0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/3/2014
A list of the newsworthy items to emerge from this story by Tom Roeder of the Colorado Springs Gazette, detailing a whole host of problems at the Air Force Academy’s athletic department: * Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson has called for an Inspector General’s investigation of the Air Force athletic department. * A planned […]
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An early-August Sunday is a generally a slow news day in the world of college sports, but not today. Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh (pictured above) is just one of several leaders at the academy who must account for their actions in light of a searing and extensive report by Tom Roeder of the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/2/2014
Yes, you can now add “impermissible icing” to the list of NCAA violations you never knew existed. What else is there to say in response to this clear and damning revelation of South Carolina’s waywardness as an athletic program?
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With the announcement from Auburn coach Gus Malzahn that quarterback Nick Marshall will not start the season opener against Arkansas, the topic of internal discipline has once again emerged on the college football web. No, this is hardly the only instance of a player doing something unwise over the course of the summer, but […]
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It’s the weekend, a weekend without FBS college football — there are only three more of those left in 2014. I’m sure you have been keeping track. Therefore, it’s a great time to get some longform reading done, and The Student Section will point you to the best stuff on the web. One piece […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/1/2014
This speaks for itself, no?
You’ll get a debate from the 2001 Miami crowd, but only 19 years ago, the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers produced what is for many the greatest season in modern college football. Expectations of what Nebraska can be sit at the heart of this larger discussion about the Huskers’ head coaching situation… and what’s attainable in the coming weeks.
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ADIDAS IS A FORCE OF EVIL, AND IT MUST BE STOPPED! This is what a college football uniform should look like: This is what a college football uniform should NEVER look like: Louisville radio host and national college football commentator Mark Ennis typically found the right words to describe this development:
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Two seasons ago, I began to take notes on plus-territory drive starts for teams from the power five conferences, the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West, and the four major independents (Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy).
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/31/2014
You don’t have to like it or agree with it, but it’s here on the final day of July: a preseason poll. The Amway Coaches’ Poll is out. Florida State is first, Alabama second, and Oklahoma third. Oregon (fourth) and Auburn (fifth) round out the top five. Here’s the link to the full poll, released […]
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I’ve personally found stadium food to be overpriced. Do I really want to smell a hamburger on something I can’t (or at least shouldn’t) eat, especially if I don’t want to get food at the concession stand? The Oregon Ducks don’t care. When Michigan State comes to town for one of the best non-conference clashes […]
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The West Virginia Mountaineers, pictured above in the cover photo, played in three overtime games last season. They offer the perfect lead-in to a statistical survey of college football overtime games since the 2003 regular season. You’ll also find statistical compilations of scoring margins. Part one of this look at college football since 2003, focusing […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/30/2014
From UCLA’s campus newspaper, The Daily Bruin, here is video footage of yesterday’s flooding near Pauley Pavilion. You surely saw lots of still photos of the insides of Pauley Pavilion; these images provide a fuller sense of what happened across the UCLA campus:
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Last year, freelance researchers
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/29/2014
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Tuesday, on Tim Brando’s talk show, West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, a member of the first College Football Playoff Committee, made a statement that’s going to be discussed throughout the coming season: What is the importance of this statement? The most precise answer at the present time is that we just don’t know. That’s […]
