Alexander picks up sports again with oil boom growth - Dickinson Press “It’s just a coming together of a community,” said Superintendent Leslie Bieber. “It’s exciting to see it.” Comet Athletics are back in Alexander, where the school building is doubling in size to keep up with a growing student enrollment fueled by oil activity. Bleachers are expected to be packed for the football team’s first … [Read more...]

Predictions and "This Week In High School Sports" video - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (blog) Varsity Blog programming note: Live blog will come to you tonight from Penn Hills-Upper St. Clair game. Follow Mike White on Twitter @mwhiteburgh, but you can also get scores and updates from games around the area on Twitter @PGVarsityXtra. Those score updates can also be seen to the right of this blog. If … [Read more...]

Bowl appearance for Kentucky football? WDRB Sports staff predict - WDRB 41 ... - WDRB By WDRB Sports staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Over the last four seasons, the Kentucky football program has averaged 3.5 victories. The Wildcats have won seven regular-season games once in the last seven seasons. A year ago Kentucky started 5-1 and finished 5-7. Knowing all that, all five members of the WDRB … [Read more...]

No love for Texas A&M in ESPN's SEC predictions - FOXSports.com Updated Sep 3, 2015 at 2:22p ET Texas A&M has been mentioned by some this offseason as a dark-horse playoff candidate, but among ESPN's panel of experts, none see the Aggies seriously contending in the SEC West, let alone winning the conference and competing for a national title. ESPN's five SEC bloggers released their … [Read more...]

USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 1 - USA TODAY SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTERTWEET SHARE ON SMSSMS SHARE ON WHATSAPPWHATSAPP (Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports) College football is back. Unfortunately, the schedule isn’t so welcoming for the first weekend. Just one matchup of ranked opponents is on the schedule when No. 3 Alabama plays No. 20 Wisconsin … [Read more...]

WDRB Sports staff season predictions for Louisville football - WDRB By WDRB Sports Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – This isn’t the Miami Hurricanes with a freshman quarterback that the University of Louisville will open against Saturday in Atlanta. It’s certainly not Ohio University (once), Kentucky (five times), Murray State (twice) or Indiana State (once), to name the other programs the Cardinals … [Read more...]

Sports Illustrated picks Baylor for College Football Playoff, TCU to New Year ... - Dallas Morning News College football season finally starts Thursday night with a handful of games to open the FBS slate. With real games about to start, it's time to get all of your final predictions down on paper so you can say "I told you so" at year's end. Sports Illustrated did just that with its bowl … [Read more...]

Roundtable: Staff Picks - Yahoo Sports Jesse Pantuosco: Now that we’ve all had a few drafts, what players do you find yourselves gravitating to? For me, it’s Chris Ivory. His ADP is late in the sixth round and I think people are undervaluing him. He was a top-20 back last year and had a great preseason with 17 carries for 99 yards and a touchdown (5.8 yards per carry). Most importantly, … [Read more...]

WDRB Sports Staff Western Kentucky season football predictions - WDRB By WDRB Sports Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The countdown to kickoff has finally become tolerable. College football will be played Thursday night. Quality games are parked on the schedule. Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan debut at Utah. TCU starts its playoff push at Minnesota. South Carolina plays North Carolina in an SEC/ACC bragging … [Read more...]