NCAA Football: Best and Worst of Week 8
Cousins' game-winning heave was the play fo the week as Michigan State topped Wisconsin (Osorio/ AP) Hail Mary? Hail Sparty. Few people gave Michigan State a chance against a Top 5 Wisconsin team that came into Week 7′s tilt looking unstoppable, offensively. But the Spartans proved more than equal to the task, and set themselves up as Big Ten favorites with a monster win. However, the upset was hardly alone. The Week 7 scoreboard... Read More
2011 Heisman Watch: Week 5
The Heisman race is beginning to take shape. While there are still candidates that are on the outside looking in at the moment with chances of busting down the Heisman doors, through five weeks we have established a few guys that seem to be locks to make it to New York City for the Heisman Presentation in December. The front runners this week feature a familiar name atop the list, but also features two guys that made significant jumps as they rode... Read More
2011 Heisman Watch: Week 4
After four weeks, the Heisman race remain wide open with many candidates still waiting in the wings to make their case on a national stage. We’ve weeded out some of the contenders from the pretenders, but there are still some pretenders out there and some contenders have yet to emerge from the pack. We saw a player that fell off the pace earlier in the season emerge back into the Heisman conversation with an excellent weekend performance. We saw... Read More
Missouri Reportedly Receives Offer from SEC
Coming to an SEC near you? According to multiple sources, the Missouri Tigers have received an invite to join Texas A&M in the SEC, giving the conference 14 teams. The sources say that the Southeastern Conference has extended an offer to Missouri, but is willing to wait for an answer until the Big XII’s future is decided. It continues to look like the Big XII’s demise is imminent with the possibility of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech,... Read More
2011 Heisman Watch: Week 3
Week 3 did little to dissolve the number of candidates still vying for the coveted Heisman Trophy. Dozens of legitimate candidates remain in the race, but there are a few at this point that have separated themselves from other competition. But, there are still so many players who still have an opportunity to make their case to the Heisman voters, and plenty of big games remain, especially with most teams beginning their conference slate. With so... Read More
