Published on: 6th July, 2010
With more sports blogs than ever, a 24-hour sports news cycle, and everyone from Mark in Mobile to John in Jamestown becoming an "expert," the college football hype-machine is here to stay. Like it or not, the days of getting it done on the field have taken a backseat to ...Published on: 30th June, 2010
Early Wednesday, Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley posted the following to his Twitter account (@DerekDooley): “Some good news for the VOLS coming soon. Release on its way.” Immediately the blogosphere and twitterverse blew up with everything from Bryce Brown rumors to speculation that half of USC’s team was transferring to Tennessee. Of course, ...Published on: 21st June, 2010
Shortly after the split national championship debacle of 1997, when Michigan won the USA Today Coaches National Championship and Nebraska won the AP National Title, a "brilliant" plan was formulated to determine a true national champion in college football, once and for all. Throughout the history of college football, split ...Published on: 14th June, 2010
For much of the last five days, the Big 12 has been on life support. As of late Sunday night/early Monday morning, the media was ready to officially pull the plug. However, at the eleventh hour, an as yet unknown, much speculated source saved the day. As of just a ...Published on: 12th June, 2010
According to Chip Brown of orangebloods.com , Texas A&M has the votes to move to the SEC and could announce the decision as early as next week. According to a report from ESPN.com , both Oklahoma and Texas "still have all options open." Other reports indicate that Texas A&M was not ...Published on: 11th June, 2010
It's not official yet, but it's certainly looking like Texas A&M will break away from the rest of the Texas and Oklahoma schools and go to the SEC, rather than head to the Pac-10. Reportedly, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State will join the expanded Pac-10 to give the conference ...Published on: 9th June, 2010
Hide the women and children. Unlock the gun cabinet. Call your priest. Bunker down and wait until you feel the earth shaking before you come out of your bomb shelter. The dominoes have begun falling. With the report of Nebraska’s informal decision to leave the Big 12, the biggest domino ...Published on: 17th May, 2010
Sometimes college football fans, writers, and pundits label a player based on their off-field actions, and/or on-field results--or lack thereof. In most cases this moniker-making of sorts, is completely unjustified. Former Notre Dame quarterback, Jimmy Clausen, was saddled with the "too-cocky-to-be-a-consistent-leader" nonsense. Some apparently though a premier college football program ...Published on: 17th May, 2010
Go ahead and pick yourself up off the floor. The thought of Tennessee leaving the SEC also sent shivers through my body, at first. During all of this conference expansion/reduction talk, the thought of Tennessee leaving the SEC, of their own accord, has run through my mind many times. Each time, ...Published on: 10th May, 2010
It didn't take long to figure out who the last guy was when he became the Tennessee Vols head coach in December of '09. Vols fans knew about his dislike for late limo drivers, his ardent pursuit of top recruits, his predisposition to throwing mud on respected SEC coaches, and ...