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Last week, you saw college football’s hate map, and there were a lot of results that just didn’t seem to square with what we know to be true. Ole Miss the most hated team in both Alabama AND New Mexico? Yeah, sure. The just-released college basketball hate map is a lot more accurate. Yet, there […]
Frank Beamer’s coordinators and other assistant coaches performed well this past weekend. Whether you choose to emphasize defense or offense — that’s your call.
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The start of the 2014 college football season comes ever closer. You know you want to read about coaching intrigues, so that you can discuss them with your buddies at the water cooler or on the last few non-football weekends of August with your friends. The Student Section’s editorial team is here to help. We’ll […]
0 comments by TSS LOCKER on 8/10/2014
It was one of the best series of articles from the past week in college football publishing.
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You’ve heard of the spread offense, but what about the spread defense?
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You can always find fascinating insights into the world — and craft — of coaching at the Coaching Search website, run in conjunction with 247 Sports. This past week, staffer
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The SEC Network is about to be born. Chris Fowler replaces Brent Musburger on Saturday nights and in the national championship game spotlight. The College Football Playoff brings the sport its first true “Selection Sunday” on Dec. 7. It’s a brave new world for college football as it is seen (and covered) on television.
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Who doesn’t like to read about the Alabama Crimson Tide and various other subjects under the college football sun on an early-August weekend? Consider this part of your weekend media brunch buffet, as you prepare for the 2014 campaign. College football writer-commentator
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A thoughtful article from the past week on the matter of NCAA violations (and the larger realm of compliance departments at NCAA member schools) comes from
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Our Summer Reading series continues with more worthwhile articles from the past week. The venerable
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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Yesterday, we looked at the 10 most imprisoned teams from the 2013 season, the teams that always got trapped in the kinds of games they rarely if ever won. Today, we consider the 10 teams that consistently managed to do one of the following: A) It played the type of game that suited its personnel […]
0 comments by TSS LOCKER on 8/9/2014
Unofficially, Steve Spurrier has delivered a newsworthy quote every 16.9 seconds this week, and he’s created a click-bait-level image once every 7.2 seconds this past week. The man gives the people (and journalists, and blogsites) what they want. He doesn’t give the NCAA a break, though. Here’s the lastest verbal dagger from Spurrier, courtesy of […]
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One of the better “listicles” (list-centric articles) from the past week was Sunday night’s entry by
Texas head coach Charlie Strong isn’t interested in creating a splash with his words, and with good reason. He just wants to put in the work needed to lift Texas back to the top of the Big 12… and all of college football. He’ll likely need more than a year to do so.
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Charlie Strong is trying to bring Texas out of the shadows of mediocrity. This past week at ESPN The Magazine, accomplished sportswriter
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Saturday’s offering of Summer Reading options continues with this piece by
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It’s the weekend, but it’s not a college football weekend… not yet. An FCS game greets the world on Aug. 23, and the first FBS Saturday doesn’t arrive until Aug. 30. These next few weekends, then, give you an opportunity to read up on the coming season. We at The Student Section are here to […]
