Jimbo Fisher had to deal with a mountain of distractions, an ocean of injuries, and the harsh sunlight of constant scrutiny… and didn’t allow his team to fall off the precipice throughout an emotionally exhausting regular season. Not an ordinary feat, by any means.

Statistical Summer: The 10 Most Imposing Teams Of 2013

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Yesterday, we looked at the 10 most imprisoned teams from the 2013 season, the teams that always got trapped in the kinds of games they rarely if ever won. Today, we consider the 10 teams that consistently managed to do one of the following: A) It played the type of game that suited its personnel […]

Neutral parties with an awareness of the history of UCF football were happy for the two black-shirted figures in this picture… but not the gold-shirted figure with white hair on the left.

O’Leary Denies Report that He’s Stepping Down

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You’ve got to love social media. In the age of Facebook and Twitter, we have instant access to news as it develops. Unfortunately, social media can get things wrong. Earlier today, reports surfaced that UCF head coach George O’Leary was going to step down at UCF this year. George O’Leary is considering stepping down at […]

GIVE IT TO ME AGAIN! GIVE IT TO ME AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN!

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Unofficially, Steve Spurrier has delivered a newsworthy quote every 16.9 seconds this week, and he’s created a click-bait-level image once every 7.2 seconds this past week. The man gives the people (and journalists, and blogsites) what they want. He doesn’t give the NCAA a break, though. Here’s the lastest verbal dagger from Spurrier, courtesy of […]

Texas head coach Charlie Strong isn’t interested in creating a splash with his words, and with good reason. He just wants to put in the work needed to lift Texas back to the top of the Big 12… and all of college football. He’ll likely need more than a year to do so.

Summer Reading: Tim Keown On Charlie Strong

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Charlie Strong is trying to bring Texas out of the shadows of mediocrity. This past week at ESPN The Magazine, accomplished sportswriter

Summer Reading: Pittsburgh’s Patrick Amara

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It’s the weekend, but it’s not a college football weekend… not yet. An FCS game greets the world on Aug. 23, and the first FBS Saturday doesn’t arrive until Aug. 30. These next few weekends, then, give you an opportunity to read up on the coming season. We at The Student Section are here to […]

Statistical Summer: The 10 Most Imprisoned Teams Of 2013

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How can the story of a season — and the teams within it — be told? Part of the beauty of college football, with a vastness that stretches beyond 120 teams, is that there are so many ways in which to engage in storytelling. Today, the Statistical Summer continues by looking at 10 teams that […]

7 Tackle Breaking TDs

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Believe it or not, college football starts just two weeks from today when Sam Houston State faces off against Eastern Washington. With that in mind, it’s time for me to continue my 7 Plays That Will Get You Ready for College Football Series. This week’s edition will feature tackle breaking TDs… with a few ankle-breaking […]

News Desk: The O’Bannon Ruling And A Familiar Feeling

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On Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in O’Bannon v. NCAA, the trial that captured the attention of the college sports community. In a narrow and very immediate sense, the NCAA lost. Yet, the nature of “losing” is much more clear-cut on a court where basketballs are dunked, […]

Flashback Friday: A shock in Little Rock

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There are just three weeks until college football season kicks off. One of the interesting debates in the country is which team will get shocked in the first week or two. It happens every year, and with the recent news on autonomy arriving for the Big 5 conferences, it’s important to remember that the teams outside […]

Statistical Summer: 10 Teams That Disregarded Statistics

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Yesterday, we looked at 10 teams that needed statistical advantages in order to win games in 2013. Today, we’ll look at the teams whose seasons (and trends) cut in the opposite direction. These teams won in spite of the stats, not because of them: * 10 – TROY Last season, the Trojans were 2-4 in […]

Launch date for the SEC Network is this Thursday, August 14. Richard Deitsch’s panel tackles that subject and much more in a far-ranging media roundtable. Your mileage may vary, but it’s worth processing what various Sports Illustrated writers have to say about the college football media landscape in a not-that-ordinary year for the sport and its identity on television.

Is Steve Spurrier Wrong In This Case?

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