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ARLINGTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 3: Head Coach Bill O’Brien of the Houston Texans on the sidelines during a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on September 3, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys defeated the Texans 21-14. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Bill O’Brien is back to school, using the media for fool’s errands

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Rumor has it, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien is interested in returning to the college ranks to coach, specifically Maryland. Rumor has it, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien is NOT interested in returning to the college ranks to coach, specifically Maryland, but everyone else too. Some time ago, I had a conversation with […]

Can Kyle Wiltjer carry Gonzaga early?

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While the Gonzaga Bulldogs’ game in Japan on Friday against Pittsburgh turned into a slip and slide, it still revealed what GU needs to address. While the cancelled game was not a fair showing of what Gonzaga is capable of, it did show some liabilities for the Zags. Kyle Wiltjer is not one of them. […]

TSS Top 25 After Week 11

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At the conclusion of each week’s games, the staff at the Student Section will team with writers from other Bloguin sites to publish a Top 25 poll. Here’s the latest installment, with some notes and analysis about our panel’s choices after a chaotic Week 11. Rank Team Points 1 Clemson (4) 170 2 Ohio State […]

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Week 11

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When we did our Bubble Watch last week, we still had 21 teams left alive in the College Football Playoff race. After a chaotic week last week, though, we are now down to 16. Utah, UCLA, Mississippi State, and LSU were all eliminated with losses. LSU’s resume actually isn’t bad; it compares relatively well with […]

Gary Pinkel at 2014 SEC Media Days Gary Pinkel has coached the best short-field team in the SEC over the past two seasons. Missouri has squeezed more production out of this one stat than any other SEC team since the start of the 2012 campaign.

As Gary Pinkel leaves, Missouri leaves behind several lessons

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There’s still so much to process and absorb about Gary Pinkel’s retirement at the University of Missouri… and no, we’re not even talking about the off-field stuff from a rather remarkable week in Columbia. The larger drama enfolding the program last week was quite compelling, regardless of personal views. For some, that series of events […]

The Carousel: It’s a time machine for FBS coaches

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“It’s not a spaceship. It’s a time machine.” Don Draper’s description of “The Carousel” (not the wheel) in the Mad Men season one finale is not just the heart of one of the great moments and speeches in the history of television. It is an accurate depiction of how the college football coaching carousel will enable […]

Bob Stoops is the star of “Survivor: Oklahoma”

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It’s deja vu at Oklahoma, in a beautiful and redemptive way. * It has been a recurring theme for most of the past five years: A number of college football’s more entrenched and credentialed coaches were running up against the reality that their programs were getting stale, or at the very least, losing the momentum […]

College basketball media roundtable: part I

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The Student Section convenes the first part of a college basketball media roundtable, with help from our partners at Awful Announcing. The second installment of this roundtable will be published Tuesday at AA.

TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 07: Derrick Henry #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Jamal Adams #33 of the LSU Tigers in the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

5 Things We Learned From Week 11

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Heading into week 11, I cautioned everyone to disregard the College Football Playoff rankings because there was plenty of football left to play, and there was a lot that could still happen. Saturday’s action proved this point perfectly. Four 0f the top 10 teams suffered painful losses, while the squads that many felt were ranked […]

College Football Case Studies: Oregon

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Editor’s Note: The Student Section begins a series of team-specific examinations meant to show how analysis can and does change over the course of the season. The Pac-12 might be out of the playoff, but the Oregon Ducks represent a primary case of how teams are very different in November compared to October… and compared […]

Stanford’s playoff hopes come crashing down

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In a college football season when everything has constantly been fluid, Stanford had built itself up surely and slowly. After looking mediocre at best against Northwestern in its opening game, Stanford rebounded and worked its way back into the top 10. Not only that, the Cardinal looked great in their wins. Aside from a two-point win […]

at McLane Stadium on November 14, 2015 in Waco, Texas.

Oklahoma Bests Baylor, Vaults into College Football Playoff Picture

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Shortly after the College Football Playoff rankings came out, many media experts said that the Big 12 needed to produce an undefeated champion in order to get a team in the field. Naturally, I disagree. I even made the case for it in Friday’s column about what to expect this weekend. In case you didn’t […]

HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 05: Houston Cougars take the field against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on September 5, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Houston, Memphis and the American Dream for the Cougars

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The last time Houston had a chance to step to a moment and make a splash on the national stage, it face-planted. It was 2011 and the undefeated Cougars, ranked seventh in the AP poll, hosted Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA title game and got run out of their own building, 49-28. That was […]

STARKVILLE, MS – NOVEMBER 14: Jonathan Allen #93 of the Alabama Crimson Tide tackles Dak Prescott #15 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium on November 14, 2015 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The Pac-12 is done, and clarity has been added

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Deep into Saturday night, Utah lost to Arizona when Arizona couldn’t throw the ball forward other than for one play in overtime. It was preceded by an equal parts stunning and bitter loss for Stanford at home to Oregon … a team the Cardinal tortured when the stakes were switched and one was the hunter […]

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