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Last week we gave you our thoughts on Pac-12 games we can't wait to see. Obviously, the much-anticipated Nov. 3 Oregon-USC matchup (assuming both teams do what they are supposed to do) is the one that will have all Pac-12 fans drooling. But there are...

When you start selecting coaching villains, so much of it gets back to who's doing the selecting. For instance, in the realm of the Alabama Football Nation, good luck in finding somebody who doesn't revere Nick Saban. Of course, the folks in and a...

Hey, you stay at the top long enough, people get tired of seeing you there. Such is life as Mack Brown and Bob Stoops. This year, we asked who got you fired up the most, and Brown and Stoops ran away with the poll. Stoops hauled in 39 percen...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on which team yet to name a starting quarterback was in the best shape in the Pac-12. Kevin Gemmell went -- overwhelmingly -- with Oregon, given the history of new quarterbacks under Chip Kelly, the weapons the n...

Just about every week in the SEC, you could pick out a must-see game. That's life in the toughest football conference in the land. A year ago, the Alabama-LSU game in Tuscaloosa was billed as the latest version of the "Game of the Century." Wel...

Some of what's happening around the SEC: An Alabama-West Virginia game is in the works for 2014. Athlon has Arkansas ranked No. 13 in its preseason poll. Is Alabama's flirtation with Georgia quarterback recruit Brice Ramsey over? John Adams...

A lot of votes were cast and it came down to the wire, but the fans have spoken and South Carolina has won the poll battle of the defenses. With nearly 12,000 votes cast, South Carolina barely claimed first place with 24 percent of the vote. Alaba...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on a couple of Pac-12 players who went undrafted this year. It wasn't really a debate, since we both felt that Washington running back Chris Polk not getting drafted was the biggest surprise. So instead, we just ...

We all know that defense wins championships and the SEC is very much a testament to that. Alabama possessed the nation's No. 1 defense last season and now possesses another national championship. Runner-up LSU ranked second nationally. Alabama ran...

The day many of you wanted has arrived: John Marinatto has stepped down as Big East commissioner. Now tell me how you really feel about it. You can vote in my handy dandy poll here, and leave your comments either down below or in the mailbag. I ha...

The Big Ten has had some odd choices for preseason offensive player of the year -- Terrelle Pryor in 2009 -- but this year's pick should be obvious. Wisconsin running back Montee Ball won the award after the 2011 season, and he's back in Madison for ...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on who we believed was going to be the breakout player in the Pac-12 this season. Kevin Gemmell went with Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks, citing the fact that he has a quarterback on the rise in Sean Ma...

College Football Live has unveiled its preseason top 25 poll, as voted on by a panel of ESPN analysts, writers and personalities. I cast my ballot in the poll, and here's what it looked like. Here's the official poll. I should note, ballots were d...

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. According to a poll, 41 percent of West Virginians were indifferent to the Big 12 move. Another 40 percent favored the move and 19 percent opposed it. Jared Hunt of the Charleston Dail...

Spring football is all wrapped up, so there's no better time than now to take a peak ahead to what awaits us in the fall. "College Football Live" released its preseason Top 25 poll for 2012, and three ACC schools make the cut: No. 7 Florida State,...

It's never too early for a preseason college football poll. ESPN's "College Football Live" has released its preseason poll for the 2012 season. I was one of the voters along with Edward Aschoff, better known to most on this blog as the ATL Kid. ...