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WACO, TX – OCTOBER 24: Jarrett Stidham #3 of the Baylor Bears runs against Darian Cotton #23 of the Iowa State Cyclones in the second half at McLane Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Baylor Is Still a College Football Playoff Contender Without Seth Russell

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As I was listening to the radio this afternoon, I learned that Baylor quarterback Seth Russell would need neck surgery and would miss the rest of the season. After that, the radio show hosts completely changed their tune. Instead of talking about the anticipated November 27 showdown between Baylor and TCU, they started asking if Oklahoma […]

Tennessee and mystery: the 2015 season, unexplained

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The Tennessee Volunteers are not going to play for a division or conference title in 2015. They won’t play in a high-end bowl game. Their remaining schedule, in fact, guarantees decreased publicity and diminished centrality as far as the national press corps is concerned. The sexiest television attractions on the slate have come and gone, […]

The Big 12 schedule reminds us: timing is everything

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With the news that Seth Russell is out for the rest of the season as Baylor’s starting quarterback, we are reminded that the Big 12 schedule is the biggest reason the conference title is entirely up for grabs, with four schools having a legitimate claim to the throne and three of them being unbeaten entering […]

TSS Top 25 After Week 8

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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. Rank Team Points 1 Ohio State (7) 195 2 Clemson (1) 185 3 LSU 172 […]

Kyle Whittingham shouldn’t be on USC’s radar for a very simple reason

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Kyle Whittingham should not be USC’s next head football coach. The reason is simple, and no, it’s not that Whittingham’s Utah Utes were smoked by the Trojans and interim coach Clay Helton on Saturday night. Wait — is this a trick question, then? How can it not be anything other than USC’s 42-24 drubbing of […]

Top 5 Most Miami Coaches for The U

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Miami is the ultimate hate-it-or-love-it American city. The traffic blows. The climate could best be described as swamp-like. Crime — of both the white-collar and less so varieties — is rampant. Local government is a mess. On the plus side, of course, there’s, um… Well… No state income tax? Against that backdrop, the university that […]

College Basketball Needs to Stay True to Itself

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College basketball faces an important season. More rule changes have been put in place, with the 30-second shot clock being at the forefront of possible scrutiny, and the game itself continues to be bashed by casual fans for its lack of entertaining play. A point I have made in the past, which certainly can’t be […]

George O’Leary and the politics of coaching

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George O’Leary won’t be treated the way Steve Spurrier was for abruptly retiring in the middle of a football season. He shouldn’t be, either… but not for the reason(s) you might think. O’Leary’s retirement shouldn’t be met with the First Take-style debate, “Did he quit on his team or not?” His retirement should be met with […]

Miami, UCF, and the return of Mario Cristobal

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Regardless of what is or isn’t said in public, it is very hard to deny the idea that the Miami Hurricanes reacted to the UCF Knights on Sunday afternoon. Sure, Miami faced its own upwelling of internal pressure to fire Al Golden, but when George O’Leary abruptly retired as UCF’s coach on Sunday, it became […]

STATE COLLEGE, PA – OCTOBER 10: Danny Cameron #18 of the Indiana Hoosiers fumbles the ball while under pressure by Carl Nassib #95 of the Penn State Nittany Lions in the second half during the game on October 10, 2015 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Indiana: perpetually “almost good enough”

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Oh, Indiana — what are we going to do with you? The thing about being almost good enough is that it sometimes sucks more than just being bad. At least when you’re flatly terrible, you can reconcile that (insert activity here) isn’t up your alley, and there are new trails to tepidly blaze. We’ll go […]

Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher, left, and Miami heach coach Al Golden, right, chat at midfield before their teams meet at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images)

Four College Football Things I Think: October 25

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Four college football thoughts on a Monday morning, as the stretch run becomes visible from a distance: * 1. Charlie Strong has his guys believing Good things typically take some measure of time. Sometimes, the first few dates don’t go well and you have no idea she’s the one for you. “Not going well” would […]

OXFORD, MS – OCTOBER 24: Mike Hilton #38 of the Mississippi Rebels encourages the crowd during the fourth quarter of a game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Ole Miss and your (realistic) SEC Doomsday Scenario

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How do the kids say it these days? If you’re an SEC “hater,” Ole Miss just became your favorite team. Throughout the Rebels’ exsanguination of Texas A&M Saturday evening, one had to watch, mouth agape, thinking, “Where the heck has this been since they defeated Alabama?” Ole Miss displayed its best self, a collection of […]

Florida State, the “Block Six,” and a timeless football lesson

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Saturday night in Atlanta, the Florida State Seminoles became the victims of a play called the “Block Six,” the cousin of Auburn’s “Kick Six” against Alabama two years earlier. The plays are eerily similar in more ways than one. Not only did each sequence of events involve a long run — at least three-fourths of […]

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