The Sun Devils will have had nine days between their rout of NAU and welcoming the Fighting Illini to Tempe on Saturday. That’s nine days of post-game analysis, practices, speculation, and planning (and a bunch of tweets to lady friends if you’re a certain underutilized member of the team). A lot has been said about […]
Week 2 Preview: Oklahoma State vs Arizona
September 6, 2012 by
The Arizona Wildcats face tough competition this weekend. Saturday’s home game is against #18 Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are coming in, guns blazing, after an unheard of 84-0 victory over Savannah State. The Cats have not had much recent success against the Cowboys, losing both of the teams past two meetings (although they did win […]
Week 1 begins tonight: ASU vs NAU Preview
August 30, 2012 by
Game Week, Fellas. Those words, spoken by offensive coordinator Mike Norvell at Sunday’s practice, carry some weight. Not just any game week, these few days are leading up to uncharted territory: Todd Graham’s first game as head coach at ASU, Taylor Kelly’s first start as quarterback, and the first college football night broadcast by the […]
The Cat’s (Almost) Out of the Bag!
August 29, 2012 by
Wildcat Country is quickly becoming hyped up for Saturday’s season opener against Toledo. Rich Rodriguez is making his Arizona coaching debut against the Rockets, who went 9-4 last season. In addition to a winning season, Toledo is coming off of a win in the 2011 Military Bowl, while Arizona was not invited to a bowl […]
Georgia Bulldogs 2012
August 28, 2012 by
Georgia 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Bulldogs play on a grass field at Sanford Stadium (seats 92,746). Mark Richt is in his 12th year as head coach of Georgia. While the Bulldogs started the season 0-2, they won their next 10 straight, before falling to LSU in the SEC Conference Championship game and to Michigan State […]
The Talk in Tempe
August 27, 2012 by
The first game of ASU’s season is on Thursday. Aside from the usual game preview (stay tuned for my version this week), the chatter in Tempe includes the obvious: Todd Graham’s ASU coaching debut, the new and improved Sun Devil ‘speak victory’ philosophy, how Taylor Kelly will perform as quarterback, Cameron Marshall’s recovery, the list […]
Missouri Tigers 2012
August 23, 2012 by
Missouri 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Tigers play home games on artificial (FieldTurf) at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field (seats 68,349) Gary Pinkel is in his 12th year as head coach at Missouri. Last year they dipped down to 8-5 after finishing 10-3 the season prior. But unlike their finish to 2010, they completed 2011 with a bowl […]
Florida State Seminoles 2012
August 22, 2012 by
Florida State 2011 Statistics (ACC) The Seminoles play on a grass field at Doak Campbell Stadium (82,300) Jimbo Fisher in his his third year as head coach at Florida State. Last year they finished 9-4 and in his first season in 2010 they were 10-4. After such a successful first season, Fisher received a $1 […]
Michigan State Spartans 2012
August 21, 2012 by
Michigan State 2011 Statistics (Big Ten) The Spartans play on a grass field at Spartan Stadium (seats 75,005) Mark Dantonio is in his 6th year as head coach at Michigan State. In 2011 the Spartans finished with an 11-3 record and had double-digit wins for the 2nd straight year (11-2 in 2010). Michigan State played […]
Baylor Bears 2012
August 20, 2012 by
2011 Baylor Statistics (Big 12) The Bears play on an artificial field (Prestige System) at Floyd Casey Stadium (seats 50,000) Art Briles is in his 5th year as head coach at Baylor. 2011 Baylor won its first bowl game in 19 years, beating Washington 67-56 in the Alamo Bowl (yes, as that basketball score indicates, […]
