Published on: 22nd July, 2010
Expansion-mageddon is just a dim flicker of the super–story that we thought it was going to be. It turns out, nothing was as crazy as it seemed like it was heading towards. The Big 12 is the Texas 10, Texas edition, with all proceeds going to Texas. The Big Ten is slightly ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
SEC Media days are here, signaling the final countdown to the regular season. The coaches' All–SEC preseason selections have been released as well. On a side note, you may remember the Tim Tebow fiasco from last year's SEC media days. Fortunately (or unfortunately, I'm not sure which way to lean on ...Published on: 15th July, 2010
On the surface, 2010 is shaping up to be a lot like the 2007 season for the Gators. The Gators are coming off of a 13–1 season where the majority of their top contributors left for the NFL or ran out of eligibility. The recruiting class is full of talented, but inexperienced ...Published on: 1st July, 2010
A few days ago, I wrote an article about the top 10 highest ranked recruiting classes since Rivals introduced their class ranking method. You can read that piece here . Well, I'm not done with Rivals yet. I've spent the better part of this week compiling data on recruiting classes, because it's ...Published on: 29th June, 2010
With the start of the final summer semester, the 2010 recruiting classes are beginning to pop up on campuses across the country. With expansion settling into uneasy truces and missing the illogical behavior of earlier in the month, I suppose it's time to talk about pseudo–on-the-field stuff. Today, ...Published on: 13th June, 2010
...And the off-season chugs on for Florida, literally. Another day, another DUI, [insert your funny "HAHA Gators!" joke here]. Florida's 20 year old sophomore receiver Frankie Hammond Jr. was arrested by UF police early this morning for DUI and liquor possession. He reportedly had an open bottle of Crown Royal in ...Published on: 8th June, 2010
Yesterday I wrote an expansive article on pending expansion. You can read it and participate in the ever–expanding commentary here . Today, I'm going local, and will get into the effects of expansion in the eyes of the Florida Gators. While many of the ideas will be similar between the two articles, ...Published on: 7th June, 2010
I've been holding off on writing about expansion for months now. I figured everyone would wise up and this ridiculous arms race would go away before it got out of hand. Enter Larry Scott, Pac 10 commissioner and enemy to all things compact. He spends his days playing SimCity2000 on an ...Published on: 20th May, 2010
The college football off–season is cruel. It taunts us, dragging on forever like a Brett Favre decision. As some form of terrible self–punishment, I think about college football almost daily. It might just be that I'm obsessed, although I blame ESPN's daily airing of College Football Live. Regardless ...Published on: 4th May, 2010
College football fans, welcome to the real offseason. For those of you looking at the date of this article in confusion, don't worry, I know that it's May. Some may cheer that the college football offseason is half-way over. I say that it just started. From the end of the BCS ...