0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 11/10/2015
Here’s an initial reaction to Tuesday night’s latest College Football Playoff rankings, which will occur every week in this space through the end of the regular season: The first thing that really stands out in the selection committee’s rankings this week is Notre Dame. This shouldn’t have been much of a surprise. If you saw […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The new college basketball season begins with a number of amazing streaks intact. In two seasons, Kansas is likely to surpass North Carolina (27, from 1975 through 2001) for the most consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. The Jayhawks sit at 26 and show no signs of slowing down. Currently, Stephen F. Austin is working on a […]
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The hot seat is an uncomfortable position for coaches to occupy. What’s especially unnerving for these men is that in many cases — more than what seems to be typical — they’re set up to fail. What does this mean? Here’s the explanation: A classic “hot seat” situation is one in which a talented team […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
With so many tight conference races likely to emerge this season, picking the most hotly contested one is difficult. However, further examination reveals that one league should be a little harder to win than others. Over half of the Big Ten could take the conference crown this season. Anyone in the top half of the […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
The Kansas Jayhawks have dominated the Big 12 longer than the Roman Empire dominated large parts of Earth back before we had smartphones — or at least it feels that way. However, there was a very recent time when some folks — myself included — felt their run was coming to an end. Then, sadly, […]
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Harvard has had a stranglehold on the Ivy League, winning the conference’s automatic bid for the last four seasons. The Crimson don’t look like the favorite for the upcoming season, but it’s worth noting they could welcome a top-10 recruiting class to Cambridge next season. In the meantime, though, Harvard lost Wesley Saunders, Steve Mondou-Missi, […]
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The Student Section begins College Basketball Preview Week, a crash course on the coming season. In this piece, we provide a list of the five coaches — legends and lurkers alike — who have the most to prove: * Mike Brey and Mark Few parked themselves in the Elite Eight for the first time in […]
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With thousands upon thousands of basketball players across the country, each player has something to prove to himself, his coach, and his team. For a select few, the presence of huge fan bases and the hype machine attached to them enhances those expectations. This gives those players a little more to prove. While everyone wants to […]
0 comments by Bart D
Here are the four thoughts I had to share with you this week: 1. Why do we cater to the lazy, regarding Michigan and the intent to deceive? Michigan’s “intent to deceive” penalty is the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen. Basically, Michigan broke the huddle in its game against Rutgers, and tight end Jake […]
CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 07: Deshaun Watson #4 of the Clemson Tigers runs with the ball against the Florida State Seminoles during their game at Memorial Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 11/9/2015
Every Monday, the staff at the Student Section will team with writers from other Bloguin sites to publish a Top 25 poll. Here’s the latest installment, with some notes and analysis about our panel’s choices. Rank Team Points 1 Clemson (6) 218 2 Ohio State (3) 214 3 Alabama 196 4 Oklahoma State 192 5 […]
TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 07: Derrick Henry #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Jamal Adams #33 of the LSU Tigers in the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Michigan State just went into Alabama and got it handed to them, losing by two touchdowns and not gaining 200 yards in the process. It was the Spartans’ first loss this season after trucking teams on the ground through the previous two months. Alabama isn’t “teams,” though. The Crimson Tide rolled up 434 yards in […]
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Welcome to our very first College Football Playoff Bubble Watch here at Bloguin. What I do will be relatively simple. I will provide you with the resumes of every single team still in contention for the CFP so that you can compare. After presenting the resume, I will give a short analysis explaining what it […]
Could Missouri really win back-to-back SEC East titles and make it back to the SEC Championship Game? The Tigers are 60 minutes away from doing so — the red-hot Arkansas Razorbacks stand in their way.
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The Missouri Tiger football program is going to function rather differently than any other program for at least a little bit. What has now been widely reported, covered, and discussed is this: Black Missouri football players are going to boycott team activities as they call for school president Tim Wolfe to be fired or leave […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
This time of year — the middle of November, a few weeks before Thanksgiving and the end of the regularly-scheduled portion of the season — represents the perfect time for college football to adopt and implement the “Bracket Buster” event from past years in college basketball. Matching teams of note in non-conference games — late […]
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The college football season is close enough to the finish line (*weeps uncontrollably*) that the conference championship game matchups are beginning to take shape. Clemson is officially in the ACC title game, which means Florida State is out. Florida is in the SEC title game, which means… good God, the SEC East is awful yet […]
