Odds to win the 2015-2016 College Football FBS Championship

The 2014-2015 season has come to an end and the gaming sites have already put out odds for the 2015-2016 College Football Championship. Here are Bovada’s odds…. Odds to win the 2015-2016 College Football FBS Championship Ohio State 5/1 TCU 15/2 Alabama 9/1 Baylor 14/1 Oklahoma 16/1 Oregon 16/1 USC 16/1 Auburn 20/1 Florida State […]

The 5 College Football Coaches Facing The Most Pressure In 2015

In looking back at the 2014 season, several coaches looked down the barrel of Old Demon Pressure and produced some of their best work. Paul Johnson, Kyle Flood, Bret Bielema, Mark Helfrich, Gary Patterson are primary examples of coaches who had a lot to prove to their critics last season, and promptly answered the bell. […]

Paul Johnson has done so much this season at Georgia Tech, and yet, things being what they are, a loss to an SEC West team would allow the Yellow Jackets to unfairly be seen as “not ready for prime time” or something to that effect. The rewards of victory are real for the Jackets; so are the costs of defeat. This is why the Orange Bowl is so compelling.

The 10 Best Coaching Performances From The 2014 College Football Season

The season’s over. There’s not much of a need for a prelude here. Just what were the 10 best coaching performances in the sport over the past four and a half months? The envelope, please: 10 – P.J. FLECK, WESTERN MICHIGAN The Broncos definitely “rowed the boat” for their young and excitable coach. Much as […]

4 College Football Playoff Favorites For 2015, Plus 4 Teams To Watch

With the recently completed College Football Playoff crowning the clear best team in the nation, the excitement around college football is erupting, surging to all-time highs… at least as a measurement of cable television viewers. With this in mind, what better time to think about the four teams that will compete for a title next […]

5 Disappointing College Basketball Teams

With conference season (finally) underway, the college basketball landscape is starting to take shape a bit and teams can more comfortably be sorted into tiers. While this means we have seen some surprising teams (I’ll admit I didn’t see Oklahoma State coming), it also means we have some disappointing teams. Sadly, the latter are what […]

Lessons learned from the first CFB Playoff

Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart Well, we’ve come and gone through one year of the CFB Playoff, and we survived to tell about it. Some of the myths were debunked … like folks not tuning into the regular season with as much fervor … but we learned a lot this year. Most of […]

Despite the bitter title game loss, rest assured: Oregon will be O-kay

Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart The world has now had a day to digest the finality of the first College Football Playoff, which ended with an Ohio State championship. You’ve probably read a healthy amount about those Buckeyes … and rightfully so. This will never happen again, a third-string quarterback coming off the […]

ARLINGTON, TX – JANUARY 12: Running back Thomas Tyner #24 of the Oregon Ducks gets stopped at the 1 yard line in the second quarter against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the College Football Playoff National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium on January 12, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Ohio State’s Defense — Not Its High Octane Offense — Carries The Buckeyes To The National Championship

Even though the Ohio State offense will receive most of the credit for its victory over Oregon in the College Football Playoff’s first title game, it was the Buckeye defense that won the national championship. Make no mistake about it: the Scarlett and Gray offense turned in another outstanding performance in this contest. Cardale Jones […]

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