Rick Pitino and Louisville made The American a much stronger league in 2014 compared to the current 2015 version. Sure, SMU leads the conference this season, but it achieved a lot more in the 2014 campaign. Why is 2015 SMU’s RPI at 18 while last season’s team carried an RPI of 53 into Selection Sunday? The answer becomes very obvious as you continue to read this piece… and no, it’s not about winning games, either.

Rick Pitino and the shadows that never leave

Whether or not Rick Pitino knew what his former director of basketball operations was doing at the University of Louisville, many people seem to have made up their minds. * The investigation into allegations put forth by Katina Powell against Andre McGee — who was Pitino’s director of basketball operations from 2012 through 2014 — […]

Roundtable: Which highly rated team will lose this weekend?

On Thursday, we explored some of the many games this weekend that pit Top-25 teams versus other Top-25 teams. Today, we are back with another question. Which one of the higher rated teams in the Top 25-versus-Top 25 games is most likely to lose? TSS associate editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join staff writer […]

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Every Monday night at 10pm Eastern, Associate Editor Terry Johnson hosts The Student Section Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio via the Inscriber Media Network. This week, Terry interviewed Managing Editor Matt Zemek, Associate Editor Bart Doan, Talking 10‘s

Patriot League Preview

Last year’s Patriot League title game was bereft of the 1 and 2 seeds in the league for the first time ever, as Lafayette took down American to make its first NCAA tournament since 2000. It will likely be a short lived stay at the top for the Leopards, who lose their two best players […]

Thoughts, Observations, and Things to Watch For in Week 5

Week five promises to be the most exciting one yet, featuring five matchups between top 25 opponents. Here are some thoughts, stats, and observations to pay attention to this weekend: As I wrote in our roundtable discussion, Notre Dame–Clemson is the most intriguing game of the week. The battle between the Irish offense – which […]

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 5: Jahad Thomas #5 of the Temple Owls runs past Marcus Allen #2 of the Penn State Nittany Lions to score a touchdown in the second quarter on September 5, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jahad Thomas;Marcus Allen

The Student Section’s Pick Six

College football is upon us. Well, it actually entered our television sets on Thursday night, and there are a few moments between the bevy of games that will appear on Saturday, but semantics are for losers. There is a lot going on in the world of college football. Thankfully, less of it has to deal […]

Florida head coach Jim McElwain celebrates by doing the Gator Chomp after a 28-27 win against Tennessee at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)

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Coaching Strategy: Al Golden’s decision to go for 7 against Cincinnati

It’s not the rarest of situations. It’s not mathematically hard to figure out on an immediate level. You’ve seen plenty of football games in which a team, trailing by 11 points inside the final five minutes of regulation, kicks a field goal to trim its deficit to eight points. Thursday night, Miami coach Al Golden […]

How Mark Richt fills the vacancy on his staff at the offensive coordinator position carries a lot of weight for the remainder of his tenure in Athens (however long that tenure will be).

Roundtable: Which top-25 game is the most intriguing?

College football really gets going this weekend with five games between Top-25 teams. Alabama travels to Georgia. West Virginia and Oklahoma clash. Ole Miss takes on Florida. Mississippi State plays Texas A&M and Clemson hosts Notre Dame. This slate of games brings us to our roundtable question as TSS associate editors Bart Doan and Terry […]

September Superlatives in the Big 12

With one month and all non-conference games in the books, an award for every team in the Big 12: Best Team: Baylor Through their first three games, the Bears still look ready to take home the Big 12 crown for a third straight year. The September swing of SMU, Lamar and Rice gave Art Briles […]

Are The Oregon Ducks Done As An Elite Program?

This probably feels like a talk-radio topic, yet it does seem worth discussing. While no one can say anything just yet in a factual sense, waiting to use hindsight on the matter of “football programs in decline” is something Americans very much enjoy. Will they be able to use that hindsight in the coming weeks? We’ll […]

Alabama-Georgia is far bigger than you think it is

Hype is a curious creature. Sportswriters are often guilty of applying it to games which don’t merit it. Pundits and bloggers have been known to create a narrative which so fully defines the buildup to kickoff that the postgame conversation is inevitably reshaped as a result. When that reshaping seems to ignore the facts on […]

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