Published on: 25th October, 2009
Ricky Stanzi's touchdown pass as time expired against the Michigan State Spartans kept the Iowa Hawkeyes and their national championship hopes alive. There have been more than a few late, great touchdown passes by some of the biggest names in college football history. Many came on the last play ...Published on: 22nd October, 2009
Now that we've seen what's going on in the Big 12, the SEC, and the Big Ten, let's continue on with the most spectacular college football plays in the Pac-10 conference. More capillaries have been burst watching the Washington Huskies this year than in all previous years combined. ...Published on: 22nd October, 2009
It's been a wild year for the Big 12. Sam Bradford is injured, and nobody knows if Texas is a viable national contender. Plus you've got Blaine Gabbert limping around, Robert Griffin is gone, Nebraska can't win back-to-back games to save its life, Colorado beat Kansas, and Kansas State ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
Four unbeatens linger in and around the BCS top 10. I'd like to examine each one more closely and try to find out what part of each team is strongest, what part is weakest, and what each team needs to change or prove in order to silence any doubts about ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
Below are selections for the First Team All-American candidates for the 2009 college football year. Statistical output was a factor in deciding, but a lot of the awards went to players who distinguished themselves with outstanding plays in big games. Based on what I've seen so far, here are your midseason ...Published on: 20th October, 2009
You're the coach of a team that's made it to the state championship and will face a bitter rival. It's four minutes to kickoff. The starting quarterback is injured. The star wide receiver is flunking English. The defensive backs all have mono. And the school paper wants you to run ...Published on: 20th October, 2009
As the best, biggest, nearest, dearest, largest-fanbased-est, and most televised college football conference in the nation, the SEC requires no introduction. In fact, compiling a top 10 plays list is absurd. Even on bye weeks, the SEC plays better football than every other conference around. Still, some plays ...Published on: 20th October, 2009
The BCS rankings on Sunday surprised many people for the way the top five teams are ranked. Why is Florida still #1 despite their struggles? Wherefore Alabama? Boise State #4? What this conversation is missing is any discussion of the teams just outside the BCS top ten that still ...Published on: 19th October, 2009
When bodies move quickly in motion towards each other, occasionally their contact enters the troubling strata of "cheapness". It's a difficult notion to pin down, but you can bet NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is holding a lot of important meetings about it. Luckily, we can skip those meetings and learn to just ...Published on: 19th October, 2009
We're more than halfway through the Big Ten season. A surprise contender sits at 7-0, Ohio State lost to a sub-par Big Ten team, Wisconsin runs the ball a lot because when they throw they get picked off, and Illinois is hemorrhaging for a quarterback. It's been a strange, ...