0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/14/2016
If you’re already in full mourning for the just-departed college football season, here’s a brief note: College basketball is richly and profoundly fascinating in 2016… and you don’t have to wait until March to realize this. Wednesday night, a series of events across the country, in early games and late games, created a tapestry of […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that a proposal to deregulate conference championship games in FBS had passed. It was not complete deregulation, but it was close enough. Long story short, any FBS conference–even one with less than 12 members–can now hold a conference championship game as long as the conference meets one of two conditions. […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney
In the wake of what’s being declared a disastrous postseason for college football, any number of reasons have been offered to explain the decline in television ratings. Plenty of factors intersected to hurt interest in the games, not the least of which being that the semifinals started while a good percentage of Americans were still […]
0 comments by Bart D
The lousy thing about numbers is that they can say whatever the heck a person wants them to say just by moving the goal posts a bit to suit whatever argument they want. Numbers are eye-catching and look powerful, which is why people tell you that if you can sneak some stats in on a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s unavoidable — discussion of Nick Saban as the greatest head coach in college football’s 147-year history has already become a feature of 2016. It will become an even bigger talking point if, 11 months from now, Alabama returns to the College Football Playoff in search of a repeat title it will be favored to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Where do Alabama and Nick Saban stand in the larger theater of college football, and in the pantheon of the sport’s history? These topics are the talk of the village this week… if your village cares about college football, at any rate. We have a long offseason ahead of us, especially if you’re not into […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/13/2016
The verdict is in. Most things in life can be compared to dating, and the CFB Playoff doesn’t pass the smell test for being able to avoid bad analogies. In this case, the excitement of the first date was not matched by the second one, where basic questions get answered with the vigor of not […]
0 comments by Bart D
Unilaterally at first glance, Alabama and Auburn fans aren’t going to like this statement: y’all are a lot more like each other than you want to admit. Step back from the horror for a second. There is good news, too. The reason y’all are together on this thing is for a good reason, mostly because […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It is quite true that in a few respects, the now-ended 2015 college football season was a lot like several others. Alabama won the whole darn thing. Nick Saban outcoached his peers. A brand-name powerhouse won it all. Of course, you knew those things already, much as you could rattle off several other obvious details […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
When the AP Top-25 poll comes out next Monday, January 18th there are bound to be changes for some of the top teams in the country, as multiple highly ranked teams fell on Tuesday night. In addition to the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks losing on the road to the West Virginia Mountaineers, the No. 3 […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/12/2016
It’s always best to evaluate things after some measure of thought. Twenty-four hours should suffice, when the immediate reaction of whatever you’re having a feeling on has completely worn off and some degree of common sense should have set in. The key word there being, “should.” So here we go, five thoughts on what was […]
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg
Since the very beginning of the College Football Playoff, director Bill Hancock has doubled down on his statement that the CFP selection committee’s job is to select the four best teams to compete in the CFP. He emphasized it many times, including here and here. It was the running theme in his reddit AMA, which he […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
In a national championship game that featured some of the top defensive prospects in the nation, a low-scoring contest was inevitable, right? Not so fast, my friend. It was offense that took over in Alabama’s 45-40 victory on Monday night to claim the national championship. Another curveball: most of the huge names, outside of Derrick […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Kenyan Drake puts the burners on and takes this kick-off back for a TD in dramatic fashion! Kenyan Drake puts the burners on and takes kickoff for TD
0 comments by Kevin Causey
After tying up the game 24-24, Nick Saban and Alabama opened up their bag of tricks…. Onside kick by Bama! https://t.co/2aR6qR78MQ — The Student Section (@TheStudentSect)
