Sadly, despite what happens down the stretch during the 2011 college football season, the 2011 campaign will always be remembered for the Penn State scandal and Joe Paterno’s abrupt dismissal from a position he held for part of six decades.  The incident is just another black eye for a sport that has taken a national beating recently thanks to numerous scandals and nefarious individuals.  Hopefully, the home stretch offers a chance to make new memories and start the healing process.  [...]

A pair of teams fell from the ranks of the unbeaten in Week 9, further clearing up what had been a congested title race.  Despite all its offensive firepower, Clemson was no match for Georgia Tech and its triple option offense.  The Tigers’ defense, which has had lapses all season, was mauled on the ground to the tune of 383 yards, showing that Clemson was not a championship caliber group on that side of the ball.  Still, Tiger fans have [...]

Just when you thought you had your finger somewhat on the pulse of the college football world, Texas Tech goes ahead and shows you that, as usual, you know nothing.  The Red Raiders stunning upset of Oklahoma in Norman has thrown the BCS into a frenzy and opened the door for one loss teams or, gasp, Boise State to enter the title fray.  The Sooners will still get a shot to work their way back towards the top of the [...]

Name: Janoris Jenkins Height: 5’10 Weight: 182 School: North Alabama Year: Senior Draft Projection: 2nd Round Janoris Jenkins has done everything he has needed to do on the football field to establish himself as one of the top cornerbacks available for the 2012 Draft.  A premier athlete with big-time cover skills, Jenkins was one of the better cornerbacks in the SEC from the day he stepped on campus, surging up draft boards in the process and looking like a bona [...]

As the votes rolled in from the across the country for the Oasis Top 25, the one consensus was that there was no consensus.  The only thing voters could agree on was the top ten, where the teams are all the same, just shuffled in different orders.  After that, it is a mess, with teams being plucked seemingly at random and placed somewhere haphazardly.  There is a huge gap between the nation’s elite and its merely good, which makes ranking [...]

There’s really not much need for preamble this week.  The top three teams continue to prove too much for their opponents, and despite Oklahoma’s dismantling of a still rebuilding Texas team, they remain at number three thanks to the dominance of both LSU and Alabama in the SEC.  It would be an upset if two of these three teams did not square off in the BCS title game.  The Sooners biggest competition at this point is Oklahoma State, and the [...]

Over the first five weeks of college football, three teams have consistently stood out above the rest of the field: LSU, Alabama, and Oklahoma.  They started the season near the top of most rankings and they have done nothing to dispel the notion that they’re America’s elite teams.  But is it time to add a fourth team to that mix?  After Wisconsin’s waxing of Nebraska on Saturday night, it may be.  The running game continues to be a juggernaut despite [...]

It took them three weeks, but the AP has finally learned what the Oasis has known for a long time: nobody is playing better football than LSU right now.  Another win over a quality team – none of those being at home – has propelled the Tigers to the top of the nation’s two most important rankings.  Jarrett Lee has done all he has needed to do under center, which is merely be serviceable, and allowed perhaps the nation’s top [...]

The college football season heated up in week three, with marquee matchups and upstart programs whetting the palates of college football fanatics all over the nation.  Oklahoma and Florida State’s evening tilt highlighted the week, with many feeling the winner was priming itself for a run to the BCS title game.  The Sooners strutted into Tallahassee with a flashy number one ranking and a mustachioed quarterback and efficiently dispatched of the Seminoles.  Florida State looked like a talented team that [...]

As can be expected when most schools are beating up on Southeastern Technical College, there is little change in the Top 25, just a little shuffling.  Auburn climbs back in after rebounding from a near devastating loss to beat a quality Mississippi State team.  The Tigers’ win proves that little in college football, especially in the early weeks, is as it seems.  With a huge game – Oklahoma at Florida State on the horizon – big changes could be in [...]