|
|
| WikiCollegeFootball welcomes all NCAA football fans like us who want to share their own insights, make an article about their own college football experience, or report about the current on-goings on and off the field. If you want to make your own article but don't know how, you can follow this link for a simple guide. If you need more help, you can also post at the Feedback section of the WCF Forums. Before doing so, you may want to register first.
|
| Bowl Subdivision Polls
| edit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
... that the first football games happened at public schools in England?
... that the first Heisman Trophy was awarded to Jay Berwanger of Chicago in 1935?
... that the AP Poll was first implemented in 1934?
... that Michigan is the winningest team in Division I-A history with 860 wins and a 0.74533 winning percentage from 1869-2006?
From WikiCollegeFootball's newest articles
|
| Like to talk about your favorite college football teams and players? Then go ahead and share your passion for America's favorite past time by getting interactive with other football fans in the US and all over the world in the WCF Forums!
|
| WikiCollegeFootball is a wiki project created for college football fans around the United States and the world. It is still in its initial construction, as the site's infrastructure is in need for further organization. Hopefully, within the span of few months users and football fans contribute and populate the site to share the intensity and action of College Football
|
| Here are WikiCollegeFootball's unfinished tasks:
| Kick Off (Getting Started)
|
|
|
|
Help Improve Wikicollegefootball! Enter a page title in the box below to start a new article, or find an existing one in the list of all pages to edit.
|
| To have more editing privelieges, please log-in first or register.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| "Taking off the pads for the last time was really tough. That was the toughest part for me, the fact that it came to a head that it was really over, but I know this was the right decision for me."
|
| Latest News and Headlines
| edit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| •Under Armour Senior Bowl•
|
| •Sat., Jan. 24, 2009 - 6PM•
|
| •Ladd-Peebles Stadium (40,646)•
|
| •NFL Network•
|
|
|
Talked about peaking at the right time, the 2008-09 NCAA FBS National Champs, the Florida Gators, went into the latter stages of the season in peak and fierce form, hungry to reclaim the national title they momentarily relinquished to SEC rival LSU last year. Most football enthusiasts would agree that UF played the best football this past season, winning by an average margin of nearly 31 points and doing the damage on both ends of the field. But the ride wasn't all smooth for UF as the team went through a couple of bumps on the road during the season, most notably the loss of Mackey Award candidate Cornelius Ingram to a season-ending injury and the Gators' setback to Ole Miss late in September that caused a slight detour to Florida's road to the BCS. However, the adversities only made the team stronger, more determined, more intense. The Gators licked their wounds and didn't take a long time to recover. Tim Tebow made a promise that UF would not be the same team after the loss to the Rebels and the 07 Heisman winner lived up to his pledge, leading his team back to the national title. Unlike OU, there were no controversies when UF elevated in the national polls and qualified for the title game...they were that damn good! Although the Sooners showed some flashes and resilience in the season finale, the better team won in the BCS title game. No question, it was Florida.
|
| Mike Teel | QB | Rutgers
|
| Key Game Stats
|
| Completion: 21-of-26
|
| Passing Yards: 447
|
| TD Passes: 7
|
| Yards per Play Ave.: 17.19
|
|
When you have more touchdown passes than incompletions in a game, it's likely that you will lead your team to a victory and you get named as the Player of the Week for your performance. Rutgers QB Mike Teel did just that this week and more, putting up a career effort against U of L...
|
| Nick Saban | Head Coach | Team: Alabama
|
| Career Highlights
|
| UA Record: 18–6
|
| Bowl Games: 4–5
|
| Nat'l Title: 1
|
| Conf. Title: 2
|
|
Nick Saban is the 27th head football coach in UA history. Although a grizzled veteran as a coach, Saban is only on his 2nd season at Alabama. He has had coaching experiences with LSU, Michigan State, and Toledo in the collegiate level and with the Miami Dolphins in the NFL. Saban has proven in each of his coaching stints his ability to rejuvinate his teams with improved win-loss cards in his first year when compared to the previous seasons. Prior to Saban's arrival, those teams posted a combined average winning percentage of 38.7. In the first season with Saban at the helm, a 61.7 winning percentage was achieved. Saban's most successful stint prior to UA is with LSU, where he has an overall record of 48-16 (.750), a national championship in 2003, two SEC titles, and three SEC West titles to go with five bowl game appearances. It was during that national championship run that Saban also received several coach of the year accolades. Saban's maiden stint with the Tide did not produce an immediate turnaround but his sophomore season looks more promising as Bama is inching closer to its first national championship in nearly two decades.
|
|
James Brockman Olivo, or Brock Olivo for short, was a record-setting running back at Missouri in the mid-1990's. He was a 2nd-generation footballer, following the footsteps of his father who played QB at Miami (Fla.) and in St. Louis in the NFL. Although he had a stellar high school career as an RB, Olivo was considered ordinary in the collegiate level and was thus relegated to play safety in defense. After he was given the chance to carry the ball midway through his freshman season, Olivo took the starting job for head coach Larry Smith for a team that went 3-8. As a sophomore in 1995, MU went 3-8 again with Olivo rushing for 985 yards. In his final 2 yrs., while splitting time w/ Devin West on the backfield, Olivo made a name for himself as part of the special teams. He made 9 stops as a senior and was named as the 1st ever recipient of the Mosi Tatupu Award for the Special Teams Player of the Year. He ended his career as MU's all-time leader in rushing yards (3,026) and all-purpose yards (3,475). He also participated in both the Hula Bowl and the East-West Shrine Game following his senior year and was a 4x all-conf. pick. In '98, he signed as a free agent for the Detroit Lions, played a game, was released, then resigned into the Lions' practice squad. He played for 4 yrs. at Detroit before retiring in 2002. He spent a few months in Washington, D.C., where his fiancée, Ianthé Jackson, lives. He went on to serve as a player/assistant coach of the Ostia Marines of an Italian club league while spending his spare time singing and playing the guitar for a band. He returned to D.C. 7 mos. later.
More recently, Olivo resides in Columbia, Missouri and has a consulting firm which aims to build commerce between Italy and the United States. He announced in January '08 that he was seeking the Republican nomination to replace incumbent Rep. Kenny Hulshof. However, in Aug. '08, he lost in the primary elections.
| 2008 College Football Post-season Awards
|
|
| College Football 101
| edit
|
|
|
Punt pŭnt — is a kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground. Punting generally happens during fourth downs with the idea of driving the other team as far back as possible before they take possession of the ball. The football player tasked to perform punts is a special teams player called a punter. A punter will stand behind the line of scrimmage, catch the long snap from the center, and then kick the ball after dropping it toward his foot.
For more College football terminologies, visit the Wikicollegefootball Dictionary.
|
|
