After leading the Cardinal to an 11-2 mark and a Fiesta Bowl visit in 2011, Shaw’s 2012 squad was even better. The Cardinal rolled up three victories to start the season. Stanford hit a roadblock though in Seattle with a […]
After sitting out the first weekend of the college football season with a bye, the Beavers were flying far below any radar when they opened the season against a nationally ranked Wisconsin team. However, on that Saturday the Beavers stunned […]
Oregon seemed like an absolutely unstoppable force last season, especially during the team’s 10-game winning streak to open the year. During the streak the Ducks never scored fewer than 42 points and only once beat a team by fewer than […]
The last ride under Embree got off to a horrific start. First the Buffaloes lost a tight 22-17 contest to in-state rival Colorado State. That setback wasn’t great considering the Rams finished 4-8. However the next week was the real […]
The Golden Bears split their first two games with a 31-24 loss to Nevada and a 50-31 win over FCS foe Southern Utah. Then the losses began to pile up as the Golden Bears dropped three straight, though they did […]
Other than a 24-20 loss at Missouri in the middle of September, the Sun Devils were extremely tough to beat early in the season. After posting convincing victories against Northern Arizona (63-6), Illinois (45-14), Utah (37-7), California (27-17) and Colorado […]
Arizona bolted out of the gate in 2012 with wins in the first three games, including a 59-38 throttling of Oklahoma State, a team that reached as high as No. 18 in the national polls. Growing pains were bound to […]
Whereas the previous two seasons Wisconsin made it to the Rose Bowl by virtue of winning the conference, this time an 8-5 record and a third-place finish were enough to secure a spot in Pasadena because Penn State and Ohio […]
To their credit, the Boilermakers managed to regroup with three straight wins over Iowa (27-24), Illinois (20-17) and Indiana (56-35) to become bowl eligible. However, they were paired up with Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on New […]
Half of the team’s wins were by seven points or less, including overtime victories against Purdue and Wisconsin. The Buckeyes were successful largely because they could run the ball and stop opponents from doing the same. They ranked 10th nationally […]