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College Football - A Season of 2 Games: One Becomes Abject Heartache, The Other Extreme Joy - Part 1 This is a story about the life of a college football team's season in only two games—one was an abject heartache, and the other an extreme joy. The team was the University of Washington this season, and the events that unfolded brought to mind Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities". Find out what really happened, and when. College Football - Ed Bagley's Top 25 Poll - Week 5 Only 13 teams remain undefeated after 5 weeks of play, and it is time to seriously think about elevating some of them into my Top 25 picks, even if they have played mostly weak competitors. Some such teams are already there—like Boise State. College Football Wrap-Up Week 5 - Only a Baker's Dozen of Teams Still Remain Undefeated Only 13 among the 120 major teams remain undefeated after the 5th week of a 16-week college football season. They are Florida, Texas, Alabama, LSU, Boise State, Cincinnati, TCU, Iowa, Kansas, Auburn, South Florida, Missouri and Wisconsin. Unranked UTEP upset 12th-ranked Houston, 58-41, 17th-ranked Miami (FL) upset 8th-ranked Oklahoma, and unranked Michigan State beat 22nd-ranked Michigan 26-20. "Varsity Blues" Is Not Your Typical Texas High School Football Film - It Is Much Better Having seen a lot of sports movies that were over-hyped, over-rated and under-performed, it was a nice change of pace to watch "Varsity Blues", a football movie that actually had a message worth watching as well as some good acting along with the usual comedic moments and turf violence. This film is well beyond the usual Texas high school football presentation. Find out why. College Football Wrap-Up Week 4 - 7 Upsets Turn Top 25 Poll Into a Scramble With Few Survivors No win in College Football's 4th week of action was any bigger than unranked Iowa's 21-10 upset victory on-the-road over 5th-ranked Penn State. Iowa is now unbeaten at 4-0. The Hawkeyes ruined the Nittany Lions perfect 9-0 season last year with a 24-23 victory at home, and proved it was no fluke this year on Penn State's turf. There were 7 upsets this week among Top 25 teams, creating more confusion than clarity. College Football Wrap-Up Week 1 - BYU, Boise State, Alabama & Oklahoma State Are Huge Winners Brigham Young, Boise State, Alabama and Oklahoma State were college football's biggest winners in the opening week of the NCAA season. No. 20 BYU upset No. 3 Oklahoma 14-13, No. 14 Boise State whipped No. 16 Oregon 19-8, No. 5 Alabama beat No. 7 Virginia Tech 34-24, and No. 9 Oklahoma State turned back Georgia 24-10. Read the full results and see whose stock is rising and whose is falling. College Football - Despite the Protestations, It Really Was All About Tyrone Willingham He would have made a great Roman soldier, the strong, disciplined, determined, unemotional type ready to go into battle. The problem at the University of Washington was that he went into battle with the responsibility of being a football coach, not a soldier. So Tyrone Willingham received an early retirement from Husky Stadium. Find out what happened to the grim warrior. Final BCS Standings Show Why It's Better to Lose Early Than Late The final, cumulative BCS Standings showed Oklahoma with a BCS Average of 0.976, Florida at 0.948 and Texas at 0.930, with a mere 18 one-hundreds of a point separating Florida and Texas. Learn why Texas became the odd man out. Washington's Athletic Director Finally Makes the Right Move - Fires Coach Scott Woodward, the University of Washington's newly appointed permanent athletic director, has made it official that Tyrone Willingham will not be back for another season as the Huskies' head football coach. Willingham will stay on to coach the team's 5 remaining games and then leave with a $1 million buyout. Willingham was in his 4th year of a 5-year contract. Find out what went wrong. College Football - In Just Two Years Nick Saban Has the Crimson Tide No. 1 in the Nation Goodbye Texas. Hello Alabama. It is now the Crimson Tide that have become the No. 1 coveted target in the nation for big-time college football programs in America. The Texas Longhorns, who were No. 1, took on their 4th top-ranked team in consecutive weeks and came up short to No. 6 Texas Tech 39-33. Read the full