Arizona State 2011

Arizona State (2010 Statistics) The Sun Devils play on a grass field at Sun Devil Stadium (seats 71,706) Dennis Erickson is in his 5th season as the head coach of Arizona State.  Last year they finished 6-6, which was a positive because at least it wasn’t a losing record like the previous two seasons (4-8 […]

Minnesota 2011

Minnesota 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Golden Gophers play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at TCF Bank Stadium (seats 50,805) Jerry Kill is in his first season as head coach at Minnesota. In the last five years, Minnesota has had just one winning season (7-6 in ’08) and have won just over one-third of their […]

Iowa 2011

Iowa 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Hawkeyes play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Kinnick Stadium (seats 70,585) Kirk Ferentz is in his 13th year as head coach at Iowa.  Last year they finished 8-5. On offense, they return just 4 starters.  But the key is that three of those starters return to the offensive […]

Arizona 2011

Arizona 2010 Statistics (Pac-12) The Wildcats play on a grass field at Arizona Stadium (seats 57,400) Mike Stoops is in his 8th year as head coach at Arizona.  Last year they finished with a 7-6 record, which really isn’t that impressive until you think about the fact that it made it the third straight year […]

Boise State 2011

Boise State 2010 (MWC) The Broncos play on an artificial field (Blue Astroplay) at Bronco Stadium (seats 33,500). Chris Petersen is in his 6th year as head coach at Boise State.  In his five years his record is 61-5.  It’s an incredible record, but then again in the five years prior to his arrival, Boise State […]

Kansas 2011

Kansas 2010 Statistics (Big 12) The Jayhawks play on artificial (FieldTurf) at Memorial Stadium (seats 50,071). Turner Gill is in his 2nd year as head coach. The first one started pretty rough, dropping down to a 3-9 record, the lowest since 2001. It still isn’t clear what the identity for this team is. They peaked […]

Wake Forest 2011

Wake Forest 2010 Statistics (ACC) The Demon Deacons play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at BB&T Field (seats 31,500). Jim Grobe in his 11th year as head coach at Wake Forest.  And last year was the worst of his ten years.  Grobe claims that inexperience was a factor in last year’s 3-9 result, “last year […]

NC State 2011

NC State 2010 Statistics (ACC) The Wolfpack play home games on a grass surface at Carter-Finley Stadium (seats 57,583) Head coach Tom O’Brien is in his 5th year as head coach of NC State.  Last year the Wolfpack had a 9-4 record, which puts O’Brien’s four-year total even at 25-25.  With that record, it will […]

South Carolina 2011

South Carolina (2010 Statistics) (SEC) The Gamecocks play on a grass field at Williams-Brice Stadium (seats 80,250) Steve Spurrier is in his 7th year as head coach at South Carolina.  Last year he led them to a 9-5 record, their first SEC Championship game (where they were crushed by Auburn) and a top 25 ranking.  […]

Georgia Tech 2011

Georgia Tech 2010 Statistics (ACC) The Yellow Jackets play on a grass field at Bobby Dodd Stadium (seats 55,000) Paul Johnson enters his 4th year as head coach at Georgia Tech and 2010 was just his 2nd losing season in his 14 years of head coaching experience.  Last year they entered the season with high […]