Posted by ccv
on May 17, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, Bob Stoops, Bobby Petrino, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, Charlie Weiss, Chip Kelly, Chris Peterson, Coaching, College football
College football coach rankings: Alabama’s Nick Saban tops list of 124 coachesSporting News has ranked the 124 FBS head coaches by conference. Now it’s time to see how they rate overall.
First, some notes about our list:
— The Big 12 coaches have by far the best average ranking: 27.2, which crushes the second-best SEC’s average ranking of 43.3. Next in line: the Pac-12 (43.8), ACC (45.6) and Big Ten (46.8).
— Of course, the Big 12 has only 10 teams. Compared with the top 10 rankings by conference, it falls slightly below the SEC’s average of 26.6. The Pac-12 still ranks third at 34.5, followed by the Big Ten (35.9) and the ACC (37.0).
— The SEC is the only league other than the Big 12 whose lowest-ranked coach isn’t in the 100s. Tennessee’s Derek Dooley, the No. 14 SEC coach on our list, ranks 99th overall.
Read more: aol.sportingnews.com
Posted by ccv
on May 16, 2012
in ACC, Alabama, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, fanaticism, SEC
WHAT IF TELEVISION EXECUTIVES COULD SET UP A 16 TEAM FOOTBALL SUPER CONFERENCE?
Television is driving all of conference realignment.
Whether it’s the Longhorn Network that precipitated last year’s slate of realignment or the massive rights deal recently inked by the SEC that set rights fees soaring into the stratosphere, television is the driving force behind the seismic shifts in college athletics.
But most of these shifts are relatively small, that is, most conferences have plenty of anchor teams that clearly aren’t going to relocate for a bigger paycheck.
read more: outkickthecoverage.com
Posted by ccv
on May 11, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, BCS, Big 12, Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, College football, ESPN, LSU, NCAA
Tough road lies ahead for playoff debate
The factions are forming.
As the debate continues to rage on about the future of college football’s postseason plan, those involved with making the final decisions are not unanimous with their beliefs.
While everyone appears to be in agreement on a four-team playoff, the selection of those four teams is being hotly contested between the conference commissioners.
The Big Ten’s Jim Delany added more fuel to the fire when he told The Associated Press that he doesn’t believe a playoff should include a team that doesn’t win its division.
read more: blogs.orlandosentinel.com
Posted by ccv
on May 7, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, College football, Lane Kiffin, Les Miles, LSU, Pac-12, USC Trojans
Tigers, Trojans, Tide exit spring practice atop Power Rankings
Other than deciding how to split the money, the most difficult task facing conference commissioners in the next few months is devising the system that will select the teams that play in the upcoming playoff. Do they keep the current BCS ranking system? Do they follow the model of the NCAA basketball and baseball tournaments and empanel a selection committee? Do they develop an entirely new ranking formula?
Read more: si.com
Posted by ccv
on May 7, 2012
in Bob Stoops, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, NCAA, SEC, Texas A&M
Another Sooners WR transferring, this one to A&M
In January of this year, four-star wide receiver Justin McCay decided to transfer from Oklahoma to Big 12 rival Kansas.
A handful of months later, another touted player at the same position has decided to leave the Sooners for another (soon-to-be-former) Big 12 rival as well.
read more: collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com
Posted by ccv
on April 23, 2012
in BCS, Big 12, Bob Stoops, Coaching, College football, Mike Gundy, OK State
OSU football: Now comes the process of choosing a quarterback
The 15 Oklahoma State spring practices are done. The spring finale completed. If it was so easy to name a new starting quarterback, offensive coordinator Todd Monken said the coaches would have already done it.
But that decision will apparently come later this week, following a meeting between coach Mike Gundy and the offensive staff on Wednesday. Gundy has been very adamant about wanting to name a starting quarterback heading into summer workouts and has never backed off that desire even though there has been little separation between contenders Clint Chelf, J.W. Walsh and Wes Lunt.
Read more: newsok.com
Posted by ccv
on April 5, 2012
in Bob Stoops, College football, Lane Kiffin, Matt Barkley, Southern Cal
QB Max Browne commits to USC
Lane Kiffin and the USC program added a prize ESPNU 150 Watch List prospect to its class of 2013 on Wednesday when Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline quarterback Max Browne chose the Trojans over Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington at a news conference at his high school.
Browne is considered one of the nation’s top prep passers after completing 70 percent of his passes for 4,034 yards and 45 touchdowns as a junior.
The commitment doesn’t come as much of a surprise, as the 6-foot-5, 205-pound Browne decided to announce his decision immediately after a three-day unofficial visit to USC, where he was able to spend time with the Trojans coaches as well as some one-on-one time with quarterback Matt Barkley.
Read more: espn.com
Posted by ccv
on April 5, 2012
in Bob Stoops, College football, Mike Gundy, OK State, Oklahoma
OU’s Bob Stoops and OSU’s Mike Gundy
Bob Stoops waited until 11 days before the opener to pick the winner of his last quarterback derby, and that was Sam Bradford. Mike Gundy doesn’t plan to wait that long to pick Brandon Weeden’s replacement.The last time Bob Stoops had a legitimate quarterback derby, he didn’t pick a quarterback until 11 days before the season opener. And Sam Bradford was the quarterback Stoops eventually picked.
Mike Gundy doesn’t plan to wait that long. Gundy plans to pick the next OSU quarterback in the near wake of the Cowboy spring finale, if not sooner.
“I’m not really excited about the team not knowing who their quarterback is all summer,” Gundy said.
Read More: newsok.com
Posted by ccv
on December 29, 2011
in Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s difficult season draws to close
Ten victories always is an acceptable goal for the Oklahoma Sooners. That is, as long as those victories come before Thanksgiving.
Therefore, this season, which has included three losses, has been disappointing, especially considering all that was anticipated.
Read more from Rivals.com
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Posted by ccv
on December 20, 2011
in Bob Stoops
Stoop’s leadership never wavers even in tough times
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