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Jan 1, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Baylor Bears quarterback Bryce Petty (14) is sacked by Michigan State Spartans defensive lineman Joel Heath (92) and defensive end Shilique Calhoun (89) in the 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Bears 42-41. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

3 Plays, 1 Point, And 2 Very Different Conversations About Baylor

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It’s an inconvenient part about these games people play: The score is tallied. No matter what outside events might shape the final score, those numbers acquire a permanence which unavoidably affects the way events are remembered… and how history is written. After the 2013 college football regular season, the Baylor Bears — as champions of […]

Bloguin Top 50: No. 7 — Clemson

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Clemson Tigers 2014 Record: 10-3 overall, 6-2 ACC (won bowl game) 1 Burning Question: Will Deshaun Watson stay healthy for more than a few minutes? If you don’t watch men’s tennis (first off, you should… the U.S. Open’s coming up August 31 and will fill in the hours when college football’s not on), know this: […]

Auburn: Volatile, Vexing, Victorious

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The Auburn Tigers unquestionably loathe the fact that across the way in Tuscaloosa, Nick Saban has won at least 10 games each season (if you include bowl games) since 2008. Alabama — in terms of landing in a January or (these days) New Year’s Six bowl — has become one of the surest bets in […]

Brian Schottenheimer Shows Yet Again That SEC Ties Have Their Limits

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This dynamic is not limited to the Southeastern Conference: Coaches who played at one school wind up coaching for a rival school. It’s true that in the 1960s, Oregon and USC weren’t quite the high-profile adversaries they are today, but the legendary John McKay played at Oregon and was an assistant coach for the Ducks […]

NASHVILLE, TN – DECEMBER 30: Tarean Folston #25 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs with the ball on the game winning drive in the fourth quarter against the LSU Tigers in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl at LP Field on December 30, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Bloguin Top 50: No. 10 — Notre Dame

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2014 Record: 8-5 (Defeated LSU in Music City Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Can Notre Dame Make The Playoffs? This is the only acceptable question in South Bend, no matter the possibilities. Fortunately for head coach Brian Kelly and Notre Dame, they can face this question with more certainty than bravado in […]

Notre Dame Offers An Instructive Reminder: Look Away From The Ball

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If you have ever officiated football or basketball, you have been taught this basic principle: Look away from the ball — you have to see the action transpiring elsewhere on the playing surface. This need to look away from the ball also applies to team-sport analysis, and in football, that means looking beyond the quarterback […]

What’s Not Being Said About Clemson’s Social Media Ban

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You have almost certainly heard the news: In the wake of such a development — which is hardly new, by the way — what emerges is a reinforcement of the belief among several coaches that shutting out the potential for distractions, not just the distractions themselves, is the best way to go through a football […]

David Shaw, Pac-12 Coaches, And The Search For Solid Ground

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The central story of the Stanford Cardinal’s 2015 season can be framed in these terms: It is the attempt to regain something that was lost in 2014. Stanford had reached four straight BCS (now New Year’s Six) bowls, beginning in the 2010 season, but in 2014, the ride abruptly stopped. Stylistically, Stanford didn’t look that […]

EUGENE, OR – November 16, 2012: Stanford Cardinal football vs the Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR.

Bloguin Top 50: No. 13 — Stanford

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Stanford Cardinal 2014 Record: 8-5 (won bowl game) 1 Burning Question: Is Stanford ready to make small margins work in its favor again? It is in the nature of smashmouth, ball-control teams — think of Wisconsin basketball under Bo Ryan several seasons ago, before the past two years of dynamic offense — to play games […]

Syracuse’s Terrel Hunt (10) takes a snap as Syracuse’s Mackey MacPherson (59) looks to block Wagner’s Ryan Brenner (98) in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Syracuse, N.Y. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Syracuse defeated Wagner 54-0. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

Writer Spotlight: Joe Manganiello On Syracuse Football

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With the Student Section staff unveiling a new ACC football roundtable on Tuesday, it’s worth looking at a different corner of that conference, but it’s also a good time to step back and appreciate the larger community of Bloguin writers. What follows is a profile of a team, but it’s also a chance to showcase […]

Few coaches are going to face as much withering pressure next season as USC’s Steve Sarkisian. Anything less than a Pac-12 South title will be an unquestioned and absolute failure. The lack of a Pac-12 championship — with Oregon no longer having Marcus Mariota — would be a modest disappointment at the very least. Sark can’t squander the considerable talent he’s stockpiled in L.A.

In The Shadow Of Pete Carroll, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again At USC

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After a great coach leaves any program or organization, it’s a very easy, understandable, and all-too-human inclination to want to replace that coach with someone from his circles, someone he taught or supervised in a time of prosperity. On some occasions, this inclination works out. Gary Moeller and especially Lloyd Carr succeeded Bo Schembechler at […]

LSU and Les Miles Remind Us: Coaches Should Not Hand Out Discipline

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There’s a lot of ugliness in college sports, and the really dirty reality — the one which cuts through every fan base and is the hardest one to face in a mirror — is that no program is immune to appalling behavior or poor decision-making… because all of us as human beings are flawed. (Basically […]

10 Great College Football Calls, From Keith Jackson To Brent Musburger

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This is not a list of the 10 best or highest-rated college football broadcast calls of all time. That would require a lot more parsing, evaluation, and critical observation. This is also not a list of the 10 greatest college football moments on TV — the Colorado-Michigan Hail Mary and the Nebraska-Miami 2-point conversion in […]

Where Will College GameDay Go In 2015?

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It’s time for some good old-fashioned fun with college football’s signature pregame show, the early-morning magnet for fans and curiosity lovers from coast to coast. Rece Davis replaces Chris Fowler as the host of College GameDay this year, one reason the show will certainly garner a lot of attention in September. After the first few […]

The Pac-12 South: Cutthroat, Clamorous, and Crazy

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The 2014 Pac-12 season was so utterly nutty that the competitiveness and quality of the division were almost overlooked. Almost. Some will say the Pac-12 South eclipsed the SEC West last year as the toughest division in college football — not on a long-term basis, but within the workings of the 2014 season. Plenty of […]

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