Conference USA releases 2015 schedule, leaves door open for changes in 2016
Conference USA will move forward with a 13-member format in 2015 following the loss of UAB football. Conference USA’s latest schedule also confirms Charlotte will be taking up residence in the East,...
View ArticleIllinois, Utah make biggest P5 recruiting strides from 2014 to 2015
Illinois head coach Tim Beckman was on the coaching hot seat for most of the 2014 season when, after his Illini won its last two games and qualified for a bowl, his boss gave him a reprieve. Utah’s...
View ArticleFormer Michigan QB Russell Bellomy lands at UT-San Antonio
Russell Bellomy announced last month he would leave Michigan to play his final year of college football elsewhere. The quarterback found his landing spot over the weekend, and will transfer to UT-San...
View ArticleScheduling additions won’t quiet Baylor’s critics
Don’t expect this to quiet the critics of Baylor’s scheduling habits. In fact, if anything, it’ll likely do nothing but increase the volume of the howling. And laughing and/or chuckling, as the case...
View ArticleFour new bowls apply for 2015-16 certifications, potentially bringing total...
It’s kind of funny, really. The reason given for so long that a College Football Playoff could not exist – eventual bracket creep that would inevitably ruin bowl season – has already consumed the bowl...
View ArticleOhio State, Alabama, Notre Dame (& so many more) spring football on tap for...
Get ready for a jam-packed day of spring football from coast to coast. If you have nothing better to do than sit inside and get a college football fix — and who would blame you — then you have plenty...
View ArticleUPDATE: UTSA coach deletes accusatory tweet against NCAA
Or, more to the point, “NCAA (reportedly) stoops to yet another low in its inexorable march toward making itself into the most hated sports organization in America.” To say that the NCAA has suffered a...
View ArticleReport: Record 42 bowls approved for 2015-16 season
Do you and 10 friends have college eligibility remaining? Do you have access to football equipment? If so, you could be in line for a bowl trip this winter. ESPN’s Brett McMurphy – the Bob Woodward of...
View Article52 college football centers named to Rimington Trophy watch list
If your college football team has a center, there is a decent chance he has been named to the Rimington Trophy watch list, released Tuesday morning. Of the 128 teams in FBS and roughly 41 percent of...
View ArticleC-USA commish Britton Banowsky steps down to take CFP post
One of the longest-tenured commissioners at the FBS level has decided its time to step away from his current post and head down a different career path. In a press release, Conference USA announced...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 4 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. NO.1? LET THE BRONCOS BE YOUR GUIDE Since the beginning of the season, Ohio...
View ArticleWeek 4, Statistically Speaking
A statistical snapshot of the week that was in college football… .900 — Career winning percentage (27-3) of Michigan State’s Connor Cook, the best of any active FBS quarterback. Next in line are...
View ArticleEx-Michigan QB Russell Bellomy leaving UTSA, too
For the second time in less than nine months, Russell Bellomy has decided to leave what was at the time his college football home. A UT-San Antonio spokesperson has confirmed that Bellomy is no longer...
View ArticleUTSA and Texas State could be in line for the coaching carousel
It was a wild day on the coaching carousel the past 72 hours with coaching changes at North Texas, Maryland, USC and South Carolina. In all we have seen five coaching changes this fall, including...
View ArticleWKU QB Brandon Doughty headlines All-Conference USA team
League champions Western Kentucky led the All-Conference USA team with six First Team announcements, but runner-up Southern Miss placed the most overall players on the first and second teams with 10....
View ArticleLarry Coker no longer head coach at UTSA
Oh, you thought the coaching carousel had come to a full and complete stop. Well, guess again! We’re back and open for business on the annual coaching carousel with news out of San Antonio on Tuesday...
View ArticleUTSA officially hires LSU RBs coach Frank Wilson as head coach
And then there were none. Entering the home stretch of the second full week of the new year, there was still one FBS head coaching job available. Friday, that job was officially deemed unavailable as...
View ArticleSpinning of 2015-16 coaching carousel comes to a halt (probably)
The 2015-16 head-coaching carousel began spinning August 28 of last year with Illinois’ firing of Tim Beckman. Exactly 141 days later, the hiring of Frank Wilson by UT-San Antonio has brought it to a...
View ArticleSmart, Richt currently pace all new head coaches in recruit rankings
In somewhat of an ironic twist, the head coach who was forced to leave Georgia and the coach who replaced him are doing quite well on the recruiting trail at their new programs. In fact, they’re doing...
View ArticleLSU fullback following Frank Wilson to UTSA
LSU fullback Ronnie Feist will follow his former position coach, Frank Wilson, to UTSA. Wilson was recently named the new head coach of the UTSA football program. Feist announced his decision to...
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