0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/30/2014
The past two weeks of college football packed a very minimal punch. Now that the World Series is over and the month of November is upon us, one should expect a college football season to offer better Saturdays. Does this Saturday live up to that expectation? Yes… especially if you’re willing to stay up late […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Week nine in college football crammed a lot of absurdities into its collection of FBS games, but what stood out was not just the volume of absurdity on hand, but the severity of it all. The centerpiece of week nine was obviously this event, which you can re-live by clicking on the hyperlink: The Big […]
The introduction of semifinals before a national title game? Very, very good. The process by which the four College Football Playoff teams will be chosen? That’s not likely to be as satisfying or clear-cut for all parties involved.
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 10/29/2014
Back in July, I wrote a reaction piece to the initial Coaches’ Poll saying that the rankings were just like Seinfeld in that they were both a show about nothing. I feel the same way about the first-ever College Football Playoff rankings. While this made-for-television event provided plenty of entertainment, it didn’t really mean anything. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The College Football Playoff era began in a very real way last night with the first unveiling of the selection committee’s rankings. What has struck me over the past few days has been the outpouring of opinion against the committee’s plan to release continuous rankings. Smart people — people I highly respect in the profession […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
So, did anything big happen last night in college football? What? You mean there was no “Fun Belt Tuesday” with Louisiana-Lafayette whaling on an unfortunate foe? Yes, a new era in college football history began last night. The newness of this venture has naturally created twin tidal waves of publicity and anxiety. It’s the conversational […]
0 comments by Student Section Staff on 10/28/2014
Three weeks ago, Student Section contributor Kevin McGuire penned this excellent piece on the re-emergence of TCU and Utah in their new power-conference situations. Today, the Horned Frogs and Utes remain central factors in their respective leagues. They have only gotten better as the season has moved along. It’s time for the editors of The […]
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After two lackluster weeks of college football, the sport appears poised to get its groove back. Three considerably consequential conference confrontations constitute the core of the week 10 schedule. The editors of The Student Section, joined by guest panelist and TSS columnist Allen Kenney, offer their views on Auburn-Ole Miss and TCU-West Virginia. (Sorry, Stanford-Oregon. […]
Not even his fiercest critics can deny that Jameis Winston made a very strong statement in the Heisman Trophy race Saturday night. Winston’s virtually perfect second half is the best half of football from any skill player in the FBS this season if the weight of the occasion and the quality of the opponent are factored into the equation.
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The 2014 college football season has — as everyone predicted — vaulted Mississippi State to the forefront of the national title chase entering the month of November. TCU, West Virginia, and Kansas State all have a better chance than Oklahoma of winning the Big 12, another prediction the entire pundit class nailed as well. Kentucky […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
For the past two weeks, Dak Prescott has been at the top of our Heisman poll. With a win over Kentucky this weekend, would he be able to prevent Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston from taking over the top spot? With Winston being idle, would that work against him after the momentum he gained from […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 10/27/2014
Passionate. That word is often used to describe college football and its fans. The great thing about this sport is how much each game means to the fans; of course, that also means that when your team loses it can be heartbreaking. This week’s feature in the sad fan index is a school newspaper that […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/26/2014
It’s the kind of topic that lights up talk radio, Twitter, and the space in front of the water cooler in your work office on a Monday morning. It’s also the kind of topic that demands a fair hearing for both perspectives. Just exactly how should a head coach handle a situation in which his […]
0 comments by Bart D
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow @TheStudentSect I’m about to break one of my few rules of writing about sports: giving an opinion after watching an event you care about without sleeping on it first. But hell, here we go. Everyone who roots for anything has a story. It’s never really that hard to pinpoint why we […]
0 comments by TSS LOCKER
Weren’t we here last Saturday night when Florida State beat Notre Dame? Offensive pass interference was called on a pick play near the goal line, enabling the defensive team to ultimately thwart the offensive team. It seems the same thing happened in Saturday’s late-night thriller between USC and Utah, with Utah running a pick play […]
0 comments by Bart D
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow TSS @TheStudentSect Everything in the world is about two things: emotion and perspective. When Ohio State was mired in a corner bar fight with Penn State at the local dive only the Nittany Lions frequent, the easy thing to say was, “This is a referendum on how the Buckeyes are not […]
0 comments by Bart D
On Twitter @TheCoachBart Follow TSS @TheStudentSect At some point in the night, Les Miles is going to go home, tap his pet cobra on the head, then go back behind the shed, find his burlap sack, and make sure he still has a little of that LSU black magic in it. It what will undoubtedly […]
