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Gary Patterson’s team never should have been moved up to third after week 14, in which the Horned Frogs beat 6-6 Texas. If the committee was consistent, it could have left TCU out of the field by never putting the Frogs higher than fourth. Putting them third only clouded the issue, especially after a 52-point win on Saturday against Iowa State.

College Football Playoff Overview: The One Thing The Selection Committee Cannot Do on December 7

0 comments by Bart Doan and Matt Zemek on 11/11/2014

This is a question that will be revisited — probably with greater intensity — in the first week of December: What’s the worst thing the College Football Playoff Selection Committee can do on December 7? Maybe the decision will be made a lot easier by the on-field results of the next four weekends. However, if […]

Texas A&M winning, or Auburn losing — which matters more in evaluating the SEC? That’s another topic to argue about in the days and weeks ahead.

The Big 12 Versus The SEC West: One Side Has The Advantage, But The Other Gets More Chances To Change The Debate

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Rivalry Week is a few weeks away in college football, but “Scenario Week” is here. After the six top-25 games of Nov. 8 sorted out a lot of issues in college football but created several new problems, it’s necessary to deal with various scenarios one by one. A particularly interesting hypothetical — one which could […]

TCU and Baylor have already played each other, but both teams will have to face Kansas State in a cluttered and contentious race to the Big 12 finish line. How the Big 12 plays out will have something to do with Notre Dame’s status at the end of the season, provided the Fighting Irish can win out and finish at 11-1.

How (Not) To Argue About The College Football Playoff

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After the six top-25 games we witnessed on Saturday, a number of teams have either been eliminated from the College Football Playoff or consigned to the periphery of the chase. More urgently, though, the next college football Saturday is Nov. 15, marking week 12 of the season. It really does seem as though we’ve hit […]

This missed field goal by Georgia’s Marshall Morgan began a long slide for UGA, known in yoga parlance as “downward Dawg,” but before that miss, Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo made the play calls which fundamentally changed the trajectory of the Cocktail Party.

College Football’s Emergent Absurdity: Why It’s Time For Divisions To Be Eliminated

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This weekly survey of the absurdities in the college football world normally acquires the form of a look back at various in-game developments. This past weekend, we saw Pittsburgh head coach Paul Chryst fail to center the ball for a short field goal at the end of regulation in the Panthers’ game against Duke. Pittsburgh’s […]

The Really Absurd College Football Events Of Week Nine

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Week nine in college football crammed a lot of absurdities into its collection of FBS games, but what stood out was not just the volume of absurdity on hand, but the severity of it all. The centerpiece of week nine was obviously this event, which you can re-live by clicking on the hyperlink: The Big […]

Handicapping the 2014 College Football Playoff

0 comments by on 10/29/2014

So, did anything big happen last night in college football? What? You mean there was no “Fun Belt Tuesday” with Louisiana-Lafayette whaling on an unfortunate foe? Yes, a new era in college football history began last night. The newness of this venture has naturally created twin tidal waves of publicity and anxiety. It’s the conversational […]

Not even his fiercest critics can deny that Jameis Winston made a very strong statement in the Heisman Trophy race Saturday night. Winston’s virtually perfect second half is the best half of football from any skill player in the FBS this season if the weight of the occasion and the quality of the opponent are factored into the equation.

Florida State, the SEC West, and The Pac-12 Prepare To Walk Over The Hot Coals Of November Pressure

0 comments by Student Section Staff on 10/28/2014

The 2014 college football season has — as everyone predicted — vaulted Mississippi State to the forefront of the national title chase entering the month of November. TCU, West Virginia, and Kansas State all have a better chance than Oklahoma of winning the Big 12, another prediction the entire pundit class nailed as well. Kentucky […]

The Really Absurd College Football Events Of Week Seven

0 comments by on 10/16/2014

As we continue to make our way through the college football season, words matter less. Images — and the persistent realities they affirm — matter more. There’s nothing new about a bad pass interference call or non-call deciding a game. The newsworthy aspect of this reality is simply that it continues to be allowed to […]

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