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Flashback Friday: NC State shocks FSU

Three years into the Jimbo Fisher era, the Florida State Seminoles were in rebound mode from the end of Bobby Bowden’s tenure. In 2012, the Seminoles were coming off two decent years in which they combined to go 19-8 and received bids to the Chick-fil-A and Champs Sports Bowl games. The Seminoles entered that season […]

Roundtable: The Short-Term Future Of Michigan Football Is Not As Clear As You Think It Is

Michigan, in 2014, is done. Stick a fork in the Wolverines. This dog won’t hunt, this ship has sailed, this party’s over for Brady Hoke. It’s unanimous, right? Wrong — this is why we have roundtables. Our panel is not fully convinced that Michigan is cooked, because the Wolverines are indeed a competent team on […]

Mike London and Virginia celebrate emotional win

After a 4-8 2012 season and an even worse 2-10 2013 season, many didn’t expect Mike London to be back for 2014 with the Virginia Cavaliers. He beat the odds and he finally has the Cavs playing like they were back in 2011 (his second year). Here’s a picture of the Hoos celebrating their victory […]

The Editorial Section: Conference Assessments

The only athletes that had a worse weekend than many Big Ten college football players — especially at the power programs — were Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Between the Federer and Djokovic losses in New York and the setbacks suffered by Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State on various gridirons, a lot of powerhouses […]

Jacoby Brissett, Wolfpack snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

We all remember Georgia Southern’s historic upset of Florida last season. Could the Eagles pull off another one this year when they traveled to Raleigh to play North Carolina State? The Eagles took the lead early and held onto it until very late in the fourth quarter when QB Jacoby Brissett hit Matt Dayes on […]

Flashback Friday: A shock delivered in Athens

The Clemson-Georgia rivalry should be bigger than it is and should mean more than it does. From 1977 to 1987, no rivalry in the country was more closely contested (each team went 5-5-1 against the other, and nine of eleven meetings were settled by seven or fewer points) or nationally significant (from 1980 to 1982, […]

Statistical Summer: Carrying The Run Of Play

There’s more to be said in response to the question, “How much does a four-yards-per-carry average matter in a game?” Our overview of this issue got things started, but how do the nation’s FBS teams stack up within the context of their conferences? That’s what we’ll look at in this final installment of our Statistical […]

Bobby Bowden answers the tough questions

In one of the latest installments of the Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) series, coaching legend Bobby Bowden was grilled by the redditors. Bowden shared his favorite stadium, his favorite flavor of ice cream, what it was like coaching against Steve Spurrier, where he learned the word “dadgum” from, what game he would re-do, how […]

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: Two-Year Drive Start Rankings In The ACC, Big 12, and Big Ten

Yesterday, in a statistical realm that will be called “Turf Battle” over the course of the coming regular season, we looked at short-field drives and points over the past two seasons in the Pac-12 and the SEC. Today, we round out the remaining power-five conferences. Tomorrow, we’ll look at the Mountain West, The American, and […]

Summer Reading: Athlon Anonymous

It was one of the best series of articles from the past week in college football publishing. 

Paul Johnson has lost control of his defensive line

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on Thursday that Georgia Tech recruit Kenderius Whitehead will have to sit out this season. Whitehead was considered one of the top incoming defensive ends coming out of JUCO and was originally rated as a four-star prospect when he committed to N.C. State out of high school. This news by […]

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