0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/8/2014
There are just three weeks until college football season kicks off. One of the interesting debates in the country is which team will get shocked in the first week or two. It happens every year, and with the recent news on autonomy arriving for the Big 5 conferences, it’s important to remember that the teams outside […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/7/2014
In a look at the lighter side of college football, Chris Hardwick’s comedy game show @Midnight surprisingly featured University of Kentucky defensive tackle Cory Johnson on it’s nightly feature called “hashtagwars”. You may have read about Johnson’s weight fluctuations a couple of days ago over at the Big Lead and this lead to @Midnight’s hashtag war […]
Launch date for the SEC Network is this Thursday, August 14. Richard Deitsch’s panel tackles that subject and much more in a far-ranging media roundtable. Your mileage may vary, but it’s worth processing what various Sports Illustrated writers have to say about the college football media landscape in a not-that-ordinary year for the sport and its identity on television.
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/5/2014
With the SEC Network’s deal with DirecTV done, the network has put itself in a place to rewrite how conference sports are seen on TV.
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/2/2014
A redditor, Matty54, made a poll to chart each college football teams fans and how far each fan base stretched. The result is this map, based on 2700 responses, showing the location of each teams fan base. While it’s not 100% accurate, it is a very interesting project and is thought-provoking. From Reddit, based on where […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/1/2014
Mike Leach was back at it today taking part in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and as usual he had some pretty intriguing answers to the redditors questions. One of the most interesting answers came from this question… Hey coach, if you could play any OOC team, who would you want to play? Assuming money […]
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on Thursday that Georgia Tech recruit Kenderius Whitehead will have to sit out this season. Whitehead was considered one of the top incoming defensive ends coming out of JUCO and was originally rated as a four-star prospect when he committed to N.C. State out of high school. This news by […]
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This week at The Student Section, we have been exploring the Big Ten as we prep for the college football season. Terry Johnson also took a look back at “7 season changing plays.” When I think about the Big Ten and season changing plays, it brings one team to my memory… the 2002 Ohio State […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/25/2014
Everybody remembers Isaiah Crowell committing to the University of Georgia with a baby bulldog puppy. It seems that one of Georgia’s rivals is trying to one-up them as offensive line prospect George Brown committed to Florida by pulling out a live baby gator during his announcement. George Brown chooses Florida with live baby Gator. pic.twitter.com/xpcLX4PUAF […]
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With Pac-12 Media Days this week and the focus on the “haves” in college football, it got me thinking: What has happened to Colorado? In the old Big Eight Conference, the Buffaloes peaked under Bill McCartney in the early 1990s and were a major factor in the world of college football. From 1989 to 1990, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/24/2014
Maybe I’m old fashioned but I’m still trying to figure out this whole social media thing, and I think Georgia Tech might be in the same boat. The Jackets have launched a promotion asking their fans to “tweet, tag or post with #togetherweswarm”. The more posts the hashtag gets, the cheaper tickets will be for […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/22/2014
Earlier today, former South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback and lightning rod Stephen Garcia took part in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) with his bookie cousin Ty (yeah, I’m not making that up). Garcia started off the festivities by saying, “We just pulled up to the bar in Orlando, getting our minds right with some bourbon. […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/18/2014
The SEC was front and center this week with their media days circus. What better way to cap off the week than to look back at a game that changed college football, the inaugural SEC Championship Game. The year was 1992 and believe or not, the game was not held at the Georgia Dome. The […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/15/2014
In today’s world of cell phones and handheld devices, people walk around likes zombies as they stare into their hands. What are they staring at? Odds are they are staring at some type of social media and if they are a college football fan, they are probably reading a Twitter feed. Twitter is a very […]
