In a preseason game against the Chicago Bears on Aug. 22, the New York Giants lost their leading tackler from each of the last two seasons. He’ll miss the entire 2011 campaign. On the same play they lost the 2010 team leader in interceptions. That’s because cornerback Terrell Thomas was the leader in both. New […]

When you think about it, the University of Southern California’s downfall under NCAA sanctions makes some sense. After all, from its extensive coverage in national media to its players’ cardinal and gold uniforms, the program was flashy. What got them noticed most, though, was that they won, often spectacularly, and they didn’t apologize. At times […]

The Seattle Seahawks might have had one of the strangest offseasons in the NFL this year. Despite claiming a division championship and a home playoff victory over New Orleans, they completely remade their team. What’s even more notable than just the fact of remaking the roster was where they drew many of the new pieces from: the […]

With the college football season set to kick off this coming week, one of the country’s largest spotlights is locked on the Lousiana State University Tigers. The Tigers are set for one of the most prominent games on opening weekend, as they’ll head to the massive Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas to take on Oregon, last year’s […]

It’s been a scandal-plagued offseason in NCAA football, with Ohio State, Oregon and North Carolina all landing in hot water to one degree or another. The biggest story of all happened in Florida, though, where an 11-month Yahoo! Sports investigation into repeated NCAA violations by booster Nevin Shapiro at the University of Miami may have […]

Of all the positions in football, one might think that running back would be one where size isn’t a requirement. After all, a smaller player would seem to have an easier time squeezing through tight gaps and bursting down the field. However, as shown by both the recent success and limitations of former San Diego […]

Every offseason, plenty of CFL players head south attempting to crack NFL squads. This year was no different despite the NFL lockout, with both stars such as Andy Fantuz and lesser-publicized players like Mark Restelli and Andrew Hawkins crossing the border to try and earn four-down football jobs. There’s plenty to gain for CFL players if they’re able to […]

Few college football observers are usually all that interested in the Florida Atlantic Owls, a middling team in the Sun Belt Conference, but they were the focus of much of the NCAA world last week. Unlike many other schools that have made headlines lately, the sudden attention paid to Florida Atlantic wasn’t because of scandalous moves […]

The University of Illinois football team has gone 28-45 since 2005. In that time the Fighting Illini have only finished higher than eighth in the Big Ten twice, including back-to-back seasons where they finished 11th and then 10th in the conference. 2005 is a significant year in documenting the team’s struggles, as that’s when Ron Zook was named head coach, a […]

When the University of Colorado announced last year that they were leaving the Big 12 for the Pac-12, there wasn’t a lot of fanfare. Colorado hasn’t been a top program of late and as a result has been on the wrong end of the spectrum for a number of years. The media also speculated about how many […]