0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/25/2014
As everyone knows, college football is stepping through a threshold this season, leaving the Bowl Championship Series behind and entering the world of the College Football Playoff. With the sport embarking upon a new journey, it is caught between two worlds. The new system, such as it is (it’s really just 13 people deciding based […]
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Central Florida had a hell of a 2013 season that no one really saw coming. No one thought that the Knights were going to win the AAC. Yet, they went to Louisville, came from behind, and won in a dramatic manner. In the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, most people thought that the Knights were going to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek & Terry Johnson on 8/24/2014
There’s more to be said in response to the question, “How much does a four-yards-per-carry average matter in a game?” Our overview of this issue got things started, but how do the nation’s FBS teams stack up within the context of their conferences? That’s what we’ll look at in this final installment of our Statistical […]
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0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
With the FBS regular season slated to begin Wednesday night with Abilene Christian facing off against Georgia State, it’s time to provide one final list of plays to get you ready for the college football season. Much like last week’s edition, this list will have a little bit of everything. 7 – Lutzenkirchen’s Extra Effort […]
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Who needs three yards and a cloud of dust when you can have four yards and a cloud of stats? The Statistical Summer ends today at The Student Section, with the first game week of the FBS season upon us. Spend the final FBS-free weekend of 2014 mulling over some statistics that have helped shape […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek & Terry Johnson on 8/23/2014
On the final weekend before the FBS college football season begins, we’re talking about fumble luck here at The Student Section. Our first overview of the subject appears here. In this companion piece, we look at 10 powerhouse schools through the prism of fumble luck since 2005. We’ll primarily list the statistics and duck in […]
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With the odd-shaped object known as a football, weird bounces constantly invite the twin possibilities of great fortune and total disaster. “Fumble luck” is best captured with the naked eye; some fumbles are easily recovered, while others are true “50-50 balls.” Nevertheless, if the eye can’t cover every college football game in full (and it […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/22/2014
Earlier this week, The Student Section looked at other inconsistencies built into college football’s current rule structure. On Monday, we looked at the difference between run-based possession and pass-based possession in the end zone, and how the two were interpreted. On Wednesday, we examined another point of curiosity in the college football rulebook: Some unrecovered […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
A permanent fixture on Saturday mornings for most college football fans, College GameDay’s popularity continues to grow each year. Fans across the country tune in each week anxious to see what Lee Corso is going to do when it’s time for him to pick the game of the week. It’s even more fun for fans […]
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The 2014 college football season is almost upon us. The first FBS game takes place next Wednesday, as Georgia State hosts Abilene Christian. Then the fun really gets started on Thursday when South Carolina welcomes Texas A&M and Boise State plays Ole Miss in Atlanta. When I think about the opening days of the college […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/21/2014
The Missouri Tigers would have been the talk of the SEC and possibly the nation last season if not for the miraculous turnaround of the Auburn Tigers. Missouri went from fifth place in the SEC East in its debut season, and just two conference wins, to winning the East and going 12-2. Was 2013 the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/20/2014
Monday, we looked at the inconsistency built into college football’s rules on the matter of run-based possession versus pass-based possession in the end zone. Today’s topic is the inconsistency built into college football’s rules on the matter of fumbles. Some fumbles are treated differently from others, for no truly good reason. This is something which also […]
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Now that Braxton Miller is out for the entire 2014 campaign with an injured shoulder, many in the media have dismissed Ohio State as a national championship contender. In their minds, the Buckeyes won’t overcome the loss of their star player. I disagree. After all, college football history is full of teams that lost a […]
When you consider Chris Fowler’s remarks, you’re free to arrive at your own conclusions. Just be sure to look at them from various perspectives: from a corporate perspective; from the GameDay production truck’s perspective; from Fowler’s own perspective; from the perspective of how different college football media coverage would have been if Ohio State had thumped Florida in January of 2007; and other vantage points you might not have previously considered.
0 comments by The Editors on 8/19/2014
Part one of our Editors’ Roundtable on college football television focused on individual broadcasters. Today, we focus on networks, individual shows, and the various ways in which all television outlets can improve the level of content on their broadcasts. Once again, Matt Yoder — publisher of Awful Announcing — joins the TSS editors to explore […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney
Old joke: How do you know someone went to Notre Dame? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. If you know any Notre Dame football fans, you’ll know that the same goes for their opinion of the program’s academic standards. Rarely does a conversation about the Fighting Irish’s place in the sport’s landscape pass by without Golden […]
