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FAYETTEVILLE, AR – OCTOBER15: Evan Engram #17 of the Mississippi Rebels runs the ball in for a touchdown in the first quarter during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Razorback Stadium on October 15, 2016 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Arkansas knocks off Ole Miss in thrilling fashion…again

0 comments by on 10/16/2016

You can probably call it “the battle for third best in the SEC West,” or you could just say, “Arkansas vs. Ole Miss,” but the Hogs (5-2) snared a much-needed 34-30 win while sending Ole Miss into the abyss of mediocrity, at least for 2016. In what was one of the more entertaining games of 2015, […]

It’s time to start talking about Boise State in playoff terms

0 comments by on 10/12/2016

So hey, remember Boise State? They’ve been really good for a long time. In fact, they have the most wins and best winning percentage of any team since 2000. In all of college football. They’re 169-31 since the turn of the century, good for 82 percent wins. At some point, the CFB Playoff committee isn’t […]

MIAMI GARDENS, FL – OCTOBER 08: Kermit Whitfield #8 of the Florida State Seminoles riushes for a touchdown during a game against the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium on October 8, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Conference Rankings: Week 6

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We’re in that annual mud pit where everyone starts eating their own for the most part, so it’s a fantastic time for hyperbolic “transitive property” arguments to take center stage. Team X from my conference beat team Y from yours, and team Y beat a good team from their conference, so clearly team X from […]

SOUTH BEND, IN – OCTOBER 04: Ty Montgomery #7 of the Standford Cardinal runs past Jaylon Smith #9 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on October 4, 2014 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Stanford, Notre Dame meet at different ends of the desperation spectrum

0 comments by on 10/11/2016

It wasn’t supposed to be this way, and at least recently, hasn’t been. For Stanford and Notre Dame, this weekend’s meeting will be the first time since 2009 that the two will meet both as unranked teams. In fact, it’d be the first time since 2010 that BOTH don’t enter the game ranked. The shine […]

PALO ALTO, CA – OCTOBER 08: Isaac Dotson #31, Shalom Luani #18 and Garrett McBroom #99 of the Washington State Cougars celebrates after Dotson intercepted a pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the second half of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on October 8, 2016 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Pac 12 football: 5 things we learned from week 6

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This isn’t … well … your tween’s Pac-12, assuming you have a tween child. For the first time in eight years, it looks like someone other than Stanford or Oregon will be winning the conference. They lost by a combined 112-37 to Washington State and Washington respectively. There’s more to know, but that’s the main part. […]

Patience, Mike MacIntyre, and Colorado finding obvious success

0 comments by on 10/6/2016

Colorado will take their ranked football team on the road this weekend, surging up the polls, against unranked Southern California, looking for a big win in the Clay Helton era to give them some momentum. Just like we all thought would happen, right? To be honest, this was never not going to happen, thanks to […]

SEATTLE, WA – SEPTEMBER 17: Wide receiver Chico McClatcher #6 of the Washington Huskies reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Portland State Vikings in the second quarter on September 17, 2016 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies defeated the Vikings 41-3. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Conference Carnival Bark Rankings: Week 5

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The problem with this column (other than the writer) is that as the season goes on and conference teams only play one another, it becomes harder for someone to actually shift in the rankings other than at the bottom. It’s good cannon fodder for when bowl season starts to see who the regular season deemed […]

EUGENE, OR – SEPTEMBER 10: Head Coach Mark Helfrich of the Oregon Ducks during the game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Autzen Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Mark Helfrich swings his sword with freshman QB

0 comments by on 10/4/2016

If you were to ask your kid to go ahead the first time he has his driver’s permit to go ahead and drive home in Atlanta rush hour traffic, that’d be giving a freshman a first start against a top 5 football team as your season swirls out of control. Luckily (for Oregon), they’ve got […]

Pac 12 Football: 5 lessons learned from Week 5

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Go back to June and read in ESPN 30 for 30 voice: “What if I told you unranked Southern Cal would be trying to salvage it’s season, starting with a win over surging Colorado? What if I told you floundering Oregon would be dying for a win at home over Washington? That Washington State looks […]

CORAL GABLES, FL – DECEMBER 04: New University of Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt makes the ‘U’ sign after he was introduced at a press conference at the school on December 4, 2015 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Joe Skipper/Getty Images)

Richt’s genuineness shows in Bible gifting; Related: Miami is on the way back, quickly

0 comments by on 10/3/2016

Look, finding stories about Mark Richt impacting someone’s life positively are as easy to find as working porch lights on Halloween. Richt is a great football coach, but it doesn’t nearly stop there. If you’re looking for a coach where his job duties don’t end when the office lights go off, he’s a pretty good […]

Just call this “Are you for real” weekend

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If the first weekend of the college football season had been dubbed the “best weekend ever” and the following weekend when everybody wanted to play nobody was the “best weekend ever … to go do yard work on a Saturday,” then this upcoming slate of games may as well be “Are You For Real” Saturday. When […]

SEATTLE, WA – SEPTEMBER 30: Wide receiver John Ross #1 of the Washington Huskies is congratulated by wide receiver Dante Pettis #8 after scoring a touchdown against the Stanford Cardinal in the second quarter on September 30, 2016 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Three Points from Washington’s Smoking of Stanford

0 comments by on 10/1/2016

Only you can prevent forest fires, so says Smokey the Bear. Step 1: don’t let 2016 Washington football onto the grounds. The Huskies smoked the Stanford Cardinal to the tune of 44-6 Friday night, announcing the fact that they’re damn well for real, and the Pac-12 as well as the nation had better heed notice. The […]

ARLINGTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 3: Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide runs for touchdown against the USC Trojans in the second half during the AdvoCare Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 3, 2016 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

The 5 Biggest Stories from the First Quarter of the Season

0 comments by on 9/25/2016

So hey, I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news. The bad news is, a quarter of the college football season is over. That’s right, we’re 25 percent of the way (for most teams) to losing “I’ve got to watch the game, honey” as an excuse for not getting anything done on […]

Les Miles the latest casualty of the Saban Effect

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It reads either like some doomsday movie or some odd scientific theory, but it’s just claimed another pelt in Les Miles of LSU: The Saban Effect. LSU let go of Miles after just over 12 years at the place, leaving behind a 114-34 record overall, including 62-28 in an SEC West that grew from simply […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – SEPTEMBER 24: Khalid Hill #80 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates after scoring a touchdown with teammate De’Veon Smith #4 during the first quarter of the game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Stadium on September 24, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)

Michigan throttles Penn State in tale of teams on divergent paths

0 comments by on 9/24/2016

Michigan thrashed utterly out-manned Penn State 49-10 in front of a raucous home crowd Saturday afternoon, giving the first real glimpse to just how frightening Michigan can be … and just how much ground PSU has to make up on their way back to elitism. From the opening jump, when PSU got the ball deep […]

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