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Ohio State Buckeyes 2014 Record: 14-1 (beat Oregon in CFP National Championship Game) 1 Burning Question: Can the Buckeyes repeat as national champions? Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes were supposed to be a year away from a national championship run when they took the field last season. This idea gained even more traction after the […]
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College football is messy. It always has been. It always will be, no matter how precise a playoff system the sport might devise or revise in the future. Think you have the perfect plan? A college football season’s imperfections and plot twists will usually (though not always — see Texas-USC in 2005) work around it […]
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TCU Horned Frogs 2014 Record: 12-1 (Won Peach Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Will TCU build on last season and make the playoff this season? Last season, TCU was clearly one of the best teams in the country, but a loss to Baylor kept the Horned Frogs out of the first playoff. TCU held a 21-point […]
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Urban Meyer, a superstar head coach and a national figure in college football, spoke at Big Ten Media Days on Monday in Chicago. Big Ten Network did not provide live coverage of his session with the media. ESPN deserves plenty of criticism for how it elevates the SEC and undercuts the levels of exposure it gives to conferences such as the ACC and Big 12. However, when BTN can’t provide live coverage of Meyer, Mark Dantonio, and the coaches of its other big-name programs, the collection of factors that feed into conference bias becomes a lot more complicated. It’s not just about ESPN loving the SEC too much; it’s about BTN and Pac-12 Networks being markedly inadequate when covering their own conferences. Conference bias is, in other words, a two-way street and a multi-source problem. ESPN’s competitors have to do a better job.
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The college football season is almost upon us! Kick back, pull up a chair and read our insights as we dive into week one of the 2015 college football season. TSS Associate Editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join staff writer Kevin Causey and special rotating guests in our weekly roundtable discussing all things college football. […]
ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 01: Defensive back Ha’Sean Clinton-Dix #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates after intercepting a Georgia Bulldogs pass during the second quarter of the SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome on December 1, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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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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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time to kick-off our college football roundtables. TSS Associate Editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join staff writer Kevin Causey and special rotating guests in our weekly roundtable discussing all things college football. Earlier this week we discussed the college football media. Now it’s time to focus on the games. […]
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Alabama Crimson Tide 2014 Record: 12-2 overall, 7-1 SEC (lost to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl / College Football Playoff Semifinals) 1 Burning Question: Can Alabama get back to the top of the mountain? From 2009 to 2012, Nick Saban built a legacy that no one could possibly maintain. During this time the Crimson […]
Oregon Ducks offensive lineman Hamani Stevens (54) jumps on Oregon Ducks wide receiver Darren Carrington (87) after Carrington scores his second touchdown of the second half. The No. 2 Oregon Ducks play the No. 3 Florida State Seminoles at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California on January 1, 2014. (Taylor Wilder/Emerald)
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Oregon Ducks 2014 Record: 13-2 (Defeated Florida State in the Rose Bowl / College Football Playoff semifinals; lost to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game) 1 Burning Question: What Will The Ducks Do In The Year After Marcus Heismanicus Maximus? Marcus Mariota was a special player, an historically great player, and a […]
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ESPN is paying $470 million annually to broadcast the College Football Playoff, and it’s safe to say the Worldwide Leader made out pretty well in year one of the deal. The inaugural field featured two of college football’s bluest bloods representing the SEC and Big Ten in Alabama and Ohio State. Defending national champion Florida […]
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Monday, in part one of this college football media roundtable, Awful Announcing editor Matt Yoder and Student Section editor Matt Zemek were joined by two Student Section writers: columnist Allen Kenney and contributor Kevin McGuire. The panel discussed the new configurations of on-air talent across multiple shows, such as College GameDay, College Football Final, and […]
PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 01: Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher reacts to a play against the Oregon Ducks during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
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Florida State Seminoles 2014 Record: 13-1 (lost to Oregon in Rose Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Can Florida State Four-Peat as ACC Champions? After winning the ACC in 12 of its first 15 years in the conference, Florida State went six years without an ACC crown from 2006-2011. Since then however, the Seminoles have reclaimed the […]
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It wasn’t even a thought in Everett Golson’s moment at the time. October 18, 2014. Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Notre Dame played Florida State on even terms in one of the best games of the college football season. Drama, quality, systematic precision mixed with ruthless aggression — Notre Dame not only avoided a […]
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You surely heard the news over the weekend: USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian greatly embarrassed himself in a drunken incident which caused his boss, athletic director Pat Haden, to usher him offstage at an event for donors to the program. No, this won’t get Sarkisian booted from USC in the coming days or weeks. […]
ANN ARBOR, MI – SEPTEMBER 1: Appalachian State Mountaineers celebrate after the victory over the Michigan Wolverines 43-32 on September 1, 2007 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
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College football season is getting closer. Fall practices are heating up, position battles are sorting themselves out, and most preseason countdowns — including ours — are nearing completion. Unfortunately, live game action in the Football Bowl Subdivision is still a few weeks away. Here’s another list of seven plays to whet your appetite until the […]
