Seriously.
As many of you know, I root only for professional teams from my home state of Michigan. And trust me, that’s been pretty hard to do lately.
The Detroit Tigers went out and spent a bunch of money and look what it got them — a last place finish in the AL Central Division.
Only seven other clubs spent more money and only the two teams — both from New York —...read more
Oregon State beat the biggest and best team in all the land with a mixture of great gameplanning, powerful offensive linemen and emotion.
Oregon State made USC look like a second-level mid-major and despite the six-point win, the game wasn’t...read more
It was another bad week for the Idaho Vandals — on and off the field.
If you missed it, Idaho lost its third football game this season in another blowout. This time it was fellow WAC bottom feeder Utah State that took it to the Vandals with a 42-17 loss.
According to Sportsline, the Vandals are only better than five other teams in the nation.
The good news: Idaho is playing a team...read more
— Boise State and Fresno State are once again the cream of the crop. Sure the Bulldogs nearly were upended by Toledo last week, but a win is a win.
Boise State of course topped Oregon, and look as though they could play with anyone. We can...read more
The Broncos were impressive in their 37-32 win over the Ducks.
I must say, though, in my time covering the Broncos, I have not seen them play well on the road against a BCS team. They did Saturday. And now, the team will be back in the national spotlight. If Boise State is...read more
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Boise State holds on
The Broncos took out Oregon with a 37-32, a victory that has to be at least the second best in school history.
And the Ducks are back in it
Oregon isn't going to go away as Darron Thomas hooked up with Ed Dickson for a 19-yard pass. The PAT, though, failed.
With 7:19 to play, the Broncos are hanging on to a 37-26 lead.
We may have a game yet
Oregon...read more
As I wrote in my column, I think Boise State can win if they play extremely well. However, I just can't see Boise State coming in to this environment and taking out a team that's this good. If they do, it will be a great win for the Broncos...read more
I say polls should come out somewhere around Oct. 1. If they did, a team like Michigan (started No. 24 and is now 1-2) wouldn’t even be in the conversation.
Of the two major college football polls — the AP Media Poll and USA Today Coaches’ Poll — only...read more
It's just another in a long line of losses in recent memory for the Vandals. Up next, they have two very poor teams to play in Utah State and San Diego State. However, here's the bad news: Both those...read more
But that may be linked to Bowling Green as well, a team that really played a solid second half of football.
"Give them a little credit, they played pretty well," Boise State QB Kellen Moore said. "I think personally, as far as our offense...read more
Falcons finally score
Boise State is simply unable to put this one away. The Broncos allowed Bowling Green a 14-play drive to end with a 4-yard TD grab by Jimmy Scheidler.
The score got the Falcons within 13 points with 11:10 to play.
Third quarter is pretty slow
There has been a few turnovers and a few long dives by Bowling Green, but no change in score.
With 4:18 to play in the...read more
Back to the game ... Bowling Green comes to town with a 1-1 record and most importantly, a win over then-Top 25 Pittsburgh. However, they lost last week to Minnesota, a Big Ten team that plays more like a Sun Belt...read more
For head man Robb Akey, it was his second win as the team’s head coach, and more importantly, a positive step in his tenure.
But let’s not kid ourselves here, the Vandals have still yet to beat a FBS team since Akey took over. The last...read more
It looks like Bowling Green really isn't that good, or at least beating Pitt wasn't really that big of a deal.
The Falcons looked pretty poor at home versus the worst team in the Big Ten, Minnesota.
Apparently, Bowling Green had some turnover trouble.
— Colorado almost lost its second game to a Big Sky team in the last three seasons. The Buffs got a last-minute pick six to upend Eastern Washington...read more
... It was nice to sit back and enjoy a Saturday where I didn't have to work (that translates to: There was no Boise State game this week).
So with that, I watched a bunch of games. Here are a few observations:
— Jake Locker, who is a super-nice guy, has to be the worst Division I passing QB. Seriously, put the celebration penalty aside, this guy missed more open receivers than Ryan...read more
Or at very least, will it make Boise State, Idaho and the other seven WAC teams better, leveling the playing field with other conferences?
Doubt it.
The TV deal — although WAC commissioner Karl Benson wouldn’t say — was reported by the Honolulu Advertiser to...read more
... I thought Louisiana Tech would be a pretty good team this season (that’s why I picked it to finish third in the WAC), but even I didn’t think they’d have enough to knock off Mississippi State during the opening weekend.
I picked them to lose by one point.
That win over Mississippi State as well as Fresno State’s win over Rutgers showed that this year’s WAC champ...read more
I grew up only a few short miles from the University of Michigan, and as a young man, I saw more Wolverine games than I care to remember.
Heck, I even attended their football camp when I was in high school.
So trust me when I say this, I know what Michigan football means to its millions of fans.
What I saw Saturday — in Michigan’s 2-point loss to Utah — was not the...read more
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