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The Top Fan's Top 25 - Final Poll
01.11.13 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
The Crimson Tide finish on top. I know, I know, the two major polls have been out for three days now, and mine is just now going up...Well, for those that do not know yet, I work a "real job" outside of this site, and this is the first chance I have had to sit down and type up my version of the final Top 25 poll for 2013. The upside of this three-day wait is that I have had lots of time to think about how I feel in ranking the teams...
If there is one word (or one acronym) to sum up the 2013 season - like it or not - it would be "SEC." Yes, for the seventh-straight season the national title comes home to the league rooted in the South. The conference also brought home the Heisman Trophy and a record in bowl games of 6-3...
Thanks For Another Great Season!
01.11.13 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
2012 was the sixth season on Fans25.com. I just wanted to send out a thank you to all of the folks who read and/or participate on this site. We had another great year here on Fans25 - our sixth season since we first gave this a stab back in 2006 - and I am still glad that I decided to start this up many moons ago. I hope that everyone will continue to post in the forum throughout the offseason, discussing other sports, as well as the little tidbits of college football news that happen through the months from now until August. Signing Day is coming up on February 6th, and spring practices take place in March, but after that I really hope to keep the chatter going - as we have in past years - with talk of the NFL playoffs, college basketball, the NBA, golf, the College World Series, MLB baseball and anything else sports related!
Again, as we move into the much slower offseason, thanks to everyone for being a part of the site. It is truly appreciated and I look forward to the future and a great 2013 season!
The Bear Has Company
01.07.13 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Alabama - 42 Notre Dame - 14
The Alabama Crimson Tide win the 2013 BCS National Championship. If you have ever heard the words "college football," and you are from the South, then you know what those words mean in the most sincere of ways. But despite the fact that thousands of games have been played against foes from across the regions, no game clearer beats home the point of "don't mess with Southern football," than Notre Dame's complete and total embarassment to Alabama a few hours ago...
And here is why:
You see, I am a not an SEC fan. I am an ACC fan, and the SEC messes with us, too... I happen to not like the SEC so much to be totally honest. But what I dislike worse than the SEC, are Notre Dame folks who put out t-shirts that say "Catholics vs. Cousins" in a play (knocking poor Southerners), or "Catholics vs. Convicts" from back in the 80's (when Miami had a bunch of renegades playing ball), or - best yet - "Holy Bible" vs "Honey Boo Boo" (or "Holy Bible" vs "Hillbillies", I saw both shirts in last night's game)...
Official Bowl Schedule
12.03.12 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Complete college football bowl schedule - keep up with the bowls right here!
NEXT UP
BCS National Championship Game - Miami - January 7th, 8:30 - ESPN
#1 Notre Dame (12-0) vs #2 Alabama (12-1)
The Top Fan's Top 25 - Final Regular Season Rankings
12.02.12 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Alabama and Georgia put on an unbelievable show from the Georgia Dome yesterday afternoon, with the Bulldogs falling just short as time expired. A completed pass to Chris Conley with less than :05 to go sealed the game for Alabama, who will now move on to play Notre Dame in the BCS Championship Game in Miami. The game went back and forth throughout the night, with Alabama relying heavily on the running of Eddie Lacy who had a brilliant game (20 carries, 181 yards, 2 TDs).
1. Notre Dame (12-0)
Championship Weekend Predictions
11.29.12 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
The games of Championship Weekend are probably the toughest set of games to pick all season. You have the best of the best busting helmets as six league title games will go down, and three more games will decide the fate of other conference titles. Not only will we find out who wins what conferences by late Saturday night, but we will also know our 2012 Pick'em Contest winner! Right now we have a group of six players at the top in a really close race. For the final time of the regular season 2012, here are my weekly picks...
#2 Alabama vs 
#3 Georgia - 4:00 - CBS - SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - The official college football playoffs do not start until 2014, but this is a playoff game in the truest of fashions. The winner of this game will move on to Miami to play Notre Dame in the BCS Title Game, and the winner of that game will hoist a crystal football. In this one, I think......
Louisville Set to Join ACC
11.28.12 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Addition of Cardinals is welcome news to ACC fans. The presidents and chancellors of the Atlantic Coast Conference voted via conference call on Wednesday morning to invite the University of Louisville to become the 14th member of the conference. The Cardinals will begin competition in 2014 and fill the vacancy left by the University of Maryland's departure from the league two weeks ago. Louisville brings a strong tradition of basketball, and an up-and-coming football program, to the ACC. After another rocky season on the gridiron, and with rumors flying that the conference would begin to break up with the departure of charter member Maryland, the ACC showed that - like it or not - it is here to stay.
The Top Fan's Top 25 - Week Thirteen
11.26.12 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Rivalry week was hard on me. My squad, Clemson, took one on the chin - at home - to rival South Carolina, 27-17. The Gamecock victory marks the fourth straight win for the bad guys over the Tigers, something that had not happened in over 50 years. Needless to say, I am struggling a bit today to type this article. Clemson sits at 10-2, which would normally be a proud record. But when the ten wins include zero victories over current top 25 teams and one of the two losses is to an arch-rival, the shine of reaching the double-digit win mark is tarnished just a bit.
1. Notre Dame (12-0)
