0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 7/23/2015
Texas A&M Aggies 2014 Record: 8-5 (won bowl game) 1 Burning Question: Will Texas A&M’s young talent build on last season? With young returning players at nearly every position on the field, Texas A&M is also equally strong in experience. All of the skill position contributors, except wide receiver Malcome Kennedy, return for the Aggies. […]
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As colleges and universities around the United States prepare for the upcoming college football season, there are a few special days and ceremonies for each school to get ready for as well over the course of the campaign. For the Boston College Eagles, eight former athletes will join the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/22/2015
UCLA Bruins 2014 Record: 10-3 (won Alamo Bowl vs. Kansas State) 1 Burning Question: Is Josh Rosen ready to step right in to replace Brett Hundley? During his three seasons as starting quarterback for the Bruins, Brett Hundley was among the most entertaining players the Pac-12 had to offer. Now that Hundley is off to the […]
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On this weeks edition of The Student Section college football roundtable, we head out west to talk about the Pac-12 Conference. 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. To talk about Pac-12 football as we are joined by Bloguin’s […]
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If you were on College Football Twitter in 2009 and 2010, “Clemsoning” — sometimes used as a participle but slightly more often used in its gerund form — was all the rage. Any failure on the part of Clemson football lit up Twitter, reinforcing just how snake-bitten and barren the program was since it won the […]
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Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect If you grew up around the time I did, well, for one, you’re kind of old. But two, Colorado being bad at football is pretty damn odd. The early memory of Colorado was the whole 1990 national championship split with Georgia Tech, and basically hindsight is 20/20 and we should […]
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When Steve Spurrier speaks, people laugh with him. When other SEC football coaches speak, people more often laugh at them. Such has been the case over the past week. Missouri’s Gary Pinkel made some well-intentioned but ultimately absurd comments about Notre Dame the other day. Last week, Nick Saban of Alabama — in public remarks […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/21/2015
From 2007 to 2012, the SEC took home took home four of the six Heisman Trophy awards as Cam Newton, Johnny Manziel, Mark Ingram and Tim Tebow won the prestigious award. Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota took home the last two Heisman’s and the award has started a QB trend. The last five winners have been […]
Gary Pinkel has coached the best short-field team in the SEC over the past two seasons. Missouri has squeezed more production out of this one stat than any other SEC team since the start of the 2012 campaign.
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For anyone who has followed the sport for more than a year or two, college football remains a theater of the absurd. College pigskin is an immensely entertaining and colorful part of our lives, blessedly spicing up everyday existence and blasting away the gray, the normal, the ordinary, the monotonous things that crowd our time […]
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Penn State Nittany Lions 2014 Record: 7-6 overall, Big Ten (won Pinstripe Bowl vs. Boston College) 1 Burning Question: Is the offensive line going to be better? It can’t get worse, right? Penn State’s offensive line has always been one of the weaker spots on the roster in recent years, and last season was no […]
We are… waiting to see what James Franklin does at Penn State.
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Many people felt — and feel, and always will feel — that the NCAA took it easy on Penn State, and that the lifting of a bowl ban early in the 2014 season gave the program a rather soft landing after the events of the previous few years. You can argue whether the NCAA had […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/20/2015
It’s just a small typo in the bottom right-hand corner of the page… I’m sure no one will notice it. Part of me laughed, part died, when I saw three-word “error” on page 145 in ACC FB media guide unveiled today. Ouch. pic.twitter.com/WVAv64QQlp — David Glenn Show (@DavidGlennShow)
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West Virginia Mountaineers 2014 Record: 7-6 overall, 5-4 Big 12 (lost to Texas A&M in the Liberty Bowl) 1 Burning Question: How Important was Tom Bradley? Last season, Dana Holgorsen brought in Bradley, a veteran defensive coordinator from Penn State, to help coach the WVU D. Although his job title was defensive line coach, Bradley […]
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One big question for each coach at Big 12 Media Days, which kick off today in Dallas: Baylor – Who replaces Bryce Hager? As is usually the case with quarterbacks, many of the questions about Baylor this offseason have focused on replacing Bryce Petty. If you haven’t noticed, Art Briles has hadn’t much trouble in […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/19/2015
Although the 2015 season won’t officially kick off until September 3 (or August 29 if you’re an FCS fan), it’s never too early to get excited about college football. With that in mind, here are seven random plays to get you excited for the 2015-’16 campaign. As always, if there’s a great play missing from […]
