ACC! ACC! ACC! The ACC Cleaned Up Against The SEC This Past Weekend — What Does It Mean?

0 comments by The Editors on 12/1/2014

Thanksgiving weekend, which is now rivalry weekend in college football (this wasn’t always the case, at least not universally), provides the last big wave of non-conference games before the bowls. In particular, Thanksgiving weekend pits SEC East teams against ACC Atlantic teams in rivalry showdowns. Usually, the SEC has won these games, but in 2014, […]

Ohio State, The College Football Playoff, And The J.T. Barrett Injury Question

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One of the foremost discussion topics this week in the world of college football is how the injury to J.T. Barrett will affect future evaluations of Ohio State, especially if the Buckeyes win an ugly and close Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin on Saturday night. The Student Section editors discuss this plot complication, as […]

Is Alabama A Lock For The Playoff Even With A Loss To Missouri?

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The Southeastern Conference won’t put two teams in the first College Football Playoff. If Missouri pulls off a highly improbable upset of Alabama this Saturday evening in Atlanta, will the SEC and the Crimson Tide get shut out, or is Alabama already a stone-cold lock to make the field? The Student Section editors discuss the […]

Bo Had To Go: Nebraska Fires Bo Pelini, Rightly Expecting Something More

0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/30/2014

Throughout his tenure as head coach at the University of Nebraska, Bo Pelini was an energetic man, as the photo above shows. He was not known to repress his emotions or speak in soft tones — this is neither good nor bad in itself, because fans and pundits both make the mistake of ascribing too […]

Boise Statement: The Broncos Show Marshall And The Gang Of Five How It’s Done

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It’s true that the Boise State Broncos are tough to beat at home in Albertsons Stadium, the land of smurf turf. It’s true that this program has generally established a comfort zone on its blue field, making it hard for an opponent to travel to this corner of the country and escape with a victory. […]

Cracked Eggs: Mississippi State Falters In The Egg Bowl And Exits The Playoff Race

0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/29/2014

College football usually punishes teams that live with small margins for error — 2014 Florida State and 2012 Notre Dame are two of the more notable exceptions from recent years. The sport is an unforgiving creature, because two bad days at the office are usually enough to leave a season short of its goals. The […]

The more one looks at various resumes, the more one realizes that if at least two other top-six teams lose on Saturday, the Arizona Wildcats — should they beat Oregon in Friday’s Pac-12 Championship Game — would crack the College Football Playoff and very likely play in the first Rose Bowl in the history of this snake-bitten program. Arizona is so close to moving out of the shadows forever.

Raising Arizona: The Wildcats Rise While UCLA Falls, Creating A Dramatic Plot Twist In The Pac-12 South

0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/28/2014

It is remarkable to think that just a few weeks ago, on Nov. 15 in Tucson, Arizona, the Washington Huskies — with a first down and under 1:40 on the clock with the Arizona Wildcats having only one timeout — had just about defeated Rich Rodriguez. All Washington had to do with a 26-24 lead […]

Marshall And Colorado State Lose, Recalling Familiar Feelings For College Football’s Lower Classes

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Late in a college football season, division and conference championships are won and lost. Prestigious bowl bids — life-changing achievements for the players and coaches at various programs — hang in the balance. The pressure of late-season college football is excruciating, and it’s precisely why 13-0 is one of the hardest feats in sports, no […]

Wisconsin-Minnesota: The Badgers Get A Chance To Write A Different Ending To Their Season

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When the Wisconsin Badgers host the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday, a lot more than Paul Bunyan’s Axe will be at stake. Such is the transformed nature of this game, thanks mostly to the ability of Jerry Kill to lift the Gophers to an even higher level. Wisconsin expects — and is expected by pundits […]

TCU Crushes Texas To Set Up An 11-1 Season, And It Feels Like 2011 Again

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Remember the 2011 college football season? It was atypical in that it provided a regular-season rematch in the BCS National Championship Game (Alabama-LSU in the Superdome), but it was a rather normal season in this respect: The TCU Horned Frogs won a conference championship. This represented normal business for head coach Gary Patterson and the […]

The 30th Anniversary Of Hail Flutie Offers A Reminder About Thanksgiving Friday in College Football

0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/26/2014

Christmas is — within the Christian tradition — a deeply holy day. Whether you are of a religious persuasion or not, you can appreciate that there’s something very sacred about that day, something which ought to make the day a time for simply “being,” not doing; for quiet, not the hustle and bustle of the […]

Boise State Takes Center Stage Saturday Night, As Its Battle With Marshall Intensifies

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The College Football Playoff debate is the centerpiece of the 2014 season, but the Gang Of Five drama owns more prominence and centrality this week after Boise State and Marshall both cracked the top 25 in the College Football Playoff rankings. With Boise State sitting just one spot ahead of Marshall, this Saturday’s late game […]

TCU-Texas: If you want chaos at the end of this college football season, you don’t want an upset in this game

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The past few years, the Thanksgiving night slate of college football games (usually two, sometimes only one) has not electrified the country, blessedly allowing Americans to spend more time with their loved ones (if they weren’t watching NFL games, of course). This year, however, one of the two Thanksgiving throwdowns owns some noticeable College Football […]

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A Lot Of Cooking Happens This Time Of Year… And College Football Coaches Enter The Pressure Cooker Of Must-Win Games

0 comments by The Editors on 11/25/2014

For many of us, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. For several college football coaches, it’s the most stressful time of the year. Jobs are on the line for a number of coaches in the final few weeks of the 2014 season. For a few others, possible career advancement hangs in […]

Arkansas-Missouri Is The Game To Watch On Thanksgiving Friday… But Don’t Forget The Pac-12

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Some might call it the “Battle Line Rivalry,” but veteran sportswriter Dieter Kurtenbach came up with a gem when he referred to Arkansas-Missouri as the “Ozark of the Covenant” game. Arkansas-Mizzou is the contest most of the Student Section editors point to as the one to watch on Thanksgiving Friday. The editor on the staff […]

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