0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/1/2014
October is here. The games are supposed to be bigger, and there are supposed to be more of them. Week six does not disappoint at all. The SEC West alone gets a feature-level throwdown in each of the three main broadcast windows — one in the early window, one in the mid-afternoon window, and one […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/30/2014
There are some parts of college football’s rules that make your brain hurt. They’re that stupid, that much of an assault on basic logic and what the naked eye can identify as a natural, normal event in the sport of football. Two such rules-based embarrassments were in evidence this past weekend, and we’ll talk about […]
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Consider this question: Acknowledging that the season is still a work in progress, which team gave the strongest indication this past weekend that it is likely to emerge as a surprise team in 2014? Matt Zemek and Bart Doan took a crack at this query, and found answers in different parts of the United States. […]
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As we check in with the Arkansas Razorbacks, the question has to be asked: Did Arkansas announce that it is here to stay with its performance against Texas A&M, or did the Razorbacks set themselves up for a downturn against an opponent that was clearly overrated… or are both statements true? Two Student Section editors […]
Jimbo Fisher had to deal with a mountain of distractions, an ocean of injuries, and the harsh sunlight of constant scrutiny… and didn’t allow his team to fall off the precipice throughout an emotionally exhausting regular season. Not an ordinary feat, by any means.
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Today is the last day of September. How are certain teams doing after a weekend that didn’t provide a lot of upsets… but didn’t involve smooth and straightforward performances by a number of ranked teams? It’s worth checking in on a number of teams whose journeys through September were anything but peaceful. Florida State leads […]
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Michigan athletic director David Brandon released a statement just before 1 a.m. early Tuesday morning. He did so in the hope that an odd-hour news dump would make a significant problem go away for him and head football coach Brady Hoke. Problems go away, though, when leaders demonstrate competence and leadership. Such qualities are not […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/29/2014
This story begins in 1974. It goes back to 1914 in an indirect way, but it begins in 1974. Michigan and Ohio State were in the middle of The Ten-Year War, the label given to the games the Wolverines and Buckeyes played from 1969 through 1978 under legendary coaches Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes. The […]
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Concussions in football — this important topic rushed to the forefront of college football’s radar screen over the past weekend, when Michigan quarterback Shane Morris appeared to have suffered a concussion in the Wolverines’ game against Minnesota. Michigan head coach Brady Hoke inexplicably allowed Morris to take a snap anyway, later claiming he didn’t notice […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/27/2014
Every person who writes about sports faces this fundamental tension in the wake of a game that flows in one direction through three quarters and then takes a 180-degree turn in the fourth: Did the winner win, or did the loser lose? In these situations, the winner always deserves a certain degree of credit — […]
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On one hand, the Stanford Cardinal thoroughly deserved to win Saturday afternoon’s Pac-12 North slugfest against the Washington Huskies. The Trees towered over the Dawgs for most of a sunny and shadowy day at Husky Stadium, limiting Washington to only 179 yards, under 100 in both passing and rushing yards. Stanford has not been a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/26/2014
It’s the kind of discussion that has to be conducted in a responsible way in order for a college football season to provide a fair outcome on Dec. 7, 2014, the day the four-team College Football Playoff is announced. It’s the kind of discussion that can’t give way to hyperbole or, on the other end […]
0 comments by TSS LOCKER on 9/25/2014
So, Oklahoma State’s mascot, Pistol Pete, takes his grooming pretty seriously, via Luke Zimmermann of SB Nation. Zimmermann captured this screengrab from ESPN’s broadcast of the Oklahoma State-Texas Tech game on Thursday evening:
0 comments by TSS LOCKER on 9/24/2014
Florida State’s 247 Sports site broke this story, and it is making the rounds at other outlets. It’s the kind of item that’s not any larger social commentary, merely a humorous coincidence in light of the suspension of Jameis Winston for the Florida State-Clemson game this past Saturday: Truth is stranger than fiction. Part 47 […]
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This will mostly be a set of TV listings for the coming Saturday, but every college football fan needs at least a few notes about how to juggle competing games or time slots. We’ll provide a brief comment when necessary, and we’ll follow the main television listings with a few concluding remarks as well. * […]
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Bill Snyder, relative to the circumstances he inherited and the accomplishments he has forged, deserves serious consideration as one of the 20 best college football coaches who has ever lived. Ever. He’s been that great for that long at a program which used to be Rag Doll University for the Nebraskas and Oklahomas of the […]
