| Red Shirt Football News Updated : Big East, Big 12 in Yankee Stadium bowl game The teams are set, one from the Big East, one from the Big 12. The site: The new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium. Publ.Date : 10/1/2009 Temple's Woes Might be Over Nineteen years have caused Temple Owls' fans to suffer through one of the worst stretches in any FBS team's history. But in 2009, Owls supporters finally have reason to exude confidence in their team, as Temple became "bowl eligible" this weekend for the first time since 1990. "The program is home for me," said Temple coach Al Golden. "I knew there was a ton of talent in the area." When Golden was named the team's 24th coach before the 2006 season, the University of Virginia defensive coordinator was confident that he could turn a team around that had not posted a winning record since 1990. After Jerry Berndt led the Owls to a 7-4 record that season, he won just three games the next two seasons and was replaced by Ron Dickerson. Dickerson never won more than three games in his five-year tenure with the team, winning three games in his final season in 1997. Author : Phil T Publ.Date : 11/3/2009 Rodriguez playing too many freshman, team struggling Michigan is struggling again and coach Rich Rodriguez knows it. Michigan raised expectations by winning its first four games of the season. But it has lost four straight Big Ten games. Rodriguez says the Wolverines are playing too many freshmen. The Wolverines become bowl-eligible with a sixth win Saturday at home against Purdue, which has won just three times. Rodriguez said Monday that the game is important. He says his players lost confidence in a 38-13 loss at Illinois on Saturday. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/11/02/rodriguez.freshmen.ap/index.html?xid=si_ncaaf#ixzz0VpNDKoSi Get a free NFL Team Jacket and Tee with SI Subscription Author : Phil T Publ.Date : 11/3/2009 Plug for Pryor from Mack Brown In early October 2004, Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns got shut out in the annual rivalry game with Oklahoma. It would be the last game Young would lose as a college player. Maybe that gives Mack Brown some credence to make a similar prediction for Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, whose career sits near the point Young's was when he started his run. Brown has some knowledge of Pryor from Saturday night highlight shows and from facing him in January's Fiesta Bowl. And Brown said on Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference that from his observations, Pryor will enjoy a bright future as a Buckeye. "Before he leaves Ohio State, he'll lead them to a national championship," Brown said. "He's that kind of player." That's a bold statement, sure, but it comes from the leader of a program that's rolling toward another national title opportunity. And after such an endorsement, giving up on Pryor seems like an activity better suited for 2010 than 2009. Author : Phil T Publ.Date : 11/2/2009 Jones Heavy Heart SMU coach June Jones has split time this week between preparing his Mustangs for TCU and monitoring headlines a half a world away. Jones said Wednesday he has hundreds of friends in American Samoa, which has endured severe property damage and loss of life after earthquakes and a tsunami ravaged the small nation. "It's one thing when you watch it happen somewhere else," Jones told Sporting News by phone from Dallas. "But when you're attached to the people, man, it's devastating." Jones has recruited players from the island nation since the 1990s, but his annual trips there have taken greater significance. He said he leads medical missions that have brought about $800,000 in medical supplies to American Samoa, and he and his coaches run football clinics there every June. The relationships built on the trips have made the disaster personal. Jones said the Letuli family, among his closest friends in Samoa, lost their homes. And a photo gallery on the Honolulu Advertiser website featured a shot of Keith Ah-Soon, one of Jones' former linemen, surveying damaged property. Jones said Wednesday that he struggles to forget the disaster and focus on Saturday's game at TCU. "It's a lot on my mind," he said. "You have to understand in Samoa, they're probably the most giving people you've ever been around. Every one of those people is like family to me." Publ.Date : 10/1/2009 Amazon RSS |
