The Checkdown

Two words come to mind for this week's college football action: Jacory Harris.

Above average? You bet.

A commander on the field? Gosh, he looks like it. But this weekend will tell the true tale of who he is...

BOOM! It hit so fast that there nearly wasn't enough time to transfer thoughts from Blackberry to laptop...

Without further adieu, the day-late but never dollar-short, first edition of Monday Mourning, The Checkdown's football week in review: The Sean Merriman Domestic Dispute Edition....

So we are officially six days away from the release of NCAA Gootball 2010 from EA Sports. But for those wanting to get a taste of what is to come, EA has released the demo version on both the XBox Live network and the PS3 Network.

After downloading onto my XBox, I must say one thing: ERIN ANDREWS IS IN THE GAME! Now, normally that would be enough of a review but I feel I must continue ...

Recently, I was perusing through a semi-new Sports Illustrated and came across an advertisement featuring Phil and Chris Simms on a golf course, apparently drinking Bigelow brand green tea. The print for the add read, "Look who's drinking Bigelow Green Tea now."

Well.....YEAH! Of course they do. Chris probably had green tea in his IV after he had his spleen removed....

Love 'em or hate 'em, the Nike-designed Oregon football uniforms have been burning retinas for more than a decade. They've been covered in tread patterns, camouflaged, even given their own signature typeface, and now, they've got wings.

On Tuesday, the University of Oregon unveiled a new set of simplified, solid-colored uniform with tattoo-esque wings adorning their shoulders...

Everybody's doing it.

While this logic never seemed to work with your mother, it's been the go-to mantra of college coaches on the recruiting trail. Despite their age (in most cases) and their relative lack of tech savvy, these coaches have promptly hopped on the Twitter bandwagon, leveraging the micro-blogging platform to engage recruits....