Week 14 College Football Scores

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Read my week 14 picks. Now you have something to do for ten minutes. Record after week 13: 145-63 (105-98-5 ATS)

Week 14 College Football Picks

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Record after week 13: 145-63 (105-98-5 ATS) 12 pm ET Conference USA Championship Game Southern Methodist (7-5) at Central Florida (9-3) (-9) I guess Central Florida is good this year? Okay, I admit it, and you may find this shocking, but I didn't follow Conference USA very closely this year. I know. Unforgivable. Pick: UCF ...

Virginia Tech Wins ACC Coastal Division, Sticks It To Boise Haters

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Virginia Tech has won their division and earned a berth in the ACC Championship game with their 31-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes. The Hokies have won nine straight games and are 7-0 in the ACC this year. This, of course, after they started 0-2 with losses to Boise State ...

TheBaker Tackles The Worst NCAA Bubble In History

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn't little league. We don't all get participation ribbons. And I know there were opponents to the expansion to 64 back when it was introduced, ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By Jaimie Hilfiger

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Charlie Weis might be out at Notre Dame, but Bob Stoops isn't moving into his office anytime soon. Yeah, and Nick Saban didn't want the Alabama job - The Oklahoman Meet Tactical Nuclear Penguin: the world's strongest beer - Sharapova's Thigh The top five sports scandals of 2009 - StyleCaster Patrick Ewing wants ...

Bobby Bowden Isn’t Going Anywhere, Haters

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Word out of Florida State today is that Bobby Bowden will not be asked by anyone related to the university to step down from his head coaching position. You know why? Because the smarter people at FSU figured out that you don't tempt fate by running your hallowed coach, the face ...

McD’s College Football Preview Part One: 9 Predictions For 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Before I get started, congratulations to Phillips' sister and baby-daddy (I kid, I kid) Eric on the birth of their daughter. I don't get to do my Luca Brasi impression until her wedding, I guess, but in any case congratulations to everyone. Now on with the college football-related wrongheadedness. 1. Colin Kaepernick will ...

Well, He Got His Title

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Now that Tyler Hansbrough and his North Carolina Tar Heels won the NCAA Championship last night, an interesting discussion is about to ensue. Just where does Hansbrough fall in the history of all-time great college basketball players? I think I've got a pretty good handle on the situation. Love him or hate ...

Paul Johnson Thinks TV Analysts are ‘Morons’

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Riddle us this: What do you get when, as a coach, you win a lot of games at a service academy running the triple option, beat Notre Dame for the first time in 44 years when the Fighting Irish are flat awful and once were the offensive coordinator at Hawaii? You ...

Eight Reasons This Is Not A Big East Preview

Friday, August 29th, 2008

In honor of the eight teams in the Big East Conference, here are eight reasons why I will not be writing a preview of the Big East this year: 1. The BCS still gives the Big East an automatic berth We know what kind of a travesty this is. Even though the ...