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HOUSTON, TX – DECEMBER 29: Tyrone Swoopes #18 of the Texas Longhorns drops back to pass in the first half of their game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium on December 29, 2014 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyrone Swoopes

Thou shalt not doubt Charlie Strong

0 comments by on 9/5/2016

The underbelly of success is always going to be deference to the greater good. Texas dropped Notre Dame 50-47 in fitting fashion on a quarterback who lost his job to a freshman, relegated to a glorified running back, obviously coming in to stick it right between a tackles and still doing it. This team has […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – SEPTEMBER 03: Wilton Speight #3 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a first quarter touchdown pass to Grant Perry #9 while playing the Hawaii Warriors on September 3, 2016 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Wilton Speight gets the nod at Michigan. And by the way, they’re good.

0 comments by on 9/3/2016

We all should have known the guy with the odds-on shot at the job to be Michigan’s starting quarterback would be a Jim Harbaugh doppelganger. All joking aside, junior quarterback Wilton Speight getting the nod for a team expected to make a playoff run is noteworthy in a game that otherwise was only noteworthy in […]

Early season upset? There could have been an App for that.

0 comments by on 9/2/2016

When opportunity comes knocking, you answer the door, so to speak. Some of us, though, either are outside and don’t hear the doorbell, are in the bathroom and can’t get to the knob in time, or figure it’s not worth it to get off the couch and answer. They’ll go away. College football’s first night […]

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Everyone loves a second chance … unless you’re Tim Beckman, apparently

0 comments by on 8/25/2016

Chalk another tally on the ledger for the eternally wantonly offended sports media. There’s another pelt on the wall, that of Tim Beckman. Last we saw Beckman, he was let go from Illinois after an investigation found him guilty of mistreating players in a variety of ways, most notably regarding the discouraging of some athletes […]

Boise State running back Jeremy McNichols (13) scores the game’s first touchdown as Boise State quarterback Ryan Finley (15) celebrates against the University of Washington at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, Sept. 4. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/TNS via Getty Images)

Five under the radar Week 1 games you’ll want to keep an eye on

0 comments by on 8/23/2016

If it’s possible that anything college football related can go under the radar, please continue reading. The overall starvation level for football leads to major over-excitement and over-analysis of every game played before the first Saturday of the season. The truth likely is that Oregon State – Minnesota or South Carolina – Vanderbilt on Thursday […]

FCS should continue to expand its Kickoff weekend

0 comments by on 8/22/2016

You ever watch those survivalist shows? The ones where they send some allegedly poor soul out in the wilderness to live off the land, and the entire series is that person eating bugs, trying to catch fish by hand, cooking rabbit, and sifting their own urine through sand to get some liquids in them? Obviously, […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – APRIL 01: John O’Korn #8 of the Michigan Wolverines gets ready to run a play during the Michigan Football Spring Game on April 1, 2016 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Top 25 College Football Countdown: No. 5 Michigan Wolverines

0 comments by on 8/18/2016

Michigan Wolverines 2015 Record: 10-3 overall (Defeated Florida 41-7 in the Citrus Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Is Michigan ready to make the CFB Playoff run everyone seems to be expecting them to? Expectations are are a funny thing. You don’t create them, control them, or determine them, yet you cannot escape them. Coaches and players can […]

SEC Doomsday scenario far fetched but not impossible in 2016

0 comments by on 8/12/2016

Around the end of college football season, it could be, ahem, a chaotic time around these parts. “These parts” being “the entire United States of America.” So forgive us all if it sneaks up on us in the dark of night, but there’s a realistic scenario where the SEC would be forked out of the […]

Five SEC Guesses for 2016

0 comments by on 8/10/2016

Everyone loves bold predictions. Until they read them and it goes against their team, of course. Then the guy writing it doesn’t know a flying hoot about what he’s doing. How will the 2016 season shape up in the SEC? It’s anyone’s guess. So let’s go ahead and do it. 5. Florida will win the […]

KALAMAZOO, MI – SEPTEMBER 4: Zach Terrell #11 of the Western Michigan Broncos is sacked by Riley Bullough #30 of the Michigan State Spartans in the second half at Waldo Stadium on September 4, 2015 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Spartans defeated the Broncos 37-24. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

In spite of all of the wins, Michigan State flies under the radar in 2016

0 comments by on 8/9/2016

You’ve got to hand it to sports media. No one does a better job not  bothering with reality in search of clicks and attention that fits their agenda, which is clicks and attention. So as an annual rite of summer and fall, Michigan State football isn’t being talked about much, mostly because they don’t garner […]

Why the lower attendance in college football? And does it even matter?

0 comments by on 8/8/2016

The last time Nebraska didn’t sell out a football game, John F. Kennedy was living in the White House, and “Stranger on the Shore” by Acker Bilk was the top song in the land. It’s been 347 games, most of which have come with the Cornhuskers in national contention for something. It’s 347 games that […]

COLUMBIA, MO – OCTOBER 10: Jim McElwain head coach of the Florida Gators leads members of team into Memorial Stadium for warm ups prior to a game against the Missouri Tigers on October 10, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

Top 25 College Football Countdown: No. 17 Florida Gators

0 comments by on 8/4/2016

Florida Gators 2015 Record: 10-4 overall (lost to Michigan in Citrus Bowl 41-7) 1 Can Florida (finally) find a quarterback? Florida in 2015 was the tale of two seasons within one. A 6-0 start was highlighted by a stunning infusion of what felt more like Steve Spurrier Florida scoring versus the amalgam of drunken stumblebum offense that marred the […]

NCAA’s new social media rule a new headache for coaches

0 comments by on 8/2/2016

OMG! Jim Harbaugh just RT me! (insert some sort of emoji). As of Monday morning, social media and college sports just got a whole lot more nuts. The NCAA is now allowing coaches to retweet, repost, and “favorite” recruits’ Tweets, but stopped short on actual interaction … which in and of its own right is […]

CFB Playoff committee finds it’s common sense, but network lobbying still worrisome

0 comments by on 8/1/2016

Money remains undefeated, taking down “tradition” in blowout style once again. The CFB Playoff committee sobered up and took the Rose colored goggles off (pun intended) and wisely moved their semifinal games from New Year’s Eve, dispensing what was termed in January of 2015 as a “new tradition” per Executive Director Bill Hancock. To be […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – APRIL 01: John O’Korn #8 of the Michigan Wolverines gets ready to run a play during the Michigan Football Spring Game on April 1, 2016 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Get ready. Michigan will meet the hype in 2016.

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Hype is a funny thing. It completely and totally influences one’s personal beliefs and slants them in one direction before they ever experience what the hype is about. Observe your own thought process when someone says, “let’s go to Restaurant X to eat. They seriously have the best burgers in the state.” At that point, […]

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