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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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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CFB’s Top 10 Most Talented Defenses Ever
In this era of the spread offense and inflated scores, we’ve been lucky enough to see two of the most talented defenses in the modern era of football: last season’s Alabama squad and this year’s North Carolina team. That got us thinking: who had the most talented defense in college football history, stocked with future NFL picks? We explore.
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Best Non-BCS Teams Of The Last 25 Years
This might just be the year of the non-BCS teams in college football. TCU and Boise State are in position to reach the national championship game if they run the table. While a non-BCS team hasn’t won the national title since BYU in 1984, there have been some outstanding teams in that time that got left out in the cold from the powers that be in college football. We honor those squads with the Top 10 Best Non-BCS Teams Of The Last 25 Years.
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Top 10 Impact Junior College Transfers
Recruiting JuCo’s can be just as important as mining the nation’s best high schools. Jeremiah Masoli, Terrence Cody and LeGarrette Blount were all JuCos (hey, they were recruited for football, not helping old ladies cross the street). So who will be the next big JuCo transfer to make a difference for his team? We look at the ten you need to learn the names of immediately.
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CFB’s Top 10 Coaching Falls From Grace
Being a college football coach isn’t easy. Just ask any of the next ten coaches. At one time they were at the top of the college football world with high-prestige jobs, conference titles and even a national championship in one case. But all of them, for some cruel reason or another, found themselves all the way back at the bottom of the ladder just years later. These are the ten biggest falls from grace based on the drop in prestige from one coaching job to the next.
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Top 10 Worst College Football Traditions
The top 100 college football traditions from 100 to 1 have all been named, but that doesn’t mean we’re done ranking traditions. Naturally, today we take a look at the worst traditions to ever hit the sport. Some are thankfully retired, while others have woefully continued despite their awfulness. Fortunately we don’t have 100 to list, just ten.
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CFB’s Top 10 Back-To-School Coaching Bombs
When NFL head coaches head back to campus for college gigs, they’re expected to roll out of bed and win 10 games a year. Unlike the “No Fun League,” there are cupcakes on the schedule, there’s no salary cap to worry about, recruits are impressed to be sought after by a household name when some of the opposing head coaches on the trail still look like they’re in college themselves (sorry, Pat Fitzgerald).
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2010’s Top 10 Biggest Impact Transfers
Unfortunately for some recruits, their No. 1 choice isn’t necessarily the right one. But rather than be resigned to a sad and sorry state, some players transfer with hopes that a new beginning and new school will translate to big things. Here are the 10 players we think will make the biggest impact at their new schools.
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Top 10 High-Flying Offenses Of 2010
Sometimes it’s just more fun to watch a football team take the field and rack up points like they were playing on junior varsity mode in NCAA. We count down the Top 10 offenses that will be the most entertaining to watch each fall Saturday that will have you tuning in and strapping on your seat belt.
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CFB’s Top 10 Impact Freshmen In 2010
Last year Oregon’s LaMichael James and Pittsburgh’s Dion Lewis reminded us that freshmen can make a huge impact right away in college football, each rushing for over 1,500 yards. With that in mind we canvassed the entire country to find the Top 10 Impact Freshmen In 2010 that will make the largest contributions right away and you need to learn the names of pronto.
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College Football’s Top 10 Heisman Successors
Losing a Heisman winner is hard enough on fans, but what it’s like to be their successor on the football field. This season, two quarterbacks — John Brantley (Florida) and Landry Jones (Oklahoma) — have major shoes to fill. But as we’re about to show, sometimes the replacements can replicate their predecessor’s success, or even surpass it. Here’s our Top 10 Heisman Successors.
