Jake Locker, Best Quarterback In The West-Heisman Candidate?

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

Over at Dr. Saturday, the doc has gone off his rocker. Pete Carroll is quoted in the L.A. Times as saying: "That's the best quarterback we've played in nine years here," Carroll said when told Washington has beaten only Idaho and USC the last two years. "Jake Locker has ridiculous talent, and ...

Cougars Crushed: Postgame Analysis of FSU-BYU

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

BYU fans were stunned this weekend. Florida State came in as a seven-point underdog and beat down a BYU team that may have been a little bit proud of its No. 7 ranking. Well, BYU won't have to worry about that anymore. Coach Bronco Mendenhall gave credit to FSU (via ESPN.com): "I think ...

Lane Kiffin vs. Urban Meyer, Round Two: Battle May Be Over, War of Words Goes On

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

When Lane Kiffin became head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, he put his foot in his mouth right away. On this fact there is more of a consensus than on the existence of global warming. So he made some accusations about alleged recruiting violations by Urban Meyer's Florida Gators.  And they ...

USC-Ohio State: Advanced Statistics Tell a Different Story

Published on: 18th September, 2009

I ran some statistics on the USC/Ohio State game—I know, it is a bit compulsive, but its how I roll.  Many Trojans fans had a bad taste in their mouth after the game, including myself.  For me, I look at each game as a predictor of performance in future games.  ...

College Football Week 3: Predictions and Rants

Published on: 16th September, 2009

Is it fitting that Jake Locker is striking the pose in this picture? With a win over USC, which will require Locker to play a lights-out, Heisman-clinching game, it wouldn't be far from reality. In this weekly column, I'll break down the top games and offer my predictions and two or three reasons ...

Crunch Time: Key Factors For BYU-Florida State

Published on: 15th September, 2009

Is this really a big game?  BYU thinks so.  The Florida State Seminoles enter Provo as a BCS conference player- an until the turn of the century- perennial champion.  Florida State owned the 90's.  Of course the tables have turned lately.  The Seminoles lost a classic heart-breaker to Miami at home ...

Week 2 Rankings: I Heart Jeff Sagarin

Published on: 15th September, 2009

Over at USAToday Sports, they have the latest Sagarin Rankings for College Football.  Interestingly, the rankings come two ways:  By Team and by Conference. Some notes on the rankings: Quality wins are represented in the rankings with a weight given to Top 15 wins and Top 30 wins. Strength of current schedule is a ...

Upset Alert: Five Reasons USC Will Lose to Washington

Published on: 15th September, 2009

Pete Carroll's smartest move of his tenure as head coach of the USC Trojans is his hire of Norm Chow as offensive coordinator. USC's offense became explosive and smart, exploiting defenses and spreading the ball to an unbelievable talent pool.  After Chow came Lane Kiffin, who I think was given the ...

Dear Coach Tressel: Fix Your Playbook!

Published on: 15th September, 2009

There is a great article over at the Yahoo! Sports Blog Dr. Saturday in which Chris Brown of SmartFootball.com describes the demise of 'Tressel Ball', or in other words, why Ohio State lost a game they could have fairly easily won, considering what USC gave them and what they have ...