The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sent me up to Springfield, Mo., earlier this week to cover the signing ceremony of Dorial Green-Beckham, the country’s top-ranked high school football prospect.

Basketball was the heart and soul of Winslow, Ark., but when the high school shutdown in 2005 for being too small, the town never was the same.

It’s hard to believe the college bowl season is already here. The month-long end to the best season in sports always brings plenty of crazy games, but it’s not every year we see something as wild as this from the officials … especially the replay officials.

One of the great things about working at a newspaper is not only being able to tell people’s stories, but also getting to hear new ones everyday.

Another benefit is the archives you have access to, and more often than not the real gold mines don’t lie within the digital realm.

STILLWATER — On Dec. 3, I was blessed enough to witness one of the biggest wins in Bedlam Series history as Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma 44-10, winning the school’s first Big 12 Conference championship.

It didn’t even take a half hour from the time former Colorado State Director of Athletics Paul Kowalczyk was officially fired for the school’s athletic webpage to replace his name with impromptu new hire, Jack Graham.

With Colorado State sophomore quarterback Pete Thomas going down with an ankle injury, grayshirt freshman Garrett Grayson has stepped in as the starter and done a pretty good job. I’ve decided to make a head-to-head chart to show how each CSU quarterback has fared through his first X full games.

Below are my votes for the SportsJournalists.com College Football Top 25 Poll for Week 10.

At the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club meeting this afternoon, I got to see the actual Burlsworth Trophy in person — the award given to the best college football player who began his career as a walk-on.

ShareBelow are my votes for the SportsJournalists.com College Football Top 25 Poll for Week 10.