30 Copyright 2009, CBSSports.com http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/6270202 en-us Follow me on Twitter: @dennisdoddcbs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:40:46 EST 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 http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18251057?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18251057?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF If Nu’Keese Richardson was looking to transfer out of Tennessee, he got his wish. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:13 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18251057?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18235239?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18235239?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Happy birthday, of sorts, to the Associated Press poll. The 1,000th AP poll was released this week with Florida at No. 1. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:32:42 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18235239?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18224406?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18224406?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Keanu Reeves is immortal. He also has a funny name. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:27 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18224406?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18221485?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18221485?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Given the chance to lash out at the SEC, both Nick Saban and Les Miles went all soft and cuddly Monday and complimented SEC officials. ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:04:42 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18221485?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18200727?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18200727?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF The firing of Memphis' Tommy West and Western Kentucky's Dave Elson on Monday has kicked off the silly season. ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 2:50:42 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18200727?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18174582?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18174582?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF After watching that replay again from Alabama, how can a reasonable person rule that wasn’t an interception? I’m expecting something out of the SEC office in the next couple of days. ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:50:48 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18174582?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18131172?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18131172?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Mike Slive is for real. Well, his threat is for real. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:09 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18131172?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127320?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127320?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF If I’m Jimbo Fisher I’m raising holy hell. ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 9:43:18 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127320?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127176?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127176?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF As predicted in this space, the voting coaches caved and announced they would continue to make their final ballots public. ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:07 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18127176?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18102609?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18102609?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF I've got a solution for the cheap shot silliness that has emerged this week. ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:18 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18102609?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18099053?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18099053?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF A notorious figure is reportedly out at the NCAA. Bill Saum, the person formerly in charge of agents and gambling, is gone as the NCAA's eligibility center director. ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:35:09 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18099053?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18095578?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18095578?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Please ignore Washaun Ealey. A cheap shot is a cheap shot is a cheap shot. It doesn’t matter if Ealey thinks so. ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 8:49:31 EST http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18095578?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18093718?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/18093718?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF In what might be the first test of the SEC's new edict against critical coaches, Florida's Urban Meyer criticized what he perceived as a missed call Saturday vs. Georgia. ... 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