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Old School Meets New School
The offseason was a really tough one for the Baylor Bears. They were rocked with scandals off the field, and that caused the abrupt resignation of Art Briles, the most accomplished coach in the history of the program. Now with Jim Grobe in charge, he'll hope to keep up the tradition of what has become one of the prouder programs in the Big XII in recent years....
Of all of the men to take over the Illinois Fighting Illini… Lovie Smith? The excommunicated coach of the NFL's Buccaneers decided to try his hand at the collegiate level at Illinois, and this could end up being a real disaster or a real success. One thing is for sure. At least the Illini are going to be a lot more interesting now than they have been in recent years....
There probably isn't a worse football program in major college football than that of the Kansas Jayhawks. They went 0-12 last year in a season which included a loss to South Dakota State, and even though this is only the second year of the David Beaty era, one has to think that he has to show some marked improvement or be shown the door....
Bill Snyder is one of these coaches who simply won't step away from the game. And why should he? He's had a tremendous degree of success with the Kansas State Wildcats over the years, and he's got a team which could end up being sneaky in the Big XII in 2016....
Most teams who take over underachieving programs end up with a relatively bare cupboard to take over in terms of talent. D.J. Durkin though, is a bit of an exception to that. The Maryland Terrapins have a lot of potential at this point, and they could end up taking some big strides forward in 2016....
The team with the most money bet on it to win the National Championship this year is the Michigan Wolverines. Jim Harbaugh did fantastic things in 2015 with Big Blue, and he's expected to legitimately challenge for the National Championship in just his second year on the job. It's a tall task for sure, but it isn't out of the question either....
Mike Gundy continues to be one of the most underappreciated coaches in America. He's got a great amount of resources with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, but no matter how hard Boone Pickens tries, he's never going to be able to fund his alma mater the way that Oklahoma or Texas boosters are able to do so for those schools....
College Football Betting Online: Things are going to be different in Blacksburg. After 29 years of Frank Beamer being the head coach at Virginia Tech, he was pushed out in the middle of the season following another difficult start. The Hokies brought in Justin Fuente from Memphis in the offseason in what was universally regarded as a great hire and fans are optimistic that he can make Virginia Tech great again....
College Football Betting Online: For the first time in over a decade, North Carolina finally exceeded expectations and looked like the sleeping giant it had constantly been billed to be. It was the first time in almost two decades that the Tar Heels had won at least 10 games and if it wasn’t for an excruciating loss against South Carolina in the season opener, UNC would have went to a New Year’s Six bowl. Now the hope in Chapel Hill is that Larry Fedora can seize this momentum and start building something special....
The Penn State Nittany Lions still feel like they're a step or two off of the rest of the Big Ten at this point. They're not quite Michigan or Ohio State, but they can use the rebuilding of the Wolverines as motivation that they can become title contenders within a year or two. This season sure feels like another part of the rebuild from the fallout of the Joe Paterno era, but that's not to say that PSU won't be a really good team....
Darrell Hazell managed to keep his job last year, and we're not sure how. The Purdue Boilermakers won just two games on the season, and they were abysmal for the most part in Big Ten play.To say that the prospects are grim for this season is an understatement....
College Football Betting Online: After consecutive 7-6 seasons to start Steve Addazio’s time in Chestnut Hill, injuries and bad luck combined to make a nightmare 2015 season. The Eagles went just 3-9 last season and only managed one FBS win, against Northern Illinois, while going 0-8 in conference play. Now Addazio and Boston College will look to right the ship and hopefully, get his first ever bowl victory....
Florida State made the College Football Playoff in its first year of existence, but failed to repeat that feat last season thanks to losses against Georgia Tech and Clemson. Instead, the Seminoles ended up with a trip to a New Year’s Six bowl, but ended up falling to Houston by two touchdowns after a poor performance from Sean Maguire....
The Iowa State Cyclones are stuck in this perpetual state of not being able to contend in the Big XII. Things aren't quite as bad in Ames as they are in Lawrence with Kansas, but the comparison between the two isn't all that far off. This should end up being another frustrating year for the Cyclones....
The Indiana Hoosiers have largely become known as the loveable losers of the Big Ten over the course of the last several years. They vastly overachieved last season in winning six games and reaching a bowl game, but Kevin Wilson is still under the gun to continue to improve this franchise. Anything less than another trip to a bowl game is likely going to see him shown the door....
NCAA football Betting Online: The Minnesota Golden Gophers don’t have the type of high-end talent to legitimately compete for the Big Ten title, but returning to a bowl game is another realistic goal in 2016. The team returns several key players on both sides of the ball and after five regular season wins a year ago, the over-under win total from oddsmakers has moved up to six this year in NCAA football wagering....
NCAA football Betting Online: With nine bowl game appearances in 10 years heading into 2015, the expectations around the Rutgers’ football program had steadily risen over the past decade. That’s why a 4-8 season last year was so disappointing, and new coach Chris Ash will aim to turn around those fortunes in 2016. The outside expectations for Rutgers in 2016 are low, as the team’s over-under win total sits at only 4.5 wins in NCAA football gambling....
College Football Betting Online: Wake Forest has been a perennial laughing stock in the ACC and through two seasons of Dave Clawson’s tenure, things haven’t changed. However, the third year is usually when Clawson’s teams start to turn things around and that gives the fans in Winston-Salem a lot of hope....
No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama both made major statements with convincing semifinal playoff victories, setting the stage for what should be an epic College Football Playoff National Championship game between the two best teams in the nation....
Clemson will head into the second true championship game in the FBS with a perfect record and a No. 1 ranking.But in the minds of many, the Tigers will be playing the best team in the nation when they take on Alabama. The oddsmakers think so, pegging the Crimson Tide as a touchdown favorite....
The Alabama Crimson Tide started 2015 by getting shocked by Ohio State in the first college football playoff. They sure weren't going to end 2015 the same way. The Tide came out and crushed Michigan State 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl, and there are a ton of good reasons to believe they're 60 minutes away from winning yet another National Championship at the expense of the Clemson Tigers....
For the first time in the history of modern college football, a team can finish 15-0. The Clemson Tigers have won 17 consecutive games and 23 of their last 24 dating back to last year.However, it all won't mean a heck of a lot if they don't beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 11....
Last year, Ohio State and Oregon broke the mold, making the first College Football Playoff National Championship a 3 vs. 4 affair. This year though, we would've had the same national championship game regardless as to whether this system or the old BCS was in place. The Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers took care of business in the national semifinals with both posting 20+ point victories. Now, they'll play for all the marbles on January 11....
The 2015-16 bowl season will come to its thrilling conclusion on January 2 at the Cactus Bowl, where the Arizona State Sun Devils and West Virginia Mountaineers will provide the very last appetizer before the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 10....
The argument could be made that the best non-New Year's Six bowl game is the Valero Alamo Bowl. The Oregon Ducks were playing great ball at the end of the season, and they're taking on a TCU Horned Frogs outfit that probably would've been in the College Football Playoff had their Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback and top receiver not gotten hurt....
