Michigan fans will be glad to see Brady Hoke standing on the sidelines instead of Rich Rodriguez. Rodriguez was never really loved at Michigan, and Hoke is seen as a true Michigan man.
College football’s opening weekend marquee matchup will kick off on Saturday night in front the legions of fans that are expected to pack Cowboys Stadium in Arlington Texas, as the No. 3 Oregon Ducks square off against No. 4 Louisiana State.
The No.7 Boise State Bulldogs kick-off their inaugural season in the Mountain West with a non-conference showdown with the SEC’s No.22 ranked Georgia Bulldogs this Saturday night at the Georgia Dome.
The Florida Atlantic Owls, out of the Sun Belt Conference travel to Gainesville for an in-state matchup with the SEC’s Florida Gators this Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Kick-off is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Auburn must be excited to put the despicable incident of the poisoned oak trees in Toomer’s Corner behind it and just play some football.
And so life as an Independent begins. Brigham Young believes it can be a force in 2011 after it won five of its final six games last season, scoring 40 or more points four times and allowing 10 points or fewer three times over that span.
Both Middle Tennessee State and Purdue suffered through an extremely disappointing season last year. The Blue Raiders were projected to win the Sun Belt, but they finished just 6-7 on the year.
The neutral site game being dubbed the “TicketCity Battle by the Bay” will get under way on Saturday night as Candlestick Park plays venue to its first ever regular-season college football game when the California Golden Bears host the Fresno State Bulldogs for just the third all time meeting between the two schools.
It all begins with a win on Saturday if Cougars head coach Paul Wulff wants to stay in Pullman for another season, and it would appear that Washington State could walk away one victory closer to matching their win total of 2010 by beating a downtrodden Idaho State Bengals on Saturday at Martin Stadium.
The Oregon State Beavers will look to rebound from its first losing season since head coach Mike Riley too over the program with a win over non conference Sacramento State in Corvallis on Saturday.
Quarterback Case Keenum will enter his sixth-year with the Cougars after patrolling the sidelines for most of 2010 with a torn ACL, and will attempt to reverse last season’s loss at UCLA with a win in Houston’s home opener at Robertson’s Stadium on Saturday.
The USC Trojans open the 2011 season, serving their second of a two-year NCAA sanction, but it won’t deter them in wanting to get off to a good start as they attempt to win their 14th consecutive home opener when they host the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday in Los Angeles.
The Thundering Herd of Marshall, out of Conference-USA storm into Morgantown this upcoming Sunday afternoon to take on the No. 24-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big East in the season opener for these two in-state rivals. Kick-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The Buffalo Bulls out of the Eastern Division of the Mid-American Conference open their 2011 football campaign against the Pittsburgh Panthers from the Big East this Saturday night at Heinz Field. The game is slated to start at 6 p.m. and it will be available on ESPN3.com.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons out of the ACC open their 2011 season on the road this Thursday night when the tangle with the Big East’s Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. All the action gets underway at 8 p.m. and the game will be available on ESPN3.com.
The Murray State Racers and the Louisville Cardinals have the honor of being the first game on the schedule to kick-off the 2011 Division I college football season in this Thursday night matchup at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Game time is set for 6 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast on ESPNU.
