The TV game permanently changes now… Here’s a shocker: we don’t like our cell service… Speaking from personal experience, I pray this job summit is really about creating jobs… In honor of my people, yes, I don’t see this working well either…
I told you the Cincinnati defense hasn’t looked good lately. (AP)
Great lede: “college football has a math problem.” (Washington Post)
Unless, of course, Nebraska comes through… Cincinnati has the Guidugli family to thank. For a lot… Snow? Beat-up grass? Brian Kelly isn’t fazed by the prospect of either… Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick has officially started making phone calls. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Dave Wannstedt’s supposed to like up-the-gut hard-nosed football. Good bet he has a shoot-out Saturday against Cincinnati. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Unless Pitt’s front four does what it promises to. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The sign of a growing program: a freshman starter turns into a senior benchwarmer. But it’s still that senior who built the program. (The Day)
Andre Dixon is the picture of why coaches don’t give up on kids. (Norwich Bulletin)
The Huskies could be headed to Birmingham. (Connecticut Post)
Desmond Conner is confident Randy Edsall hasn’t heard from Notre Dame. He’s even more confident Edsall won’t be going to Kansas. As for Virginia… It’s a special punter who becomes a captain. Desi Cullen is that punter. (Hartford Courant)
Forget Mike Leach. Charlie Strong could be Louisville’s guy… So what if Louisville is a stepping stone. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
He was supposed to be tne next coming of Brian Leonard. Jack Corcoran’s not disappointed, no need for anyone else to be… His performance was everything in Rutgers’ lore. Jarrett Brown barely remembers it. (Star-Ledger)
Who doesn’t root for the unsung and not-touted? (Home News Tribune)
Someone wants a refund from Greg Schiano for the taxpayers of NJ. (Asbury Park Press)
West Virginia’s defense is looking good. (News and Sentinel)
Does West Virginia’s 7-2 record at Rutgers matter if Rutgers Stadium looks different? (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
West Virginia does need help on the road. (Daily Athenaeum)
Tyler Bitancourt comes up to Rutgers an official Mountaineer legend. (Times West Virginian)
Sam Barrington is the best freshman linebacker South Florida has had. Ever. (St. Petersburg Times)
The outlook’s not bad for Syracuse. (Syracuse Post-Standard)
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.
One minor note – that piece about a refund from Schiano – that’s not the editorial board from the APP but some knucklehead from Long Branch. Probably one of Professor Dowling’s friends.
Thanks for catching that, dfjersey… my eyes must have been glazing over that one!
No problem. Keep up the good work, I love the roundups.