2011 NCAAF Gambling: Aggies vs Tigers Handicapping Preview
Auburn must be excited to put the despicable incident of the poisoned oak trees in Toomer’s Corner behind it and just play some football.
Auburn must be excited to put the despicable incident of the poisoned oak trees in Toomer’s Corner behind it and just play some football.
And so life as an Independent begins. Brigham Young believes it can be a force in 2011 after it won five of its final six games last season, scoring 40 or more points four times and allowing 10 points or fewer three times over that span.
Both Middle Tennessee State and Purdue suffered through an extremely disappointing season last year. The Blue Raiders were projected to win the Sun Belt, but they finished just 6-7 on the year.
In theory, Wake Forest doesn’t have a tough act to follow in 2011. Last year, the Demon Deacons finished 3-8, good for last in the ACC Atlantic and tied with Duke for the conference’s worst overall record.
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 Thundering Herd of Marshall, out of Conference-USA storm into Morgantown this upcoming Sunday afternoon to take on the No. 24-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big East in the season opener for these two in-state rivals. Kick-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The Buffalo Bulls out of the Eastern Division of the Mid-American Conference open their 2011 football campaign against the Pittsburgh Panthers from the Big East this Saturday night at Heinz Field. The game is slated to start at 6 p.m. and it will be available on ESPN3.com.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons out of the ACC open their 2011 season on the road this Thursday night when the tangle with the Big East’s Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. All the action gets underway at 8 p.m. and the game will be available on ESPN3.com.
The Murray State Racers and the Louisville Cardinals have the honor of being the first game on the schedule to kick-off the 2011 Division I college football season in this Thursday night matchup at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Game time is set for 6 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Ohio State has been in the news more than any other college football program in the offseason, but it has been for all the wrong reasons.
The 2010 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers will stick with the Baltimore Ravens for many years.
If you are a quality Big Ten school like Penn State, there is nothing like starting the season with a game against Indiana State from the FCS level.