The four coaches that AD Dave Hart reportedly targeted make a good list until you do a deep examination.
The day known around the college football world as Black Sunday -- five coaches were fired. Tom O'Brien, the N.C. State head coach who had won 24 games the past three seasons, was one of the men at the major college level to lose his job. Less than three hours after the school announced O'Brien's firing via its twitter feed, the site FootballScoop.com tweeted:
.Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez said Thursday that Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst would not be a candidate for the Badgers job. more..
No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 19 MichiganJan. 1 – 1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Tampa, Fla. – Raymond James StadiumSouth Carolina coach Steve Spurrier (207-77-2 career) is one of the game’s legends. But he is just 8-10 in bowl games, so this one is meaningful.
Pittsburgh vs. Mississippi
Sat., Jan. 5, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Birmingham, Ala. – Legion Field
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 23 NebraskaTues., Jan. 1 – 1 p.m. ET, ABC
Orlando, Fla. – Florida Citrus Bowl StadiumGeorgia had designs on the BCS Championship Game. Nebraska believed it was going to the Rose Bowl. Georgia fell four yards short. Nebraska needed, um, a little more than that.
Mississippi State vs. NorthwesternTues., Jan. 1 – Noon ET, ESPN2
Jacksonville, Fla. – EverBank Field
Excellent season by Northwestern. Really great job, Pat Fitzgerald. OK, enough of that. On to the annual storyline:
Brett Bielema has a tough task of recruiting in Arkansas, the SEC state that produces the least talented recruits.
Before they start, the ranking of the bowls - No. 6 to 10
College football playoff money attaches $300,000 Academic Progress Rate incentive to schools-al.comEight FBS schools would not have received the academic incentive money based on 2010-11 APR data.
Report: Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier expected to interview at Southern Miss-al.comHe's in a pool that includes three other prominent offensive coordinators, according to a report from the Hattiesburg American
Arkansas pulled a shocker when it hired Bret Bielema away from Wisconsin to be its new head coach. He was officially introduced to the Arkansas faithful on Wednesday and just after his introductory news conference (featuring an awkward "Call the Hogs" for Bielema), he took a few minutes to talk with ESPN.com about his new job and leaving a place he'd been so successful at:
Alabama, Florida and Texas A&M each placed four players on the 2012 SEC All-Freshman Team as selected by the league coaches.
Below is a look at the entire team. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players:
The Top 10 Heisman Trophy seasons of the last 40 years-al.comWhat would happen if the former Heisman Trophy winners, many of whom attend the ceremony each year, started a little friendly, "My season was better than yours" banter?