The day all of us have been waiting for is finally here: the start of the college football season. But be honest. The season doesn’t feel like it’s really started until College GameDay airs for the first time. Beginning its 24th year of existence, GameDay has become just as big an event as the football game it visits. We take a look at how this once little-known show became the gold standard in college football coverage.
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Live Blog: College Football’s 2010 Premiere
The college football season is finally here! So to celebrate this occasion, LostLettermen.com is live blogging the Southern Miss-South Carolina game and plenty of others tonight, beginning at 7:30 p.m:
In The News:
Oklahoma Legend Ken Pryor, 85, Dies
Oklahoma’s Ken Pryor, an early NCAA Tournament hero, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. Made in a later era, his shot to beat Texas in the national semifinals (pictured) would be played in tournament highlight packages in perpetuity. All it did in 1947 was advance the Sooners to the championship, where they fell to Bob Cousy’s Holy Cross team. Ken Pryor profile
CFB 120 Countdown:
#10-1: Cream Of The Nation’s Crop Round Out Countdown, Buckeyes The Team To Beat
The first slate of football games begins tonight, perfectly coinciding with the end of our 120 team countdown. There’s a pretty good chance our next national champion comes from these final ten programs. The annual summer-long preview has been fun but we’re over talking hypotheticals. After these ten capsules, we can finally start judging by what happens on the field.
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FSU’s Greg Carr Signs With Winnipeg Blue Bombers After Year Away From Game
Florida State’s Greg Carr, the go-to receiver for the Seminoles in 2007 and ’08, has landed north of the border after signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Carr finished his career fifth on the school’s all-time receiving yards and receptions list (148 for 2,574) and caught the second-most touchdown passes in school history (29). He spent last year out of football after being waived by the Chargers in August 2009. Greg Carr profile
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BC’s Sean Williams To Continue Career In Israel Following Exit From The NBA
The Sean Williams experiment in the NBA ended in January for the former BC Eagle (anyone that can’t beat Stromile Swift for a job should look outside of the country). Wrote ProBasketballTalk.com, “At this stage in his career, Williams just isn’t worth the trouble.” So the 2007 first round pick of the Nets will head to Israel and play with Hapoel Jerusalem. Big men are usually a big hit overseas. Sean Williams profile
James Brown Podcast:
Opening Week At Lamar Like Any Other
Years in the making, the Lamar University football team makes its triumphant return this weekend. Texas’ James Brown, Lamar’s running backs coach, talks about the feeling of players and coaches heading into opening weekend of the program’s football team (5:19, transcript below the jump).
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G-town’s Kevin Braswell Staying In Australia
Georgetown’s Kevin Braswell played in just six games last season in Australia but his impact was so great the Burger King NZ Breakers have signed him for 2010. Braswell was credited for providing the spark that kicked the Breakers into a six-game winning streak and a near playoff berth. With that praise, he’ll probably forget his misspelled name in the headline on the league site. Doh! Kevin Braswell profile
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Michigan’s Tim Biakabutua Talks About Life After Football And Bojangles Franchising
Michigan’s Tim Biakabutuka (we got it right!) sat down with AnnArbor.com for a quick Q&A about what he’s been up to since his 313 yard game vs. Ohio State in 1995. Michigan’s single-season rushing record holder is a business man now, involved with the Bojangles food chain in Augusta, GA. He credits his former boss, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, for mentoring him about the business world. Tim Biakabutuka profile
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UK’s Andre Woodson Highlights Trio Released By UFL’s Hartford Colonials
The UFL’s Hartford Colonials released Ohio State’s Tim Anderson, Florida State’s Buster Davis and Kentucky’s Andre Woodson. It’s hard to believe Woodson was once a player who Mel Kiper Jr. once ranked the sixth-best senior at any position in 2007. The NFL wasn’t impressed and Woodson plummeted to the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Meanwhile, Davis – just 26 – retired from football completely.
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UNC’s Ronald Curry Residing Outside Charlotte, Fails To Show Up For UFL Camp
North Carolina’s Ronald Curry was a super recruit in the same high school district as Michael Vick. In fact Vick once said, “I felt pressure to compete against Ronald Curry.” While Curry started at quarterback for the Tar Heels, he never met the high expectations. Curry was recently drafted by the UFL’s Omaha Nighthawks (who else?) but he never showed up to camp. He currently resides outside Charlotte, NC. Ronald Curry profile
CFB 120 Countdown:
#20-11: Miami Attempts To Regain Swagger While Wannstedt Looks For Big East Title
Wow, is the college football season just one day away? You bet it is. We’re now at the final 20 schools in our 120 countdown and these teams will be dominating the news cycles this season, either for their dominance or their heartbreak. Here’s teams 20-11, a collection of great defenses and exciting offenses.
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Ex-Baylor Coach Dave Bliss Speaks On Scandal
Dave Bliss, the disgraced former Baylor coach who tried to cover his own transgressions by accusing a murdered player of selling drugs, is slowly coming back to public view. Now a high school athletic director in Texas, he recently held court during a congregational service near SMU to tell his story related to his firing in 2003. Said Bliss: “The devil likes compromises. He’ll tell you, ‘That’s not so bad,’ or ‘Everybody is doing it.’ ” Um, right. Well, at least Bliss is trying to turn his life around.
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