Your weekend viewing guide - The best games of the weekend and why you should watch. The Triple-Dub: October 15th-16th College Football: I don’t know if ESPN has a clever name for this weekend but I would like to suggest “Snoozer Saturday” with exactly one truly exciting match-up on the schedule. And no it’s not Michigan-Michigan State, Baylor-Texas A&M or Oklahoma State-Texas. -Saturday Oct. 15th #18 Arizona State Sun Devils (5-1) @ #9 Oregon Ducks (4-1) (Autzen Stadium – Eugene, OR) 10:15… Read More »
Humpday’s Happenings & Hyperlinks – 10/12/11
Links and videos from recent happenings around the sporting world. If you come across good articles, videos, etc. – please pass them along, I’d love to take a look. College Football: Season’s second act promises surprises (Forde Yard Dash) – Pat Forde [ESPN] This is a good dash – I especially liked the Chris Petersen mention. Mouth-watering Top 25 serves as ultimate college dining guide – Andy Staples [SI] Food themed power rankings from Staples? Doesn’t get much better than… Read More »
Pac-12 Power Rankings – Week 6
I post weekly power rankings for the Mountain West which has been rather mundane so I figured some Pac-12 power rankings might be more interseting. 1. #7 Stanford 5-0 (3-0) – Andrew Luck actually showed up as a Heisman contender last week completing 78.7% of his passes for 370 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. Expect some similar, if not better numbers on Saturday. This week: @ Washington State 7:30 PM ET – Versus 2. #9 Oregon 4-1 (2-0) –… Read More »
Mountain West Roundup – Week 6 Power Rankings
Previous weeks: Preseason, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the Mountain West isn’t what we thought it would be. Even the TCU-San Diego State game was sloppy with two teams combining to turn the ball over eight times. Other than Boise State demolishing Fresno State, the rest conference got rolled again. 1. #5 Boise State 5-0 (0-0) – Kellen Moore was back to normal completing 74.2% of his passes for 254 yards and 3 touchdowns while the Broncos defense played their most… Read More »
The Triple-Dub – What To Watch And Why
Your weekend viewing guide - The best games of the weekend and why you should watch. The Triple-Dub: October 7th-9th College Football: -Friday Oct. 7th #5 Boise State Broncos (4-0) @ Fresno State Bulldogs (2-3) (Bulldog Stadium – Fresno, CA) 9:00 PM ET – ESPN Boise State beat Nevada 30-10 last week and running back Doug Martin finally went over the 100 yard mark but quarterback Kellen Moore had the worst game of his career. Meanwhile, Fresno State played Ole Miss tough… Read More »
Humpday’s Happenings & Hyperlinks – 10/5/11
Links and videos from recent happenings around the sporting world. If you come across good articles, videos, etc. – please pass them along, I’d love to take a look. College Football: LSU is Yoda, Oklahoma is Darth Vader in Star Wars Power Rankings – Andy Staples [SI] I actually enjoyed this weeks’ theme compared to some of the others. Dashing through college football’s psychologial problems – Pat Forde [ESPN] TCU’s Patterson has harsh words for SMU – Stefan Stevenson [Star-Telegram]… Read More »
Drofdarb’s Week 5 Top 20 Ballot
This is pretty self explanatory - it’s my ballot for The Upset Top 20. We waited until week 5 for the first poll to actually see how good teams are and because preseason polls are garbage. Feel free to share your top 20 teams or disparage mine. 1. Alabama (5-0) 2. LSU (5-0) 3. Oklahoma (4-0) 4. Wisconsin (5-0) 5. Boise State (4-0) 6. Clemson (5-0) 7. Oklahoma State (4-0) 8. Stanford (4-0) 9. Oregon (3-1) 10. Arkansas (4-1) 11. Texas (4-0) 12. Florida… Read More »
Mountain West Roundup – Week 5 Power Rankings
Previous weeks: Preseason, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Despite three teams having a bye last weekend, the conference did little to help their national perception for the second week in a row. Photo via zimbio.com 1. #5 Boise State 4-0 (0-0) – Kellen Moore was unusually inaccurate but the running game finally got going – Doug Martin carried 21 times for 126 yards and 2 TDs. The defense played their best game of the season holding the Wolf Pack to 182 yards of offense. This… Read More »
College Football Week 5 Recap
It was a pretty decent weekend of college football – some of the games weren’t as close as I had hoped but a few teams appear to be separating themselves from everyone else. BYU 27, Utah State 24 The Cougars trailed for most of the game and the offense continued to struggle with Jake Heaps at quarterback. The BYU coaches replaced Heaps with Riley Nelson in the third quarter and the teams’ effort was noticeably different. Nelson completed 10 of 14 passes for 144… Read More »
