By now, every college sports fan on the planet has heard a great deal about the few teams at the top of the race for a BCS Championship. Put simply, Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State are overwhelming favorites to compete for the title, with LSU on the fringe of that group and seemingly everyone else lagging behind. Unfortunately, college football is not a sport that tends to lend itself to big surprises in rankings or outcomes – but nonetheless,...
Due to the sweeping sanctions imposed on Penn State following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, all Big Ten Conference members received a portion of Penn State’s $2.3 million of conference bowl revenue. Each school was allocated approximately $181,000 as a result of the sanctions. Earlier this week, Ohio State announced that it was donating its share to two local child-advocacy organizations ($150,000 to Nationwide Children’s Hospital Center for Family Safety and Healing and $31,344 to the Court Appointed Special Advocates...
Reigning Heisman Trophy Award winner Johnny Manziel faces a lot of pressure heading into 2013. Texas A&M has their eyes set on making a National Championship run, and anything short of another Heisman campaign from Manziel would be considered a disappointment. However, a lot of talk surrounding the redshirt sophomore will be his transition from college to the pros. It is widely speculated that, given he has a healthy and productive 2013 season, Manziel will declare for the NFL...
What a year this promises to be in the NCAA it’s left me pondering the NCAA rankings and my thoughts on wagering. When composing this piece about the best quarterbacks who will grace our college football fields this year, I continually changed my mind. I had a look at the wageronsports.com website to see what the site recommend, but I was still unsure as to who would come out top dog. I finally settled on three quarterbacks who I...
The college football season officially kicks off this week, and that means a full slate of games on Saturday. To help kick off the season, here is a look at three games to watch. These games are selected for the noon, afternoon and night time slots on the East Coast, meaning fans can catch all three of these games in their entirety. Ohio @ Penn State (noon EDT, ESPN) Everyone knows what Penn State football has been through in...
Ever stopped to ponder the origins of college football, the precursor to football in all its forms? The slick game you enjoy today has humble—and far-reaching—origins. Rugby School, England, is where the dream started. Players at the prestigious private school had been playing a sort of football since 1750, before running with the ball caught on somewhere between 1859 and 1865 (legend has it that student William Webb Ellis broke the rules by taking the ball in his hands...
