0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/3/2016
National Signing Day is a weird phenomenon in our culture. College football recruiting has become big business, which invites a fine line between the positive and the negative. The impact of social media on recruiting is huge — it can be a positive influence by getting recruits the visibility they crave. It can also be […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 2/2/2016
With the Senior Bowl wrapping up in Mobile last weekend, several players took advantage of their last opportunity to impress before the NFL Combine. Some of these players improved their draft stocks tremendously. However, on the other end of the spectrum, some had such a poor week that their draft standings plummeted. Here are the […]
0 comments by Mike Abelson on 1/27/2016
This is the first part in a regular series profiling the Division 1 basketball teams in New England leading up to the NCAA Tournament. Our first stop is at the University of New Hampshire … The University of New Hampshire has been playing basketball since 1907. In the last 100 years the Wildcats have had […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/20/2016
With Saturday’s seven-point win against an improved TCU squad, Kansas appeared to be in the fast lane to another conference title. However, with Tuesday night’s blowout loss to Oklahoma State, the Big 12 seems to be as balanced it has been in recent years. Coming into Monday, there was a four-way tie atop the conference […]
Jan 11, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Marlon Humphrey (26) celebrates after recovering an onside kick during the fourth quarter against the Clemson Tigers in the 2016 CFP National Championship at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/15/2016
This picture has been flying around college football social media since Monday’s national championship game between Alabama and Clemson: If the picture is right, that’s a very big deal. A lot of people think the referees got the rule wrong and that Alabama should not have been awarded the ball because the ball did not […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/14/2016
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that a proposal to deregulate conference championship games in FBS had passed. It was not complete deregulation, but it was close enough. Long story short, any FBS conference–even one with less than 12 members–can now hold a conference championship game as long as the conference meets one of two conditions. […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney
In the wake of what’s being declared a disastrous postseason for college football, any number of reasons have been offered to explain the decline in television ratings. Plenty of factors intersected to hurt interest in the games, not the least of which being that the semifinals started while a good percentage of Americans were still […]
0 comments by Bart D
The lousy thing about numbers is that they can say whatever the heck a person wants them to say just by moving the goal posts a bit to suit whatever argument they want. Numbers are eye-catching and look powerful, which is why people tell you that if you can sneak some stats in on a […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/13/2016
The verdict is in. Most things in life can be compared to dating, and the CFB Playoff doesn’t pass the smell test for being able to avoid bad analogies. In this case, the excitement of the first date was not matched by the second one, where basic questions get answered with the vigor of not […]
0 comments by Bart D
Unilaterally at first glance, Alabama and Auburn fans aren’t going to like this statement: y’all are a lot more like each other than you want to admit. Step back from the horror for a second. There is good news, too. The reason y’all are together on this thing is for a good reason, mostly because […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/12/2016
It’s always best to evaluate things after some measure of thought. Twenty-four hours should suffice, when the immediate reaction of whatever you’re having a feeling on has completely worn off and some degree of common sense should have set in. The key word there being, “should.” So here we go, five thoughts on what was […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
In a national championship game that featured some of the top defensive prospects in the nation, a low-scoring contest was inevitable, right? Not so fast, my friend. It was offense that took over in Alabama’s 45-40 victory on Monday night to claim the national championship. Another curveball: most of the huge names, outside of Derrick […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/11/2016
I apply my own law to big college football games: The offense-defense matchup which gains a much smaller portion of the pregame buzz is the matchup which will more centrally decide the contest. This law was set aside in the Orange Bowl playoff semifinal, when the confrontation between Oklahoma’s offense and Clemson’s defense — the […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
The day we’ve been waiting for is finally here. College football will finally crown its national champion: Alabama or Clemson. So, which team will win? While I won’t answer that until the very end, here is a list of thoughts, observations, and stats to pay attention to in tonight’s contest. The defenses will dominate. Alabama […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney
Nick Saban apparently won’t need to worry about his players trying to protect their draft stock on Monday night in the national championship game versus Clemson. On Sunday, Saban picked up on a thread he started at SEC media days in July, when Alabama’s head coach bemoaned the fact that potential early entrants on his […]
