0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/11/2015
It is hard to make the Notre Dame and Virginia offenses look bad. No one had been able to do so prior to Saturday. However, the proverbial rock met the hard place when the two squared off in South Bend. Coming into the game, Notre Dame was leading the nation in offensive efficiency while Virginia […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/10/2015
Sept. 6, 2014. The best thing that could have happened to this Ohio State team did. It lost to Virginia Tech and the season was altered completely. The work that started on Sept. 7, 2014, is what has the Buckeyes where they are Monday – on the verge of a national championship against Oregon. While […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, the Rose Bowl pulled in only 91,322 fans this year. The short-of-capacity attendance figure showed that not enough Californians or West Coasters were able to fill the Granddaddy in the absence of Florida State fans who — being pragmatic — wanted to save travel expenses for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game… the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, lots of fans hate it when sportswriters whine about stuff. There’s just one thing about sportswriters whining, though — what if a given rant or line of complaints just happens to raise a worthy point? It’s all about how rich the grapes are in your whine, or what cheese accompanies it. If the ingredients […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/9/2015
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart You look at that headline and you probably roll your eyes. Look at this site, pandering for clicks! Not so much. Like 19 people read my columns, so flashing headlines, hyperbole, or “smoldering takes” aren’t really a good schtick. The truth of the reality is, the headline might […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Thursday at The Student Section, we gave you a compilation of various links and statistics which (hopefully) offered you a much fuller picture of the reality of declining bowl attendance. This piece is an attempt to offer a solution to college football’s power brokers, specifically the people in charge of the College Football Playoff and […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 1/8/2015
The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 2-0 start in Big 12 play, and grabbed the league’s statement win so far, beating Texas 70-49 in Austin. After the win, Oklahoma moved up to No. 7 in the Pomeroy Ratings, tops in the Big 12. The Sooners were a sleeper coming into the season, but with […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
There will be a separate time to comment on how college football can improve its bowl attendance numbers, but in this post, we’ll focus solely on giving you a reasonably expansive overview of the attendance situation as it relates to the bowls. You’ll find a lot of links and some videos to help flesh out […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
Is Jameis Winston an elite pro talent? That question now needs to be answered by either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the Tennessee Titans, after Winston (and his dad) decided to take their talents from Tallahassee to the next level on Wednesday. There is no doubt that Winston’s arm strength and pocket presence make him […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Ohio State and Oregon will play for the first College Football Playoff national championship on Monday night, but the prediction has already been made official by a group of cute, adorable puppies. NBC late night host Jimmy Fallon had a group of puppies predict the winner of the national championship game by having them eat […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/7/2015
The bowls are over. What are the biggest headlines to emerge in these 38 games? We pared the list down to 10: * 10 – DIVISIONS CREATE DIFFERENT WORLDS The Mountain West’s Mountain Division, thanks to bowl wins by Utah State and Air Force, produced four teams with 10 or more wins. The Mountain West […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
There are still a few people on this planet who like the Bowl Championship Series. Hey, nobody’s perfect. The much bigger remaining tension point among college football fans and pundits involves Team Four and Team Eight, the groups that think four or eight teams belong in the College Football Playoff. Team Four doesn’t want the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s the kind of thing you couldn’t have made up if you tried. It’s the kind of fact that blows away your mind. It’s a reality which ripples across 76 years of American history, 76 years of collegiate sports history. It’s the longer-than-longshot which defies the odds and leaves you breathless. It’s part of the […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 1/6/2015
A second Ohio town has gotten in on the viral act of changing its name for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. First it was the city of Oregon, Ohio changing its name to “Oregon, Ohio Buckeyes on the Bay, City of Duck Hunters.“ The city of Urbana, Ohio will be taking more of […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Here are the uniforms that Oregon will be wearing in the National Championship Game….. Win the day. Own the future. On 1.12 Ducks will shine in special-edition
