The Buffaloes aren’t closely followed by most college football fans. They have just as spirited of a quarterback competition going on as any of the major schools, though. What makes this interesting to me, though, is that head coach Dan Hawkins is the father of the guy who has been starting for Colorado so far in 2009.
And unfortunately for Cody Hawkins, that’s no longer the case. After a decent first half against Texas last week, junior threw yet another deep pass that was picked off by the defense, which turned the game in the Longhorns’ favor. That might have been …read more

USC’s Pete Carroll is known as a coach who takes risks. After losing his golden boy Mark Sanchez to the NFL after just one year as the Trojan’s leader, he was presented with a choice: does he put his faith in Aaron Corp, the returning player with the most experience…or does he put he start Mitch Mustain, a transfer who is probably talented enough to be the easy starter choice at most other Pac-10 schools…or does he embrace Matt Barkley, a freshman with no experience, but with enough talent and skill to keep up with Corp at practice?
Today, Carroll announced …read more

With so many changes to the Michigan coaching staff and team roster over the past year, head coach Rich Rodriguez isn’t sure which player is best for the top job – leading the team as quarterback. So, during the team’s Week One game against Western Michigan, he’ll play three different quarterbacks – Denard “Shoelace” Robinson, Tate Forcier, and Nick Sheridan. The three have been competing for a few weeks now, and while Coach Rod may start his personal number one pick, he isn’t ready to commit just yet.
Junior Sheridan obviously brings the most experience to the game, since Robinson and …read more

As far as life in the wild goes, I think I’d rather be a Grizzly than a Duck. Seems that some people think similarly about the situation in college football. After being released from the Oregon ducks in May, quarterback Justin Roper has announced that he’ll be a Montana Grizzly next season.
It isn’t that Roper isn’t good, according to the Ducks coaching staff. They just have someone better – Jeremiah Masoli. Montana gives him the chance to explore his NFL potential, according to what he told reporters earlier today.
Roper started during three games last year before a knee injury forced …read more

The Browns should have had this pick, but they traded with the New York Jets. What did the Jets give up for Mark Sanchez? This round’s first and second round picks and three current Jets players. Some fans are crying about this pick. Other fans are extremely happy.
#5 2009 Draft Pick – Mark Sanchez, Quarterback, USC
I think that happiness will die quickly. Sanchez might prove me wrong, but they really need a franchise quarterback. This is a tough, tough, tough place for him to be. The Jets are the only team in their division without a great quarterback…and I think …read more

A former NFL quarterback, William “Jeff” Komlo, was killed in a car crash in Greece yesterday. I don’t remember Komlo personally, but he did play for the Lions, Falcons, and Bucs, and was in the league from 1979 to 1983.
This guy is a pretty interesting character, because he failed to show up for a court dates on drunk driving charges in 2005. Apparently “two suspicious fires” and “years spent on the lam” made authorities wonder if Komlo was really dead or had faked his death with this crash. They did, however, identify his body using fingerprint identification.
Never …read more

What’s that they say about burnt bridges? Looks like the Jets will have to walk over a burnt bridge in order to get the help of one Eric Mangini, their former coach who they dumped after this season. Mangini had winning seasons two out of the three seasons he coached the Jets, put apparently in New York that is just not good enough darnit!

But now the Jets will need Mangini to help them get Jay Cutler. Cutler is currently with the Broncos and it appears they won’t give him a new contract. So the Jets want …read more

It is official – Terrelle Pryor, 2008’s top recruit, has chosen Ohio State. Overall, looking at this from JUST a football standpoint, I think he would have had more opportunity at Michigan, especially since they don’t have a quarterback*. Ohio State had Boeckmen, who they’d be crazy to take off the starting line-up, but some experts suggest that he might be Tim-Tebow-esque successfully during his freshman year.
Whatever my feelings about football may be, I do think that this was the right personal choice for Pryor. You have to go with the college that feels right to you, because there could …read more