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PALO ALTO, CA – NOVEMBER 14: Royce Freeman #21 and Darren Carrington #7 of the Oregon Ducks celebrate after Freeman score a touchdown against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium on November 14, 2015 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Oregon has an open football coaching job. And it’s the best in the nation.

0 comments by on 11/30/2016

For the first time in 40 years, Oregon will be hiring a football coach looking outside the program, and unlike those 4 decades ago, it’s the best job in the nation. Mark Helfrich was officially let go Tuesday, bringing an end to the worst kept secret in America on Saturday, when news leaked that Oregon […]

Notre Dame and Oregon Teaching: How to make a Transition Look Terrible 101

0 comments by on 11/29/2016

In case you haven’t heard, which means you don’t like college football much and thus this is an odd place for you to be reading right now when you could be doing something more your preference, like castigating people’s political beliefs or looking at pictures of cats, Oregon and Notre Dame weren’t good this year. […]

Five CFB Playoff Thoughts as We Hit the Homestretch

0 comments by on 11/28/2016

One way or another, smooth and clean or grubby and argumentative, we’re getting the one poll, rankings, whatever, that actually matters since we all started this thing in September. Next week, we’ll know the four teams selected to play for college football’s biggest prize. They can’t choose three. Or six. No matter who is deserving […]

P.J. Fleck to Purdue? It’s a 500 foot walk-off bomb of a hire

0 comments by on 11/27/2016

If you’re looking for a leader in the clubhouse in the “best new hire” sweepstakes, go ahead and pencil Purdue in and make sure you press hard on the lead. According to folks like well-connected and highly respected local sportswriter Bob Kravitz, the Boilers are set to name the Western Michigan coach as the head […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – NOVEMBER 26: Trace McSorley #9 of the Penn State Nittany Lions passes the ball during the first quarter against the Michigan State Spartans on November 26, 2016 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

PSU rips MSU, heads to Big Ten title game with chaos on its mind

0 comments by on 11/26/2016

The gnashing of teeth has just begun. Riding a wave of second half wave of come to Jesus moments of late, Penn State rolled up another one against Michigan State that turned a 12-10 halftime deficit into a 45-12 rout, sending them to Indianapolis for a Big Ten Championship game that could make for some […]

COLUMBUS, OH – NOVEMBER 26: Linebacker Chris Worley (35) of the Ohio State Buckeyes dives for a tackle on wide receiver Kekoa Crawford (1) of the Michigan Wolverines during an NCAA football game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes on November 26, 2016, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH. (Photo by Khris Hale/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

In spite of loss, Michigan breathes life back into The Game

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Clarity is for the obtuse after a game like THE Game, 2016, which Ohio State walked away with a 30-27 overtime victory, but it can be found. If you’re a Michigan player, coach, or fan, the result was so breathtakingly close, so easily your game so many times, it seems like nothing positive can be […]

BATON ROUGE, LA – OCTOBER 22: Head coach Ed Orgeron of the LSU Tigers leads his team on the field before a game against the Mississippi Rebels at Tiger Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Eddie O to LSU feels like a step in nowhere direction. Stay tuned.

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In a move that feels like every conversation ever between a mother and her college aged son, LSU broke the first big news of the final regular season Saturday of college football, announcing that Ed Orgeron will stay on as head coach at the program. Mom: I know you think that girl in your general […]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly leads the team onto the field for an NCAA college football game against Purdue in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Notre Dame the latest recipient of toothless, cosmetic NCAA penalty in lieu of meaningful action

0 comments by on 11/23/2016

Ah, yes, the Groundhog Day of collegiate athletics … NCAA penalties. This time, Notre Dame was in the crosshairs for academic misconduct and the providing of extra benefits by an athletic trainer. In all, eight players were involved with this trainer, two for the academic misconduct and six for the extra benefits. The trainer was […]

CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 05: Deshaun Watson #4 of the Clemson Tigers runs against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship at Bank of America Stadium on December 5, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson won 45-37. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

From Doom to Boom, Ranking CFB Playoff Scenarios the Committee May Face

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We’ve got about two weeks left in this thing before we figure out who’s playing in the CFB Playoffs, and it appears this year, the committee will earn its keep (which is $0). There are still a few scenarios out there where it’s not completely oily, but they’re few and far between. So the relative […]

LOUISVILLE, KY – OCTOBER 24: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals runs with the ball against the Boston College Eagles at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Heisman voting started today. Which is stupid.

0 comments by on 11/21/2016

Psychological studies have found that around 20 percent of people are chronic procrastinators. Let’s hope they have Heisman Trophy votes. Heisman voting started today, which is inherently stupid seeing as the most impacting games of the college football season probably have yet to be played. That means people with voting rights can access their ballots […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – NOVEMBER 19: De’Veon Smith #4 of the Michigan Wolverines looks to get around the tackle of Tony Fields #19 of the Indiana Hoosiers during a first half run on November 19, 2016 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Michigan shakes off 1st half slumber, beats IU going into The Game

0 comments by on 11/19/2016

It won’t make anyone’s highlight reel unless they’re specifically paid to over-analyze Michigan football, but it happened in the middle of the third quarter, down 10-6 against Indiana, who’s made being pesky a cottage industry under Kevin Wilson. Backup quarterback turned starter John O’Korn got pressure up the middle and squeezed through, rolling out to […]

BOULDER, CO – NOVEMBER 19: Quarterback Sefo Liufau #13 of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrates his second quarter touchdown against the Washington State Cougars at Folsom Field on November 19, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Buff, Buff Pass: Liufau, Colorado clip WSU, move closer to Pac 12 South title

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As elation and field-rushing cascaded over Folsom Field, a smiling Mike MacIntyre said it all about his mission as the Colorado head coach in an on-field interview. “We just want to make CU great again.” Well, after dispensing of Washington State behind a 24-7 second half, they’re one win (or one Southern Cal loss) away […]

EUGENE, OR – OCTOBER 08: Quarterback Jake Browning #3 of the Washington Huskies is congratulated by teammates after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Oregon Ducks on October 8, 2016 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. The Huskies defeated the Ducks 70-21. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

2016 proving that four teams in the CFB Playoff is just right

0 comments by on 11/15/2016

It will be argued until the end of days, certain questions in life. Stonehenge. The Mayans. Martians. And what really is the right amount of teams for college football’s post season? Since the advent of the CFB Playoff, the latest incarnation in an attempt to either fix this vexing question or simply just squeeze more […]

TUSCALOOSA, AL – OCTOBER 22: Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to pass against the Texas A&M Aggies at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Alabama has a two-game cushion on “college football”

0 comments by on 11/13/2016

So, that happened. “That” being a Saturday where we say teams ranked 2, 3, and 4 go down in the same evening, including two at home. Clemson was stunned on a last-second field goal by Pitt in Death Valley. Michigan got the same ending treatment in Iowa City. And Washington was mostly overwhelmed by Southern […]

Is it time for a non-conference, non-division winning playoff team?

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I’ll fully admit, when the CFB Playoff concept was rolled out, the thought of allowing non-conference champs into the thing seemed abhorrent. After all, and recite it with me if you know the words, “how can you be the best team in the can’t even win your conference.” Three years into it, we may be […]

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