The Honeymoon’s Over: 20 College Coaches Who Have Fallen On Hard Times In 2009
Published on: 2nd November, 2009
Besides the office custodian, your average college football coach has the toughest and most thankless job in the nation (and their duties are often strikingly similar). When you're winning, you're a genius, and when you're losing, you're a schlub. And when you lose a lot, we put you on something called ...BCS Championship Predictions: Why The Texas Longhorns Will Beat Florida
Published on: 2nd November, 2009
With Florida now rolling again and Texas's win over Oklahoma State all but securing the Longhorns a spot in the BCS national championship, it's now more than probable that these are your national title contenders. With that in mind, I'd like to look at the how the Longhorns can have success ...Does Oregon’s Win Over USC Help Boise State’s BCS Hopes?
Published on: 1st November, 2009
As usual, Oregon's Autzen Stadium was deafeningly loud on Saturday night. The roar of the fans cut through the Pacific fog and cheered the Ducks to a demolition of USC, 47-20, the worst loss in Pete Carroll's tenure as coach. Did you know: until last night, the Trojans had only lost ...Iowa Hawkeyes: Luckiest Team in the BCS?
Published on: 31st October, 2009
The Iowa Hawkeyes have led a blessed existence this season, and that charmed play continued on Saturday. Not many teams can overcome the kind of atrocious circumstances that led to a 24-14 deficit heading into the fourth quarter, including four interceptions in the third . Especially Iowa, a plodding offense that had ...On the Bubble: 12 College Teams Just Shy of a Bowl Guarantee
Published on: 29th October, 2009
For some teams, a bowl game is a given at the start of the season. The Ohio States and Floridas and USCs of this world only have to care about which bowl and for how much. For others, there are no guarantees. The prospect of a bowl game is won or ...50 Greatest College Football Stadiums in the Country
Published on: 28th October, 2009
The college football stadium is a church. On Saturday, we take our sins and failures and we confess them. We take our passions and we shout them out. There are rituals, sacrifices, superstitions. There is hatred of the unknown and love of the familiar. The stadium is more than a structure. ...The 10 Remaining Regular Season College Football Games That Are Most Important To The BCS
Published on: 27th October, 2009
To some extent, the year in college football is turning out business as usual. Florida, Alabama, and Texas remain at or near the top of the BCS, a BCS buster from the non-Big Six conferences threatens to break through, Cincinnati looks to capture another Big East title, and one-loss USC requires ...Defense Wins Championships: Reranking The BCS Top Ten By Defensive Performance
Published on: 27th October, 2009
2008 changed our expectations of what a BCS national championship team looks like. It's rare we get a team as balanced on both sides of the ball as the 2008 Florida Gators were. Championship teams shouldn't play two close games all year - in their only loss and in ...Keep On Truckin’: 15 Of The Most Destructive Runs In The History Of Football
Published on: 26th October, 2009
A while back I looked at how stiff-arms and leaps are great ways for a running back to find the endzone. But as any geometrician will tell you, the shortest distance between any two points is a straight line. These fifteen ballcarriers didn't need no education to find ...The 25 Greatest College Football Traditions
Published on: 26th October, 2009
College football season is more than halfway through. By now, we've forgotten the treacherously long offseason, taken for granted the weekly excitement that greets us every Saturday, and filled our minds with BCS numbers, injuries, scandalous penalty calls and countless NFL draft projections. Let's slow down a little ...Featured Sponsors
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