Author: NCAAF College Football

Can't Wait For Saturday Pat on the back to departing Colorado AD George

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—*** At the time, the decision looked a bit reckless to some, nuts to others. In December, 2022, Rick George gave the keys to a Power Four program to Deion Sanders, who had only been a head coach at FCS school Jackson State. It was a stroke of genius by George, who immediately saw his football program go from irrelevance to the home of “Coach Prime.” Everyone wanted to see what all the …

Illini football warming up as stretch run nears

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—CHAMPAIGN — When the heavy white stuff unexpectedly hit the area Monday, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema wondered if his team’s next game might be a repeat of the Ice Bowl (ask your grandparents). No such worry. As a struggling Maryland team comes to town for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday at Gies Memorial Stadium, the forecast calls for temperatures in the low 70s and no snow. …

Big Ten breakdown Illinois has real opportunity for strong November finish

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—Illinois is back in action this week along with almost all of the Big Ten (only Nebraska and Rutgers are sitting it out on a bye). Beat writer SCOTT RICHEY ranks the eight matchups and provides his favorites for Illinois MVP, Big Ten MVP and a postseason Illini projection: Who’s on the call: Rhett Lewis (play-by-play) and Yogi Roth (analyst). Who wins: USC, 30-17. Trojans quarterback …

Bianchi: College football in Florida is so bad, freaking USF is carrying the torch!

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… There’s something especially depressing about looking at the college football landscape in the Sunshine State this season and realizing that USF — yes, that USF — is carrying the torch for our once-proud pigskin peninsula. Those words don’t even look right on the page. Yet here we are, staring at a world where the Bulls have the state’s strongest College Football Playoff hopes while the three …