USC saw its chances for a spot in the BCS title game take a major hit even before we officially reached autumn. The Trojans’ 16-13 loss to Washington looked eerily familiar to losses in previous years to UCLA, Stanford and Oregon State — conference losses to weaker foes that hurt USC’s national ranking. Five of [...]
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Weekend hot jock: Matt Barkley
USC’s freshman quarterback Matt Barkley grabbed lots of headlines after beat the San Jose State School of the Blind Spartans last week. Stewart Mandel of SI even called him “the next Joe Montana” after his first college start. I’ll tell you this: I never found Joe Montana as hot as I find Barkley; and I’m [...]
Oklahoma loses game, Bradford, title hopes
Well, that was sure a fun 2009 college football season for the Oklahoma Sooners. One and done. The Sooners, who eight months ago played for the BCS title, almost certainly saw any chance of a repeat visit vanish after losing to BYU, 14-13, in their opener, More importantly, they lost Heisman-winning quarterback Sam Bradford to [...]
Video: Oregon player sucker-punches opponent
How boring was Boise State’s 19-8 sloppy win over Oregon in the college football opener? The lasting impression will be Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount punching Boise State’s Byron Hout after the game. It was a shocking display of a player who seemed to have gone nuts and will lead to at least his suspension [...]
The most adorable college football team pic
Deadspin has been running various college football team photos leading up to the 2009 season. They posted two from the Division II Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. In one of them it’s hard to tell if two of the players were posing for a team photo or for a casting call of “High School Musical: [...]
Jim Harbaugh’s $50,000 bathroom
Stanford University’s athletic department is facing a revenue shortfall, has had to eliminate 20 positions and may have to cut fencing. What a perfect time for a rich alum to spend $50,000 to $70,000 to build head football coach Jim Harbaugh a private bathroom.
Jim Harbaugh, former NFL quarterback, did not want to walk 20 steps [...]
College football: Who’s your No. 1?
The 2009 college football season starts a week from Saturday and every one has an opinion on who will play in the BCS title game in the Rose Bowl in January. Florida is an overwhelming favorite to win its second straight BCS title, but teams such as Texas, Oklahoma, USC and Alabama are widely considered [...]
Football in 3-D
ESPN is reportedly ready to announce that it will broadcast the Sept. 12 USC at Ohio State football game in 3-D, available at several outlets in L.A., Ohio and…Texas. This is the latest foray into 3-D sports. According to the L.A. Times:
Last season the San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders game was broadcast in 3-D in a [...]
Florida a 73-point favorite in opener
Via the Wiz of Odds, we find that Danny Sheridan of USA Today has made Florida a 73-point favorite over Division 1-AA Charleston Southern on Sept. 5, believed to be the largest pointspread in college football history.
Ignoring whether teams like Florida should be allowed to schedule such cupcakes, if you had to bet $100 on [...]
2009 college football schedule posters
The awesome college football site The Wiz of Odds (a must bookmark for any college fan) has the schedule posters put out by pretty much every team. They are all fairly standard, using some phrase to sum up the team and featuring key returning players. There’s not much skin evident, though Duke (photo below) shows [...]
Tim Tebow shirtless in GQ
Via Deadspin comes word of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow’s photo spread in GQ. The photos GQ posted online include one of Tebow shirtless (below), but Deadspin reports on one it says is only found in the print magazine:
The lurid full-page centerfold of a sweaty, shirtless Tim Tebow is positively filthy …. and comes with drooling [...]
Poll: Many college players have gay teammates
In the upcoming college football issue for ESPN the Magazine, there is a poll of 85 current players. Among the tidbits was this:
Do you have any gay teammates?
Almost half of those surveyed (49.4%, to be exact) said yes, they believe they have at least one gay teammate. In the Pac-10, 70% of those surveyed said [...]
Virginia Tech football is tres fabulous!
In the past week, we’ve had the University of Tennessee football team shirtless, then Georgia Tech shirtless. Now it’s Virginia Tech’s turn to try for something totally different in team photos. Deadspin says it best:
Virginia Tech appears to have eschewed typical action photos for some glamour shots they took at a Blacksburg Kohl’s. Because nothing [...]
Georgia Tech football goes shirtless
Not to be outdone by the Tennessee Vols football team, the Yellow Jackets at Georgia Tech have decided to pose shirtless with cars too (because big muscle cars are masculine, dude). My favorite is sophomore safety Cooper Taylor (right), No. 22, who’s front-and-center in the photo.
Check out the full-team picture after the jump.
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Hawaii coach replies to gay athlete’s e-mail
Matt Coin played tennis for UC-Santa Barbara and his 2005 article about coming out to his team is one of the most popular ever posted on Outsports. When he read that University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin referred to Notre Dame players doing a “faggot dance,” Coin was moved to write the coach. He [...]
