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Coach Painter hopes to guide the Boilermakers to Indianapolis. The esteemed site Rush the Court has their Purdue Boilermakers preview up and they're bullish on the Boilers. How bullish? Take this line: Anything less than a Final Four appearance in Indianapolis will be disappointing for Matt Painter and the Purdue faithful. Well, alrighty then. Should be a fun year.With his recent track record, I hesitate to call Jay Bilas a voice of reason. Yes, the same Jay Bilas who has emotional problems and called for Beilein to “ get control of his program ” and the same one who ripped Beilein excessively in year one . I respect Jay’s knowledge of the game but it’s hard to deny that he has had problems with Michigan and the Tommy Amaker situation in the past. However, he is one of the few reporters who spends a significant amount of time covering college basketbalBy BRIAN A. HOWEY FRENCH LICK - The entry of challenger Republican Kyle Hupfer and Democrat Brett Voorhies into Indiana House races begins the ratcheting up process for what will be the battle supreme during the 2010 election cycle. Out of the 100 Indiana House seats, Howey Politics Indiana sees just 25 that could be competitive. That number will likely drop to around 10 or 12 as Election Day 2010 nears. The stakes are known to most Howey Politics Indiana readers, but are worth resta

One of the late games Saturday night that you will want to keep an eye on is the LSU at Washington game.  A lot of our top football handicappers have one of their college football picks going on this game so there must be some value here.  The current college football odds show LSU as a 17.5 point favorite with the total being listed at 52.5 .  If you are looking for a book to do your football betting at his year, then check out Bookmaker’s 20% signup bonus ! The top handicapper fromSep.06, 2009 in UncategorizedI will post questions for the next rounds. Pick your winners to go to the next round.GROUP 1: Illinois vs Tennessee LSU vs PittsburghGROUP 2: Air Force vs Georgia Tech Syracuse vs PurdueGROUP 3: Arizona vs Alabama Duke vs UConnGroup 4: Mississippi vs Michigan State West Virginia vs Maryland———————————- Group 5: Indiana vs Florida North Carolina vs Texas A&MGroup 6: Seton Hall vs Ohio State Georgetown vs George WashingtonGroup 7: Clemson vs UCLA Louisville vs Wichita Eine Vorschau für die College Football-Saison ist schwer zu schreiben, denn durch das komplexe System aus 11 Conferences in der obersten Stufe des College Sport-Verbandes NCAA und knapp 30 Bowl-Spielen kommt man leicht vom Hunderstel ins Tausendstel und schreibt dann fünf Tage an einer Preview. Oder man macht es wie die NY Times und startet seine Vorschau auf die 120 beteiligten Teams bereits in der ersten Mai-Woche mit den Western Kentucky Hilltoppers ganz unten . Man sollte eOK, I know some of you aren't. But a lot of you are. And I sure am!The NFL is wrapping up it's pre-season this weekend. But this is the first full weekend of college football, and there's a lot to keep an eye on.First up, I'm watching a former Duke basketball player as he returns to football. Greg Paulus was the national player of the year as a high school senior quarterback at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse NY back in 2005. He led his team to an undefeated season and a state champi

Now that college football is back let us take a look at the Big Ten’s week one schedule. Indiana has already played their season opener, last night against Eastern Kentucky. So what will the rest of the conference be up to tomorrow? Obviously Penn State is going to be taking the field against Akron in what should be a victory we can predict for thee . Looking at the slate of games on tap for tomorrow it would seem that the Big Ten should have a pretty good day to start everything off. MichBy Paul Schmidt The success and failure of the Illinois Fighting Illini football season isn’t a difficult prospect.  With the previews in, the necessity of the offense to take care of the ball and the defense to force turnovers and play soundly is pretty well known, but in the end the Illini will have to try really hard to miss a bowl game again this season. The only question left, then, is what type of bowl game can they can make. First and foremost, there’s the games that, barring a seriPart I: The Offensive Line, can be found here . Part II: The Running Backs, can be found here.  Part III: The Quarterback Position, can be found here . One day till the 2009 Michigan Football season kicks off. If you're not bursting from the seams with excitement you should probably see a doctor. Or a mortician. It's almost kickoff time, baby. We'll get to the Western Michigan preview in good time. But for right now, we need to figure out what we've got on our side of the football. Now if

We're inside 5 days until kickoff and all is still very positive. Coach Hope keeps singing the praises of a ton of players. So far, we've heard Hope praise all of the running backs in contention for playing time at one time or another...the entire defensive backfield has been a shining spot as well...and finally, Hope likes a lot out of what he's seeing from the mostly-unknown defensive line during practice. A few weeks ago, I predicted Kevin Pamphile might be a special player before he leaveAm I smarter than the city of Las Vegas? Those slot machines in the airport never once tempted me, so I’d like to say “yes.” But then again, the one time I wagered a bet, it was on Kyle Busch to win a NASCAR race, and he finished dead last. So maybe the city and its sportsbooks have a leg up on me. Betting on college sports seems rather tawdry, and fantasy college football is extremely nerdy. Yet combining the two pastimes could create a fun game for the whole family. I’m terrible with names“When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!” - Bob Knight , 1994 By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS - We now ponder the great Hoosiers. Our three presidents: Lincoln and the Harrisons. Our Chief Justice John Roberts. Our pioneers and chiefs: Johnny Appleseed, Little Turtle and Leopold Pokagon. Our leaders like Gov. Oliver P. Morton, Sen. Birch Bayh, Sen. Dick Lugar, Rep. Charlie Halleck and Eugene De

by Mike Edwards LAS VEGAS ” The 16 cast members who compete on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” were revealed today during the UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Previously rumored participants who were officially introduced during today’s fan festival included former EliteXC headliner Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson, NFL veteran Marcus Jones and others. “The Ultimate Fighter 10″ finished t

Meet The Cast: The Ultimate Fighter 10 by Mike EdwardsLAS VEGAS ” The 16 cast members who compete on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” were revealed today during the UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Previously rumored participants who were officially introduced during today’s fan festival included former EliteXC headliner Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson, NFL veteran Marcus Jones and otherI am ready for football. The final weekend without real college football is now behind us! Can we please fast forward to Thursday? Until then I thought it would be fun to look at the most played series in college football. These 36 pairings will be playing their 100 or more game in 2009. They are listed in order of the number of games played followed by how close the series is all time. Predictions based on the preseason Sagarin Rankings are listed as well. 119th meeting Minnesota vs

One of the biggest problems with writing about the University of Northern Colorado’s jump to Division I in athletics, as I did in this Saturday story on the Bears football program, is the recent adoption of ridiculous and confusing nomenclature for what used to be called Division I-A and Division I-AA in football. The former Division I-A now is the Football Bowl Subdivision and the former Division I-AA now is the Football Championship Subdivision. As far as I’m concerned, it’s still I-AA. by Mike Edwards LAS VEGAS ” The 16 cast members who compete on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” were revealed today during the UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Previously rumored participants who were officially introduced during today’s fan festival included former EliteXC headliner Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson, NFL veteran Marcus Jones and others. “The Ultimate Fighter 10″ finished tby Mike Edwards LAS VEGAS ” The 16 cast members who compete on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” were revealed today during the UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Previously rumored participants who were officially introduced during today’s fan festival included former EliteXC headliner Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson, NFL veteran Marcus Jones and others. “The Ultimate Fighter 10″ finished t