Oregon Ducks 2012

Oregon 2011 Statistics (Pac-10) The Ducks play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Autzen Stadium (seats 54,000) Chip Kelly is in his 4th year as head coach at Oregon.  Last year they finished 12-2.  Although they lost a close one to USC (38-35) and started the season with a 40-27 loss to LSU (their first […]

Oklahoma State Cowboys 2012

Oklahoma State 2011 Statistics (Big 12) The Cowboys play on an artificial field (Synthetic Turf) at Boone Pickens Stadium (seats 60,218) Mike Gundy is in his 8th year as head coach.  Last year they finished 12-1, with the only loss to going to Iowa State in double OT.  At the time the Cowboys were ranked […]

LSU Tigers 2012

LSU 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Tigers play on a grass field at Tiger Stadium (seats 92,400) Les Miles is in his 8th year as the head coach at LSU.  Last year LSU went 13-1 and while they defeated Alabama in the regular season, they lost to them in the BCS National Championship game. Last year […]

Alabama Crimson Tide 2012

Alabama 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Crimson Tide play home games Bryant-Denny Stadium (seats 101,821, although in the regular season game against LSU on 11/5/11 they had a record 103,437 attendance) Head Coach Nick Saban is in his 6th year at Alabama.  After returning the national championship to Tuscaloosa in 2009, he did it again in […]

Quick Link to Bowl Games

Here’s a list of all of the Bowl Games: College Bowl Games Home And here’s a list of the bigger bowl games the first week of 2012: Monday January 2 #19 Houston vs. #22 Penn State (Ticketcity Bowl):  12pm ESPNU #20 Nebraska vs. #9 South Carolina (Capital One Bowl):  1pm ESPN #17 Michigan State vs. […]

Week 3 What to Watch For: LSU vs Mississippi State

No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi State Analysts will refer to the fact that is one of only two games between match ups between ranked teams.  The response to that is that rankings are meaningless until October. LSU’s quarterback Jarrett Lee.  Jordan Jefferson was supposed to be the Senior QB, but he was arrested […]

Sound Smart: Week 2 Thursday Night Football

Arizona at Oklahoma State. Tonight is the kick-off of the NFL’s season with 2009 Super Bowl Champion the New Orleans Saints facing the 2010 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.  And what a perfect opportunity to go to a sports bar, because at the same time, there is college football! And while you need to […]

What We Learned in Week 1

What we learned from Week 1 in some of the close and/or high quality match ups #3 Oregon vs #4 LSU.  LSU wins  40-27.  If you’re a college football girl reader then you aren’t at all surprised that Oregon lost to LSU.  In fact, you expected it.  Why? 1) Their offensive line.  Last year they […]

Northwestern 2011

2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Wildcats play on a grass field at Ryan Field Stadium (seats 47,130) Pat Fitzgerald is in his 6th year as head coach at Northwestern.  Last year his team had a 7-6 record, which is a slight dip from how they performed the previous two season (9 wins in 2008, 8 […]

What to Watch for Tonight: Thursday 9/01/2011

Thursday What to Watch:  Honestly, not much.  Unless your team is playing and then you want to get a look at them.  UNLV v. Wisconsin.  It will be interesting to see how new quarterback Russell Wilson does in his new offense.  As a reminder, Wilson was forced to choose between baseball and football and NC […]