0 comments by Bart D on 12/11/2015
Way back on October 1, when we could still reasonably plan to play golf without the worry of it being dark by 5 p.m., Texas billionaire donor Red McCombs reportedly voiced support for head coach Charlie Strong. The development was newsworthy enough because of all the rumors swirling about the people that really run Texas […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The convergence of the past and present is constant in college football, and the Heisman Trophy — to be given to its 2015 recipient on Saturday in New York — has a way of forging that connection quite often. For fans of the snubbed players on Saturday, past snubs of note — Gino Torretta over […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
‘Tis the season in college football. It is that time of the year when the bidding starts. Sure, this is the season of coaching changes, but Thursday also marked the beginning of quarterback bidding season for schools, as Kyle Allen and Trevor Knight each announced that they were going to transfer. Allen showed promise in […]
0 comments by Joe Dexter on 12/10/2015
It’s hard to imagine that we live in a world in which Ohio State and Notre Dame have met on the gridiron only five times during their long histories. Both programs will meet for the first time since 2006 — on a stage very familiar to both programs: the Fiesta Bowl in suburban Phoenix, where Jim […]
0 comments by Phil Harrison
Bowl season is upon us, and a whopping ten teams from the Big Ten are going bowling. Granted, two of them finished the season 5-7, but that’s a sad topic for another day. A bowl game means more practice time, more game film, and an ability to end the season on a high note. Each […]
0 comments by Bart D
The Heisman Trophy has become something of a Halloween costume. It’s supposed to be given to the “best player in college football,” and then it has this odd integrity clause which is ambiguous enough to suggest that voting members are free to get their Twitter psychology degrees and opine as to whether or not someone […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/9/2015
Plenty of college football writers — including some at this very site — don’t care much for conference strength debates. I actually don’t mind them at all. This is bread-and-butter water-cooler sports talk. While that kind of conversation can easily turn into a junk-food debate with lots of unsubstantiated and highly selective knee-jerk comments, it’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SEPTEMBER 3: Quarterback Travis Wilson #7 of the Utah Utes runs for a first down against the Michigan Wolverines at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
0 comments by Mike Abelson
Bowl season means a lots of weird matchups in lots of weird places. That creates a slew of quirks that are both fun and, in some cases, historic. Before the nation turns its lonely eyes to the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, here’s a list of ten cool nuggets this year’s bowl slate […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
On Monday evening the three finalists for the 2015 Heisman Trophy were announced. * Alabama running back Derrick Henry * Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson * Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey November 7 was the day Henry truly burst onto the Heisman scene, as he bested front-runner Leonard Fournette in a one-on-one matchup. As the season […]
0 comments by TSS Staff
Three writers that can’t quite agree on anything are ready to sling mud at one another once again in a weekly roundtable series. It’s time for Phil Harrison, Bart Doan, and Terry Johnson to solve the world’s problems one first down at a time in the heartland. It’s the weekly B1G Uglies series, with discussion about […]
of the Oklahoma Sooners against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
0 comments by Allen Kenney
Preseason prognosticators figured upstarts Baylor and TCU would duke it out this year for the Big 12 crown. Instead, blue blood Oklahoma returned to the top of the conference, led by transfer quarterback Baker Mayfield and a rejuvenated offense. Mayfield, my pick for Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, and five of his Sooner […]
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 Mike Abelson on 12/8/2015
The Heisman Trophy finalists were announced Monday evening, and no one can complain about the three selected. Alabama’s Derrick Henry, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson are the three men invited to New York for Saturday night’s ceremony. Henry had a monster season, by any metric, for the Tide. He set the SEC single-season […]
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)
0 comments by Bart D
Often when you’re doing either some intentional or non-intentional people watchin’, you come across two people and just turn to the person with you and say, “you know, that couple just looks like they go together.” Other times, you say, “that guy and gal just don’t seem to fit.” There’s no real nuance to it […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/7/2015
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, and it’s true. It’s why you ideally don’t wear sweatpants to pick up job applications even if you’re only going to pick them up to fill out at home. It’s why single women paint on makeup and dress to the nines for trips […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
When conference partisans say their league has X amount of bowl games — as though that’s something to trumpet from the highest scenic overlook, rolling into the valley — I always like to do something in response at this time of year. The bowl lineup is set. All the bowl teams — 80 of them, […]
