LUBBOCK, TX – SEPTEMBER 26: Aaron Green #22 of the TCU Horned Frogs catches a tipped ball in the end zone for the game winning touchdown late in the 4th quarter against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on September 26, 2015 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. TCU won the game 55-52. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
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It is odd and counterintuitive in the extreme. It goes against everything else we see and perceive in these 128 men who are head coaches of FBS college football teams. * The passion, the commitment, the dedication to a sport and one’s players. The sleepless nights, the constant recruiting, the tireless attempt to coach football […]
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In the latest episode of the college football drama “How Coaches Think,” we present a double affirmation of one particular coaching tendency that’s quite common… but doesn’t have to be. * Saturday witnessed all sorts of coaching missteps. Two particular mistakes were overshadowed — the first one because the coach made a more questionable decision […]
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We who follow football closely, year after year and decade after decade, know that football coaches are usually conservative creatures — if not on a granular level, certainly on a larger one. Maybe a coach such as Bill Parcells — one of the all-time greats at the pro level (did you know he was also […]
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It’s commonplace in football: A team has a sound defense and — at least in first halves if not second halves — will be competitive precisely because its defense isn’t going to let a game spiral out of its control. The offensive line is capable of providing good run blocking. Just about everything’s there… … […]
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.
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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 this week’s edition, which looks much different than it did last Monday. Rank Team Points 1 Ohio State (6) 186 2 Utah (2) 176 3 Texas Christian […]
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The best teams throughout the nation have an ideal balance of capabilities: a strong passing attack, a good rushing game, and a stout defense. However, some teams are completely reliant on a quarterback, providing a tarp which covers holes throughout the roster. Few quarterbacks are able to completely conceal these limitations, but some still have […]
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A rather crazy college football weekend is behind us. A few games really altered the way people are projecting the rest of the season. Also, rumors have started to swirl about getting rid of a certain coach in Texas well before he really has a chance to overcome the deficiencies (lack of talent) he inherited. […]
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On Saturday, October 3, 2015, college football coaches collectively had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. You’ll continue to read more about this as you stay with our site and process everything that happened over the past weekend. This is but the first of several installments in a series of articles reviewing how many […]
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Age is just a number, they say. You’re only as old as you feel, they say. In many ways, those statements will always be true, but in cutthroat professions, getting on in years will introduce its fair share of limitations. Even the most accomplished head coaches in this era of college football (including one who […]
ORLANDO, FL – SEPTEMBER 19: Head coach George O’Leary of the UCF Knights is seen as he screams on the sideline during an NCAA football game between the Furman Paladins and the UCF Knights at Bright House Networks Stadium on September 19, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. Furman won the game by a score of 16-15. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)
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Every college football season is loaded with surprises. Some of these surprises are pleasant. Others aren’t. This column focuses on the latter. It includes a list of six teams that simply haven’t measured up to expectations. So, how did I arrive at the number six, instead of my usual seven? The teams on this list […]
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At the start of every season a slew of games are circled as must-see TV, but as the year grinds on, games arise which gain importance from the teams playing them as opposed to reputation and past victories. Here are five of the biggest games left this season that certainly weren’t on anyone’s big-game radar […]
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The SEC West is a beautiful disaster. A victim of the contrivances that are preseason polls, the SEC West is nothing like people thought it would be when the season started five weeks ago. The division has been stretched, squeezed, and turned inside out. As college football reaches its midway point, it’s worth gauging who’s […]
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It’s a Batman cartoon, or John Madden in his 1980s heyday at CBS, commenting on a hit or a devastating block. It’s most like a sprawling and drunken barroom brawl. The Pac-12, especially in the South, is wild and chaotic, straight from a John Wayne movie. Guys are staggering around, delivering punches in one moment, […]
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What, pray tell, is the “Boomerang Club?” Is it a group of all the people who have been hit by a boomerang on a Foster’s beer commercial? Is it a special cheering section at an Australian Rules Football contest, or perhaps a restaurant not too far from an AFL venue? (Said in a whispery voice: […]
