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Poll Dancing: Week 3
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Terry’s Takeaways From Week 2
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 9/7/2014
Because so many teams chose to play a soft non-conference slate, there weren’t as many meaningful games on the schedule this week. However, here are some items to take away from what transpired on the gridiron this weekend: USC’s defense deserves all of the credit for its 13-10 victory over Stanford. Although the Cardinal dominated […]
Digesting week one of SEC football
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 9/1/2014
Now that Matt and Terry have offered their opinions on college football’s week one performances, it’s time to take a deeper dive into the SEC. Compared to some other conferences, which shall remain nameless, the SEC played a very competitive schedule in week one. First let’s take a look at the two conference matchups…. Texas […]
A gassed Clemson defense was no match for Todd Gurley, who ran for 198 yards and 3 TDs.
Terry’s Takeaways From Week 1
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 8/31/2014
I know there are still a couple of games to play in week one, but let’s look back at what transpired on the gridiron this weekend. Takeaways Yes, Ohio State is a Big Ten and national championship contender. While it wasn’t perfect against Navy, the Buckeyes showed that they have what it takes to challenge […]
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Terry’s Takes Heading Into Week 1
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 8/28/2014
Thankfully, it’s time to kick off the college football season. Here are some thoughts, observations, and things to keep in mind for this weekend’s games. First, I need to bring up a couple of off-the-gridiron issues: College football needs to address the issue of scheduling. There are so many games against FCS competition this weekend […]
Terry’s Preseason Top 25
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 8/26/2014
With the college football season set to kick off on Wednesday night with Abilene Christian squaring off against Georgia State, it’s time for me to release my preseason poll. I will update these rankings each week as the season progresses, moving teams up and down according to what transpires on the gridiron. When examining my […]
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.
The new SEC Network programming schedule?
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 8/5/2014
With the SEC Network’s deal with DirecTV done, the network has put itself in a place to rewrite how conference sports are seen on TV.
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Mailbag Volume 1
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Every Tuesday, associate editor Terry Johnson will answer your questions from around the world of college football. If you have a topic that you’d like to see discussed, send him an email or tweet it to him on Twitter
Statistical Summer: 10 Facts About Drive Starts From The Past Two Seasons
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/1/2014
Two seasons ago, I began to take notes on plus-territory drive starts for teams from the power five conferences, the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West, and the four major independents (Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy).
Preseason Poll Alert: The Coaches Give Their Top 25
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/31/2014
You don’t have to like it or agree with it, but it’s here on the final day of July: a preseason poll. The Amway Coaches’ Poll is out. Florida State is first, Alabama second, and Oklahoma third. Oregon (fourth) and Auburn (fifth) round out the top five. Here’s the link to the full poll, released […]
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The Coaching Pay Paradox
0 comments by Allen Kenney on 7/24/2014
Eighteen months ago, Arkansas needed a coach to stabilize a program that was flailing following Bobby Petrino’s ignominious exit and a year of John L. Smith’s, um, “caretaking.” Athletics director Jeff Long emerged from his search with Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema as his pick. Under the terms of the six-year contract Bielema signed, Arkansas guaranteed […]
Flashback Friday: The first SEC Championship Game
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/18/2014
The SEC was front and center this week with their media days circus. What better way to cap off the week than to look back at a game that changed college football, the inaugural SEC Championship Game. The year was 1992 and believe or not, the game was not held at the Georgia Dome. The […]
