Posted by Joe Pantorno on January-6-2017 Add Comments

FCS Championship 2017: Date, Start Time, TV Info for JMU vs. Youngstown State

It all comes down to Saturday night as James Madison meets Youngstown State at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, for the 2017 FCS Championship game.  This is an unexpected matchup to say the least, given the paths each program had to take in order to get to Frisco, but only one can end their season in Cinderella-like fashion.  Here is all you need to know about the big game. James Madison was the David that defeated Goliath in ...
Posted by Tim Daniels on January-6-2017 Add Comments

P.J. Fleck to Minnesota: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

Western Michigan head football coach P.J. Fleck reached an agreement Friday with Minnesota to fill the same position for the Golden Gophers. According to Kirk Mason of WWMT News in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fleck confirmed the move. Western Michigan also released a statement confirming the move, per Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press: Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the deal will be for five years.  Jamal Spencer of WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reported that Fleck's ...
Posted by Adam Kramer on January-6-2017 Add Comments

Even Alabama Haters Should Root for the Rejuvenated Steve Sarkisian

The red, white and blue confetti rained down from the Georgia Dome on New Year's Eve. Down below, lost in the latest chapter of Alabama's College Football Playoff triumph, a once-broken man celebrated with a smile that never wavered. There Steve Sarkisian stood, smack-dab in the center of his second chance. He wore team colors he never thought he'd wear. He processed an appearance in a national championship game he never thought he'd be in. ...
Posted by Matt Hayes on January-6-2017 Add Comments

Believe: Dabo Swinney’s First Word at Clemson and the Key to the Tigers’ Rise

That simple sign was hung on the wall the very first day, steadily and forcefully guiding them through years of failed yesterdays that don't mean a damn thing about today. Believe. Dabo Swinney made sure it was on the wall in 2008, hanging in the team meeting room where no one could avoid it the first time he addressed the Clemson football team as head coach. Tommy Bowden had just resigned after a 3-3 start. Swinney, who had ...
Posted by Greg Wallace on January-6-2017 Add Comments

Alabama vs. Clemson: Complete Guide to 2017 National Championship Game

It's only fitting that the final game of the 2016 college football season will be a rematch of one of the best games of 2015. If Alabama and Clemson's clash for the third College Football Playoff National Championship is anything like their meeting of a year ago, we're all in for a treat. A year ago, Alabama claimed a wild 45-40 victory in a back-and-forth, offense-first clash in Glendale, Arizona, to give Nick Saban his fourth ...
Posted by Greg Couch on January-6-2017 Add Comments

Alabama’s Dalvin Tomlinson Might Be the Most Interesting Man in CFB

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The wrestling matches in the Alabama locker room are finished now. There is no point to them anymore. There's no pinning Dalvin Tomlinson down. "I had him once at first," said Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, who might be the best and toughest college football player in the country. "But then..." Allen said that in front of Tomlinson recently in the football offices at Alabama in a private moment with Bleacher Report. "No," Tomlinson said, ...
Posted by Kerry Miller on January-6-2017 Add Comments

Updated College Basketball Player of the Year Rankings for 2016-17

As if winning one national championship and vying for a second weren't enough, Villanova's Josh Hart is No. 1 in Bleacher Report's latest ranking of college basketball's top candidates for 2016-17 National Player of the Year. If you can believe it, college basketball's 2016-17 regular season is halfway complete. There will be plenty of bonus games in March and April, but the vast majority of teams have already played at least 14 of their 31 or so ...
Posted by Timothy Rapp on January-5-2017 Add Comments

Calvin Ridley Comments on Alabama Offense Under Steve Sarkisian

Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley said Thursday that Alabama's offense is already running more smoothly with Steve Sarkisian at offensive coordinator than it was late in Lane Kiffin's tenure. "He's doing a really great job with us so far, and I feel like we're going a lot faster and everything is going smoother," Ridley said during an interview on ESPN, per Chip Patterson of CBSSports.com. "We're getting ready to go out there and show what the new ...
Posted by Tyler Conway on January-5-2017 Add Comments

Joe Mixon Reportedly Will Declare for 2017 NFL Draft: Latest Comments, Reaction

Joe Mixon's controversial career at Oklahoma is over. The redshirt sophomore running back will reportedly forgo his last two years of eligibility and enter the 2017 NFL draft. Brooke Pryor of The Oklahoman and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the news Thursday. Jake Trotter of ESPN.com said the running back told him on the phone he received a first-round grade. Nixon released a statement on his decision via Twitter:  Mixon, 20, rushed for 1,274 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2016. He was the team leader ...
Posted by David Regimbal on January-5-2017 Add Comments

Bold Predictions for Big Ten Football in 2017

A revival at Michigan State and a down year for Michigan, Trace McSorley's run to New York City for the Heisman Trophy presentation and Ohio State's redemption tour will highlight the Big Ten's biggest storylines in 2017. The league if fresh off what should've been a banner year that saw four teams in the Top 10 of the final College Football Playoff rankings and 10 teams in bowl games. But the conference went a disastrous 3-7 this ...