CFT predicts: the WAC
This is it, everyone. Say goodbye to the WAC. It’s not going to be here much longer. After this year, only Idaho and New Mexico State will remain, and both have been told to go to Plan B by the...
View ArticleWAC commish: it’s ‘unlikely’ conference will sponsor football in ’13
WAC football still isn’t officially “dead” — although suffice to say it’s headed in that direction — but the outlook for a 2013 season has gone from bleak to pretty much nonexistent. Commissioner Jeff...
View ArticleOne loss in, Houston’s OC ‘resigns’
Usually, coaches whose units underperform (that’s what she said) are fired/given the chance to ‘resign’ at the end of the season. But, hey, no time like the present, right? Houston coach Tony Levine...
View ArticleDennis Franchione lands new five-year deal from Texas State
Following up on its first season at the FBS level, and a couple of months ahead of its official move to a new league, Texas State has handed its head coach a little additional job security. The school...
View ArticleTwo games complete Illini’s 2014 non-conference slate
With the 2013 season less than four months away, Illinois has completed its out-of-league schedule for the following season. The Illini announced Wednesday that the football program has added a pair of...
View ArticleIt’s officially conference moving day for myriad FBS programs
Around this time last year… and the year before that… and the year before that… we were in the midst of yet another round of conference musical chairs, with multiple schools announcing future moves to...
View ArticleKansas among three future series announced by Houston
At the same time Texas Tech was releasing the details of a future four-game series with Houston, that school was releasing details on two other series to which they had agreed. On Sept. 14, 2019, UH...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 10 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. THUMBS UP Vegas, baby Many people, including a sizable bloc of Miami Nation,...
View ArticleUK reportedly finds coach to replace one lost to LSU
Less than three days after losing an assistant to a rival SEC school, Kentucky has reportedly found its replacement. Texas State head coach Dennis Franchione confirmed to the Austin American-Statesman...
View ArticleA complete schedule of FBS spring football games
Unless you’re a Pitt or Texas A&M fan, you’re within a couple of weeks until your school wraps up spring practice with an annual spring game at its football stadium. Here’s a handy list of when...
View ArticleTexas State and UTSA will continue rivalry through 2025
Texas State and UTSA made the jump to the FBS together but have already started to follow different paths. Fortunately, these two young FBS programs will continue to help each other out with a new...
View ArticleTide on 2015 schedule hole: ‘Right now we’d take anybody’
The 2014 season has yet to even kick off, and Alabama’s athletic director already has one eye planted firmly on 2015. Or, more specifically, the glaring hole in the Tide’s 2015 schedule. Alabama...
View ArticleSun Belt coaches name UL Lafayette the unanimous favorite
The Sun Belt Conference has a unanimous favorite this fall, at least according to the coaches in the conference. UL Lafayette received all 11 first-place votes from the coaches of the Sun Belt in a...
View ArticleVenric Mark transfers to (West) Texas A&M
A mere 10 days after he and Northwestern “parted ways,” Venric Mark has found a new college football home. Speaking to ESPN.com‘s Joe Schad, Mark confirmed that he will use his final season of...
View ArticleWhich Group of Five school had the most impressive Week 1?
The College Football Playoff selection committee will guarantee one spot in a big revenue bowl game at the end of the season to the highest-ranked conference champion from the so-called Group of Five —...
View ArticleTorn ACL, MCL ends season for Texas State’s Michael Orakpo
Looking to get a fresh start at Texas State after getting the boot from Colorado State, Michael Orakpo will instead spend the next several months rehabbing a rather significant injury. Earlier this...
View ArticleUCLA is only team perfect inside the red zone
Successful teams tend to cash in once they enter the red zone, but which teams are doing the best once getting inside their opponents’ 20-yard line? So far this season, UCLA is the only team to have...
View ArticleGeorgia Southern drubs Troy 42-10, pushes winning streak to six
One week after popping Georgia State to the tune of 69 points, 10 touchdowns in 11 possessions and 613 rushing yards, Georgia Southern kept the beat going with a 42-10 blowout of Troy on Thursday...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 13 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. HISTORIC REPEAT As it turns out, while Samaje Perine made history, the...
View ArticleSun Belt sending teams to familiar bowl detsinations
The Sun Belt Conference may not be sending its conference champion to a bowl game, but the conference still had three bowl spots to fill this postseason. This season the Sun Belt will be sending...
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