0 comments by Scott on 8/6/2014
Yesterday brought news of just about half of the major early season tournaments, classics and invitationals. Today brings the brackets, dates, start times and television for the rest. This includes some heavy hitters like the Maui Invitational, the 2K Classic, as well as the Jimmy V Classic and the heavy hitting Champions Classic. Let’s waste […]
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It’s not exactly a mind-blowing revelation that turnovers matter more than most other comparative statistics in college football. This is not news. What might be newsworthy to you as a consumer of college football content is the ability to see the value of turnovers over the past 11 college football seasons. With help from freelance […]
0 comments by Scott on 8/5/2014
A number of college basketball early season tournaments were announced today. The tournaments are headlined by the Battle for Atlantis, which has become an early season tournament worth checking out every year. Let’s run down the tournaments and see what’s what. All times are eastern. Puerto Rico Tip-Off When: November 20, 21 & 23 November […]
Launch date for the SEC Network is this Thursday, August 14. Richard Deitsch’s panel tackles that subject and much more in a far-ranging media roundtable. Your mileage may vary, but it’s worth processing what various Sports Illustrated writers have to say about the college football media landscape in a not-that-ordinary year for the sport and its identity on television.
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With the SEC Network’s deal with DirecTV done, the network has put itself in a place to rewrite how conference sports are seen on TV.
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Every Tuesday, associate editor Terry Johnson will answer your questions from around the world of college football. If you have a topic that you’d like to see discussed, send him an email or tweet it to him on Twitter
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College football is a religion for some. If you worship in the church of college pigskin, you know that God created August so that you could prepare for the regular season. One part of the larger process of preparation is to become reacquainted with fundamental tensions in the chess matches you see on Saturday afternoons […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 8/4/2014
When it comes to helmet designs there are two trends I think are difficult to go wrong with. Helmets with a matte or chrome finish are pretty slick in most cases, and it seems Kentucky is looking to add some shiny flair to their look in 2014.
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College sports discipline is the topic that just won’t leave the headlines. While Air Force tries to confront the enormity of its failures and Nick Marshall’s playing status against Arkansas continues to be the source of speculation, the Dorial Green-Beckham situation at the University of Oklahoma is being closely watched by anyone who cares about […]
It’s so easy to think that Steve Spurrier loathes Dabo Swinney and has no respect for him or Clemson University. Does Spurrier hate losing and a poor read by one of his quarterbacks? He and his visor tell you all you need to know. Does he hate his opponents and the people who represent them? The zingers and laugh lines are almost always meant in a spirit of fun… and it’s that spirit of fun which has enabled Spurrier to last this long in the coaching business with a lot less of the strain that wears on so many of his contemporaries in college football.
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You’ve got to love Steve Spurrier. Only the Ol’ Ball Coach could stir up such a hornet’s nest on an otherwise dull Sunday. When asked about the South Carolina Gamecocks’ non-conference schedule, Spurrier offered up the following pearl of wisdom: “The Big Five conferences all playing each other, I don’t think that makes a lot […]
The 2013 college football season was a near-total disaster for Air Force and head coach Troy Calhoun… and that didn’t even include the recent revelations about the off-field scandals that have tarnished his program.
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/3/2014
In light of Sunday morning’s report by Tom Roeder of the Colorado Springs Gazette on the mess at the Air Force Academy’s athletic department, let’s start with a brief aside on comparisons and boundaries in the realm of public discussion. (You can read a Student Section news summary of the piece here.) * When a […]
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A list of the newsworthy items to emerge from this story by Tom Roeder of the Colorado Springs Gazette, detailing a whole host of problems at the Air Force Academy’s athletic department: * Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson has called for an Inspector General’s investigation of the Air Force athletic department. * A planned […]
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It’s finally August, which means that the college football season will start later this month. Just in case you’re more concerned with a pennant race, Paul George’s gruesome injury, or what’s going to happen in the next episode of Falling Skies, here are seven more plays to get you fired up for college football season. […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/2/2014
A redditor, Matty54, made a poll to chart each college football teams fans and how far each fan base stretched. The result is this map, based on 2700 responses, showing the location of each teams fan base. While it’s not 100% accurate, it is a very interesting project and is thought-provoking. From Reddit, based on where […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/1/2014
Mike Leach was back at it today taking part in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and as usual he had some pretty intriguing answers to the redditors questions. One of the most interesting answers came from this question… Hey coach, if you could play any OOC team, who would you want to play? Assuming money […]
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on Thursday that Georgia Tech recruit Kenderius Whitehead will have to sit out this season. Whitehead was considered one of the top incoming defensive ends coming out of JUCO and was originally rated as a four-star prospect when he committed to N.C. State out of high school. This news by […]
