It’s a much different look in the Mountain West this season, but one thing hasn’t changed. The favorite to win remains Boise State despite losing a number of starters on both sides of the ball. Let’s get the conference changes out of the way first. Boise State will be happy to see TCU leave considering the Horned Frogs were the main obstacle in the way of winning the MWC. TCU has moved on to the Big 12, but the...
Former high school football coach Mark Weaver is suing the South Panola School District, and others, claiming he was fired for protesting the elimination of two class periods allocated for football. Coach Weaver, who is also the school’s science teacher, was hired as an assistant coach in 1995 to discipline and turn the failing Mississippi program around. He accomplished this monumental task by increasing the graduation rate while substantially improving the football team. When it was all said and...
Once upon a time, college athletes got by with a few dumbbells, a medicine ball, and some of those vibrating belts. Today, with sports dollars up to their eyeballs and stadiums as high-tech as they can get for the immediate future, colleges are turning their attention toward crafting some sweet pads in which student athletes may kick it. These multi-million dollar athletic buildings become recruiting tools in their own right, for good reason. These 10 are some of the...
Most of us have watched the Olympics simply in awe of the amazing skill, dedication, and focus exhibited by athletes from all over the world. Yet these traits do not only serve the athletes well in the arena; they can also be carried over into the non-Olympic sphere. The drive to aim for gold, the passion to battle through setbacks, and the infallible work ethic of these athletes can serve as a powerful lesson for those of use who...
With the college football season set to start, it’s time to break down the Big Ten and see which teams are going to be left standing at the finish line. We start with Wisconsin, priced at +165 to emerge as the conference champion at the end of the season. The Badgers may have lost their starting QB, Russell Wilson, but they’re still able to fall back on the best running back in the nation: Montee Ball. Ball had over...
College football is right around the corner and as fan support grows so does the number of teams fielded. This season, there will be five new institutions fielding college football teams (Bluefield College, Lindenwood University-Belleville, Misericordia University, Point University, and Wayland Baptist University). The expansion does not stop here. It is anticipated that 17 more institutions will launch teams between 2013-2015. Since 2008, 28 new football teams have sprung from Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa to Presentation College...
The credibility of the ACC has come in question in recent years and most of that has come from the conferences lack of depth. Maybe in basketball it’s one of the deepest groupings around but in football, it simply doesn’t stack up to the SEC or the Big Ten. This year appears to be the same. There are eight teams that have odds of 15-1 or longer, which means that this conference is really down to just a few...
