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Archive for 'January,2010'

Signing Day Approaches…

…so I’ll soon have my full breakdown of the recruits who are most likely to become factors in future Heisman races. Not many blockbusters in this class from what I can see, but lots of good players with a [...]

HP On List of Top Sports Blogs

We check in at No. 11 in this ranking from Pediro.com. [...]

Ranking the Heisman Powers

If you want to win a Heisman Trophy, you have a distinct advantage if you go to one of these schools.  I take into account media presence, Heisman tradition, recent Heisman success and overall program mystique when [...]

One More Heisman Tidbit

Running backs took the first two spots in Heisman balloting for the first time since 1994, when Rashaan Salaam and Ki-Jana Carter went 1-2. [...]

Super Super Bowl?

I don’t usually watch or pay much attention to the NFL, but I’ve been watching these playoffs and I think we might be in for quite an exciting Super Bowl.  While the Jets aren’t exactly a dynamic [...]

Subterfuge In Play

It was an ignominious start to the Lane Kiffin Era at USC as assistant coach Ed Orgeron is already embroiled in a recruiting controversey.  For the record, I don’t think the Orgeron affair amounts to much [...]

USC Commits Suicide

Sign up for college football picks and win more with your football betting this fall. *  *  * I am stunned to the core by the news that USC has hired Lane Kiffin to be its head coach. There [...]

Pete Carroll To Seattle (most likely)

That’s the buzz on the street.  And I hear USC athletic director Mike Garrett has already returned from a trip during which he met with a prospective replacement. The smart money is on Oregon State’s Mike Riley (a [...]

HP’s Top 10 Teams, Final 2009-2010 Rankings

1. Alabama 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. TCU 7. Penn State 8. Virginia Tech 9. Iowa 10. Oregon On the cusp: Nebraska, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Brigham Young, Utah [...]

Notes on a Scorecard from the BCS title game

Congrats to Alabama on its first national title since 1992 … The game was a fitting way to end the season. It wasn’t exactly the most scintillating year, was it? … No truly dominant team, no [...]

Alabama v. Texas

My mind says ‘Bama but my gut says Texas.  Will the Heisman curse do in the Tide? Will Texas be hampered by its relatively weak season schedule? I think that if Greg McElroy plays well, then Alabama wins [...]

Vince Young Redux?

While Vince Young didn’t win the Heisman Trophy in 2005, he did finish second–and by all accounts was the popular revisionist choice following his incredible performance against USC in that year’s BCS title game.  But Young’s [...]