McD’s Week 11 College Football Picks

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

What I'm watching: 12 pm: Flipping between Nebraska/Penn State for the train-wreck-watching and Okie State/Texas Tech for the O-fence. 3:30 pm: TCU/Boise State - At least, until Boise pulls away. This game has gotten intense what with all the BCS meetings and non-AQ's eating their own. 8pm: Stanford/Oregon - like everyone else.

McD’s Week Six College Football Picks

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Still the only weekly picks by an Indiana alumnus who likes college football more than college basketball... Week Five Record: 8-6 W/L, 7-7 AS 2011 Season Record: 47-19 W/L, 33-30-3 AS What I'm watching: 12 pm - OU at Texas: What kind of idiot from Oklahoma agreed to play this game in Texas every ...

Missouri Is Using The SEC…Hopefully

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

  Missouri's flirtation with the SEC is just that, a flirtation. They know full well they'll never be able to compete in that league and are just using them to get the conference they really want to look at them: the B1G Ten. Check out the lede to this article from the ...

McD’s Week Four College Football Picks

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

  What I'm watching on Saturday: 12 pm - San Diego State at Michigan: We'll see if SDSU can handle Denard Robinson or not. If French literature has taught me anything, it's that revenge is a great motivating factor. Then again, a lot of the SDSU players probably have positive memories of ...

Your Conference Re-Alignment Update For 9/22

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

I swear this is the last one of these for the week. I'm writing some game previews for Thursday and my picks come out Friday, so to heck with this...after today. Missouri, you ignorant sluts The SEC, Missouri? Really? They must really want to be LSU or Alabama's girlfriend and hold onto ...

Your Conference Re-Alignment Update for September 20

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Pitt/'Cuse make the mediocre slightly mediocre-er The obvious news from Monday is that Syracuse and Pittsburgh both left the Big East for the ACC. Everyone knows this was a money move, since super conferences are coming, but there's no way this move really makes the ACC any better in football. The ...

Blaine Gabbert’s Pro Day Gets Mixed Reviews

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert has all but assured he will be the first quarterback taken in the 2011 NFL Draft. His pro day on Thursday drew six NFL head coaches and loads of scouts (over 125 NFL personnel were there). From the reviews we've heard, Gabbert didn't hurt his stock, ...

Mike Anderson Headed To Arkansas?

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Now that Arkansas has let head basketball coach John Pelphrey go after four seasons, everyone's attention will now turn to who is next for the Razorbacks. As of now, the Arkansas opening may be the top available job in the 2011 coaching race. Right now, from what we're hearing, the man ...

Is Blaine Gabbert Headed To The NFL?

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

After having a career day in a 27-24 loss to Iowa in the Insight Bowl yesterday, reports are swirling that Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert could, indeed, be headed for the 2011 NFL draft. Gabbert, a junior completed 41-of-57 passes for 434 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. That may not be ...

College Football’s Best Kept Secrets

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Alright, we've heard ad nauseum about Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford and Jahvid Best. But what about some of the under-the-radar stars of college football? That's what I'm here for. So I've scoured college football for what I consider the game's hidden gems or players we haven't heard a lot ...