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The neutral site game being dubbed the “TicketCity Battle by the Bay” will get under way on Saturday night as Candlestick Park plays venue to its first ever regular-season college football game when the California Golden Bears host the Fresno State Bulldogs for just the third all time meeting between the two schools.
It all begins with a win on Saturday if Cougars head coach Paul Wulff wants to stay in Pullman for another season, and it would appear that Washington State could walk away one victory closer to matching their win total of 2010 by beating a downtrodden Idaho State Bengals on Saturday at Martin Stadium.
The Oregon State Beavers will look to rebound from its first losing season since head coach Mike Riley too over the program with a win over non conference Sacramento State in Corvallis on Saturday.
Quarterback Case Keenum will enter his sixth-year with the Cougars after patrolling the sidelines for most of 2010 with a torn ACL, and will attempt to reverse last season’s loss at UCLA with a win in Houston’s home opener at Robertson’s Stadium on Saturday.
The USC Trojans open the 2011 season, serving their second of a two-year NCAA sanction, but it won’t deter them in wanting to get off to a good start as they attempt to win their 14th consecutive home opener when they host the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday in Los Angeles.
The College Football season is 3 weeks away and our CFB Experts have been deep in study and will provide  College Football Predictions on as many NCAA teams as he can before the 2011/12 season kicks off.
Wigan Athletic was a popular dark-horse pick to finish the season in the upper half of the table last year. Unfortunately, they never showed up and finished the season in 16th place with a record of 9-14-15, barely escaping relegation.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers finished the 2010-11 season on a high note beating out relegation by just one point on the last day of the season to finish in 17th place. They now return, trying to improve upon that in their third year in the Premier League.
The only rational goal West Bromwich could have for this season would be to avoid the cut that would send them packing back down to the Championship League.
Following a superb 2009 season that saw the Hotspur finish fourth on the Premiership table. The Lilywhites dropped to a disappointing fifth place finish, six points behind as resurgent Manchester City in 2010.
Norwich City will get another shot at a Premier League title after a 6 year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010, winning an automatic promotion.
The Rangers ended their season on a high note finishing first in the Football League Championship last June.
Now they face their biggest challenge yet, returning to the Premiership for the first time in 15 years.
Stoke City is indeed a team on the rise, and they seem intent on improving out of the middle of the table. The were resilient last year with the high point of their season coming by way of a 3-1 victory over recurrent top table finishers Chelsea. They were tough and never gave up, which shows why they managed draws against several of the best Premier Leagues teams last year.
There are a lot of reasons for those around Sunderland to be excited for the year after finishing tenth overall in the Premier League just a season ago. The Black Cats have high aspirations for the coming season, but have lost a couple of key players that will hamper their chances.
Becoming the first Welsh side to play in the Premiership, Swansea City joins the top flight having played in the old Football League First Division between 1981 and 1983, finishing sixth in their first season.
If there is one thing you can count on Newcastle providing year in and year out, it’s entertainment. A storied club with a historical past, the Toon are always a fun club to follow with all of its controversy.
