0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 9/13/2016
No conversation about the College Football Playoff this week can start with anything other than the Big 12 in general and Oklahoma State in particular. Is the Big 12 the most likely conference to be left out of the Playoff right now? How will the selection committee view Oklahoma State’s loss to Central Michigan? Not […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 9/12/2016
There are two weeks in the books and a whole lot to boil down, especially in the Big 12. Let’s just start by saying that, very early on, the conference is on the outside looking in as far as the Playoff is concerned. Then again, that was also true of the Big Ten in 2014, […]
PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 09: The College Football National Championship trophy sits on display during Media Day for the College Football Playoff National Championship at Phoenix Convention Center on January 9, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 9/9/2016
When talking about college football and the often-subjective rankings, we hear about “style points” a lot. We hear about how this team impressed and that team didn’t and why that matters. When people talk about “style points,” they often really mean whether or not a team runs up the score. And we hear about others […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 9/7/2016
The much-hyped Week 1 lived up to its expectations and then some, providing upsets and close games galore. It’s still too early to really map out a Playoff picture, but Week 1 does contain a lot of jockeying for position. It’s always too early to tell what the results from this week will mean, but […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 9/6/2016
The game of football, at all levels, has worked extremely hard in the past few years to protect the players more than ever. As we learn more about concussions, CTE, and other long-term ill-effects that can come from playing the game that we all love to watch so much, everyone — from the NFL on […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg
Week 1 is in the books. On the whole, the Big 12 did not have a great week, but there were some definite bright spots. What does it all mean? That can change every week, but we are starting to see a picture after the first one. 5. Kansas State could be competitive This was […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/31/2016
We have had two seasons of the College Football Playoff and its selection committee. There have been over a dozen sets of rankings to analyze and discuss for clues at to what the committee wants and prefers from its contenders. We have a general idea of what the committee has liked historically. We have a […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/30/2016
In case you haven’t already noticed, Week 1 this season is absolutely stacked. Across the country, and across the weekend, there will be much-hyped games of national importance taking place nonstop. And no conference will be involved in more of these games than the SEC. The narrative of SEC dominance is one that many college […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/13/2016
Washington Huskies 2015 record: 7-6 overall, 4-5 Pac-12 (defeated Southern Miss 44-31 in Heart of Dallas Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Can Chris Petersen Live up to the Hype? Washington has been getting major hype from all sorts of media outlets this entire offseason. There is a lot of talent on the team and a lot […]
STILLWATER, OK – NOVEMBER 7: Members of the Oklahoma State Cowboys spirit squad perform before the game against the TCU Horned Frogs November 7, 2015 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cowboys defeated the Horned Frogs 49-29. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/11/2016
Oklahoma State Cowboys 2015 record: 10-3 overall, 7-2 Big 12 (lost to Mississippi 48-20 in Sugar Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Can Cowboys Build Off Unexpected 2015 Success? Oklahoma State fans don’t like to hear it, but the Cowboys were one of the most overachieving teams in the country last year. That is not a bad […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/9/2016
As I mentioned in the ACC grades, the SEC presents me with a dilemma. The first three power conferences I graded each only played three nonconference games. I made my expectations pretty clear. With a few exceptions (either for teams who are expected to be College Football Playoff favorites or who are expected to lose […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/8/2016
As I mentioned in the ACC grades, the SEC presents me with a dilemma. The first three power conferences, I graded each only played three non-conference games. I made my expectations pretty clear. With a few exceptions (either for teams who are expected to be College Football Playoff favorites or who are expected to lose […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/2/2016
As noted in yesterday’s piece about the ACC Atlantic division, I’m faced with a dilemma. The first three power conferences I graded each only played three non-conference games. I made my expectations pretty clear. With a few exceptions (either for teams who are expected to be College Football Playoff favorites or who are expected to […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 8/1/2016
So far, we have graded the non-conference schedules of the Big 12, Pac 12 (North and South), and Big Ten (East and West). Now that TSS is up to the ACC and SEC previews, I’m left with a dilemma. For the first three power conferences, I graded each only played three non-conference games. I made […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 7/28/2016
There are a lot of high-profile college football games in Week 1 of this coming season. The slate is stacked. There are a lot of reasons for this, including, but not limited to, a rise in high payouts for high-profile neutral-site games and the fact that with more conferences moving to nine in-conference games, the […]
