Kelly is closing in on finalizing his deal to become the head coach of Tampa Bay, fans and players are left to ask the question why...

    Joe Penkala Written by Joe Penkala about 26 days ago 1,086 reads 0 comments

  17. Predicting College Football's 10 Most Improved Teams in 2012

    When you look back at the 2011 season, it becomes clear that some teams were both good and bad surprises for many fanbases. For every good surprise like Michigan, there were teams that fell flat and below expectations like Ohio State...

    Joe Penkala Written by Joe Penkala about 26 days ago 6,785 reads 18 comments

  18. Report: Chip Kelly on Brink of Leaving Oregon Ducks; Heading to Tampa Bay

    Over the past few hours, the social media world has been set on fire with the idea that Chip Kelly has had meetings with the Tampa Bay officials, and KGW out of Portland is saying ...

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  19. Will 2012 Be Better, Worse or More of the Same for Every BCS Conference Program

    With signing day around the corner, programs are looking to fill their needs and try to secure that big recruit that could help take their program to the next level...

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  20. Oregon Football: 5 Duck Players That Must Come Up Huge in 2012

    For the past three years Oregon has continued to find a way to retool its offense and stay on top of the Pac-12 conference...

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  21. College Football Predictions 2012: Picking Top to Bottom in Every Conference

    While Alabama may still be celebrating their BCS national title, people are already starting to look ahead at the 2012 season...

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  22. Oregon Ducks Football: Darron Thomas Bolts for NFL, Bryan Bennett Era Begins

    Last night, Oregon fans received some news that nobody saw coming or even wondered if it was coming. Last night, Darron Thomas decided that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft...

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  23. 50 Coolest Moments from the 2011 College Football Bowl Season

    When the final whistle blew and Alabama won the 2012 BCS National Championship, the bowl season for this year was over and now college football fans are left to wait and wait until we are ready to kick off the 2012 season...

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  24. Alabama vs. LSU: Why the BCS Championship Guaranteed a College Football Plus-1

    So now that the 2011 season is over, Alabama has taken down LSU in the BCS national championship, 21-0, and fans around the nation are left with a feeling of emptiness and a hint of what could have happened if things were different...

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  25. LSU vs. Alabama: Nick Saban and College Football's 10 Best Coaches

    When looking at the game between LSU and Alabama Monday night for the national title, not only was Alabama's 21-0 victory a matchup between two elite defenses, but it also put two of the best coaches in the nation up against each other...

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