Staff Scout Justin Higdon takes a look at the Colorado Buffaloes.
Arizona State started the 2011 season with five wins in their first six games – including a victory over USC – behind Head Coach Dennis Erickson and junior quarterback Brock Osweiler. Going into their game against UCLA, the Sun Devils’ record still stood at a respectable 6-2. Then the wheels fell off. A defeat at the hands of the Bruins [...]
In its first year A.H. (After Harbaugh), the Stanford Cardinal won 11 games under first year Head Coach David Shaw. The season ended on a disappointing note, with a Fiesta Bowl loss to Brandon Weeden and Oklahoma State. To top things off, the Cardinal lost all-time quarterback prospect, Andrew Luck, and talented tight end Coby Fleener to the NFL Draft. [...]
Pat Fitzgerald has coached the Northwestern football team since 2006; and while he has a winning record overall (40-36) his teams are 0-4 in bowl game appearances, including a heartbreaking overtime loss to Texas Tech in 2010. This year, Fitzgerald and company will have a new starting quarterback and the type of dynamic talent at wide receiver that Evanston, Illinois [...]
Last season, its first under Head Coach Kevin Wilson, Indiana University’s football team won all of one game – a 17 point victory over FCS South Carolina State. Sadly for Hoosier fans, the 2012 season doesn’t hold much more promise. Potential NFL players on this roster are scarce, and only a few are draft eligible. Here’s a quick look, with [...]
Purdue’s 7-6 record in 2011 was the best of Danny Hope’s three-year run as Head Coach. The season ended with a victory over Western Michigan in the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl. This year the Boilermakers return 15 starters, including their quarterback, and a player with his sights set on the top five of the first round of April’s NFL Draft. [...]
The 2011 season marked the first for Nebraska as a member of the Big 10. They kicked off conference play with a loss to Wisconsin, and finished the campaign going 5-3 in the conference, with a 9-4 record overall. 2012 will be Bo Pelini’s fifth season as the Cornhuskers head coach, and it appears they’ll have to get through Michigan [...]
By now, everyone is aware of the Jerry Sandusky scandal that led to the dismissal of Head Coach Joe Paterno and potentially crippling NCAA punishments leveled against Penn State University. Now is not the time to recap or discuss that particular sequence of events. New Head Coach Bill O’Brien has taken over in Happy Valley and inherited a team whose [...]
Illinois fans endured seven seasons under Head Coach Ron Zook, which resulted in strong recruiting classes but a disappointing 35-51 record. Zook coached his final game before the Illini’s victory over UCLA in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (yes, that’s a thing), so he had only one bowl victory to his name during his tenure. Stepping in this season is [...]
Last season Michigan State earned a spot in the inaugural Big 10 Championship game against Wisconsin. While they had beaten the Badgers earlier in the season with a last second Hail Mary, they came up three points short the second time around. After defeating Georgia in the Outback Bowl, several of the Spartans’ top offensive players, including quarterback Kirk Cousins [...]
