The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher, as investors look for value in local stocks following more than a week of losses.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract is pointing to a five point gain, or 0.12 per cent, to 4008 points.
Paul Wulff has likely coached his last football game at Washington State.
Sources close to the situation say Wulff, whose Cougars lost 38-21 to Washington on Saturday at CenturyLink Field, will be dismissed after a meeting with athletic director Bill Moos, barring a last-minute change of direction by Moos. It could happen as early as Sunday, possibly Monday.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- This is how much LSU and Alabama are separated by in the first Bowl Championship Series standings: .0003 points.
Just get to Nov. 5 already. Or does ESPN's BCS contract include a clause that Skip Bayless must debate Craig James each week on the standings show to demonstrate every game counts?
Pam Ward's run in the chronicles that bear her name is temporarily halted this week as she's away on WNBA duty. That opens the door for Gary Danielson, Matt Millen, and Craig James to catch up in the standings. It should be an awesome day of college football, which follows the Australian Football Grand Final that I'm sure you were all up watching till the wee hours of the morning. Leave us with all the best and most awful quotes you hear throughout this football Saturday and we'll put it to a vote on Monday.
YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY HERE! Yes we finally have football, but I'm actually talking about Bruce Feldman's return. He jumped ship from ESPN to CBSSports.com, where I presume he won't work for a company with sacrificed it's last shred of credibility in order to protect a disingenuous nitwit like Craig James. His first column went up yesterday, shortly after he absolutely torched ESPN in a radio interview with Dan Patrick. Welcome back, Bruce.
Tom Lynn James White was part of a high-octane offense against UNLV, breaking a screen pass for 40 yards.
Madison - The sample size is only one football game, 60 minutes of action.
Wisconsin's opponent, Nevada-Las Vegas, finished near the bottom nationally in several key statistical categories last season and didn't appear much improved Thursday night at Camp Randall Stadium.
The democratization of access represents, in my opinion, blogging’s greatest contribution. The Internet serves as the great equalizer. A keyboard and a modem provide one a stage. The result? Intelligent people, not constrained by the professional dictums of boredom preached in the ivory tower of a prestigious university’s school of journalism, have a platform. We have, therefore, more voices, more discussion. I can safely state I have learned more about other B1G teams on this site (from both articles and comments) than I could ever hope to from any pre-season magazine or newspaper. And the reason is, through these new forums the number of voices multiplies. And, being a good American, I have always been under the impression that quantity leads to tougher competition. And the greater the contest for space in a market, the higher the quality at the top. Because cream rises.
Anyone for an OU-Nebraska BCS title game?
Oklahoma remains one of the most written-about teams in college football. First, a couple lines about Saturday night's opener against Tulsa:
"The Sooners' offense should hum, but look for Tulsa to score."
Some of ESPN's finest minds have come together to try to solve the mystery of this week's Screengrab Snafus. Believe it or not, this was the intellectual high point of First Take this week. Ok, maybe it isn't that hard to believe after all. Somewhere Dana Jacobsen is throwing a bottle of vodka at her computer screen...
DALLAS -- Erik Herskind is a jeans-and-cowboy boots Texan who remembers the football glory days at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University.
His senior year, 1986, was the last of seven straight winning seasons for the Mustangs. The next two years, they would play no football after being slapped with the so-called Death Penalty by the NCAA for recidivist cheating.
This Sunday marks the start of the season for the SMU football team when they will travel to College Station to take on the Texas A&M Aggies who are currently ranked eighth in the nation.
Halfback Zach Line will lead the charge for the Mustangs.
For yet another offseason, it is summertime. Fireworks, cold beer, smoky barbecue, and bikinis define the time. We're having fun, and we would like you to as well. While our Autumn weekends will be engulfed in the conflagration of college football fandom, those of our Summer will be fun and varied. As such, we Cuppers would like to share with you our Summer weekend plans, along with the weekend plans of a few others of note, in order to hopefully give you ideas as to enjoyably bide your time until kickoff.
An eclectic group of protesters gathered outside the Vancouver convention centre Saturday to remind the new B.C. Liberal leader of their concerns.
Premier-designate Christy Clark chaired her first caucus meeting in Vancouver Wednesday afternoon, and one of the most pressing issues facing her government is how to proceed with a promised referendum on the harmonized sales tax.
Photo courtesy of Prestonwood Baptist Church - Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church has been leading men in ministry for four decades.
Prestonwood Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Jack Graham delivered a message via his blog to all the men of Collin County and surrounding areas.
We all need to be challenged, Graham said. We all need to be encouraged; we all need to be fed.
Perhaps, a revision is necessary to address the needs of many programs throughout the FBS.
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the program, not a player was stirring, not even a coach."
OK—that was weak.
Do you believe in Santa Claus? I bet most, if not all, of the head coaches, fans, and athletic directors in the FBS hope that St. Nicholas comes down the chimney on Christmas Day to deliver presents for their beloved teams.
In calling Ralph Friedgen’s ouster a “business decision”, first-year Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson made it clear that a coach’s win-loss record is no longer among the chief criteria for continued employment. Anderson needs a coach capable of bringing more fans to Byrd Stadium and selling those painfully empty luxury suites in Tyser Tower.
