Archive for the ‘College Football’ Category
Friday, October 26th, 2012
Back in June, the Bowl Championship Series announced it was switching formats beginning in 2014 to a seeded, four-team playoff with participating teams picked by a committee a la the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments. This was great news for everyone who hated the current BCS format and thought ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Back in 2007, the UCLA Bruins and Oregon Ducks played what I posited at the time was the worst game ever. Many other stinkers have been played in the five years since, but Saturday's tilt between the seventh-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks and the second-ranked Florida Gators may have stolen the ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
Being banned from postseason play, losing scholarships, and being under NCAA investigation is bad for any football program. Getting a renowned coach to fix the program and going undefeated halfway into his first season are good things.
It would follow that things are good (or as good as they can be) ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
The question of who is the nation's best college football conference isn't as obvious as most people think -- at least depending upon your interpretation of "best."
If your definition is the league that is most top-heavy, the SEC is the only choice. Alabama and Florida are ranked 1-2 in the ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012
Gene Chizik is probably longing for Wednesday right about now. Before his Auburn Tigers went out and got smoked by Ole Miss 41-20 Saturday, before the Rebels' 16-game conference losing streak was snapped, and before his record since winning the national championship slipped to 9-10, he was still on the ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
The Al Groh experiment at Georgia Tech has failed. Groh has been fired as defensive coordinator following Tech's loss to Clemson in which it surrendered over 600 yards for the second time in three games.
The former Virginia coach was brought in to run the 3-4 system and create a more ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
The Indiana Hoosiers are 2-2 heading into Saturday's showdown with Michigan State. Ha, showdown. More like complete destruction by a usually punchless Spartan offense. Expect running back Le'Veon Bell to have a nice day Saturday.
However, if quarterback Tre Roberson hadn't broken his leg/ankle/lower body against UMass in week two, there ...
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