30 Copyright 2009, CBSSports.com http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/6270202 en-us Follow me on Twitter: @dennisdoddcbs Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:07:48 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18641142?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18641142?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF That's it for Bobby Bowden. He's done at Florida State. ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:12:01 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18641142?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18628415?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18628415?source=rss_blogs_General Sadly, Mike Penner has died. The great L.A. times writer passed over the weekend. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:38:39 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18628415?source=rss_blogs_General http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18627818?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18627818?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Far from the national championship chase, SMU celebrated on Saturday. ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37:29 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18627818?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18597134?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18597134?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF It was the weekend to abuse bad defenses. Colt McCoy turned the quarterback draw into Texas’ biggest weapon. Toby Gerhart used his arm to help beat Notre Dame. That left Tim Tebow and his five touchdowns lagging behind in third place ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:34 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18597134?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589704?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589704?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Kansas now can fire Mark Mangino with cause. ... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:05:21 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589704?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589662?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589662?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Kansas now can fire Mark Mangino with cause. ... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:51:12 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18589662?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18587799?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18587799?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF It was like old times heading into Saturday: Oklahoma and Nebraska holding the key to the college football season. ... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:11:17 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18587799?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18560120?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18560120?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Zac Lee is no Jerrod Johnson. ... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:39:55 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18560120?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18501475?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18501475?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Asked about embattled Kansas coach Mark Mangino, Texas Tech's Mike Leach went nuclear Monday during the Big 12 conference call... ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:10:48 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18501475?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18500193?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18500193?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF John Walters of Fanhouse.com sat down with Charlie Weis just hours after Saturday's loss to Connecticut. ... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:35:00 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18500193?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18497210?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18497210?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF A reader passed along some good points. At least they seemed reasonable at the time ... ... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 1:32:53 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18497210?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18462631?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18462631?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF For now, the BCS bowl pairings come down to this week's Oklahoma State-Oklahoma game ... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:12:22 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18462631?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18461229?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18461229?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF When is the last time a Heisman winner wasn’t the all-conference quarterback? ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:09:56 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18461229?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18440684?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18440684?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF How do we evaluate Tebow and Ingram today playing against air? Tebow threw for a couple of touchdowns and ran for another against Florida International. Ingram ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns in limited action against Chattanooga. ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:19:51 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18440684?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18439063?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18439063?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Tallahassee Democrat Florida State beat writer Steve Ellis passed away Thursday. He was one of the greats. ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:05:17 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18439063?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18422209?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18422209?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Please keep Stefanie Spielman in your prayers. The wife of former Ohio State linebacker and NFL star Chris Spielman died of breast cancer on Thursday. ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:34:50 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18422209?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18411612?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18411612?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF It's that insane time of year when we have been asked to pick the best players in the country -- before all the games are played. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:48:40 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18411612?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18391668?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18391668?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF We all know that the SEC rules our lives. So what are we to make of the release this week of The Blind Side, the much-hyped movie adaptation of the famous book? ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 5:07:25 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18391668?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18390324?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18390324?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Kansas has spent most of the second half of the season being pushed around. Who knew it was coming from the Jayhawks’ coach? ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:53:25 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18390324?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18381921?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18381921?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Rumors are blowing up about Mark Mangino's job security at Kansas. It was reported earlier Tuesday that the Kansas coach had been the subject of a players-only meeting with AD Lew Perkins Monday night. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:16 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18381921?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18376082?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18376082?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Both the Kansas City Star and Lawrence Journal-World are reporting that Kansas AD Lew Perkins met with players Monday night about concerns over coach Mark Mangino. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:24 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18376082?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18374274?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18374274?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF The latest from the coaching rumor mill is that there is a mutual interest between Texas Tech coach Mike Leach and Louisville. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:53:09 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18374274?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18358445?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18358445?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF A person familiar with the process says that Michigan's compliance department might be to blame for failing to monitor the filing of practice logs. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 9:58:31 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18358445?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355637?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355637?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF One of the knocks on USC this week is that it got eviscerated by Stanford and still remained in the polls (No. 21 in coaches, No. 22 in AP). Had it been a Clemson or a Missouri, they would have been dropped so far out of the polls they would have nee ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:27:48 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355637?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355321?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355321?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF It wasn't much but Cincinnati's Brian Kelly spoke about the swirling rumors that he is headed to Notre Dame sooner rather than later. ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 9:49:12 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18355321?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18342614?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18342614?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Here’s why Rich Rodriguez is an odd fit for Michigan and Jim Harbaugh is an odder fit for Stanford … ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 7:48:12 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18342614?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18306300?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18306300?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF The wheels already seem to be turning at Notre Dame. ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:33 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18306300?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18290434?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18290434?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF One Heisman campaign starter, another one perhaps ended in the round of early games. ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:35:54 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18290434?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18277307?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18277307?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson was taken by ambulance to a Fayetteville hospital Friday morning after feeling ill following a staff meeting. ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:39:35 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18277307?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18259388?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18259388?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF How would you like to be Zach Collaros? He’ll start for Cincinnati on Friday against West Virginia but coach Brian Kelly said Collaros will lose his starting job as soon as Tony Pike (forearm) is healthy. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:34:53 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18259388?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF 100 http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/cbsdm/spec/cbssportscom.gif http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/6270202 100