0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/4/2015
Stealing signs — the expression conveys the act of theft, which therefore makes it seem entirely inappropriate on the surface. Yet, we all know that stealing signs is a part of sports. It shouldn’t ever be a point of discussion or the source of investigative activity, right? Not according to Washington State coach Mike Leach […]
Rick Pitino and Louisville made The American a much stronger league in 2014 compared to the current 2015 version. Sure, SMU leads the conference this season, but it achieved a lot more in the 2014 campaign. Why is 2015 SMU’s RPI at 18 while last season’s team carried an RPI of 53 into Selection Sunday? The answer becomes very obvious as you continue to read this piece… and no, it’s not about winning games, either.
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
It probably feels played to death at this point, but more has to be said about the Louisville basketball scandal. Most scandalous stories tend to remain in view until either a larger, more scintillating story appears or the people at fault for the scandal — or those close enough to it — have to face […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Leonard Fournette has dominated the Heisman Trophy conversation in 2015. Last week, the LSU Tigers were idle. With TCU’s Trevone Boykin and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson in the spotlight, will they be able to creep up in the standings? In the recent past, the Heisman Trophy has been very unpredictable during the course of the season. […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
With last Thursday’s 26-19 win at Pittsburgh, North Carolina now has itself a week away from potentially taking a stranglehold on the ACC Coastal Division. In order to do so, it has to get past an old rival in Duke. Everyone loves a Duke-Carolina game. ESPN always loves to put it in primetime. Dicky V […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
The Colonial lost its identity a bit when VCU and George Mason left, and the quality of play in the conference has taken a bit of a hit as well. C0-conference champion Northeastern (part of a multi-team regular-season tie) won the tournament and narrowly missed a first-round upset of Notre Dame.
0 comments by Allen Kenney
The undefeated Baylor Bears, ranked No. 2 in both major polls, are dealing with a huge problem as they vie for a bid to the College Football Playoff. It’s not the one you’re thinking of. With junior quarterback Seth Russell now shelved for the rest of the season, the focus around Waco has turned to […]
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)
0 comments by Bart D
The Gang of Five watched Toledo lose on Tuesday night to Northern Illinois, magnifying everything which already applied to the American Athletic Conference below: * Anyone who’s done some serial dating in their life knows how this story ends. You’re going out with three to four gals at the same time, because that’s what you […]
0 comments by Bart D on 11/3/2015
For the most part tonight, college football media, bloggers, message board wall flowers, and water cooler conversation junkies will be sitting around the picture box salivating at ESPN’s CFB Playoff committee rankings show like starving junkyard dogs do at a plump tom cat licking its paws right outside the gate. If we’re all honest about […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Given that Cam Newton just played a Monday Night Football game, let’s recall his most significant Monday game to date: the 2011 BCS National Championship Game between Oregon and Auburn. Those two programs and their head coaches have traced similar (though not identical) paths. They have much to prove in November, and regardless of how […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
College football and the NFL will continue to dominate the headlines, sure. The NBA will likely get more eyeballs, because folks like high-quality hoops. However, there are many reasons why people should pay attention to the early portion of the college basketball season. Don’t get me wrong. College basketball has a lot of things going […]
MEMPHIS, TN – OCTOBER 17: Head Coach Justin Fuente of the Memphis Tigers on the sidelines during a game against the Ole Miss Rebels at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers defeated the Rebels 37-24. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D
The coaching carousel is about to spin at full speed. The open-job count has reached double figures, and November is only beginning. ‘Tis the season when every loss means the fan base is taking to social media after a few too many cold ones to voice how “disappointed” it is in a program it doen’t […]
Urban Meyer, a superstar head coach and a national figure in college football, spoke at Big Ten Media Days on Monday in Chicago. Big Ten Network did not provide live coverage of his session with the media. ESPN deserves plenty of criticism for how it elevates the SEC and undercuts the levels of exposure it gives to conferences such as the ACC and Big 12. However, when BTN can’t provide live coverage of Meyer, Mark Dantonio, and the coaches of its other big-name programs, the collection of factors that feed into conference bias becomes a lot more complicated. It’s not just about ESPN loving the SEC too much; it’s about BTN and Pac-12 Networks being markedly inadequate when covering their own conferences. Conference bias is, in other words, a two-way street and a multi-source problem. ESPN’s competitors have to do a better job.
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 11/2/2015
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. Rank Team Points 1 Ohio State (7) 195 2 Clemson (1) 190 3 Michigan State […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Replay review, in all sports but especially football, is beset by problems. No one denies this. Regardless of the sport, our various professional leagues and collegiate conferences can’t seem to agree on what the rules are; what constitutes a given play or act; and how to arrive at consistent interpretations of often vague and contradictory rulebooks. […]
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In a season marked by an unusual degree of coaching turnover, a third retirement hit the news wires on Sunday, as Frank Beamer announced that he would step down at Virginia Tech when this 2015 campaign ends. Beamer joins Steve Spurrier and George O’Leary as a retiree after many decades in college football’s arena of […]
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The story of the Miami-Duke kickoff return continued on Sunday. The ACC released a statement detailing the many errors made by the officiating crew and the replay booth. The league also handed down a brief suspension of the crews, but did not fire them. Late Saturday night, we showed you the visuals of the play […]
