College Football And USC: Is It Respect, Fear Or a Little Bit Of Both?

Published on: 17th August, 2009

Can you believe this?  Pete Carroll hasn't yet announced who will start the first game as the Trojans new QB, but one of them is already on the watch list for the Davey  O'Brien Award. At first you may be surprised and ask if this could be true.  However, why not?  ...

The Sooners And the Buckeyes: Two Peas From The Same Pod

Published on: 14th August, 2009

No two college teams mirror each other more than the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Oklahoma Sooners. Both used to be football powers. The operative word is used. Jim Tressel has coached Ohio State for eight years.  Bob Stoops has coached the Oklahoma Sooners for ten years. Jim Tressel's Buckeyes won the National ...

The Wizard Of Oklahoma: Bob Stoops

Published on: 9th August, 2009

The above photo says it all.  Bob Stoops is looking up at the scoreboard during the 2004 BCS National Championship Game against USC.  USC won the game 55-19 and Bob doesn't look too happy about it. Oklahoma came into the game undefeated and considered a monster of a team.  The two announcers were talking ...

THE 2009 HEISMAN TROPHY: The Fix Is In

Published on: 23rd July, 2009

In 1935, the Heisman Trophy was created by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club.   The award was first known as the DAC Trophy and it was awarded to the "best college football player east of the Mississippi River." The club's athletic director, John Heisman, died in 1936 and the Trophy was renamed ...

For USC Trojans, Nothing Less Than Perfection Is Acceptable

Published on: 19th July, 2009

There is no other team in college football that expects perfection more than the University of Southern California Trojans. All of the coaches expect perfection, they don't demand it. If a player does not perform as expected, he is replaced. It's that simple. The USC players compete for playing time, in the classroom and on the ...

The BCS Champion Is The Champion Of Nothing

Published on: 3rd July, 2009

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was created to select a National Champion in College Division IA (now FBS) football.  It has failed, and failed in a terrible way.  Now that the BCS is in place, it is unlikely there will ever be the changes made which would give it the least ...