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No, this isn’t a call to abolish divisions in college football — I did that last year. The reform I’ll push for in this piece — something I regularly advocate as a college football writer (one of these centuries, I might get lucky) — is for the use and adoption of the flex game in […]
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A month ago, I wrote about the ball-spotting problem in college football, one of the most underreported yet significant flaws in the sport as an on-field product. This severe deficiency continues to receive very little attention from media outlets, at least when viewed through the prism of saturation coverage. “The media” can be a vague […]
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It is unavoidable. It is a law of nature. It is a reality as old as time. Whenever an all-time blunder with game- and season-changing significance occurs in a major sport, you can count on human beings to criticize the coach or (in a solo-athlete sport) the thought process of the athlete. Naturally, football is […]
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Picking on people should not be considered normal. It does not matter if they did something silly or something considered dumb, it isn’t cool to take to the mean streets of social media to poke someone when they are already down. And, yes, this includes punters. They are people too. Link dump. * College Football […]
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ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 05: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals rolls away from the Auburn Tigers at Georgia Dome on September 5, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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For most people Monday is the worst day of the week. In fact, it probably is for absolutely everyone except for the Mamas and Papas. With that in mind, I’m going to write something positive to get everyone’s week off to a good start. Here’s a list a five teams with a losing record that […]
EVANSTON, IL – SEPTEMBER 5: Northwestern Wildcats defenders tackle Christian McCaffrey #5 of the Stanford Cardinal at Ryan Field on September 5, 2015 in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern defeated Stanford 16-6. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/18/2015
No, you’re not seeing the weekly parade of upsets which marked the 2007 college football season. The theme and trajectory of the 2015 campaign are changing to a certain degree. Yet, what still feels a lot like 2007 is that the collection of national championship contenders does not seem to exist at a markedly higher […]
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Cardinal Devil Magic used to be the form of pixie dust which always seemed to carry a Major League Baseball team in the state of Missouri to a playoff series victory. The last two years (this one included), Royal Devil Magic has kept good baseball fortune in the Show Me State, with Kansas City coming […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – OCTOBER 17: Quarterback Travis Wilson #7 of the Utah Utes passes the ball in the second quarter of their game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Rice-Eccles Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
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It wasn’t pretty, but in the end, Utah took a commanding two-game lead in the Pac-12 South thanks to an outstanding effort from the Ute defense and the precision passing of Travis Wilson. Make no mistake about it: Utah’s defense was outstanding against the Sun Devils. Sure, the scoreboard says the team gave up 18 […]
SOUTH BEND, IN – OCTOBER 17: JuJu Smith-Schuster #9 of the USC Trojans makes a 37-yard reception for a first down against KeiVarae Russell #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first quarter of the game at Notre Dame Stadium on October 17, 2015 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
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We start this story with a general point about the way in which teams lose. Many fans would rather see their teams lose big than lose by one point in the final seconds. Some fans would have it the other way. I have my own view, and you have yours, and where you stand is […]
at Tiger Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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In the larger run of any sports season, some losses are more meaningful and devastating than others. Yet, you don’t have to think too hard to realize that in football, each individual loss is far more significant and weighty than in other team sports. Great baseball teams will still lose 60 games a season. Great […]
COLLEGE STATION, TX – OCTOBER 17: Ronnie Harrison #15 of the Alabama Crimson Tide tackles Kyle Allen #10 of the Texas A&M Aggies in the second half of their game at Kyle Field on October 17, 2015 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 10/17/2015
Behind an outstanding effort from its defense, Alabama thrashed Texas A&M, 41-23, to extend its record to 6-1. The victory also proved that the Crimson Tide will belong in the College Football Playoff if they are to win out. Make no mistake about it: this was an excellent performance from the Alabama defense. After all, […]
during the college football game at Michigan Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Syracuse’s Eric Dungey made one of the best quarterback runs of the day, and paid the price, as he scampered in for this touchdown run against Virginia. Let’s see it from a different angle: My vine was not as popular. Great run though.
EVANSTON, IL – OCTOBER 17: C.J. Beathard #16 of the Iowa Hawkeyes evades the tacke of Max Chapman #1 of the Northwestern Wildcats during the second quarter at Ryan Field on October 17, 2015 in Evanston, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
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The critics will say the Big Ten West is weak. The critics will say that Northwestern was a pretender, having benefited from a 9 a.m. Pacific time start against Stanford, and having played teams (Duke, Minnesota) which simply did not have the offensive firepower needed to expose the Wildcats’ defense. Yet, the critics have to […]
