Barking Carnival

Here are the ten best current coaches presented in an inarguable top ten list:

I thought Reggie’s Bush Heisman was tarnished the day he got it. The best player in the country that season was Vince Young. He proved it to everyone a month later in the Rose Bowl. Hometown writer Kirk Bohls still insists he did the right thing.

I can’t wait to get my […]

USC coach Pete Carroll says Oregon’s offense is “the best offense we’ve seen probably since we’ve been here.” Really, Pete? How soon we forget. But Oregon’s offense is outstanding.
Oregon ran the spread with current LSU offensive coordinator Gary Crowton last year, but it was pass heavy. New OC Chip Kelly has a poster of Rich […]

It’s true. Mostly true.
There are different variations of the spread. Urban Meyer uses the spread option at Florida, but other teams spread the field without adding the option element. The option element is what makes it so dangerous.
“It’s not that big a deal unless your quarterback is a runner, because then it’s just shotgun offense,” […]

In the Greatest game of all time (that week), the Greatest team in college football history (USC) went up against the Greatest player in college football history (Vince Young) and the Greatest player won in dramatic fashion.
I’m a firm believer that without Vince, that would have been a terribly humiliating loss for Texas (pre-supposing that […]

It’s never too early to handicap the Heisman race so here’s the latest results from the Rocky Mountain News poll. The paper has the longest running weekly Heisman poll.
Florida QB Tim Tebow 35 points
Ron Powlus predicts Tebow will win at least two Heismans.
Arkansas RB Darren McFadden 27 points
Houston Nutt will bring a woman […]

Tennessee at Florida
Remember when Phil Fulmer was thought to be a great head coach? He went 45-5 from ‘95-’98 and won a national championship. Rocky Top! He then proceeded to lose 30 games over the next 8 seasons and never won a conference title. His fall from the mountain top made Hank Williams Jr wince. […]

Boys of Troy
The handsome crooner, Nick Lachey, was seen quickly barreling through camera flashes at San Francisco International Airport. The disheveled and trembling pop star was visibly distraught by the way Arizona Cardinals quarterback, Matt Leinart, intentionally defamed him on national television.
Leinart, the tenth round overall draft pick from Southern California, floundered with […]