Well, before that, let’s hope the guy’s healthy first.

The 2008-09 NCAA college football season is upon us and for the USC Trojans, nothing is better than starting the season ranked no.3 overall. They will start the season at Virginia on August 30, that’s when Mark Sanchez will officially become the Trojans’ starting quarterback after filling in for the injured John David Booty thrice last year.

Is Mark Sanchez ready? Is he ready to accept the mantle of USC Trojans quarterback after the likes of Booty and Heisman trophy winner Matt Leinart made the position famous? Sanchez is coming off a horrific injury earlier this month after he dislocated his left kneecap and had to be carted off the practice field.

With the brand new college football season here, Mark Sanchez says he’s ready for the challenge. Hell, coming into a season as a starter for the first time in his college football career with the USC Trojans, he has to be ready, and excited.

‘’I'm optimistic about it, we’re ahead of schedule,'’ Mark Sanchez said after taking some drops, throwing some passes and doing a bit of light jogging. ‘’Everything today felt good. That’s a good sign. If it were up to me, I’m playing. [But] I want to be ready for the whole season. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.'’

Trojan fans are concerned about their new starting quarterback’s injury and…

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If basketball has the Spurs, college football has these guys.

The USC Trojans have always been the picture of success in college football. However, as the brand new 2008 NCAA college football season opens up the door of opportunity for other teams to shine, can USC remain on top?

The last time the USC Trojans dominated the college gridiron is when Matt Leinart was playing. Leinart led the Trojans to an AP national championship in 2003, a BCS national championship in 2004, and an appearance in the 2005 BCS national championship game.

Since Matt Leinart went pro, the Trojans were left for John David Booty to carry on that winning tradition. And although he has, in some way, accomplished that task, the domination USC once had was gone.

Now that John David Booty has joined Leinart in the NFL, leaving the Trojans wondering if they can remain on top with two of their greatest quarterbacks gone, what’s in store for USC this season?

For what it’s worth, Mark Sanchez looks primed and ready to take over after successfully filling in for Booty when he was injured last season. Sanchez is fortunate to have a defense dubbed as…

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Oh you just know it will be there one way or another.

Football has always been all about rivalries and coming to the brand new 2008 NCAA college football season, you can expect old rivalries renewed and new ones born.

And while we count the remaining days before the new season of college football begins this month, have you ever wondered which of the great rivalries in football will continue this season? Never fear. As always, we have you covered.

Starting of is the rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers. Both teams have played 116 times, listed as the most played rivalry in NCAA college football history.

Both teams are set to meet again on November 15 when the Golden Gophers visit the Wisconsin Badgers, expect this one to be personal.

The Kansas Jayhawks have two rivalries going to be renewed this season.

First, the Jayhawks will be playing their rivals, the…

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Football season is finally here!

You read it, the brand new 2008 NCAA college football season has arrived and teams are once again set for new challenges, victories and setbacks. Looking back at 2007 BCS finalists; LSU Tigers and Ohio State Buckeyes, both these teams have made in one way or the other significant roster changes. The question now is, who’s better?

To start of with the LSU Tigers, these guys still doesn’t need their quarterback to be great, but they need him to be consistent, just like Matt Flynn was last season. Even without Early Doucet, the receiving corps should be able to help out the new man under center.

Brandon LaFell could emerge as the new top receiver if he can get over his habit of dropping passes and Demetrius Byrd is a threat to score every time the ball is thrown in his direction.

Overall there is enough talent to win another BCS national championship, but a whole slew of inexperienced players better be experienced by the time the big conference games come around.

For the Ohio State Buckeyes, the 2008 version of the OSU offense should be exciting to watch. Nine starters will return on the offensive side of the ball and fans in Columbus, OH are ready for the Buckeyes to start this season and…

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It’s here! Finally! Football season baby! You gotta’ love it!

You can just imagine how sick we were watching all those horses run around a track or all those cyclists fuck themselves up with dope. Now that the 2008 NCAA college football season has arrived, ‘’real'’ sports return and boy, are we glad to have it back.

Coming into the brand new season, what are the things football fans (like most of us…) can look forward to? And what are those things that you (if you’re betting on these games, which you obviously are…) should stay the fuck away from? Well, the Michigan Wolverines are the obvious choice for one thing, with Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Jake Long, Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington all gone, who in the right frame of mind will bet on these guys?

As for the season’s hot prospects, the Ohio State Buckeyes should still be an obvious choice to make some dough.

I mean, this team has been making an appearance in the BCS national championship game for two years now and I won’t be surprised if they make a third straight one.

Like Columbus, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish should also be a solid bet. After all, those guys are probably still agitated with the way their 2007 campaign went. Now that this…

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The LSU Tigers are still the defending BCS champions until somebody proves otherwise.

