Fighting the law: Alabama’s defense on championship night

I apply my own law to big college football games: The offense-defense matchup which gains a much smaller portion of the pregame buzz is the matchup which will more centrally decide the contest. This law was set aside in the Orange Bowl playoff semifinal, when the confrontation between Oklahoma’s offense and Clemson’s defense — the […]

Saban’s NFL Draft Agenda a Disservice to Players

Nick Saban apparently won’t need to worry about his players trying to protect their draft stock on Monday night in the national championship game versus Clemson. On Sunday, Saban picked up on a thread he started at SEC media days in July, when Alabama’s head coach bemoaned the fact that potential early entrants on his […]

Watch: USC beats Arizona with defense in 4th OT

Tons of lead changes and four overtimes came down to one possession. With USC up 2 in the 4th overtime, Arizona had one more chance. USC’s defense caused Arizona into a rushed shot and the Trojans came away with the big win moving to 14-3 on the year as Arizona fell to 13-3. What. An. […]

Big Ten Football 2016: Fact Or Fiction

The perception at the end of the 2015 season still might be that the Big Ten Conference doesn’t have the full horsepower to be considered the best conference in college football. Even though Iowa and Michigan State struggled on the the biggest stage, perception isn’t always reality. Nobody had more teams in the final CFP rankings […]

Month in Review: Atlantic 10

As conference play begins the Atlantic 10 race is heating up quickly. No team truly asserted itself at the top of the conference, but leading into league play trends are starting to form. Let’s break it all down. … WANNA WIN THE LEAGUE? BEAT DAYTON. Dayton has been the A-10’s best team so far, and […]

Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg (14) passes during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Central Florida in State College, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. UCF won 34-31. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The Legacy of Christian Hackenberg

Christian Hackenberg could have gone to Alabama and become the face of a budding dynasty with the nation’s top offensive line protecting him and a Heisman Trophy-caliber running back in the backfield with him. The pro-style passer, a five-star recruit on 247 Sports’ composite ranking system and an Under Armour All-American, would have been a star […]

College basketball: 5 profound coaching dramas

The foremost drama of coaching — in terms of regularity, though not in terms of raw emotional impact — is the attempt to avoid being fired. The coaching drama which captures the heart and tugs at the emotions is the attempt of the beloved veteran to finally make a first Final Four, or a first […]

Short paths and a simple conclusion: College basketball is cluttered

College basketball is, by nature, crazy and hard to sort out… but this season is already pushing the boundaries of what’s so fascinatingly fragile about the sport. You don’t need to write elaborate explanations in order to capture the up-for-grabs nature of this season at its Janus-inspired midpoint, with two months of regular season action […]

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