Published on: 15th September, 2009
The second week of the season gave college football fans several reasons to remember why the game is so beloved despite the fact the entire personnel of your favorite team changes every four years. Who could see 78 points being scored in the usually defense-oriented South Carolina and Georgia clash? Will any game this ...Published on: 13th September, 2009
"A House Divided Cannot Stand," shouted Abraham Lincoln. We know the old saying popularized in the 19th century. The phrase still has a meaning in the political world; however, let us now review only how it relates to the college football scene of the 21st century. How long can this current BCS system continue to exist? Half BCS and ...Published on: 8th September, 2009
The first week of the season gave fans reasons to cheer with the outstanding performance of never-say-die Navy and reasons to be sad with the injury to Oklahoma's Sam Bradford. Initial week performances can be great indicators of what is to come. For followers of Notre Dame, Miami, and Texas A&M, it appears better ...Published on: 6th September, 2009
Did you ever accidently stick a metal object into an electric socket while working on a wiring repair job? Mark it down to inexperience, or to blindly reaching around a corner while on a ladder, but the many years since that experience have not dimmed the memory of my own arm and scalp hair standing on ...Published on: 5th September, 2009
Upon traveling through Georgia and South Carolina this past week, the subject was seemingly everywhere on the radio, in restaurants, taverns, and viewed on television. The subject of "what needs to be done about this Obama" filled conversations in the room as though anything these people say can change history. Sore losers. Pure and simple. The old-timey phrase goes down hard, maybe ...Published on: 31st August, 2009
Back for the second year in a row on Bleacher Report is the weekly series Baby's Losers. The vast majority of college football predictions concern who will be the winner on any given Saturday. Let us look at it from the opposite standpoint of who will be the loser and why. The rules are presented in the following ...Published on: 28th August, 2009
There appears to be something good that came out of the summer drought, a banner year of vegetables in the garden of longtime acquaintance Country Joe. Every year, in the dog days of summer, Country comes to town. He never fails to drop by to see his old friends and provide a bounty of home grown cucumbers, ...Published on: 24th August, 2009
Of all the subjects in college football, the most interesting must be the bowl games at the end of the regular season. The reasons are many, but most importantly, it settles the National Championship. Others may feel a trip to an exotic location to cheer on one's team is a thrill without equal in sports. The ...Published on: 21st August, 2009
In less than two weeks, another exciting season of college football will begin. Hopes are high for outstanding years in college towns throughout the country. From Tuscaloosa to Los Angeles, Columbus to Baton Rouge, and all points in between, fans will yell, scream, and support their team. Who will yell the loudest, or last? Florida supporters have been defending their ...Published on: 19th August, 2009
Major League. The term the game of baseball uses to describe the highest level of competition. In college football, we find teams belonging to an ethereal association known as the FBS. Division I-A was previously used to describe the same schools. The FBS, or Football Bowl Subdivision, is the home of a large number of teams familiar ...