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The Big 12 has finally bowed to the pressure of the FBS and will play its first conference championship game since 2010. Adding an all-important 13th game to the schedule will put the Big 12 on par with the other Power Five conferences on selection Saturday. Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops, the longest tenured college football coach at… Read More

Last year, after four games, USC HC Clay Helton sat at 1-3 and looking at the heart of his Pac-12 schedule. Helton switched QBs to an unknown freshman named Sam Darnold and the rest, as they say, is history. The Trojans ran off eight straight wins including knocking Washington from the ranks of the unbeaten…. Read More

JEFF ALLEN’S WARRIORS/CAVS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers square off in the feature game of the holiday quadruple header. The  teams have split the last two NBA championships with the Cavs becoming the first team  ever in league history to come  back from a 3-1 deficit. Both teams are in excellent… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: CAROLINA at WASHINGTON Tonight’s NFL Week 15 Monday Night Football offering features two teams fighting for their playoff lives and will have huge playoff implications in the NFC. At 5-8, the defending NFC champion Carolina Panthers are on a respirator and would need to win out and get tons of help… Read More

JEFF ALLEN MIAMI BEACH BOWL PREVIEW: CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. TULSA Two of of the top mid-major programs hook up for a Monday Matinee Bowl in South Beach as the 6-6 Central Michigan Chippewas take on the 9-3 Tulsa Golden Hurricane at the Miami Beach Bowl. Central Michigan has been a player in the MAC for… Read More

JEFF ALLEN to HUE JACKSON “Start Josh McCown” At 0-13 and closing fast on the 2008 Detroit Lions record of futility, one of the few bright spots for the Cleveland Browns has been HC Hue Jackson. While many were surprised by his hire last winter, most knowledgeable football people were not as Jackson is a… Read More

North Carolina and Kentucky Throw Down in Las Vegas Two of the iconic programs in college basketball meet today in Las Vegas as the No.7 North Carolina Tar Heels take on the No.6 Kentucky Wildcats at the spanking new T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas Strip. Both teams have impressive credentials. The 10-1 Tar Heels have… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: RAVENS at PATRIOTS Tonight’s Monday Night Football features a matchup with big AFC playoff implications as the 7-5 Baltimore Ravens travel to Foxboro to meet the 10-2 New England Patriots. The Ravens have been a different team since their bye week, going 4-1 and allowing just 13.6 ppg. A Baltimore win… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: COWBOYS at GIANTS Tonight’s Sunday Night Football features a key NFC East battle between the 11-1 Dallas Cowboys and the 8-4 NY Giants. The game has huge playoff implications and is a revenge match of the Giants Week One 20-19 win over the Cowboys in Dallas. The Cowboys are the only… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: ARMY vs. NAVY One of the top rivalries in college football renews today as the 6-5 Army Cadets take on the 9-3 Navy Midshipmen at M&T Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Navy has won a series high 14 straight but Army has covered four of the last five with only one game… Read More