In prime time, LSU demolished Virginia Tech in Death Valley, while South Florida upset Auburn on The Plains.

Host Willy Daunic and Athlon Sports Senior Editor Mitch Light talk about last night's opening games of the 2007 college football season and then switch their attention to previewing the best matchups this weekend. Special guests include Dan Grogan from Athlon Fantasy Football and Tim Prister from IrishIllustrated.com.

Host Willy Daunic and Athlon Sports Senior Editor Mitch Light kick off the first Athlon Sports Radio show and breakdown the college football landscape one week before the season. Join them each week as they breakdown the SEC, then the rest of the nation, and prepare you for the upcoming weekend. Special guests include Dan Grogan from Athlon Fantasy Football and Josh Cooper from the Decatur Daily.

This could be the year Vanderbilt snaps its painful string of 24 consecutive losing seasons. When you combine a roster loaded with experience, some star power and a schedule that features eight home games, you have all of the necessary ingredients for a six- or seven-win season in Nashville.

The Heisman Trophy runner-up and Doak Walker award winner, Darren McFadden, returns to a team that won the SEC West. So does Felix Jones, another 1,000-yard rusher. The hopes of the 2007 Arkansas season rest on the shoulders of these two backs as the entire Razorback nation looks to get over a turbulent offseason.

Those young Gators will have to grow up quickly if they hope to come close to duplicating the success of last season. Florida must replace virtually all of its defense and a four-year starter at quarterback. The Gators face a rough schedule that features home games against Tennessee, Auburn and Florida State, the annual tussle with Georgia and a visit to LSU.

There are exclamation points ? most notably the return of a more seasoned Matthew Stafford ? and there are also question marks. The offensive line is inexperienced, the wide receivers are underachieving, and the defensive ends and most of the linebackers are just flat gone. One thing is for sure. It should be one heck of a year in Athens.

The Tigers go into the 2007 season with lofty and realistic expectations of battling for the national championship. And perhaps it?s not a coincidence that Les Miles? stamp on the Tigers is more obvious now than it was in his first two seasons.

Alabama is not deep, and its defensive front is suspect in size, numbers and talent. However, a big pack of skill players returns on offense. Couple that with Alabama's good-schedule year and maybe Nick Saban can pull a surprise in his first season in Tuscaloosa.

With spring practices in the rearview mirror, it's time for another look at the early preseason Top 25 for 2008.

No news is good news during spring practice. But for many schools this spring, there were plenty of headlines. Mark Schlabach looks at the top 25 developments during spring practice.

Florida safety Jamar Hornsby has been released on his own recognizance after turning himself in Friday for using the credit card of a woman killed six months ago in an accident that also killed one of his teammates.

Central Florida cornerback Johnell Neal was injured during a shooting in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La.

Nick Saban is among a handful of college head coaches using video conferences to chat with recruits because they can't meet in person.

Count Jackson State in on the Ryan Perrilloux sweepstakes. Coach Rick Comegy said he is attempting to lure the dismissed LSU quarterback to campus for a visit in hopes of signing the troubled player.

Penn State cornerback Knowledge Timmons must serve a year in a probation program for first-time offenders after being charged with two misdemeanors.

Notre Dame and Arizona State will play in the new $1 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys in 2013.

Alabama coach Nick Saban said linebacker Rolando McClain was involved in a motorcycle accident but sustained only minor injuries.

Third-string quarterback Keith Nichol plans to transfer from Oklahoma after just one season.

Florida State offensive tackle Daron Rose is ineligible for the season and will attend a junior college.

Former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton resigned from his position at the school Wednesday, a day after he was charged with marijuana possession, driving under the influence of alcohol and hit-and-run.

Former North Alabama linebacker Ronald McKinnon heads the Divisional Class selected for the College Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Texas backup quarterback G.J. Kinne is transerring to Tulsa.

Florida International was placed on four years' probation by the NCAA on Wednesday and will lose scholarships for a variety of infractions.

The NCAA has accused Alabama State University of 23 rules violations, alleging widespread use of ineligible players, grade changes and recruiting misdeeds and charging the school with lack of institutional control.

College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA.

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