Beckman, who previously coached at Toledo, inherited a young team from former coach Ron Zook and took plenty of lumps, going 0-8 in Big Ten play. In fact, out of 120 FBS squads, Illinois ranked 119th in scoring offense (16.67 […]
Still, the feeling around Bloomington was that a a few more wins were left on the table. There was a one-point loss at Navy, a two-point loss to Ball State, a three-point setback to Ohio State, and a four-point loss […]
They moved to 4-0 by claiming a 24-13 win at Iowa State in the Big 12 opener, but a 41-20 loss at home to Oklahoma the following week started the team on a road of inconsistency that wound up saddling […]
From there however, the wheels came off as coach Dana Holgorsen’s squad lost five in a row, some in blowout fashion, with the defense being the primary culprit for WVU’s unraveling. Wins over Iowa State (31-24) and Kansas (59-10) helped […]
The Pokes blasted visiting Savannah State (84-0) in the season opener, but followed that up with a 59-38 loss at Arizona. OSU put up 65 points in a rout of Louisiana, then promptly dropped a 41-36 decision to Texas in […]
A 56-0 thrashing of Grambling got things off on the right foot, and a 20-6 win over Kansas in its first Big 12 bout had TCU feeling awfully good early on. A pair of non-league wins over Virginia and SMU […]
Running over non-conference foes Wyoming, New Mexico and Ole Miss in the first three weeks of the campaign wasn’t at all surprising, but winning at Oklahoma State (41-36) in the Big 12 opener had many thinking UT could be for […]
The Cyclones dropped a 24-13 at home to Texas Tech in the league lidlifter, but bounced back to take care of TCU the following week, on the road no less. However, coach Paul Rhoads’ club would have fleeting success the […]
Kansas logged a 5-7 record in 2009, but has won a total of six games in the three years since. The hiring of Weis created both excitement and skepticism, and his debut in Lawrence was a successful one as the […]
K-State is often thought of as a middle-of-the-pack squad in the Big 12, but has exceeded expectations in each of the past couple of years, finishing second in the conference in 2011 and winning the title last season. Snyder has […]