By Drew Howard
Louisville
Offensive CoordinatorOut: Charlie Stubbs. Quite frankly, Louisville was a disaster this past season, so it is no surprise that Stubbs resigned from his position after following Steve Kragthorpe from Tulsa.In: Jeff Brohm. The older brother of former quarterback Brian Brohm, Jeff has been on successful Louisville teams in the past, and as a [...]
By Drew Howard
Houston
Offensive Coordinator
Out: Randy Clements and Phillip Montgomery. Clements and Montgomery followed Art Briles to Baylor.
In: Jason Phillips. Phillips was the wide receivers coach this past year for Houston’s high powered offense. Houston hopes that this promotion will help keep their offensive momentum intact. Phillips led the nation in receiving in 1987 and 1988, [...]
Submitted by: Daniel Freer (5/12/2008)
Daniel Freer of Fantasy College Blitz breaks down some programs affected by the NFL Draft.
Two weeks after the NFL Draft, most college programs are not too concerned with the talent lost to the NFL.
These days, programs are so in-tune with recruiting and reloading that they know the name of every 8 [...]
Submitted by: Vince Mullins
USA today reports on the upcoming college football conference commissioner meeting in Miami this week. It highlights the once-fractured landscape of NCAA Football evolving into a BCS coalition effectively marketing the game on a national level.
Has the playoff noise settled down yet, or will it crescendo as summer turns to fall when [...]
By Vince Mullins
Brady Ackerman is a Florida football institution - the former Gator RB has progressed through coaching to host talk radio around the state while settling in Orlando the last few years.
While he calls it a sports talk radio show, the diehard listeners to ESPN 1080 in Orlando Florida revel in a “football [...]
By Drew Smith
From Fantasy College Blitz.
Keeping with the theme found in the Wide Receivers article by Vince Mullins last week my list will be different than others rankings as I attempt to rank the running backs as they will rank in a few years.
1) Darren McFadden, Arkansas - JR - 6-1/211/4.33
McFadden (right, Icon SMI) [...]
By Daniel Freer
Another year….another group of college QBs pining for the NFL. Of course, looking for a stud fantasy NFL QB fresh from the college ranks is like Pamela Anderson (right, Icon SMI) winning an Oscar…it ain’t gonna happen.
Sure, some of the 2008 QB draftees will become serviceable signal callers….even become a star. However, do [...]
By Daniel Freer
Another year….another group of college QBs pining for the NFL. Of course, looking for a stud fantasy NFL QB fresh from the college ranks is like Pamela Anderson (right, Icon SMI) winning an Oscar…it ain’t gonna happen.
Sure, some of the 2008 QB draftees will become serviceable signal callers….even become a star. However, do [...]
By Daniel Freer
Signing Day has been completed….and fans everywhere have had some time to digest (or regurgitate…depending on the school) the recruiting classes for 2008.
In this anyalysis from Fantasy College Blitz, we grabbed our crystal ball….actually more like that old “8-ball” that I had since I was a kid….and project some of incoming freshman quaterbacks [...]
Possibly the biggest hire of the off-season did not occur at a major program.
With June Jones leaving Hawaii for SMU, fantasy players may have seen their biggest-impact move for the 2008 season.
Jones, fresh off taking the Warriors to their first-ever major bowl game (Sugar Bowl), bolted the islands for a bigger paycheck and better facilities [...]