News for the Day 8/29/08

New season, new style for Boston College Enterprise News, MA - By Jim Fenton The centerpiece of the Boston College football team a year ago was clearly quarterback Matt Ryan, who was in some Heisman Trophy discussions. ...

Kent State football team breakdown The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - by Elton Alexander AP file photoEugene Jarvis The recent history of Kent State football is there always seems to be too many holes to plug. ...

Tressel gets raise from Ohio State Sports Network - Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has agreed to contract revisions that will make him the highest-paid football coach in ...

College football preview week Baltimore Sun, United States - Boston College: The world looks different when you lose a star quarterback like Matt Ryan. Defenses look scarier. Tomorrow: Alabama vs. ...

Sam Houston St. 58, East Central 14 - NCAA College Football RecapESPN - 7 hours agoBomar needed only one half of football to complete 14 of 22 passes for 198 yards with no interceptions. Aston ran for 115 yards and Hardy for 69 as Sam ...

Nickson rushes Commodores past RedHawks - NCAA College Football RecapESPN - 7 hours agoChris Nickson pass complete to Sean Walker for 4 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Bryant Hahnfeldt extra point GOOD. Chris Nickson rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. ...

UConn Crushes Hofstra In Football OpenerHartford Courant, United States - 8 hours agoBy DESMOND CONNER The Hartford Courant UConn running back Donald Brown (34) was a one-man scoring machine Thursday night, scoring all four Huskies ...

College Football Predictions: North Carolina State at South Carolina Sports-Odds.com, FL - South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier is not making any predictions about this year’s football team just yet. Last season the Gamecocks started 6-1 but ...

The harsh X's and O's of a slow start in football Richmond Times Dispatch, VA -College football does not reflect life. And college football is nothing like the NFL. If a good team loses early in college football, it often doesn't ...

Curtis on College Football: Appalachian State gets another shot at a San Francisco Chronicle, USA -- Can Appalachian State do it again? More to the point, can Armanti Edwards do it again? The Mountaineers gained instant fame in last ...

Fans lead ESPN back to football San Diego Union Tribune, United States - But football fans? Another story. Whatever the motivation, the end result is good news. The network actually is admitting wrongdoing (sort of) and will ...

Faith, then footballDurham Herald Sun, NC - 4 hours agoSo this is where Duke University football coach David Cutcliffe gets all that confidence about the upcoming season. The man's got faith. ...

Lowell-Davison football MLive.com, MI -Yep, another season of high school football is mere moments away. It's one of the best times of the year. We're about nine minutes from kickoff. ...

After 58 years, football is back at tiny Campbell The Canadian Press, N.C. - BUIES CREEK, NC — Dale Steele had one of the toughest jobs in college football: Convincing recruits to play for a Campbell program that didn't exist. ...

BYU football: Cougs find they're a bit thin at QBSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 4 hours agoBy Jay Drew Knock on wood, cross your fingers, say your prayers or do whatever else you think is necessary, BYU football fans, because if junior quarterback ...

Syracuse at Northwestern College Football Betting Odds VegasSports-Odds, Florida - The pressure is on head coaches Greg Robinson and Pat Fitzgerald when the Syracuse Orangemen football team travels to the windy city to play the ...

Where Redskins Football Is Off and RunningWashington Post, United States - 8 hours agoIt's not just football that's keeping sports fans coming in: Velocity Five has been organizing well-attended parties for Mixed Martial Arts and Ultimate ...

Olson: Ready? It's finally time for footballNorthwest Herald, IL - 54 minutes agoSome of you have been talking football since before the summer even started. And now the summer’s over. Enough talk about how this or that team is the one ...

A Saner Approach to College Football Wall Street Journal - As salaries for college-football coaches spiral into the millions of dollars, two Utah schools -- Brigham Young and the University of Utah -- are winning ...

Fantasy football keeps Los Angeles' NFL fans in the game Los Angeles Times, CA -It's a billion-dollar industry known as fantasy football. But for those of us in the biggest city in the country with no team, it's reality football. ...

Football: Lineman jazzed to be back in Kansas Dallas Morning News, TX - By Brett Vito / Staff Writer Mack Cole has yet to take a snap with the North Texas football team, and yet he is one of the few players on the Mean Green's ...

Football: Pacman back in the NFL Ottawa Citizen, Canada - Adam (Pacman) Jones was reinstated by the National Football League yesterday, paving the way for him to join the Dallas Cowboys. ...

Neutral field showdowns highlight opening week - College Football ESPN - Here we go on another wild college football ride. Last year's insanity -- bookended by Appalachian State's miracle at Michigan and the crazy BCS scramble ...

Texans' Williams walks for 1st time since injury Houston Chronicle, United States - “I’m mad that I won’t be able to play football again, but I’ll get over it,” Williams said. “I feel blessed, truly blessed, because I’ll be able to walk ...

Around the nation in college football Kansas City Star, MO - It’s the UCLA debut of alum Rick Neuheisel, and as part of his introduction, the school bought an ad in the Los Angeles Times that exclaims: “The Football ...

WSU Football Four freshmen to debut on Seattle stage Seattle Times, United States - Whatever the extent of rebuilding must be done at Washington State under first-year football coach Paul Wulff, it won't be heavily shouldered. ...

Whole new maize and blue for Michigan football USA Today - Luxury suites and other amenities are the centerpiece of a $226 million makeover that stands as an apt metaphor for the football program. New coach. ...

UW Football At Oregon, Mike Bellotti era is one of raised ... Seattle Times, United States - Only nine other times in Oregon's 112-year football history has the school won as many games as it did last season, including five with Bellotti as coach. ...

College Football Wake Forest buzz-saws Baylor Seattle Times, United States - Riley Skinner goes through stretches where he looks as if he just can't miss. A pass tucked under a cornerback, another dropped over a linebacker. ...