With eight of the Top 10 rushing leaders from 2007 leaving college football behind it brings us to a very interesting debate about who is left to lead their teams from the backfield. Here is a breakdown of the best running backs by conference....
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2008-2009 Heisman Top 25, Why they can win, and why they won't. PLUS 2007's best numbers.
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Philosophy: There has to be some sort of hybrid between how good you think teams are on an absolute scale and how well you think they will perform against their schedule over the course of the season. That happy medium is what I was aiming for here. Better (predictions of) records are more likely   more...
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I assumed the loss to Pitt had permanently scarred the West Virginia program. When Rich jumped ship, I thought we were about see a team whither away and fade into oblivion. But Coach Stewart stepped up and the Mountaineers beat down Oklahoma, stunning the world and, apparently, Bob Stoops.This   more...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. â€" West Virginia running back Noel Devine was among four Mountaineers' football players to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery charges after being arrested Thursday.Police said the charges stemmed from an altercation outside Club Z in Morgantown on Feb. 16 but did not provide   more...
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The final 12 in my list of 25, and why they might bring home the bronze stiff arm
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By multiple, persistent request. Some time back the Hoover Street Rag pled for assistance, asking if anyone out in MGoBlog land had a copy of "The Victors" by a jazz singer named Pat Suzuki. Several people offered versions of this weird piece of Michigan apocrypha, the HSR's request was   more...
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Brian,Just one observation turned daunting question. While reading the position breakdowns and the subsequent 2008 recruiting class analysis [in Hail To The Victors 2008], I found myself wondering, "what about Sam McGuffie?" You referred to him in the Running Back section of the breakdown as a   more...
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EA Sports created NCAA '09 and forgot to include any artificial intelligence in the game. Noel Devine of West Virginia literally runs circles around the Georgia Bulldogs defense. On a side note the graphics do look great.
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Bring your flaming knives, kid. I bring forth this earth-shattering news: Michigan's going to have a male twirler next year. His name's Nathan Maygar and he's matriculating this fall after an intensive career with the Saline Twirlettes. I'm pretty sure he's the tall one in this picture.Also, the   more...
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Wednesday's Fiesta Bowl loss to West Virginia had to be pretty painful for OU fans. Then again, they might be getting used to it by now. What went wrong this time? Here's my take, complete with a trip down memory lane.
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Let's go on about all the WVU Cons. Pac- Man, Chris Henry, and Noel Devine. Now who Pat White on dealing crack. Not again. Who now Steve Slaton.JK Happy April Fools Day!

Devine was among the top 25 incoming freshmen recruits last season and despite his lack of playing time, the West Virginia faithful had high expectations - and look to carry that momentum in 2008.
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