Is The Big Ten Elite?

What exactly is elite? Thanks to the Twitter dot com community, the term elite has changed from being a definitive statement regarding the best of the best (like Eric Roberts) in a certain area to a funny way of asking a type of question which needs no reply. Nevertheless, pondering if things or people are […]

Arizona’s red chrome helmet to be worn for the 2015 home game against UCLA.

Arizona debuting a red chrome helmet this week

Arizona is getting set to step into the national spotlight this week with a big home game against UCLA. GameDay is rolling into Tucson this week, and the Wildcats will be dressed for the occassion with a fire engine red chrome helmet, which Rich Rodriguez unveiled to the team yesterday.

Now is the time for Steve Spurrier to call it a career

When Stephen Orr Spurrier was in the process of winning the 1966 Heisman Trophy at Florida — 30 years before he’d coach a Heisman winner, Danny Wuerffel, in 1996 — a sportswriter at the Atlanta Constitution wrote, “Blindfolded, with his back to the wall, with his hands tied behind him, Steve Spurrier would be a two-point […]

TSS Top 25 Poll After Week 3

At the conclusion of each week’s games, the staff at the Student Section will team with writers from other Bloguin sites to publish a Top 25 poll. Here’s what our poll looks like after an action-packed week three. Rank Team Points 1 Ohio State (6) 192 2 Mississippi (2) 185 3 Michigan State 183 4 […]

TUSCALOOSA, AL – SEPTEMBER 19: Kenyan Drake #17 of the Alabama Crimson Tide is tackled by Robert Nkemdiche #5 of the Mississippi Rebels at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 19, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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5 big SEC questions after week three

What a wild week in college football and in the SEC! Ole Miss shocked Alabama in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Unwanted by Virginia, Greyson Lambert put himself in the record books at Georgia. Leonard Fournette ran wild on Will Muschamp and his defense. As the dust settles from this weekend, these are the biggest questions left to […]

SOUTH BEND, IN – SEPTEMBER 19: C.J. Prosise #20 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish dives into the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium on September 19, 2015 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

Takeaways from Week 3

With four games between top 25 opponents and a couple of significant “mid-major” games on the schedule, week three was clearly the most exciting weekend of college football yet. Here are some takeways, reflections, and observations from last week’s action on the gridiron: Notre Dame looks more and more like a team that’s headed to […]

Kliff Kingsbury cuts wrestling type promo on Bielema after win

If wasn’t a Ric Flair type WOOOOOO promo but it was the type of post-game interview you don’t typically see in college football. The win for Kliff Kingsbury and Texas Tech over Arkansas and Bret Bielema wasn’t just big on the field. This was personal and Kingsbury lashed out at Bielema during the post-game presser….

PASADENA, CA – SEPTEMBER 19: Quarterback Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins and quarterback Tanner Mangum 12 of the BYU Cougars meet after their game at the Rose Bowl on September 19, 2015 in Pasadena, California. UCLA won 24-23. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Josh Rosen wins, but BYU’s defense gave him a lot to think about

Prior to the season, UCLA head coach Jim Mora made waves when he attacked freshman quarterback Josh Rosen in the media. It turns out that Mora’s words may have had some validity, regardless of whether they were warranted or not. Rosen profoundly struggled for much of his team’s victory Saturday night against BYU, in a […]

BYU’s high-wire act crashes down to earth against UCLA

There was no last-second prayer. There was no Hail Mary. There was just a loss for BYU: a loss that all but certainly dashes its hopes of playing for a national championship. When any team or athlete continues to live on the edge long enough, at some point, that team or athlete will fall. It’s […]

TUSCALOOSA, AL – SEPTEMBER 19: Chad Kelly #10 of the Mississippi Rebels reacts after passing for a touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 19, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Ole Miss Defeats Alabama, Vaults Into College Football Playoff Discussion

Even though preseason polls are fun to discuss and debate, they’re far from 100- percent accurate. Even the most well-read, best-researched experts will end up getting a pick or two wrong every season. This weekend’s SEC primetime contest proved that point. Ole Miss – picked to finish fifth in the West – went on the […]

Watch: Alabama’s Perfectly Executed Onside Kick

After cutting the Ole Miss lead to 43-30 with just under seven minutes to play, Alabama needed to recover an onside kick to have any chance to escape with a “W.” The Crimson Tide did exactly that, coming up with the football after a flawlessly executed onside kick. Here’s the video of this near-perfect play. […]

Sark sweats, Shaw soars: What Stanford-USC meant to two coaches

Precisely because the Stanford Cardinal struggled so profoundly in their week-one loss to Northwestern, Saturday night’s game against the USC Trojans did not acquire the centrality it figured to own before the season began. The fact that Stanford got knocked off by Northwestern was not overwhelmingly surprising; the shock value in that game flowed from […]

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