article. Boise State and Ball State, Both 11-0, Are Really Unbeaten But Untested, Overrated Top 25 Teams Both Boise State and Ball State are 11-0 so far this season and have earned some bragging rights. After all, they are 2 of only 4 teams that remain undefeated among the 119 Division 1-A schools at this point in the college football season. Utah is 12-0 and Alabama is 11-0. I do not have any problem with Alabama and Utah's national rankings, but I do have some serious problems with Boise State and Ball State being ranked so high. Let me explain. Tulsa the 19th Best Team in the Nation? You Must Be Kididng and Here Is Why Entering college football's 10th week of play there were 8 unbeaten teams remaining—Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Texas Tech, Utah, Boise State, Ball State and Tulsa. Everyone paying attention knew that either Texas or Texas Tech would suffer their first loss as they were playing each other at Texas Tech. Few knew just how vulnerable Utah, Boise State, Ball State and Tulsa were to suffering their first defeat. Meet the Illinois Fighting Illini - The Most Overrated Team in the AP's Top 25 Poll Coach Ron Zook's Illinois team took the Big Ten by storm last year, tying with Michigan for the runner-up spot at 6-2, and going 9-3 in the regular season. All of last year's fight and hype moved Illinois into this year's AP Top 25 Poll. Find out why Illinois should not be in the current AP Top 25 Poll. Forbes Touts Alabama's Nick Saban as the Most Powerful Coach in Sports So who is the most powerful coach in sports today? Nick Saban of Alabama according to Forbes magazine (9-1-08 issue). Forbes wastes no time in anoiting Saban as the best of the best and ahead of the rest when it comes to being the most powerful sports coach in our time. Find out why. NFL Football Preview - Here Come the Seahawks: Stumbling and Bumbling into Holmgren's Last Year Just when Seattle's Mike Holmgren is entering his last year as head coach, his Seahawks are now stumbling and bumbling their way into the regular season. After dusting off the Minnesota Vikings 34-17 in their first 2008 preseason game on the road in Minneapolis, the Seahawks narrowly escaped defeat in their home preseason opener against the Chicago Bears, winning 29-26 in an error-prone display of ineptness. Famous Quotes by Lou Holtz During Football's Annual Bowl Season College football's annual bowl season is full of surprises and spectacular moments. Famous coaches have had some memorable remarks about American's most popular sport, and here are some of them by Lou Holtz, who some consider to be the best of the best college coaches and for good reason. Find out why. Famous Quotes by Knute Rockne During Football's Annual Bowl Season College football's annual bowl season is full of surprises and spectacular moments. Famous coaches have had some memorable remarks about American's most popular sport, and here are some of them by legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, who many consider to be the best of the best. Famous Quotes by Vince Lombardi During Football's Annual Bowl Season College football's annual bowl season is full of surprises and spectacular moments. Famous coaches have had some memorable remarks about American's most popular sport, and here are some of them by legendary Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi, who many consider to be the best of the best. Dantonio Finally Arrives on the Big 10 Stage as Head Coach at Michigan State Michigan State University has a football history of folding when it counts. By unloading John L. Smith and hiring Mark Dantonio as their new head football coach, the Spartans have put themselves in a position to perform better than any time since the legendary Duffy Daugherty coached Michigan State to a combined 19-1-1 record in 1965 and 1966, winning back-to-back Big Ten and National Championships. Nick Saban: A Great College Football Coach Who Might Bring Alabama Back to Greatness Nick Saban recently became the University of Alabama football coach by signing the richest contract ever awarded to a college football coach: 8 years for $32 million. Ah, it is good to be Nick Saban in Alabama today. Now he must win and win big, something he has been able to do at other college coaching positions at Toledo, Michigan State and LSU (Louisiana State).