0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/7/2014
See that cover photo? It’s not just a photo of Lou Holtz celebrating Notre Dame’s 1988 national title, the most recent in the program’s storied history. The Fighting Irish conducted their celebration in not just any location — they partied in January of 1989 on a piece of turf known as Sun Devil Stadium. Yes, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/6/2014
There’s a lot to say about this upcoming Saturday in college football. We’ve already said a lot about it at The Student Section. We’ve looked at this blockbuster day through the lens of media visibility. We’ve looked at Notre Dame-Arizona State. We’ve looked at Ohio State-Michigan State. We’ll have more on the day in the hours […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Usually at this time of the week, The Student Section puts forth a viewer’s guide for the coming college football Saturday, offering four to six games in the noon, 3:30, and 7 p.m. Eastern time windows, all ranked in terms of watchability. However, this week, there’s no need for that sort of guide. Unless you’re […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 11/3/2014
With the recent release of the first ever College Football Playoff rankings, two things stood out: The first is a serious lack of diversity, which is no surprise in light of recent years. The second is the amount of teams in the top 10 that are likely to fall during the remainder of the regular […]
0 comments by Terry Johnson and Matt Zemek
Auburn-Ole Miss was the most memorable game from the past weekend, but TCU’s 31-30 thriller over West Virginia rated a very close second. TCU and West Virginia both fought long uphill battles for respect in college football in the first decade of this century. Now in the Big 12, they created a compelling drama on […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/30/2014
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 […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek 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 […]
0 comments by The Editors on 10/20/2014
The aftermath of Saturday’s riveting and consequential Notre Dame-Florida State demands further discussion, as does the Kansas State-Oklahoma game. Neither contest can be fully processed without an examination of what the result means for both teams. That’s the newest roundtable at The Student Section. * Question No. 1: How, if at all, did the Notre […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/24/2014
Bill Snyder, relative to the circumstances he inherited and the accomplishments he has forged, deserves serious consideration as one of the 20 best college football coaches who has ever lived. Ever. He’s been that great for that long at a program which used to be Rag Doll University for the Nebraskas and Oklahomas of the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/19/2014
Want to get a college football fan base riled up? Tell that fan base its team is LUCKY. It feels like such an insult, such a putdown, such a diminishment of what a bunch of young men and a coaching staff have just accomplished. It’s understandable — we’ve all been there as sports fans. When […]
0 comments by The Editors on 9/16/2014
The college football season is about to shift into full-time conference competition across the country, but on Thursday, Auburn and Kansas State will add one more intersectional encounter to the September slate. This is precisely the kind of clash college football needs to witness on a more regular basis. Two teams are taking a huge […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/10/2014
Let it be said up front: I loathe Bud Selig. I say this as a Montreal Expo fan, a baseball fan, and a citizen of the United States. Selig has harmed the Expos, the sport of baseball, and the nation that gave rise to the grand ol’ game in numerous ways. Tweet me, and you’ll […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 9/7/2014
Last week, the arrival of the first true “morning after” of the college football season — also known as Sunday — brought forth this piece on re-evaluating various teams after one game. There’s a unique quality to assessing teams after just one game. This Sunday, the addition of merely one more game creates a substantially different […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/23/2014
Big 12 Media Days have come and gone. As each power conference enters the media spotlight this week, you’re going to read a discussion about it. Here’s our installment on the Big 12, which exited the scene in 2013 by affirming the staying power of a familiar brand name in college football while elevating a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/22/2014
Bill Snyder gave a vintage performance at his Big 12 Media Days session on Tuesday morning. One of the wise old men in the college football coaching fraternity, Snyder dropped a few pearls of insight that anyone would do well to live by. Kansas State’s head coach showed precisely why he’s been able to not […]
