0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/13/2015
It is hard to win a football game when losing the turnover battle by three. It is nearly impossible to win that same game by three scores. However, Ohio State claimed the first playoff-era national championship in those very circumstances. The recipe for victory was quite simple: dominance up front on both ends of the […]
during the College Football Playoff National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium on January 12, 2015 in Arlington, Texas.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
On January 8, 2007, Urban Meyer ushered in the Southeastern Conference’s reign over the rest of college football. The Ohio State Buckeyes absorbed a defeat that shook up the Big Ten for the next several years. Eight years later, Meyer presided over another decisive national championship game victory, only this time, he led Ohio State […]
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0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/12/2015
Former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel has made his way down to Arlington, Texas for tonight’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Ohio State and Oregon. If there was any question as to who Tressel was supporting (there wasn’t), his red sweater vest while on the field and this tweet have answered it; TIME […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich will have a chance to steal the show on Monday night in Arlington, Texas, in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship Game. However, there is no question that as gameday arrives and the Ducks prepare to face the Buckeyes, the center of attention is Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. […]
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“Overture, coitins, lights. This is it, you’ll hit the heights. And oh, what heights we’ll hiiiiiiit. On with the show, this is iiiiiiiiit!” — The Bugs Bunny Overture, Looney Tunes * Student Section writer Ryan Palencer and editor Matt Zemek discuss tonight’s national title game in six questions: 1. This is the first time a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/11/2015
For many of us, the scales even out in life if we live long enough. The Kansas City Royals eventually made the World Series again. The San Francisco Giants, with no World Series titles since coming to the Bay Area in the late 1950s, then won three in the past five seasons. Bo Ryan finally […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
College football and college basketball ARE different. These sports ARE apples and oranges. You can’t play 68-team football tournaments. You can’t reduce a basketball field to four teams after just 13 games. Basketball teams have a real non-conference season. Football teams determine clear-cut conference champions (well, except for the Big 12), whereas a two-way tie […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/10/2015
Sept. 6, 2014. The best thing that could have happened to this Ohio State team did. It lost to Virginia Tech and the season was altered completely. The work that started on Sept. 7, 2014, is what has the Buckeyes where they are Monday – on the verge of a national championship against Oregon. While […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, the Rose Bowl pulled in only 91,322 fans this year. The short-of-capacity attendance figure showed that not enough Californians or West Coasters were able to fill the Granddaddy in the absence of Florida State fans who — being pragmatic — wanted to save travel expenses for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game… the […]
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Yes, lots of fans hate it when sportswriters whine about stuff. There’s just one thing about sportswriters whining, though — what if a given rant or line of complaints just happens to raise a worthy point? It’s all about how rich the grapes are in your whine, or what cheese accompanies it. If the ingredients […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/9/2015
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart You look at that headline and you probably roll your eyes. Look at this site, pandering for clicks! Not so much. Like 19 people read my columns, so flashing headlines, hyperbole, or “smoldering takes” aren’t really a good schtick. The truth of the reality is, the headline might […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Thursday at The Student Section, we gave you a compilation of various links and statistics which (hopefully) offered you a much fuller picture of the reality of declining bowl attendance. This piece is an attempt to offer a solution to college football’s power brokers, specifically the people in charge of the College Football Playoff and […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/8/2015
There will be a separate time to comment on how college football can improve its bowl attendance numbers, but in this post, we’ll focus solely on giving you a reasonably expansive overview of the attendance situation as it relates to the bowls. You’ll find a lot of links and some videos to help flesh out […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
Is Jameis Winston an elite pro talent? That question now needs to be answered by either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the Tennessee Titans, after Winston (and his dad) decided to take their talents from Tallahassee to the next level on Wednesday. There is no doubt that Winston’s arm strength and pocket presence make him […]
