2011-2012 Football Previews – Big 10 Conference – Purdue Boilermakers
The 2010 season didn’t go at all the way Danny Hope had envisioned it. Purdue dealt with more key injuries than any other team in the Big Ten.
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The 2010 season didn’t go at all the way Danny Hope had envisioned it. Purdue dealt with more key injuries than any other team in the Big Ten.
We continue our look ahead to Week 1 of the college football season with a few more marquee games.
Tech really is one of the steadiest programs you’ll find in college football. The Hokies have gone 49-11 in conference play since they joined the ACC in 2004, and have appeared in four of the six ACC title games.
The Indiana Hoosiers have battled to try to turn around their football program for quite a few years. Terry Hoeppner seemed to be the man who could do the job, but he tragically passed away in 2007 at the young age of 57.
It’s a little more than a month until Week 1 of college football betting arrives.
Before we shift our focus to NFL football with the lockout ending, let’s look at the top 2011-12 BCS national title contenders in college football.
The Sun Belt may be the most appropriately named conference in college football. When I hear the words “Sun Belt,” I think of a relaxing, warm sun and happy, carefree times.
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The Northern Illinois Huskies were the dominant team in the MAC last year. The Huskies went unbeaten in the MAC regular season action.
The Miami Redhawks went 1-11 in 2009, but they made the single biggest turnaround of any team in the nation to finish 10-4 last season. Not only was it the biggest turnaround last season, but it also marked the biggest turnaround in the history of college football!
Al Golden did a terrific job turning around the Temple program, but now he is in Miami. It will be up to Steve Addazio and his staff to continue the success that Golden started.
Tim Beckman has successfully turned this Toledo football program around. This is a team that was at the bottom a few years ago.
Jeff Quinn came into Buffalo expecting to make this team into an offensive power, but the plan fell flat in his first year. Quinn’s Bulls finished dead last in scoring offense last year, as the Bulls averaged just 14.17 points per game.
It has been quite a long time since Florida State was the dominant force in the college football landscape, but we could finally be heading for some late 1990s déjà vu.
The UNLV Rebels are coming off one of their most embarrassing season in school history, and have continued their decade of irrelevancy, winning just two games in 2010.
The New Mexico Lobos continued their loosing ways in 2010, their third bowl-less season in a row. Now their conference is tougher and their quarterback situation is as dicey as it gets.