0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/31/2014
Dear Rose Bowl, Red roses are meant for ladies, but you are that special grandfather who loves flowers, especially the big rose painted in the middle of your lush football field, the one America gets to see in all its splendor on New Year’s afternoon. You’re always dressed up for a big occasion, and you […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Before the 1978 Sugar Bowl, Bear Bryant had Woody Hayes try on his houndstooth hat (above). Nick Saban doesn’t wear houndstooth hats, and Urban Meyer doesn’t wear a white button-down shirt with a red tie and black pants. Yet, when Ohio State and Alabama meet on New Year’s Night in New Orleans, they’ll recall the […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart It was around this time last year when we all knew what was coming down the pike with certain teams. Oklahoma had just wasted Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, and basically, three things became totally obvious and fool proof … 1. Oklahoma was going to ride this momentum […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/30/2014
War is always a defeat for humanity, said Pope John Paul II. Karol Wojtyla, bless his heart, wasn’t a college football fan — if he had been, he would have realized that in at least one case, “war” was a blessing. It’s true that Steve Spurrier versus Bobby Bowden from 1990 through 2002 was extremely […]
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0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
Now that Jim Harbaugh is officially the head coach at Michigan, everyone’s speculating about the future of Wolverine football. Some think UM will supplant Ohio State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin as the flag bearer for the conference, while others remain skeptical. To be honest: there are plenty of arguments on both sides. Here’s what the […]
Can Jim Harbaugh be a success running the Michigan program he once played for? (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
0 comments by Dave Singleton
The term alma mater means nourishing mother in Latin, and while it has a variety of uses, it usually refers to the place where one went to school-particularly college. In that sense, the school was the nourishing mother, or the place where you were able to get the sustaining materials necessary to grow. And while […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/29/2014
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart They always say the two guys you have to worry the most about in a fight are the one with nothing to lose and the one who’s the most drunk, unable to feel normal pain and in full use of his “beer muscles.” If they happen to be […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author on Twitter @TheCoachBart Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can, actually, go home again. Wolfe’s novel in 1940, published posthumously, was titled You Can’t Go Home Again, which makes sense considering the content, but wasn’t written with any futuristic inkling of Michigan football and Jim Harbaugh. It what has been […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Two major storylines in college football converge this Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas. One is deeply rooted in the sport’s history, while the other is powerfully and centrally connected to the story of the 2014 season. Both are equally compelling, and that’s why the 2015 Cotton Bowl is easily the best of the non-playoff bowl […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
As the 2015 Rose Bowl approaches, the defending national champions from Florida State return to the scene of their crowning moment nearly 12 months ago against Auburn. The team that stands in their way has been more than a decade in the making. A perfect storm in the 21st century has made Oregon an annual […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/28/2014
The (December) 2014 Orange Bowl is notable because it marks Brent Musburger’s first-ever television call of the game. The Orange is the final major New Year’s bowl which can be added to the venerable broadcaster’s sprawling resume. That’s significant… and yet it pales in comparison to what the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Mississippi State […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
This has been a magnificent, resplendent, roaring rebound of a season for the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. Stuck in the muck at 4-8 in 2013, the Frogs faced plenty of questions — all of them legitimate — about their very ability to survive, let alone thrive, in the Big 12. Yes, TCU had endured a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
While the present moment is definitely a happy one for both the Arizona Wildcats and the Boise State Broncos, there’s usually an undercurrent of “what might have been” attached to many of our satisfactions in life. This is very much the case on the eve of the second 2014 Fiesta Bowl (since it is being […]
0 comments by Scott on 12/27/2014
For the seventh time in the last eight meetings, Louisville took a loss to Kentucky, this time in a 58-50 final. The Cardinals gave a great defensive effort, but once again the Louisville offense was shaky. Just as in their victory over Ohio State in the Big 10-ACC challenge, the Cardinals went through stretches where […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
With all of the talk about Kentucky running the table, the Wildcats survived their toughest battle of the season in the KFC Yum! Center against previously unbeaten Louisville. With the victory 58-50 victory Saturday, Kentucky answered several questions. However, a few more were raised as well. Questions Answered: Let’s start with the answered questions first: […]