The brand new 2008-09 NCAA college football season is ALMOST here, kicking off football season that we have been missing, a lot. On that note, can the LSU Tigers, after cracking the uncrackable team from Ohio State, win it again this season and celebrate a re-peat?

The LSU Tigers will enter the 2008 season with 693 victories, the 12th most in NCAA history, and the 4th most of any SEC team, behind only Alabama (787), Tennessee (771), and Georgia (714). LSU will also enter the 2008 season with a 0.640 all-time winning percentage, the 14th best in the NCAA, and the 4th best in the SEC, behind only Alabama (0.706), Tennessee (0.697), and Georgia (0.644).

This LSU football team started having the success they’ve been having after they won the BCS national championship in 2003 with a 21-14 victory over Oklahoma in the Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

Five years later, they did it again, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes with a 38-24 score, thus becoming the first team since the advent of the BCS to win multiple BCS national titles.

LSU is ranked as the number one team both in the AP Top 25 and USA Today. Yes, the nation agrees that this team is a…

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Right now, Oklahoma is Sooners country.

Would that still be the case once the 2008-09 NBA basketball season gets here? Now that the team once called the Seattle SuperSonics have moved to Oklahoma City, you just know that the franchise will hope to do just that.

And just in case you haven’t heard, the team once known as the Seattle SuperSonics has now moved to Oklahoma City courtesy of business tycoon Clay Bennett after paying the $45 million settlement, which leaves Seattle with the Sonics’ name and history.

In addition to that, Seattle will receive an additional $30 million from Clay Bennett if the Legislature approves funding for a new arena or KeyArena remodel in its next session and if a new NBA team does not move into that facility by 2013. Nevertheless, it’s still a victory for Bennett, who purchased the Sonics in 2006 from Starbucks Corp. chairman Howard Schultz for $350 million, as he moves the franchise to his hometown.

Bennett initially faced harsh criticism in Seattle for his efforts in trying to build a…

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And hopefully, this year’s class will be the new icons of football just so they can also cry on their own retirement press conferences.

From April 26-27, the league will draft the best college football players of the nation and give them the baptism of fire, so to speak, in the coming 2008-09 NFL football season.

Who are the best players to get in the 2008 NFL Draft? Let’s start with the obvious one. There is no doubt that Chris Long will be the first pick this year. Chris Long, bragging an outstanding college football career, would be like a long lost family member for Bill Parcells in case the Miami Dolphins do get him as the overall No.1 draft pick.

Let’s hope this guy will be a perfect fit for the Miami Dolphins defense and maybe, those guys from Florida would start winning games for a change.

Next we have Vernon Gholston, who has a work ethic that is out of this world. This dude has unbelievable strength, specially when you see him benchpress 225 pounds with 37 reps and do broad jumps of 35.5 inches.

You wouldn’t believe it until you see it.

He is more machine than man. This dude, if picked by the second worst team in the…

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Unfortunately for Ohio State Buckeyes fans (*AHEM*) it’s another year of a letdown following weeks and weeks of hype and anticipation.

This is now the second straight time the Ohio State Buckeyes were coming into a BCS title game as the No.1 ranked team before losing to No.2. We all saw that last year when the Florida Gators crushed ‘em, 41-14.

This year at the 2008 AllState BCS national championship game, it was the LSU Tigers crushing the Bucks, 38-24, to deny Ohio State the BCS crystal crown for a second straight year.

Yep, the LSU Tigers sure were in control of this one after giving up 10 points to Ohio State early in the game. After a field goal in the first quarter to get to the scoreboard, LSU jumped on Ohio State in the second quarter with THREE quick TDs to come up with 24 unanswered points before halftime.

In the second half, the LSU Tigers stretched their run to 31 unanswered points after coming up with yet another touchdown in the third. The Buckeyes got their hopes up after they came up with an interception and a touchdown but after LSU came up with…

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January 7, Monday, that’s when the Buckeyes and the Tigers play for the ultimate prize on the college gridiron.

And although to some, it’ll just be the first working day of the new year following a much needed vacation, (HINT: ME) both the Ohio State Buckeyes and the LSU Tigers were probably itching to come back to work on the 7th of January since the regular season officially ended back in December.

Who can blame them? This is after all, only the biggest thing a football team can win next to a Super Bowl championship. And with the way the college football season has been simply crazy, winning the 2008 AllState BCS championship game amidst all that madness will definitely be sweet.

Coming into this one, the LSU Tigers will come out of the SEC as the favorites to beat them Buckeyes at the BCS national title game. Although I strongly disagree, the Tigers are -4.5 favorites to win the title game in New Orleans at the Louisiana Superdome.

That’s despite the fact that LSU lost two games overall, both in their own SEC conference compared to the Buckeyes who only lost one, that’s to their rivals from…

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