Posts Tagged ‘College Football’

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 [...]

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 [...]

Going Bowling - Week 3

We all love our college football and will be sad to see it go.  But it’s the 3rd week of exhibition match ups and we’ve still got a couple of (lol) meaningful games to go,  including the biggest one of all: The Gators National Championship Coronation Game.   So, one more time… while Cyd is worrying [...]

Anti-gay hate at Fresno St. football

(Update: Fresno State president issues statement saying he is “deeply troubled by the homophobic slurs.”  See below.)
It started out like a normal college football Saturday evening in Fresno, albeit with a little more excitement than usual.  The nationally-ranked Bulldogs, for the first time in school history, were hosting another ranked team at home.  And it [...]