Rakeem Cato’s late heroics leads Marshall to Conference USA title
A week after their big bowl dreams appeared to go up in flames with an offensive shootout and overtime loss at home to Western Kentucky, Marshall may still be in the mix. Marshall (12-1, 7-1 Conference...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 15 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. FOUR TEAMS, TWO SPOTS, ONE CFP HEADACHE All of the various scenarios entering...
View ArticleYour full 2014-15 bowl lineup is here
The College Football Playoff semifinals have been set for a few hours now, but that is but a piece of the postseason pie. All 34 match-ups have been revealed, either through the bowls, schools and...
View ArticleWith no bowl invite, UAB football has officially played its final game
Seventy-eight bowl invites came and went on Sunday afternoon, and UAB did not receive one. With Tuesday’s announcement that 2014 would be the program’s final season, missing a bowl game means UAB...
View ArticleConference USA announces Player of the Year awards
The Big 12 did it earlier today, and now one of the Group of Five leagues has followed suit as well. As selected by the league’s 13 head coaches, Conferences USA announced on Wednesday its 2014 Players...
View ArticleWho were college football’s most improved teams in 2014? (Hint: not South...
TCU’s transformation from 4-8 to 11-1 has earned Gary Patterson about every coach of the year award known to man. He’s won the AP and coaches’ Big 12 Coach of the Year awards, as well as national coach...
View ArticleCFT Previews: Your Dec. 26 Bowl Viewer’s Guide
Taking a quick-hit look at the Dec. 26 bowl menu, which features two teams each from the ACC and Big Ten, the first time those two conferences have taken part in the 2014-15 postseason WHO: Illinois...
View ArticleIllini trailing LaTech by double digits despite doubling-up on yards
It’s not often the case that a team that’s nearly doubled up its opposition in total offense finds itself on the wrong end of a double-digit lead. Yet that’s the situation Illinois finds itself in...
View ArticleIllini kicks off B1G bowl season with loss to LaTech
Coming into the 2014 postseason, the Big Ten as a conference was looking to get back some of the respect its lost over the last several years. After Game 1? Hey, at least there are nine, possibly 10...
View ArticleConference USA made a statement this bowl season
The college football world may not have given Conference USA a tremendous amount of respect this season, but the conference handled itself very well in postseason bowl play this year. On Friday,...
View ArticleReport: Former Florida QB Jeff Driskel is Louisiana Tech bound
Well, that didn’t take long. One day after Florida head coach Jim McElwain said he will release Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel from his scholarship, the embattled signal caller has found a...
View ArticleDuke DL coach Rick Petri steps down to pursue other opportunities
After nearly 40 years in the business, Duke defensive line coach Rick Petri is stepping down to pursue other opportunities, the program announced on Friday. “We certainly appreciate Rick’s efforts in...
View ArticleDuke DL coach takes same job at LaTech
Last week Duke announced that Rick Petri was leaving David Cutcliffe‘s coaching staff to pursue other opportunities. Six days later, we now know what that other opportunity was. In a press release,...
View ArticleDuke promotes Matt Guerrieri from GA to full-time assistant
The dream of every graduate assistant in college football is to earn a full-time spot on the coaching staff he spends 100 hours a week working for. Few will realize this dream. But Matt Guerrieri...
View ArticleConference USA releases 2015 schedule, leaves door open for changes in 2016
Conference USA will move forward with a 13-member format in 2015 following the loss of UAB football. Conference USA’s latest schedule also confirms Charlotte will be taking up residence in the East,...
View ArticleUGA WRs coach interviews for same job at LSU
It looks like Les Miles filling a hole on his LSU coaching staff could very well come at the expense of a fellow SEC member. Citing a source close to the situation, the New Orleans Times-Picayune is...
View ArticleScheduling additions won’t quiet Baylor’s critics
Don’t expect this to quiet the critics of Baylor’s scheduling habits. In fact, if anything, it’ll likely do nothing but increase the volume of the howling. And laughing and/or chuckling, as the case...
View ArticleFour new bowls apply for 2015-16 certifications, potentially bringing total...
It’s kind of funny, really. The reason given for so long that a College Football Playoff could not exist – eventual bracket creep that would inevitably ruin bowl season – has already consumed the bowl...
View ArticleConference USA announces a number of date changes
New football schedules are always subject to change after television approval as Conference USA learned Wednesday. The conference announced changes to nine games, all due to TV. The changes go as...
View ArticleOhio State, Alabama, Notre Dame (& so many more) spring football on tap for...
Get ready for a jam-packed day of spring football from coast to coast. If you have nothing better to do than sit inside and get a college football fix — and who would blame you — then you have plenty...
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