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0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/4/2016
I am not at all a fan of judging conferences based on bowl results, and certainly not based on only one season. There aren’t enough bowl games (I’m serious) to get a proper read on conference strength. The bowl games are about individual matchups and teams. With enough of those, we can get a bit […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/3/2016
There is only one game left in the 2015 college football season. It’s sad. It’s exciting that we get what looks like a really good College Football Playoff National Championship Game, but it’s a little sad that we will then have to go almost eight months without any college football that counts in the standings. […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg
It started December 19 — the journey through all 40 bowl games, the largest collection of postseason events in college football history. A week ago, I gave you my bowl grades for the first week of bowl season. With all of the bowls now completed (aside from the national championship Game), here are my grades […]
0 comments by Joe Dexter on 1/2/2016
One of the greatest runs in college football history came to an end on Friday. One year after winning the Sugar Bowl and a College Football Playoff national championship, Ohio State ushered out its senior class with a convincing 44-28 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That senior class is one of only two […]
0 comments by Mike Abelson
Michigan State this season was described with all the adjectives football types like to use for teams deemed “tough.” Hard-nosed. Physical. Full of grinders. High compete level. Except this team hadn’t played anyone like Alabama, and the Crimson Tide whipped the Spartans every which way for 60 minutes. The final score was 38-0, but it […]
0 comments by Bart D
Just in case y’all didn’t know, this four team playoff thing is working out just fine. Much like last year, where there wasn’t much suspense in the end, there was resolution. This is the bill of goods everyone wanted to purchase … finality over drama and controversy. Hope everyone is happy. Flatly put, Alabama dismantled […]
Michigan defensive back Jared Wilson (22) celebrates with teammate Taco Charleton (33) after Wilson intercepted a pass in the end zone against Florida during the second quarter in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
0 comments by Bart D on 1/1/2016
If there really was a Buffalo Wild Wings “button” to alter the course of football games, Florida would probably have been banging it shortly after halftime in hopes that there’s a “fast forward” option. The Citrus Bowl was a match up of two teams on the up after bringing in new Jims to restore their […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
Each team entered the Cotton Bowl with a different game plan. However, one was clearly more effective than the other. Despite the fact that Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry entered this game with 90 carries in his past two games combined, the Tide’s coaches were convinced that the way to beat Michigan State was with […]
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – DECEMBER 31: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners is sacked by Shaq Lawson #90 of the Clemson Tigers in the first quarter during the 2015 Capital One Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on December 31, 2015 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 12/31/2015
Led by a smothering defense, Clemson is going to play for its first national championship since 1981. Based on what we saw against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, it looks like the Tigers are going to win it. Make no mistake about it: this was an outstanding performance by the Tigers. After all, Oklahoma entered […]
ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 31: Chance Allen #21 of the Houston Cougars scores a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Florida State Seminoles during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome on December 31, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
You know that many members of the national college football press corps will rip the Florida State Seminoles for losing to the Houston Cougars in the 2015 Peach Bowl on Thursday afternoon in Atlanta. Florida State made itself a target by winning (and because of Jameis Winston, but mostly by winning). When teams become targets, […]
0 comments by Bart D
People love motivational quotes, even when they have no idea where they came from. Go into any standard business office in the world and you get to get kicked upside the head with generic quotes about “leadership” or “teamwork” to a setting sunset, field of daisies, or some dude scaling a mountain. Quotes are an […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
Today is the day we’ve been waiting for: the College Football Playoff. Here’s a list of thoughts, observations, and things to watch out for in the semifinals: While it’s being used to motivate Oklahoma, pay no attention to last year’s 40-6 Clemson victory. Both teams are much different this year than they were a year […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Wednesday night’s Music City Bowl in Nashville was an ugly mess of a game. Moreover, no one was surprised that the clash between the Louisville Cardinals and the Texas A&M Aggies turned into a sloppy, disjointed, and cluttered affair. Louisville did well to rebound from a 0-3 start to make a bowl game, but in […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Mississippi State Bulldogs finished a perfectly respectable season on Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, winning the Belk Bowl and capturing nine victories in a rebuilding year. The Bulldogs lost their best running back and receiver from 2014, leaving star quarterback Dak Prescott with comparatively few resources this season. Even though MSU’s nine wins did not […]
TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 07: Derrick Henry #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Jamal Adams #33 of the LSU Tigers in the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 12/30/2015
As the only team making the College Football Playoff for the second straight season, Alabama is attempting to do what it couldn’t in its first go-around: advance to the national championship game. If the Crimson Tide are going to play on Jan. 11 in Glendale, they will need to excel in what they have done […]
