Published on: 12th February, 2010
All the rage is "Texas to the Big 10." Radio, television, internet, you name it. People are talking about it, and that more than anything is a guarantee that a move like that would pay off in spades for both Texas and the Big 10. A move like that would also signify ...Published on: 2nd January, 2010
As the New Year and a new decade is officially underway, I will ignore any resolutions for myself and instead, state the five things I would most like to see happen this decade, if not right now, in college football. No. 5 —I would like to see a viable alternative to ...Published on: 19th October, 2009
So there I am, sitting on my couch last night, watching ESPN's College Football Live Sunday night show, and after the ad nauseum references to Florida, some one reminded Dari Nowkhah, Desmond Howard and Shaun King that there was actually more than one game played this past weekend. Inevitably, the subject ...Published on: 20th August, 2009
I miss the old Southwest Conference. I really do. There is something about Texas football that just gets your blood pumping. Back in the days of the old SWC, the state of Texas was the destination of choice for football fans on any particular Saturday in the fall. Back then, fans knew ...Published on: 31st July, 2009
They did it. The Mountain West Conference (MWC) conformed and signed their contract with the BCS. They did it begrudgingly, but they did it nonetheless. On the surface, it would be easy to call the conference a group of sell-outs, but in reality they had no choice. The BCS really does ...Published on: 28th July, 2009
The Big East has largely been an offensive-minded conference since restructuring in 2004. High-scoring games have been the norm with offensive stars such as Steve Slaton, Pat White, Donald Brown, Brian Brohm and Ray Rice. This season, with all those former stars now earning NFL paychecks, the conference is taking on a ...Published on: 30th June, 2009
As the season draws closer with each passing day, you can feel the anticipation of college football fans nationwide. As a hardcore fan, I constantly search the preseason magazines and Internet web sites for the latest nugget of information to try to get a handle on just how my team will perform ...Published on: 27th June, 2009
Ever have that conversation with a friend? The "which school has the best athletic department" conversation? I found myself having that very discussion recently. It wasn't pretty. To make a long story short, let's just say that if your friend has to bring up how many Women's Swimming National Championships his school has won ...Published on: 18th June, 2009
We hear it every year: Team A versus Team B is the best rivalry in all of college football. Army versus Navy. Ohio State versus Michigan. Alabama versus Auburn. Texas versus Oklahoma. The list of choices for college football's best rivalry goes on forever. Kirk Herbstreit has said, on numerous occasions, that ...