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The 2011 Trojans possessed a unit of linebackers that stood out among the rest. Two of three starters received freshman All-American honors, which is a credit to Joe Barry and his ability to accelerate progress and transform inexperienced youth to veteran performers. Looking forward, we were projecting continuity and the same results for incoming Scott Starr [...]

We’re nearly two months removed from his triumph as the first Baylor quarterback to win a Heisman Trophy, but the Robert Griffin III publicity tour hasn’t slowed down.

Griffin, who recently announced that he was forgoing his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft, delivered the closing prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast [..]

In the Indiana Hoosiers epic upset of then #1 Kentucky a week ago Saturday a star was born; and I’m not talking about Christian Watford. She’s a Playboy model who happens to be a very dedicated Kentucky Wildcats fan named Megan Dills. In the court-storming episode, Dills was knocked down and suffered a sprained ankle and torn tendons. [...]

The Wolverines Sugar Bowl win over Virginia Tech is reason for optimism, especially considering that it came in the first year of what many U of M fans hope is a long and illustrious tenure for head coach Brady Hoke. But it would be premature to say that Michigan is now ready to compete for national championships on a yearly basis.[...]

When the college football season started, University of Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke made some very arrogant comments at Big Ten media day. He said “we’re not rebuilding,” and “we’re Michigan” a few times. He proved right, and us media types wrong as he was selected as the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year [...]

When Kyle Prater announced his decision to transfer earlier this month, it was speculated that he would be moving closer to home. Today we learned of his landing spot, which is located just 30 miles from Proviso West High School, where he starred before moving to Southern California. The wide receiver will enroll at Northwestern and[...]

Ohio State or Michigan State? Who’s number one? Welcome to the Big Ten power rankings.

Go here for our most recent Big East Power Rankings, which are probably more informative and accurate than the rankings below will turn out.

1) #10 Michigan State Spartans (17-4, 6-2) [...]

One of my favorite moments in sports is, against all odds, the “deuce” in tennis. Not for the physical act of hitting a fluorescent ball over a net, which I find about as exciting as a city zoning meeting, but for the competitive purity of the concept. You can’t win the game until you’ve won it decisively, by two points — no flukes, no games determined by a bad call or a single sketchy bounce[...]

For a couple of years now, I have incorporated recruiting rankings, in one form or another, into my portion of the preseason projections for the Football Outsiders Almanac. There is a very specific reason for this: while we often manage to overstate the importance of recruiting, the simple fact is that strong recruiting rankings tend to correlate quite strongly with strong performance on the field. The Mathlete at MGoBlog[...]

Joe Paterno, who won more Division I college football games than any other head coach, died at the age of 85.

His family issued a statement Sunday morning.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today,” the family said. “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never [...]