Including conference championship weekend, there are 15 Saturdays of college football during the 2008 regular season.
With this being Week 8, we are officially at the halfway point of the campaign, and things are really starting to heat up across the country.
At the halfway point of a NASCAR race, the crossed flags are displayed. Halfway home in Clemson, S.C., and they are waving the white flag (of surrender) following the firing of Tommy Bowden earlier this week.
I really think the administration had to make this move. The Tigers were in the preseason top 10 and picked to win the ACC, yet their highly-touted offense stinks, they have already been blown out by Alabama, lost to division leader Wake Forest, and sit a disappointing 3-3.
Plus, if Cullen Harper's comments were any indication, Bowden had lost much of his team, and that is never a good sign.
At the halfway point, your top three in both polls are Texas, Alabama, and Penn State. I don't think anyone ...
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NCAA Football Coverage Maps for October 18
hdsportsnews.com 10/16/2008 — College Football kicks off again this Saturday. Coverage maps for ABC and ESPN2 have been released so make sure to check the maps out to see which games will be shown in your area. ABC will show two games in HD, and ESPN will show one game in HD.
NCAA Football bettors back BYU in ‘pick’em’
sportsbetting4u.wordpress.com 10/15/2008 — The unbeaten Brigham Young Cougars visit rival Texas Christian Horned Frogs on Thursday (8 pm ET, ESPN), in a Mountain West Conference matchup that most sportsbooks have as a pick’em. BYU is getting nearly 72 per cent of wagers placed on the game at Sportsbook.com.
Bettors like big Boise State spread
sportsbetting4u.wordpress.com 10/15/2008 — The 24½-point spread isn’t scaring away bettors from the Boise State Broncos in their matchup with WAC rival Hawaii Warriors. Public betting numbers indicate 62 per cent of bets placed on the game are on the favored, No. 15-ranked Broncos, who host Hawaii on Friday (8 pm ET, ESPN).
SU once again on the "Hot Seat" and "Bottom 10"
theorangesports.blogspot.com 10/15/2008 — Another week and another episode on the "Syracuse is in the "Bottom 10" and Robinson is on the Hot Seat". I guess the only good thing if you are an Orange fan is that right next to SU is Rutgers in the latest "Bottom 10" from ESPN.
Great Moments in Sideline Reporting History
thebiglead.com 10/15/2008 — From the sidelines of Saturday’s North Carolina-Notre Dame football game, ESPN’s Stacey Dales chats up Tyler Hansborough. Wonder if she asked him about this photo . Or this one . Probably not.
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