0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 11/14/2014
Earlier this college football season we witnessed Maryland suit up in one of the most beautifully designed patriotic uniforms the sport has seen. It was just the latest offering suggesting Maryland’s football program has stepped its game up in the realm of uniform design. The shock over the 2011 introduction to the state pride uniforms has […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In November, shadows lengthen, so it’s very much a paradox that the Wisconsin Badgers and Nebraska Cornhuskers are trying to escape shadows when they meet inside Camp Randall Stadium on the third Saturday of college football’s cruelest month. Everything about this game evokes the image of shadows… and the accompanying need to leave them behind. […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
When Georgia hosts Auburn this Saturday, it will be the 118th meeting between the two schools. After all that time, they are separated by just one win (Auburn leads the series 55-54-8). The series is filled with great memories for both sides. One of the recent trends of the series is fantastic (depending on which side […]
0 comments by Scott on 11/13/2014
Nearly the entire top 25 is in action as college basketball kicks off its season. I’m here to give you a few things to watch as you flip around trying to catch as much of the action as possible. This is a good night to set the DVR for some of the games as well. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek, Scott King, & Steve Fetch
In a discussion of unfairly criticized and excessively admired college basketball coaches, which names would first enter your mind? The Student Section’s basketball writers and managing editor Matt Zemek explore these two topics in our latest season preview roundtable. The season tips off on Friday with the all-Pitino clash between Minnesota and Louisville. On Monday […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek, Scott King, & Steve Fetch
The coaches who grab our attention. The coaches who are set up to succeed. The coaches whose reputations are most on the line. Three coaching topics are brought to our lead basketball writers, Scott King and Steve Fetch, and Student Section managing editor Matt Zemek. Where do you stand on these questions, one day before […]
0 comments by Bart Doan and Matt Zemek on 11/12/2014
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Arizona State was a step ahead of Notre Dame for most of a warm Saturday afternoon. Being inhabitants of the desert, the Sun Devils knew how to handle the heat when Notre Dame uncorked a 28-0 run and came close to pulling off an all-time comeback. Arizona State has often allowed big games to slip away over the years. The Sun Devils’ ability to stabilize themselves in the final 6:37 of Saturday’s game showed that they’re made of sterner stuff, a reality created in large part by head coach Todd Graham.
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Follow TSS @TheStudentSect On Twitter @TheCoachBart Telling sports fans not to overreact or freak out is like telling water to stop being wet, but we’ll go ahead and do it anyway regarding the CFB Playoff rankings that came out last night. Don’t freak out. It doesn’t matter yet. It’s all still in front of us. […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
There were a lot of great coaching hires this offseason: Bruce Pearl got a second chance at Auburn; Virginia Tech hired Buzz Williams, one of the best coaches in the country; and Wake Forest hired up-and-comer Danny Manning. In order for those jobs to open, however, someone usually has to get fired. The hot seat […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek, Scott King, & Steve Fetch
Individual players — which ones rise or fall — shape seasons to a considerable extent. Yet, while the solo performer occupies a prominent place in basketball, the way whole rosters mesh (or fail to do so) is an even more central component of the journey from November through early April. Look at Kentucky last season. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek, Scott King, & Steve Fetch
With the college basketball season beginning on Friday, it’s time to dive into the journey ahead. Lead college basketball writers Scott King and Steve Fetch join TSS managing editor Matt Zemek in a roundtable on the coming season. This installment looks at key players from a number of different vantage points: breakout performers, lonely stars, […]
0 comments by Bart Doan and Matt Zemek on 11/11/2014
Should Mike Stoops be the defensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma next season, or does that question place too little emphasis on Baylor’s quality? Bart Doan: On Twitter:
TCU and Baylor have already played each other, but both teams will have to face Kansas State in a cluttered and contentious race to the Big 12 finish line. How the Big 12 plays out will have something to do with Notre Dame’s status at the end of the season, provided the Fighting Irish can win out and finish at 11-1.
0 comments by Allen Kenney
After the Baylor Bears finished dragging his unit up and down the field Saturday afternoon, Oklahoma Sooners defensive coordinator Mike Stoops made a telling comment in the postgame press conference regarding his attitude going into the game: “Well there is so much stress on your defense when you play Baylor. It is not only the […]
Gary Patterson’s team never should have been moved up to third after week 14, in which the Horned Frogs beat 6-6 Texas. If the committee was consistent, it could have left TCU out of the field by never putting the Frogs higher than fourth. Putting them third only clouded the issue, especially after a 52-point win on Saturday against Iowa State.
0 comments by Bart Doan and Matt Zemek
This is a question that will be revisited — probably with greater intensity — in the first week of December: What’s the worst thing the College Football Playoff Selection Committee can do on December 7? Maybe the decision will be made a lot easier by the on-field results of the next four weekends. However, if […]
0 comments by Bart Doan and Matt Zemek
There was a lot more to process from the past weekend than the emergence of some very tantalizing end-of-season hypotheticals. Yesterday, we talked about 11-1 TCU versus 11-1 Baylor. We tossed around a playoff scenario pitting the Big 12 against the SEC West. We discussed the Big Ten going up against the SEC West under […]
