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On Saturday, the college football landscape saw the latest playoff shake-up of the season. One gets the feeling it won’t be the last. With losses by UCLA and Ole Miss — the previous leaders of two of the Power 5 conferences, along with Notre Dame falling, it leads to the question of whether there will […]
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Play selection is easy to criticize in football. If you run and get stuffed, the masses will say you should have passed. If a pass is blanketed by the defense, the critics will shout about the need to have run the ball. Those are generalizations, but they’re part of how reactions to — and assessments […]
CLEMSON, SC – OCTOBER 3: Head Coach Dabo Swinney of the Cemson Tigers celebrates after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24-22 at Clemson Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images)
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It’s become very tiresome. It’s become outdated, worn to the point of absurdity. It’s as stale as the day-old bread stand at the local supermarket… after it’s spent seven days on the shelf, unclaimed. Clemsoning — the gerund used to describe a certain ACC football team squandering prosperity — used to legitimately exist. Clemson would […]
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There is a lot to unbox after Alabama’s deconstruction of Georgia. The Crimson Tide embarrassed the Bulldogs on their own field. The destruction was thorough, and Bama showed why, even in a down year, it is one of the best teams in the nation. Non-offensive touchdowns are the ultimate type of game-changer in football, and […]
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Remember when UCLA led Miami late in the 1998 regular-season finale between the two teams in the old Orange Bowl stadium? The Bruins somehow lost that lead and the game. They failed to make the first BCS National Championship Game in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl against Tennessee. They played the 1999 Rose Bowl against Wisconsin […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/3/2015
It was a very clear theme and a very central question as the month of September came to an end: In the 2015 college football season, would teams unaccustomed to being the leaders and standard-bearers for their (power) conferences be able to handle the heat? Will Utah be able to stand up to the fresh […]
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You’re familiar with the Venn diagram. Two circles share a piece of territory in the middle, but partly exist outside each other. This is the ACC Coastal Division, one weekend into the month of October. The division is once again chaotic; that’s nothing new. Unpredictability has been the ACC Coastal’s middle name ever since the […]
BLOOMINGTON, IN – OCTOBER 03: Jalin Marshall #7 of the Ohio State Buckeyes fumbles the ball while defended by Marcus Oliver #44 of the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2015 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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IOWA CITY, IA – NOVEMBER 01: Wide receiver Tevaun Smith #4 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs up the field in front of cornerback Matthew Harris #27 of the Northwestern Wildcats on November 1, 2014 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
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The beloved Yogi Berra, in his well-lived 90 years on Earth, left us with many rich quotes, one of them being, “It gets late early out there.” The reference was to the experience of playing in the outfield at Yankee Stadium in October, during the World Series. The shadows would engulf the outfield a lot […]
COLLEGE PARK, MD – OCTOBER 03: Head coach Randy Edsall of the Maryland Terrapins looks on from the sidelines during the second half of their 28-0 loss to the Michigan Wolverines at Byrd Stadium on October 3, 2015 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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If you’ve heard or read it once, you’ve heard or read it a million times: The character of a college football season changes based on the month. September and the non-conference schedule; October and the attempt to establish the right identity; November and the attempt to play under championship pressure — they’re three different flavors […]
HOUSTON, TX – DECEMBER 29: Tyrone Swoopes #18 of the Texas Longhorns drops back to pass in the first half of their game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium on December 29, 2014 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyrone Swoopes
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Is there ample reason to be very concerned about the future of Texas football? Of course. Have the prospects for 2016 dimmed considerably as a result of the dumpster fire which has emerged in 2015? That question might not merit an airtight “yes,” but it’s certainly more likely than not. It’s very difficult to see […]
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 Matt Zemek on 10/2/2015
Whether or not Rick Pitino knew what his former director of basketball operations was doing at the University of Louisville, many people seem to have made up their minds. * The investigation into allegations put forth by Katina Powell against Andre McGee — who was Pitino’s director of basketball operations from 2012 through 2014 — […]
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On Thursday, we explored some of the many games this weekend that pit Top-25 teams versus other Top-25 teams. Today, we are back with another question. Which one of the higher rated teams in the Top 25-versus-Top 25 games is most likely to lose? TSS associate editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join staff writer […]
