1. Stabilizing the Ring of Fire: A New Formula For the BCS

    The Bowl Championship Series is the most debated topic in all of sports on both the collegiate and professional level. Each year we have some level of controversy and conspiracy. It does not matter...

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  2. Fear the Future: Kevin Newsome Will Be Starting at Alabama in 2010

    On Sept. 11, 2010, the Penn State Nittany Lions will travel to Tuscaloosa, AL for their biggest regular season non-conference throwdown since Sept. 18, 1999 when Penn State played at No. 9 Miami (Fl...

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  3. Chew on This: Most Overrated Players in College Football

    College football is all about hype. That is why we have different sets of rankings before the season, before any team steps onto the gridiron. Other than rankings come many more perceptions that disappoint more often than not...

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  4. Heisman Race: Razorback Ryan Mallett Cracks the Ballot

    In this edition of the Heisman Trophy Race, the list has been chopped in half from 12 to six. In this edition, Texas QB Colt McCoy and Boise State QB Kellen Moore are on the outside looking ...

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  5. Revisiting Penn State's Blunder With Daryll Clark and Pat Devlin

    It was Oct. 25, 2008 and under the lights at the Horseshoe in Columbus, Ohio, where the No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions, still undefeated, were going to battle with the No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes...

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  6. Top Linebacker Khairi Fortt Commits To Penn State

    "Linebacker U." just got a little scarier. Khairi Fortt, the No. 2 ranked outside linebacker in America according to Rivals.com, has officially committed to Penn State's class of 2010 and will enroll in January...

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  7. Penn State-Eastern Illinois: A Cat Fight in Happy Valley

    The Penn State Nittany Lions season has not been as expected for fans and alum, but it has not been a disaster either. The Nittany Lions needed a 28-point second half at Illinois to pull away from the Fighting Illini this past Saturday...

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  8. Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen Heats Up Heisman Race

    October has struck us with crisp air and high winds. We are also beginning to see the Heisman Race work itself out as in this edition of the Heisman watch as four new faces emerge into the spotlight...

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  9. Expect Penn State to Push Illinois Around Like a Shopping Cart

    Penn State will be looking to avenge last week's loss to Iowa in Happy Valley. Illinois has the daunting task of hosting the angry Nittany Lions, and after watching the Fighting Illini through three games, they are in for a lot of trouble...

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  10. The Big Ten Needs to Earn Respect, Not Demand It

    The "College Football Bowl Subdivision", or FBS as we call it, is broken down into two highly indifferent pieces—"First Class" (Automatically Qualifying BCS Conferences) and "Coach" (Non-Automatically Qualifying BCS Conferences)...

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  11. Daryll Clark Will Pay: Penn State Played Dead in The Trenches

    For the second consecutive season, Penn State's hopes of bringing Joe Paterno another national championship were dashed by Iowa. Blame it on the rain; blame it on anything except for Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark...

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  12. Chase for the Heisman: The Next Adrian Peterson Cracks the List?

    With another Saturday down, more college players are doing the Heisman shuffle, staking their claim in honor to be named as the best college football player in the land...

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  13. College Football's Most Overlooked Stars

    College football is a game played by thousands of athletes on Saturday yet many distinguished players fly far under the radar...

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  14. Deja Vu: Why Penn State Is On The Verge of Another 1997

    Since joining the Big Ten conference in 1993, Penn State has started the season with five consecutive wins seven times. Of those seven times, Penn State has rallied to win the Big Ten championship on three occasions...

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  15. Penn State-Iowa: Nittany Lions look to White-Out Last Year's Loss

    To exact revenge, one must be humble, fearless, and mentally prepared for the task at hand. Last November, Penn State stormed into Iowa City looking to remain on cruise control as they maneuvered through the Big Ten conference...

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  16. The Penn State Bubble and Its Coming Crash

    Mired in mediocrity, the Big Ten is only a shell of its former self nowadays and its only hope for a national championship comes in the shape of a battered Nittany Lion...

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  17. Locker, Stock, and Barrel: Heisman Race Gets Hotter

    In a decade dominated by quarterbacks winning the Heisman Trophy, fans across America would love to see some parity among the Heisman candidates...

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  18. Step Aside Sam Bradford, Daryll Clark Deserves a Seat at the Table

    The 2009 Heisman Trophy race was expected to be a three man race between Florida's Tim Tebow, Texas's Colt McCoy, and Oklahoma's Sam Bradford...

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  19. Behold a Pale Horse: The Mountain West's Rise to Supremacy

    Who would have thought, back in 1998, when the Bowl Championship Series was put into operation, that the Mountain West Conference would be as worthy, if not more, of an automatic selection ...

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  20. The Fast and the Furious Nittany Lions

    The Big Ten Conference has a reputation for big and slow offenses focused on pounding the pigskin. This reputation alone is why most of America agrees that the Big Ten is a second-rate conference as compared to the SEC, Big 12, and Pac-10...

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  21. Off the Beaten Path: 25 CFB Players You Need to Know in 2009

    On the eve of the 2009 college football season, it is imperative to know that there is more to college football than Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford, and Colt McCoy...

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  22. Penn State Leads Preseason All-Big Ten Team with 7 Players

    Unlike some of the other conferences, the Big Ten does not vote on a preseason all-conference team. Why not? I am not sure if we want to know the answer...

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  23. Winds Of Change: Meet Penn State's New Wide Receivers

    For the past four years, Penn State fans have had the honor of watching three of the best wide receivers in school history accumulate 498 receptions for 6,529 yards and 44 touchdowns...

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  24. Penn State: Don't De-Arm The Schedule With Pitt

    A renewed rivalry between Penn State and Pittsburgh is what college football fans want most in central and western Pennsylvania—other than a national championship for either school, of course...

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  25. Waking up to the Nittany Roar: Dymeck's Preseason Top 25

    Regardless of how erroneous they may turn out, pre-season top 25 rankings are a commanding topic of debate every August...

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