Tag: Kansas State

Griffiths: Big Ten Picks, Week 4

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor What do you say we get this party started? The 2013 Big Ten season officially kicks off this weekend. No, the Purdue-Wisconsin game won’t be close, but it does signal more meaningful games are just around the corner. Three weeks into the season, the Big Ten’s Legends Division is […]

Griffiths: Alabama rules in early preseason college football Top 25

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Until someone else proves otherwise, Alabama is second to none in the college football ranks. In winning their second straight BCS National Championship, the Crimson Tide rolled over unbeaten Notre Dame, showing all of college football just how strong their program is. Alabama was fortunate to be in last […]

Soon-to-be No. 1 Notre Dame controls national title destiny

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor NOTRE DAME, Ind. ” What a night! Not only does Notre Dame now know if it beats USC next Saturday in Los Angeles, the Irish be playing in the BCS National Championship Game, but they will go to Southern California ranked No. 1 in the nation. If the Irish are ranked […]

College football season demonstrates need for playoff

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Once again, the Bowl Championship Series is poised to demonstrate its true purpose. Pinpointing the need for a playoff system to determine the Division 1-A champion. Four undefeated teams can all say they are worthy of the BCS No. 1 spot. Alabama, Kansas State, Oregon and Notre Dame have taken […]

Samples’ football wrapup: Alabama, Notre Dame up; Auburn, Purdue down

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What we learned from our latest weekend in college football. 1. Alabama is free and clear for the BCS title game. With Oregon likely to win out and Kansas State hitting its stride, one fan base is going to be severely disappointed come early December if current trends continue. 2. […]

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 […]

Samples: Lessons from Week 7 of college football

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent College football lessons from Week 7: 1. Jump on West Virginia by 28 points and hold the Mountaineers to a quarter-mile or less of offense and you can win. 2. LSU can outmuscle a national contender. 3. Bob Stoops has Mack Brown’s number. 4. Iowa State may have lost a […]

The voice of the U: Canes must attack Notre Dame secondary

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Each and every week during the Irish football season, IndySportsLegends.com interviews Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent’s radio play-by-play announcer. This week, IndySportsLegends.com spoke with Joe Zagacki, the Voice of the Hurricanes. Following is what Zagacki had to say about Miami, who is 4-1 overall, 3-0 in the ACC following a 44-37 […]