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We Don’t Play Cupcakes! Toughest Schedules 2001-2008
Published on: 2nd September, 2009
Over the last several years, a disturbing trend has taken over college football. Rather than scheduling difficult out-of-conference (OOC) games, many schools have decided to play three or four OOC games against vastly inferior competition, thereby inflating their record. This trend has increased rapidly as the BCS formula evolved into a ...Interesting Early Moves in Week One Vegas Lines for NCAA Games
Published on: 29th August, 2009
While I am not a betting man, I have found that sports bettors often have the best instincts about football teams. After all, they are putting their money behind their opinions. The rest of us just root on are teams and talk sports. Those guys make a living at forecasting. Now, the ...Seats Gone at Jerry World: SRO Available for BYU-OU
Published on: 28th August, 2009
When you spend $1.2 billion on a new stadium, you want to make sure you can make your money back. When your name is Jerry Jones, you usually find a bunch of new ways to not only pay off the loans, but get rich quick. One of Jerry's ways to make ...TCU’s Ryan Christian: He’s a Running Back?
Published on: 26th August, 2009
The first time someone sees TCU RB Ryan Christian line up in the backfield, most people start wondering, "Why is that skinny little kid on the field? He's going to get killed!" Yet Christian has succeeded again and again for the Horned Frogs. He represents the best of what makes a college student ...Dude, Where Is Your Conference, Karl? Looking at the WAC
Published on: 24th August, 2009
For all of their great success as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Boise State and Fresno State would leave in a heartbeat to be members of the rival Mountain West Conference (MWC), a conference full of former WAC schools. From 1999, thirteen teams have left the WAC and the conference is preparing for ...BCS Hurts The Best Teams: Looking at 2001-2004
Published on: 18th August, 2009
Every year fans, coaches, and journalists argue about which teams are the strongest and which conferences are the toughest. This debate gets extremely heated around the time for the selection of the BCS bids, especially the championship game. Now, as I recently explained in another article, I have decided that to ...Best Conferences 2001-2008: Rethinking Strength Of Schedule
Published on: 15th August, 2009
College football fans have debated the strength of the different conferences for generations. Pac-10 fans have long alleged an East Coast bias, costing teams like USC national championships. With the rise of the BCS, the perception as to the quality of a conference is extremely important to placing teams in the ...Are the Dawgs Barking? Ranking the Dawgs of College Football
Published on: 13th August, 2009
I love college football mascots. They bring history and tradition to programs. They can bring a lot of excitement to games as well. Many times a program reflects the character of their mascots. Some are reference ancient history like Trojans and Spartans. Others geography like ...Rutgers In The BCS Title Game? No. 3 Reason To Hate The BCS
Published on: 12th August, 2009
If Rutgers run the table this year, should they be allowed to play in the BCS Championship Game? No. Will they? Maybe. This is just another reason to hate the BCS. Previously, I wrote on the effect of the BCS on rivalries. You can find it at http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221146-can-a-gator-support-a-bulldog-another-reason-to-hate-the-bcs. I have also written on how the Pac-10 ...Ranking the Purple Power
Published on: 11th August, 2009
So many schools have similar uniform colors, with reds and blues dominating the college world. A few schools are a little more unique. Only six college football teams wear purple uniforms. As such, I thought it would be fun to do a pre-season ranking of these schools. ...Featured Sponsors
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