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Thu Aug 28 15:50:15 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) -
No. 1 Appalachian State at No. 6 (FBS) LSU (Saturday, 5:00)
Everyone knows about Appalachian's historic 34-32 upset over college football
winningest program, Michigan, to jump-start a wild 2007 season in
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Thu Aug 28 12:47:19 2008 |
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Eugene, OR (Sports Network) - Oregon sophomore quarterback Nate Costa will
likely miss the entire 2008 season after again undergoing surgery on his left
knee.
Costa, who missed the 2007 campaign with an injury in the same knee, underwen
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Thu Aug 28 11:32:51 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) - The landscape in the Ohio Valley Conference
changed the day that LSU transfer Ryan Perrilloux visited the Jacksonville
State campus last spring.
The day before, JSU was a team without an experienced quarterb
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Thu Aug 28 11:26:06 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - I'm not usually one for the raspy,
bellowing Country vocal tones of Hank Williams Jr., but this is one day each
year when putting Hank in the CD drive is appropriate.
He had it right when he asked "Are you
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Thu Aug 28 11:09:45 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - College football fans across the country
have waited patiently (tongue planted firmly in cheek) for the 2008 season to
arrive. The anticipation is that much greater for programs that surprised the
country in
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Thu Aug 28 11:05:30 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) - McNeese State regained its swagger in 2007,
going undefeated in the regular season on the way to another Southland
Conference title.
It was the second straight championship for the Cowboys after they had slipp
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Thu Aug 28 10:49:24 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) - Every week in the Colonial Athletic
Association is something akin to a series of heavyweight elimination bouts.
The contestants get battered and bruised and a team or two is eventually is
left standing with
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Wed Aug 27 22:17:36 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) - The Pioneer Football League has experienced
something of a renaissance era in the past few years with players like San
Diego's Josh Johnson and Eric Bakhtiari and Dayton's Kevin Hoyng passing
through the league.
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Wed Aug 27 16:19:52 2008 |
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Philadelphia (Sports Network) - There is no truth to the rumor that the name
of the Gateway Conference was changed to protect the innocent.
Patty Viverito is still the commissioner of the newly named Missouri Valley
Football Conference, not
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Wed Aug 27 11:30:30 2008 |
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Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes have
lost the national title game the last two years, and they hope for another
chance to capture college football's ultimate prize as they begin the 2008
season against Youn
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Wed Aug 27 11:29:59 2008 |
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Eugene, OR (Sports Network) - It is rare that conference rivals face one
another in the season opener, but that will be the case in Eugene on Saturday
night as the 21st-ranked Oregon Ducks welcome the Washington Huskies to town
for a Pac-10 cla
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Wed Aug 27 11:29:58 2008 |
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Waco, TX (Sports Network) - The Art Briles era begins in Waco this Thursday,
as the Baylor Bears host the 23rd-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the
season opener for both programs.
After stumbling to a 3-9 finish, including a season-endin
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Wed Aug 27 11:29:27 2008 |
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The 17th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies have
their eyes on another ACC title and BCS Bowl and begin their quest for the
latter with their season-opener in Charlotte on Saturday, against the East
Carolina Pirates.
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Wed Aug 27 11:28:55 2008 |
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Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - The South Florida football program emerged as a
force on the national level last season and the 19th-ranked Bulls will now try
to continue that success in 2008, as they host the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
in the open
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Wed Aug 27 11:28:54 2008 |
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Gainesville, FL (Sports Network) - The fifth-ranked Florida Gators open up
their 2008 schedule this weekend, as they welcome the Hawaii Warriors to the
mainland for a gridiron clash in Gainesville.
Urban Meyer has another loaded team followi
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Wed Aug 27 11:28:23 2008 |
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Athens, GA (Sports Network) - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs put their lofty
ranking on the line this weekend at home, as they open their 2008 schedule
against instate foe Georgia Southern.
There is plenty of excitement and anticipation in
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Wed Aug 27 11:28:22 2008 |
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Lawrence, KS (Sports Network) - The 14th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks open their
119th season of college football this weekend, as they entertain the Florida
International Panthers in a non-conference showdown in Lawrence.
The 2007 season was a hi
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Wed Aug 27 11:27:51 2008 |
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Morgantown, WV (Sports Network) - The eighth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers
begin the Bill Stewart era as they host the Villanova Wildcats in what appears
to be a lopsided season-opening tilt.
Villanova, which competes at the FCS level, r
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Wed Aug 27 11:27:50 2008 |
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Auburn, AL (Sports Network) - The 10th-ranked Auburn Tigers are expected to be
one of the top teams in the always-tough SEC, and they open the 2008 season
with a non-conference home game against the UL-Monroe Warhawks of the Sun Belt
Conference
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Wed Aug 27 11:27:19 2008 |
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Pasadena, CA (Sports Network) - An intriguing season-opening matchup pits the
18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers of the SEC against the UCLA Bruins of the
Pac-10.
The fact that 15 starters from the offensive and defensive units from the 2007
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