0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/10/2014
Bowl games — as finished products — are the creations of a jumble of factors: politics, rules, television considerations, ticket sales, hotel reservations, and more. Some teams receive the kinds of placements that check all the boxes, while others get shut out. Which teams received the best bowl assignments in terms of either travel, opponent, […]
0 comments by Bart Doan, Matt Zemek, and Ryan Palencer
Bowl season means so many different things to so many coaches. For some, it’s just a chance to get in extra practices and build a foundation for the following season, win or lose. For others, it’s an urgent occasion, a chance to salvage something previously unclaimed from September through November. For others, it’s a chance […]
0 comments by Bart Doan, Matt Zemek, and Ryan Palencer
Part of any bowl guide has to give you a number of players you won’t regret focusing on, even at the expense of other players; other bowls (when there’s overlap between games); or most of all, other social engagements during the holiday season. Here’s one top-10 list from TSS editors Bart Doan and Matt Zemek, […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 12/9/2014
A lot more will be written about the first College Football Playoff’s two spectacular semifinals in the coming weeks. Here’s an initial assessment of these two games: * Semifinal No. 1 2015 Rose Bowl: (3) Florida State vs. (2) Oregon OVERVIEW: The seemingly bulletproof team of destiny meets the most electric team in the country. […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart There are about 800 bowls represented by 700 companies we have no idea even exist. So you’re bound to get some salty good matchups almost by default. However, you’re also bound to be on your porch with a bottle in a paper bag glass of wine gazing into […]
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0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart The College Football Playoff committee got it right. No, this article was not written under the influence. I admit I was a little surprised, the way you go into a date with a pretty girl that you’re sure has no personality and then, halfway through the evening, starts […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/8/2014
There are 38 bowl games this season. Here are 38 quick facts to give you a sense of the larger postseason landscape in college football: * 38 – Number of bowl appearances by Duke from 1938 through 1960: 6. From 1961 through 2011: 2. Since the start of the 2012 season: 3. 37 – Duke’s […]
New Kansas coach David Beaty was hired to bring in the types of recruits that sent Kansas to the Orange Bowl just seven years ago.
0 comments by Steve Fetch
When Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger set out to find the replacement for Charlie Weis, he likely hearkened back to the glory days of the Jayhawks’ run to the 2008 Orange Bowl. That team was led by a tough, rugged head coach with a keen eye for detail, and was largely built on the backs […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The announcement of the first College Football Playoff standings created a lot of stories — more than many of us in the college football community were ready to expect. Let’s give you a brief overview of the top stories that emerged from the playoff announcement and then the completion of the 38-game bowl schedule (the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In the aftermath of Sunday’s College Football Playoff snub, the main thing TCU and Baylor fans are telling the college football world is that if their schools were named Texas or Oklahoma, they’d be making playoff preparations. It’s the kind of claim which is hard to scientifically verify or refute, but it’s a claim which […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/7/2014
Oh, my. We all knew the first Selection Sunday in the history of the College Football Playoff would be controversial, but could we have known that this announcement could usher in a new wave of change in college sports? More will be said on this by other Student Section writers in the coming weeks, but […]
That looks a bit like a Heisman pose, does it not? Marcus Mariota was average in the first half but genuinely great in the third quarter. He was, on balance, a moderately above-average player in this game. Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon will get the final say in the Heisman race on Saturday night versus Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game.
0 comments by Dale Newton
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post comes to us from our friend Dale Newton at Bloguin’s Oregon site, The Duck Stops Here. Make DSH your go-to source for in-depth Oregon analysis during the coming week, as Marcus Mariota closes in on the Heisman Trophy next Saturday night. Also, stay with DSH for coverage of Oregon’s College Football […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The 2010 and 2011 Boise State Broncos won huge non-conference games in the Eastern time zone, far away from friendly soil. They won the kinds of games a team in Boise State’s region, conference, and overall position should have to win in order to play in a top-tier bowl. Consider for a moment what it […]
Baylor, which was torn to shreds by UCF in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, badly needs to beat Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl — not only to bolster the Big 12 in comparison with the Big Ten, but to avoid an 0-for-2 albatross in premium postseason contests.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Baylor Bears defeated the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday night in Waco, Texas, to finish with an 8-1 Big 12 record, atop the conference standings alongside the TCU Horned Frogs. You might have heard this at some point in the past week: Baylor beat TCU head-to-head. The score was 61-58. Just wanted to make […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson
Behind a solid, all-around effort on Saturday night in Charlotte, Florida State defeated Georgia Tech and guaranteed itself a spot in the College Football Playoff. Judging by what we saw in the ACC Championship Game, the Seminoles are a threat to win it. Make no mistake about it: this win will carry a lot of […]
