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This week at The Student Section, we have been exploring the Big Ten as we prep for the college football season. Terry Johnson also took a look back at “7 season changing plays.” When I think about the Big Ten and season changing plays, it brings one team to my memory… the 2002 Ohio State […]
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Two seasons ago, I began to take notes on plus-territory drive starts for teams from the power five conferences, the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West, and the four major independents (Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy).
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 7/31/2014
USA Today published the initial Coaches’ Poll on Thursday. Within moments of its unveiling, articles went up all over the blogosphere discussing what the poll actually meant. Believe it or not, it doesn’t take much to break it down for you. In fact, I can do so using the wit and wisdom of George Costanza: […]
With an offense tailored to his strengths, IU’s Nate Sudfeld could put up staggering, Heisman-attention grabbing digits.
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The West Virginia Mountaineers, pictured above in the cover photo, played in three overtime games last season. They offer the perfect lead-in to a statistical survey of college football overtime games since the 2003 regular season. You’ll also find statistical compilations of scoring margins. Part one of this look at college football since 2003, focusing […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/30/2014
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On Twitter @TheCoachBart Countless columns of mine start out like this, but there was this Seinfeld episode once upon a time where Kramer had a hideously annoying red head girlfriend who goes and heckles Jerry at one of his shows and throws him off a bit. Jerry, incensed, plots to partake in the ultimate comedian’s […]
Brady Hoke has worn this look of concern for the past few seasons. He needs to find answers in Ann Arbor… but it’s not as though he’s the only person to blame for Michigan’s problems.
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/29/2014
Over the last few years I have been somewhat critical of Michigan head coach Brady Hoke. I feel my criticisms have been justified based on the results the Wolverines have been putting together on the field since his arrival, and I feel this is a very important season for Hoke in Ann Arbor. Hoke replaced Rich […]
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Fears about declining attendance at college football games have grown so bad that schools are studying Major League Soccer for tips on keeping butts in the seats. That’s the upshot of a recent Wall Street Journal piece on declining attendance at college football games: Schools are actually paying Kansas City’s MLS club to explain how […]
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Media days are winding down. Coaches are preparing to get to camp and whip their teams into shape for the coming season. It’s time for college football to move from media rooms to the practice field. However, before Big Ten Media Days conclude and the focus on specific conferences gives way to a wider survey […]
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A third of a century ago, in 1981, college football wasn’t televised wall-to-wall on Saturdays. The courts had not yet busted open the television landscape, changing forever the way Americans consumed college football as a product… and the ways in which broadcasters presented the product over the airwaves. Therefore, while media coverage of college football has […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/28/2014
With Big Ten Media Days beginning today in Chicago, it’s time to discuss Jim Delany’s conference. The Student Section’s Big Ten roundtable will be presented in two parts. Today, we’ll focus on the heavyweights in the league. Tomorrow, in part two, we’ll tackle the newcomers (Maryland and Rutgers) and the topic of divisional realignment. For […]
If Michigan State were a stock, quit your job and buy all of it.
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By Bart Doan On Twitter @TheCoachBart Like the kid that goes home for the summer in middle school and comes back 6 inches taller in the fall (back when kids actually used to go back to school in the fall and not basically right after Independence Day), Michigan State grew up a lot last year. […]
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0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/27/2014
Five weeks from today, we’ll be recapping the first full Saturday of college football. No matter which college campus you visit, it’s easy to feel the excitement in air. Are you ready? Just in case you’re still in Major League Baseball mode, here is a list of seven season-changing plays to get you fired up […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/26/2014
Some play calls are simply fun. In fact, if you look at this YouTube video of the 100 best plays of the 2013 season (you’re welcome), you’ll see a lot of trick plays, some of them even more impressive in terms of raw execution or the concepts involved (or both): *Waits for you to watch […]
