The 10 Worst Officiating Calls In College Football This Year
Published on: 17th November, 2009
Were the refs always this bad? Is the replay system bogus? Or is it just more obvious since the calls have happened in the big games? These are the pressing questions facing college football fandom now that questionable calls have, more than ever, determined the outcome of the season. I've ranked the ...Texas Vs. TCU: Who Has The State’s Best Football Team?
Published on: 17th November, 2009
There's a slim, albeit encouraging, chance that Texas and TCU will meet in the Fiesta Bowl this season. The most conceivable path to this game involves Texas losing to Texas A&M at Kyle Field, but still winning the Big 12 Championship game, while TCU wins out, but falls short of making ...The Hottest College Football Rivalries of 2009
Published on: 16th November, 2009
Rivalries are funny things. They might be fought neck-and-neck every year, with the bragging rights trading hands perennially. They also might go five, ten, even twenty years in favor of a dominant team, with the bad blood lying dormant the whole time. But as soon as that underdog wins, the animosity ...Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin Dismisses Richardson, Edwards From Team
Published on: 16th November, 2009
The decision is in: Lane Kiffin has kicked Nu'Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards off the Tennessee Volunteers . The two players, along with defensive back Janzen Jackson, were arrested last week on suspicion of armed robbery for allegedly holding up customers outside a gas station with a pellet gun. Kiffin initially declined ...The 50 Greatest College Football Players of the Last 50 Years
Published on: 15th November, 2009
We're nearing the end of another college football season, and it's time to break out the "best of" lists. A slew of contemporary players look to join the Heisman winners and All Americans the game has collected over the past fifty years. Yes, that means Tebow is on here. But less surprisingly, a ...Busting The BCS: Why We Should All Be Fans Of The TCU Horned Frogs
Published on: 12th November, 2009
Here's a great stat: TCU's defense is allowing only 1.4 more points per game on the road than at home. That'll make any defensive coordinator jealous. And another: TCU's point totals have steadily increased from 33.3 points per game in September to 36.4 in October to 55 in November (although, granted, ...Are They Worth It?: Reassessing The Top 25 Highest Paid Coaches
Published on: 11th November, 2009
We all owe a debt of gratitude to the USA Today for posting the salaries of the country's college football coaches (and the Orlando Sentinel for organizing the numbers so nicely) in an article on Tuesday morning. Now we know what amount to use when we scream, "You make X million ...Meyer vs. Saban: Breaking Down The Coaches Before The SEC Championship Game
Published on: 10th November, 2009
The Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide will meet in the SEC championship game on Dec. 5th. As my B/R friend Bobby R Engle put it, let's all crow Cock-a-doola-doo. In preparation for that game, I'd like to look at how Urban Meyer and Nick Saban, the coaches of these two ...The 10 Worst Heisman Winners of All Time
Published on: 10th November, 2009
The Heisman is won for a lot of reasons. Reasons not necessarily clear, consistent, or entirely agreed upon. Sometimes, players win on a two-, three-, or four-year body of work. Sometimes they represent a smaller part of a winning institution. And sometimes, they win because no one else is stepping up. On ...Let’s Face It, The SEC Is Overrated This Season
Published on: 9th November, 2009
What are the universally-accepted marks of a dominant college football conference? In the past, advocates of the SEC as the cream of the college football crop have used two arguments to say that it's the SEC and everyone else. They've pointed to outstanding records in bowl and out-of conference games, and above ...Featured Sponsors
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