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College Football Preview: Texas Faces Big Test at Texas Tech

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Longhorns face the biggest test to date of the Garrett Gilbert era, with a tough trip to Lubbock. Red Raiders look impressive The opposition he’s faced may not have been BCS worthy but Taylor Potts has been sensational in his two outings this season. Up against an ever improving SMU in week 1, the...

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College Football Preview: Alabama and Oklahoma Look to Make Statements

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Crimson Tide and the Sooners both face ranked foes at home this weekend. Al Dannity likes Alabama but fears for Oklahoma. A potential mismatch Penn State looked solid, if unspectacular, in its opening week win over Youngstown State. After passing that easy test at home, the Nittany Lions face a much greater challenge on...

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College Football Preview: Buckeyes and Wolverines Need Big Wins

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s a big weekend of non-conference action for Big Ten schools. Ohio State meets Miami in the Horseshoe on Saturday while Michigan travels to South Bend to take on the Irish. When is a shootout not a shootout? The opening weekend cupcakes for Ohio State and Miami showed that both offenses are ready to explode...

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College Football Preview: Boise State vs. Virginia Tech

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Broncos take on the Hokies in a not-so-neutral site game. Al Dannity likes Boise State to come out on top at FedEx Field. Experience matters for Boise State Much has been made of the Broncos returning 21 of 22 starters on offense and defense for the 2010 season and rightly so. Boise State is...

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College Football SEC Preview: Alabama Set to Repeat

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Crimson Tide enter 2010 without the bulk of the defense that won the BCS National Championship in January but Al Dannity likes Alabama to win the SEC in 2010. Mixed bag in the East Florida remains the favorite to come out on top in a division which has undergone massive change in recent times....

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College Football ACC Preview: Georgia Tech Faces Tough Competition

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s been a wild off-season in the ACC with North Carolina making headlines for all the wrong reasons, while a new face is in charge at one of the conference’s most storied programs. UNC could create havoc Back in July, all of six weeks ago, I touted the promise of North Carolina and how the...

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College Football Big 12 Preview: Nebraska Aims For Victorious Exit

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Nebraska Cornhuskers look poised to return to the Big 12 title game against either Texas or Oklahoma, but can Bo Pelini’s team leave the Big 12 as champions? Farewell to the Big 12 Championship Game The conference realignment merry-go-round saw the Big 12 title game as one of its most notable casualties. With the...

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College Football Big East Preview: Pitt Leads a Crowded Field

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Big East promises to be a rollercoaster ride for College Football fans in 2010 according to Al Dannity. Six legitimate contenders There isn’t a conference, major, mid-major, or minor, which can claim to be as competitive as the Big East. Six teams, three quarters of the conference, have a legitimate shot at winning the...

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College Football Big Ten Preview: Ohio State and Iowa Battle for Title

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Can RichRod recover? Will Iowa topple the Buckeyes? Who will go bowling? Al Dannity answers these questions and more in his Big Ten preview. RichRod looks doomed No-one could have imagined the disaster that has engulfed Michigan since Rich Rodriguez moved to Ann Arbor from West Virginia. In Morgantown, RichRod led the Mountaineers to BCS...

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College Football Pac-10 Preview: Civil War to Decide it All

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The potential fall of Troy; the wealth of quarterback talent; another big Civil War on the horizon: In short, Al Dannity says the Pac-10 is loaded with stories heading into 2010. There’s that small matter of USC Three Pac-10 teams made the Sports Interaction Preseason Top 25 but of the seven that didn’t, one stood...

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College Football Independents Preview: Notre Dame, Navy, and Army

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Three of College Football’s oldest powers are in unfamiliar positions entering the 2010 season. Irish look to Kelly for change Brian Kelly’s resume has Notre Dame fans salivating. He turned Central Michigan into a power in the MAC before bringing Cincinnati to two Big East titles and consecutive BCS Bowl trips. Even Kelly’s tenure at...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #1 Boise State

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The ultimate BCS buster will make it all the way to the BCS National Championship game according to Al Dannity. The schedule It seems the phrase ‘biggest game in Boise State’s history’ gets used a lot these days. First it was the 2007 Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma, which they won. Then it was last year’s...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #2 Alabama

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Tide will roll to another SEC title and appearance in the BCS title game in 2010 according to Al Dannity. The schedule Penn State visits Tuscaloosa in what promises to be the highlight of the second weekend of College Football. SEC play begins with two huge games. First Alabama must travel to Arkansas to...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #3 Ohio State

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Buckeyes enter 2010 with a stacked line-up but Al Dannity isn’t ready to put them in the BCS title game just yet. The schedule The early part of Ohio State’s schedule is all about the U. The Buckeyes welcome Miami on September 11 in their only serious challenge before conference play gets under way....

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #4 Texas

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Texas just lost the most successful quarterback in College Football history, yet Al Dannity has the Longhorns at #4. What gives? The schedule The Longhorns open the season with a road game at Rice as they start 2010 playing five games within their home state. The last of these is anything but a home game...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #6 TCU

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Horned Frogs return in 2010 with a loaded roster on both sides of the ball. Al Dannity likes TCU to make another run to the BCS in 2010. The schedule TCU opens the season with a chance to enter the National Championship discussion straight away. The Horned Frogs meeting with Oregon State in Cowboys...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #7 Georgia Tech

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Paul Johnson’s Yellow Jackets are primed for a second straight ACC Championship and a return to the BCS in 2010. The schedule There are three games that Georgia Tech absolutely, positively, must win if it is to claim a second straight ACC Coastal title. The first of these is a road game at UNC on...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #8 Nebraska

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Ndamukong Suh may be gone to the NFL but the Cornhuskers will still get stronger in 2010 according to Al Dannity. The schedule I could tell you why the visit of Idaho on September 11 will prove an interesting match-up. I could describe the clash of styles when the Cornhuskers’ defense takes on Jake Locker...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #9 Wisconsin

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Badgers will bully their way into the Top 10 and a trip to the Outback Bowl in 2010. The schedule Wisconsin is hardly famed for its daunting non-conference schedules and 2010 is no different. San Jose State, UNLV, and FCS school Austin Peay are unlikely to test the Badgers but a September 18 game...

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College Football Preseason Top 25: #10 Virginia Tech

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

A bumpy start awaits the Hokies but Al Dannity likes Virginia Tech to make a serious push for the ACC Coastal title. The schedule The Hokies couldn’t have asked for a tougher start to the season, facing a loaded Boise State team in Landover, Maryland. A non-conference test at home to East Carolina on September...