Archive for the 'College Football News' Category

Film Archive: The Real RUDY Play

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Hollywood can work wonders, can’t it? If you don’t believe it, watch the real Rudy play from the 1975 game, Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech.

Announcing Immortals: Jack Fleming

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Players come and go, especially at the collegiate level, but announcers seem to last forever. One such announcer is Jack Fleming–the voice of the  West Virginia University Mountaineers.  Even if you never listened to WVU’s Fleming, you’ve surely heard his voice.  Fleming was the man calling the action for the Pittsburgh Steelers during Franco Harris’s [...]

College Football Team Vaults

Monday, December 28th, 2009

If you are looking for the perfect gift for your favorite college football fan (yourself), then look no further than the College Football Team Vaults. I am a West Virginia Mountaineers fan and getting excited for WVU’s clash against Florida State and Bobby Bowden in the Gator Bowl.  So, I bought this book for myself [...]

Remembering Chris Henry

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

On Thursday morning, former West Virginia wideout Chris Henry died due to complications following a fall out of a pickup truck on Wednesday evening. He was only 26 years old. I worked for the Associated Press Sports Division during my collegiate career at West Virginia University. Henry and I were in the same freshman class [...]

College Football Fans Show True Colors

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

More often than not, we see the worst come out of people during sporting events.  But, sometimes, that is  all set aside and we see the best part of people come out during sporting events. If you don’t think that sports is important, just ask yourself: when is the last time you saw a black [...]