0 comments by The Editors on 11/3/2014
The number one team in the United States, playing at home in November against an opponent without a single win in its conference, was taken to the final half-minute of regulation. Just let that fact sink in. Yet, how many people other than Mississippi State and Arkansas fans (or the journalists assigned to this game) […]
0 comments by Terry Johnson and Matt Zemek
Auburn-Ole Miss was the most memorable game from the past weekend, but TCU’s 31-30 thriller over West Virginia rated a very close second. TCU and West Virginia both fought long uphill battles for respect in college football in the first decade of this century. Now in the Big 12, they created a compelling drama on […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
This college football season has claimed many tears from many fans, and this weekend was no different. Overall, seven top-25 teams lost, but some setbacks were more gut-wrenching than others. A rivalry game that looked like easy pickings had the tables turned; one team jumped out to a huge lead in prime time against one […]
0 comments by Bart D on 11/2/2014
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow TSS @TheStudentSect College football is like finding a gal to marry every year. You start out in your late teens/early 20s, not really thinking about it with a hundred or so candidates, and then you start culling them. Bad dates, no ambition, frumpy dresser, no sense of humor, etc. It’s the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Many endeavors in life require the ability to walk a fine line without losing one’s balance. Human work is, at its heart, a matter of effort and energy poured into a task, but if that work is more complicated than shoveling dirt or mopping a floor, it will often be imbued with a need to […]
0 comments by Bart D on 11/1/2014
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow TSS @TheStudentSect The one thing that makes sports so unique is how intoxicating it can be on both ends. The highs of the wins, the lows of the losses, and the lows never really offset the highs, but the highs are good enough that you go on and risk the lows […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In 2011, the Oregon Ducks throttled the Stanford Cardinal, 53-30, but on that night on The Farm in Palo Alto, Darron Thomas was still Oregon’s quarterback. Marcus Mariota had not yet been entrusted with Chip Kelly’s offense. When he got his first crack at the Stanford Cardinal in 2012, he thought he was ready, but […]
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Human beings might not actively think about the past in the midst of a difficult situation, but images from previous experiences can certainly creep into the mind’s eye when a stressful scenario emerges. We recall the fear or trauma of something we’ve encountered before. We carry heartbreak with us as well as the joy we […]
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0 comments by Bart D on 10/31/2014
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow on TSS @TheStudentSect Sorry, scribes. Florida State is still unbeaten. Jimbo Fisher, Jameis Winston, the whole lot of them. And you know what? They might just win the whole damn thing again before it’s all over. Down 21-0 to Louisville and their statistically top shelf defense, blood was in the water. […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
The Texas A&M Aggies will be digging deep into the history of the football program with a new uniform design this weekend. It is so good, it will have you wishing you could experience the days of leather helmets. When Texas A&M takes the field this week against Louisiana-Monroe, it will do so wearing a […]
13-0. It’s one of the hardest feats in sports, especially in a power conference. When will people realize that a debate between an unbeaten team and a one-loss team is SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT from a debate between a one-loss team and a two-loss team? Going unbeaten in major college football makes your resume far better — there are no blemishes on a perfect resume. This is supposedly why we play the games.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
On Thursday night, the Florida State Seminoles stared down the barrel of another deficit of at least 17 points. Having fallen behind Auburn by 18 in January’s last BCS National Championship Game, Florida State had already known the discomfort of a massive scoreboard disadvantage against a formidable playcaller, Gus Malzahn. When Florida State fell behind […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Last week we threw a bit of a change-up to the Flashback Friday series by looking at an entire rivalry instead of a single game. This week, it seems fitting to keep that approach going, as one of the biggest rivalries in college football will play its 92nd or 93rd meeting, depending on which team […]
0 comments by Bart D on 10/30/2014
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow TSS @TheStudentSect Type in any old news site and you’ll see a pretty nice laundry list of things not going right. Hell, look out your window, you might see it. But every now and then, things go the way they’re supposed to and for the most part, we look the other […]
