0 comments by Allen Kenney on 10/26/2015
Miami is the ultimate hate-it-or-love-it American city. The traffic blows. The climate could best be described as swamp-like. Crime — of both the white-collar and less so varieties — is rampant. Local government is a mess. On the plus side, of course, there’s, um… Well… No state income tax? Against that backdrop, the university that […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
George O’Leary won’t be treated the way Steve Spurrier was for abruptly retiring in the middle of a football season. He shouldn’t be, either… but not for the reason(s) you might think. O’Leary’s retirement shouldn’t be met with the First Take-style debate, “Did he quit on his team or not?” His retirement should be met with […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Regardless of what is or isn’t said in public, it is very hard to deny the idea that the Miami Hurricanes reacted to the UCF Knights on Sunday afternoon. Sure, Miami faced its own upwelling of internal pressure to fire Al Golden, but when George O’Leary abruptly retired as UCF’s coach on Sunday, it became […]
STATE COLLEGE, PA – OCTOBER 10: Danny Cameron #18 of the Indiana Hoosiers fumbles the ball while under pressure by Carl Nassib #95 of the Penn State Nittany Lions in the second half during the game on October 10, 2015 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D
Oh, Indiana — what are we going to do with you? The thing about being almost good enough is that it sometimes sucks more than just being bad. At least when you’re flatly terrible, you can reconcile that (insert activity here) isn’t up your alley, and there are new trails to tepidly blaze. We’ll go […]
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher, left, and Miami heach coach Al Golden, right, chat at midfield before their teams meet at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D
Four college football thoughts on a Monday morning, as the stretch run becomes visible from a distance: * 1. Charlie Strong has his guys believing Good things typically take some measure of time. Sometimes, the first few dates don’t go well and you have no idea she’s the one for you. “Not going well” would […]
OXFORD, MS – OCTOBER 24: Mike Hilton #38 of the Mississippi Rebels encourages the crowd during the fourth quarter of a game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 10/25/2015
How do the kids say it these days? If you’re an SEC “hater,” Ole Miss just became your favorite team. Throughout the Rebels’ exsanguination of Texas A&M Saturday evening, one had to watch, mouth agape, thinking, “Where the heck has this been since they defeated Alabama?” Ole Miss displayed its best self, a collection of […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
We are all meant for certain roles in life. This doesn’t, however, mean we all get to play them. * Each of us has a talent, a gift, something we do better than anything else (and which has a noble or at least productive aim, not a harmful one). Ideally, that gift falls in line […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Saturday night in Atlanta, the Florida State Seminoles became the victims of a play called the “Block Six,” the cousin of Auburn’s “Kick Six” against Alabama two years earlier. The plays are eerily similar in more ways than one. Not only did each sequence of events involve a long run — at least three-fourths of […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 24: Justin Davis #22 of the USC Trojans celebrates a touchdown against the Utah Utes to take a 7-0 lead during the first quarter at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on October 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 10/24/2015
Even though the USC Trojans entered Saturday night’s game against the Utah Utes as seven-point favorites, most college football experts expected this contest to be a close one. It wasn’t. Thanks to a couple of interceptions and a costly penalty, the Trojans raced out to a 35-17 lead, turning this one into a laugher late […]
BLACKSBURG, VA – OCTOBER 24: Quarterback Thomas Sirk #1 of the Duke Blue Devils throws a pass against the Virginia Tech Hokies in the first half at Lane Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Blacksburg, Virginia. Duke defeated Virginia Tech 45-43 in quadruple overtime. (Photo by Michael Shroyer/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Duke Blue Devils are trying to win the ACC Coastal for the second time in three years. That they’re not going for a three-peat is a source of frustration, but all they can do at this point is shrug their shoulders and say, “Hey — two outta three ain’t bad.” It’s not… if the […]
0 comments by Mike Abelson
When Northwestern lost at Michigan, it was easier to say that the Wildcats simply ran into a better team. When Northwestern got blown out at home by Iowa, the people of Evanston, Illinois, had to wonder if this season would spiral out of control. On Saturday afternoon, head coach Pat Fitzgerald’s team moved in the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
We may not be turning our clocks an hour back just yet, but Maryland has turned theirs all the way back to 1961. This weekend Maryland will take the field against Penn State wearing a uniform similar to the one they wore in 1961, the first time the school recorded a victory over the Nittany […]
MEMPHIS, TN – OCTOBER 17: Head Coach Justin Fuente of the Memphis Tigers on the sidelines during a game against the Ole Miss Rebels at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers defeated the Rebels 37-24. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 10/23/2015
“You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone” is one of the most disingenuous axioms routinely spit out by human types. Surely, you knew someone in college that posted it on a Facebook wall in the most passive-aggressive way of announcing relationship problems. People typically do know what they have; they just bet on […]
PALO ALTO, CA – NOVEMBER 15: Devontae Booker #23 of the Utah Utes carries the ball against the Stanford Cardinal in the second quarter at Stanford Stadium on November 15, 2014 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
0 comments by Mike Ferguson
For many teams, the second half of the season will get underway this weekend and for others, the second half has already started. With 14 undefeated teams remaining, the race for one of the four spots in college football’s second playoff is wide open. The path however, is easier for some than others. Here’s a […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
The slate in week eight doesn’t look great, but you know how it goes with seemingly dull weekends: They provide the upsets which ambush you and leave you muttering, “I KNEW I should have seen it coming,” even though you were merely exercising logic. * It’s Friday, which means that it’s time for me to […]
