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Written by Daniel Evans on 01 September 2010
Daniel Evans will make picks each week for every game in the country. Make sure to check back each week and see if he is picking your team to win. NOTE: SP denoted “spread” picks. The team picked in parenthesis is Evans’ predicted spread winner.
Season Records: Straight Up: 0-0 | Spread: 0-0
Last Week: Straight Up: [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 24 August 2010
Since January, college football fans and writers have been talking up the Alabama Crimson Tide like they were unbeatable. Not that it isn’t rightfully earned. Last season’s national champions return a quarterback that hasn’t lost a game at the college or high school level, a Heisman Trophy winning running back and a backup that [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 14 July 2010
With the release of EA Sports NCAA Football 11, college football fever has reached its peak for the offseason. A few weeks ago I ranked the SEC from 1-12 and today I am going to quickly do the same thing for the Big Ten.
The point of my “quick looks” articles to do just as the [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 24 June 2010
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Three years ago I started ranking the upcoming season’s best games during the offseason. At this point, it has become a tradition.
Great games usually feature teams with national championship or conference championship aspirations. That means that a lot of the same teams will show up over and over on my list because their games will [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 22 June 2010
Over the last few days Arizona wide receiver Delashaun Dean and Oregon receivers Tyrece Gaines and Diante Jackson have made news for the wrong reasons. Dean, a senior, is expected to be a huge contributor for the Wildcats after having a productive career thus far, but he has been suspended indefinetely.
The Arizona Daily Star is [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 18 June 2010
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The Heisman Trophy is the most prestigious individual award in college sports so it’s never too early to start looking ahead to this year’s candidates. Using a combination of historical numbers and hype, I’ve created a list breaking down the main candidate’s chances to win the award.
As much as everyone would like to [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 17 June 2010
Utah is joining the Pac 10, becoming the conference’s twelfth member.
Last week it appeared a sixteen team Pac 10 was very likely, but Texas and the rest of the Big 12 elected to save the conference instead of making the jump. Instead of a sixteen team conference, Utah and Colorado will join the Pac 10 [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 15 June 2010
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I’ve already ranked the nation’s top 50 players and top 50 quarterbacks and I’ve received a lot of criticism for some of the rankings. As I wrote when I made the other two lists, I am not afraid to stick my neck out over certain players.
I won’t write as much this time but there are [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 15 June 2010
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My list ranking the nation’s top 50 players has received a lot of attention because I took chances on a lot of players, predicting they will have a great season.
Two of those players were John Brantley and Cameron Newton.
Now, I’m ranking my top 50 quarterbacks for the upcoming season. Once again, I am making some [Continue]
Written by Daniel Evans on 13 June 2010
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How do you rank the top 50 college football players in the country?
Little sleep, lots of research, and knowing that no matter what somebody is going to call you an idiot at the end of the day because “You forgot ___________! How is ____________ not on this list?”
To be clear right up front, this is [Continue]