The Land of Terrible Football Players

The Canadian Football League is a lot of fun to watch, but just looking down the rosters its like a list of players that had trouble playing in college or had their own personal troubles. Players like Jonathan Crompton, yes the same player that could not lead the Tennessee Volunteers are collecting paychecks. 

Here is a list of some of the terrible players in the league to our north:

• Brian Brohm, QB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Once watched him get chewed out by his brother when he was at Louisville.
• Noel Devine, RB, Montreal: yes the same West Virginia running back that used to a huge weapon in Morgantown.
• Pat Watkins, CB, Toranto: the former Florida State cornerback has found a home in Canada. I wonder why he was not a player in the NFL.
• Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary: The former 1-AA National Championship QB has found a home in Canada. I love looking at these rosters it like a trip down memory lane. 
• Jonathan Crompton, QB, Edmonton: need a I say more. 
• Tino Sunseri, QB, Saskatchewan: Wow just when you thought that it could not be worst in CFL, the name Tino Sunseri pops up. You can make the argument that Tino was a terrible QB at Pitt and to see him getting paid to play, is just unthinkable.

Who said these college football stars are missing

Florida State's Greg Reid, LSU's Honey Badger, Georgia's Isaiah Crowell, Miami's Ray-Ray Armstrong and Tennessee Da'Rick Rogers.

All five of these players have something in common, all where kicked off their college footballs team and will not play this year. The other thing that they have in common is that all of them are in College Football 13 from EA Sports.

All five are amazing players in the game and playing the game will give you a true idea of who the best team in the land, including the players that are no longer there.

Cover Story: Selection Sunday

Selection Sunday is one of the most stressful days for a college basketball program and this years was no different. A couple of years ago, we posted front pages from around the country detailing Selection Sunday, today we revisit that idea.

Monster Saturday = Monster Waist Line

The biggest day of the college football can mean one thing eating too much. Georgia/South Carolina, Ohio State/Miami, Florida State/Oklahoma and Alabama/Penn State are great games to watch and eat with.
With all of these games a lot of food is sure to follow. Doritos, cookies, pizza rolls, buffalo tenders and other assorted junk. All of them found the bottom of my tummy.
So the day is ending and boy is my stomach full. Thank god their is one day on the schedule like this, if there was another I would have to get a couple of pairs of bigger pants.
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Cover Story: College Football Previews

In less then  a week, the first games of the college football season will be over. In honor of that here are the various college football previews magazines from all over from Sports Illustrated to The Sporting News to Phil Steele

When a catcher is the biggest story in the state

Few people think that the position of catcher is he most glamours position in baseball, but in Minnesota that is all that they care about. Yesterday the state of Minnesota celebrated when favorite son Joe Mauer agreed to sign a new eight year deal with the Twins. The story was such a big story that it appeared on the front page of four of the five major state newspapers.
Mauer is as such a part of Minnesota as the twins. Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball for Saint Paul's Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. During his senior year he became the only athlete ever to be selected as the USA Today High School Player of the Year in two sports (football in 2000 as a quarterback and baseball in 2001 as a catcher. Mauer averaged more than 20 points a game as a point guard for Cretin-Derham Hall. He was also named to the All-State team during his final two years on Cretin-Derham's basketball team. In football Mauer was a such a good quarter back that Florida State decided that he was a future, but he spurred the Seminoles and head to play for the hometown Twins.

As a Twin he has been become the poster child for both the state and the baseball. Getting Mauer signed to a new deal was more important then getting a new ball park for the Twins.

The Cover Story: Bobby Says Good Bye

First Notre Dame decided to change coaches, now the unthinkable has happened at Florida State. Come next year, Bobby Bowden will not been seen on the sidelines. The legend decided to call it quits yesterday after 44 seasons in coaching. Here are how the newspapers in the Sunshine State covered yesterdays events.

Tampa Tribune

Tallahassee Democrat
The Florida Times-Union

News-Journal

In the News: March Madness

Yesterday all around the country students gathered to see if their team would make it. Some schools were happy, while other were not so much. Here is some how of the papers around the country covered the events.

The Clarion Ledger
The Forum

Tulsa World

Tallahassee Democrat

The Wichita Eagle

The Albany Times Union

Idaho Statesman

The Post Standard

The Memphis Commercial Appeal

The Seattle Times

Only Time Will Tell Bowl Predictions

After an ok regular season, soon bowl season will here. Here is Only Time Will Tell officials predictions for the bowl season.

BCS Bowl Games

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi: Penn State vs. USC: USC
FedEx Orange: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech:Cincy
Allstate Sugar: Utah vs. Alabama: Alabama
Tostitos Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Texas: Texas
FedEx BCS National Championship Game: Florida vs. Oklahoma: Florida

Other Bowl Games

EagleBank: Wake Forest vs. Navy:Navy
New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State: Fresno State
magicJack St. Petersburg: Memphis vs. South Florida: South Florida
Pioneer Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona: BYU
R+L Carriers New Orleans: Southern Miss vs. Troy: Troy
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU: Boise State
Sheraton Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame
Motor City:Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan: Central Michigan
Meineke Car Care:West Virginia vs. North Carolina: North Carolina
Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State: Wisconsin
Emerald: Miami (Fla.) vs. California: Miami
Independence: Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech: Louisiana Tech
Papajohns.com:NC State vs. Rutgers: Rutgers
Valero Alamo: Missouri vs. Northwestern: Missouri
Roady's Humanitarian:Maryland vs. Nevada: Nevada
Texas:Rice vs. Western Michigan: Rice
Pacific Life Holiday: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon: Okie State
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces: Houston vs. Air Force: Houston
Brut Sun: Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh: Pitt
Gaylord Hotels Music City: Boston College vs. Vanderbilt: Vandy
Insight: Kansas vs. Minnesota: Kansas
Chick-fil-A: LSU vs. Georgia Tech: LSU
Outback: South Carolina vs. Iowa: South Carolina
Capital One: Georgia vs. Michigan State: Georgia
Konica Minolta Gator: Clemson vs. Nebraska: Clemson
AT&T Cotton: Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech: Texas Tech
AutoZone Liberty: Kentucky vs. East Carolina: East Carolina
International: Buffalo vs. Connecticut: Buffalo
GMAC: Tulsa vs. Ball State: Ball State

Best non-BCS game: Holiday Bowl, look out scoreboard.
World non-BCS game: Liberty Bowl
Player to use bowl game to start next season Heisman Trophy campaign: Zac Robinson, QB, Okie State.

A walk down memory lane

Its always fun to take a look back and Sports Illustrated covers are no different, just look at the past editions of the college football preview.

2000: Michael Vick

1988: The hotbed of Florida

1989: Celebrating all that is great about college football

1993: The kicker that was supposed to win the 'Noles a National Championship and beat Miami, Scott Bentley.

1994: Yes there was a time when people thought Arizona was number one.

1995: Keyshawn Johnson returns Southern Cal back to the top.