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College Football 2016: ACC preview

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

When Miami joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004, the common belief was that the conference’s odd alignment was created in order to facilitate a potential championship game between the Hurricanes and Florida State. How else could you explain how … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: Pac-12 preview

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Quick – name the last time a team not named USC won the national championship. If you guessed Washington in 1991, then you guessed correctly. (Even that championship was shared by Miami – the Huskies claimed the UPI coaches poll, while … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: All Pac-12 Team

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Offense   Offensive player of the year: Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford Defensive player of the year: Salamo Fiso, ILB, Arizona State Coach of the year: Chris Peterson, Washington     First Team QB Luke Falk Jr. Washington State RB Christian McCaffrey Jr. Stanford Royce Freeman … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: The American preview

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Do you remember the Big East? Yes, it still exists in basketball, but the original Big East was a fringe power in football. At one point, it was the home for teams like Miami, Boston College, Syracuse, West Virginia, Virginia Tech … Continue reading →

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2016 College Football: All-AAC Team

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Offense   Offensive player of the year: Greg Hill, QB, Houston Defensive player of the year: Steven Taylor, LB, Houston Coach of the year: Willie Taggart, South Florida     First Team QB Greg Ward Sr. Houston RB Jahad Thomas Sr. Temple Marlon Mack Jr. USF … Continue reading →

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2016 College Football: All-Independents Team

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Offense   Offensive player of the year: Taysom Hill, QB, BYU Defensive player of the year: Harvey Langi, LB, BYU Coach of the year: Kalani Sitake, BYU First Team QB Taysom Hill Sr. BYU RB Jamaal Williams Sr. BYU Josh Adams So. Notre Dame WR … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: All Conference USA Team

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Offense   Offensive player of the year: Nick Mullens, QB, Southern Miss Defensive player of the year: Trey Hendrickson, DE, FAU Coach of the year: Jay Hopson, Southern Miss First Team QB Nick Mullens Sr. Southern Miss RB Ray Lawry Jr. Old Dominion Anthony Wales Sr. … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: Conference USA preview

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

No conference has been picked clean more than Conference USA, which has seen 14 programs – an entire conference’s worth of teams – depart for larger affiliations since 2005. Nine of the 12 teams in the American Athletic Conference were … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: All-Mountain West Team

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Offense   Offensive player of the year: Brett Rypien, QB, Boise State Defensive player of the year: Calvin Munson, LB, San Diego State Coach of the year: Brian Harsin, Boise State     First Team QB Brett Rypien So. Boise State RB Donnel Pumphrey Sr. San … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: Mountain West preview

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Even though it’s considered a step below the Power Five conferences, the Mountain West may be set to make an argument for stepping up into a Power Six. Long considered just a playground for Boise State, the Mountain West this … Continue reading →

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