Tag: college football

Samples: Kansas State is national title contender

Call it the Morgantown Mauling if you will. Massacre works as well. But Saturday’s 55-14 beatdown of No. 13 West Virginia by No. 4 Kansas State did much more than simply expose the Mountainerr’s horrific defense and restack the Heisman Trophy race deck at Geno Smith’s expense. It announced to the world, if you weren’t […]

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Samples: College football thoughts after Week 5

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Lessons from Week 5 of college football: 1. There really isn’t much separation at the top of the Big 10, is there? And there really isn’t much separation from the top half to the middle, to be flatly honest. From the middle to the bottom, though…hoo boy… 2. Why is […]

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Chuck Samples: College football overview, Week 1

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What we learned from Weekend 1 of the college football season (as always, in no particular order): 1. No real surprises at the top. USC and Oregon hammered overmatched foes, and Alabama — ooooweee — made Michigan look like it didn’t belong on the same playing field. 2. Speaking of […]

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Purdue AD Morgan Burke discusses Daniels, Hope and the baseball stadium

ISL editor Cliff Brunt interviewed Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke on Monday morning at the 25th Annual Youthlinks Indiana Charity Golf Tournament presented by Indiana Sports Corp. Since 1988, Indiana Sports Corporation has presented the scramble-style golf tournament. It pairs local companies with local celebrities/honored guests from the world of sports and media. Proceeds from […]

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