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Sports Central October 28, 2004 Kevin Beane |
Battle of the Undefeateds Two weeks ago, there were 14 undefeated teams in college football. Now there are half that. But it shouldn't be too much to ask for two or three teams to finish undefeated. Here are there chances? |
Sports Central May 14, 2007 Seth Doria |
Birth of a College Football Fan Here are 50 games this year worth circling on your calendar. |
Sports Central October 23, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Midterm Report There are three teams that, as expected, are very good if not great. |
Sports Central October 27, 2004 Adam Russell |
Facelift in Order For College Football What college football needs is a complete overhaul of how it's structured, from the conference alignments to how the schedules are made up to determining a playoff system. |
Sports Central October 2, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Chaos on Campuses After the most turbulent week of college football in recent memory, you have to wonder if pollsters and experts were just picking schools out of a hat. |
Sports Central September 18, 2006 Matt De Lima |
What a Spectacular Seperation Saturday What a day of college football. I am nearly speechless. Separation Saturday lived up to its billing and then some ... and then some! |
Sports Central December 16, 2003 Jeff Zaginailoff |
The Solution to the BCS is a Playoff Tournament Despite recent efforts to reform it, the process for deciding the national champion in college football, the most noteworthy and public of all college sports, is still far from perfected. |
Sports Central October 6, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
Who is This Year's Auburn? If you haven't realized it by now, the frantic chase to the first College Football Playoff is officially on. |
Sports Central October 21, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Perfection Possibilities Teams are lining up to see if they can make it to the end of the NCAA football season unscathed. |
Sports Central December 12, 2008 Brad Oremland |
How John Swofford Killed the BCS Another column whining about how college football needs to reform its Division I postseason -- and offering a proposal that has no chance of becoming reality. |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List Now that only one team remains undefeated, things are about to get interesting. The beauty of this season is that there are only a few very good teams. Everyone else is pretty even, which gives us some pretty exciting football week in and week out... |
Sports Central December 8, 2008 Andrew Jones |
Where the BCS is Truly Flawed Three fundamental flaws with the BCS this season. |
Sports Central March 11, 2009 Seth Doria |
The NCAA Bubble Shuffle With so many conference championships going on this week, it's easy to lose focus on the few games that hold the most meaning. But there are other games that serve as critical dominos in the dance before The Dance - call it the bubble shuffle. |
Sports Central September 10, 2007 Adam Russell |
Wild and Wacky Week 2 What a crazy weekend it was in college football: huge upsets, massive blowouts, and squeakers -- and those were just the Top 25 games! |
Sports Central January 29, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Lesson Learned From Bowl Season What December and January taught us about college football. |
Sports Central November 10, 2008 Andrew Jones |
How the BCS Could Become a Nightmare Solutions are offered for problems brewing in the BCS. |
Sports Central November 7, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Be Careful What You Wish For The call for a playoff has been resounding, and the disparagement of the BCS even more vitriolic. |
Sports Central October 26, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #7: BCS Conference Rankings Each year, there is a debate as to which college football conference is the toughest in the country. Here is a ranking of the six BCS conferences based upon the strength of the top third of their teams. |
Sports Central August 7, 2004 Adam Russell |
Computers Decide Who's No. 1 Again As real as a video game may seem, it's still not real people playing football. But can it be used to predict how the upcoming college season will end up? |
Sports Central September 26, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
When the Mighty Will Fall Predictions about which college football teams will not finish the season undefeated. |
Sports Central September 13, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 3 Week 3 is loaded with matchups pairing top-25 teams against one another -- awesome from a fan's perspective, but not always the best sports betting opportunities. |
Sports Central October 6, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Get Even? No, Just Get Mad Coming into the halfway point of the regular season, many teams with high expectations have been "Maddening" to their fan bases. On the flip side, several programs have seen an uptick, showing signs of "Mad Genius." So, in each of the power conferences, who's tiptoeing through the Mad Scale? |
Sports Central September 19, 2010 Andrew Jones |
How Virginia Tech Screwed Boise State Boise State started the year with a 33-30 victory over Virginia Tech that made a lot of people think that this would finally be the year they would have a legitimate shot at being selected to the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central September 21, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Dealing and Reeling So who is the emerging team in college football that could do damage on a national level? |
Sports Central January 29, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Pre-March Madness Games Not to Miss Allow me to give you some regular season college basketball games you shouldn't miss if you want to make educated picks come March. |
Sports Central September 29, 2010 Joshua Duffy |
Time For Undefeated Teams to Man Up There are 24 undefeated teams left in FBS, 20 of whom are playing this week, and half of those in games against another undefeated team. Week 5 will make a few statements and break a few dreams. Here are the main games to keep an eye on. |
Sports Central September 28, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #4: Vols Rise From Dead Tennessee Volunteers save their season with inspiring win in overtime against LSU... Louisville gets smashed -- by South Florida... Race for Heisman Trophy still fluctuating... Games to watch this week... etc. |
Sports Central October 4, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
The BCS Projections ... For Now As we've entered the second month of the college football season, the BCS picture still looks fairly clouded. |
Sports Central January 23, 2014 Kevin Beane |
2014 College Football Week 1 Preview Next year's first week is shaping up to be much better than years' past. Normally there's one or maaaybe two premier games (Virginia Tech vs Alabama, Georgia at Clemson last year) and a whole bunch of middling games like Washington State at Auburn. |
Sports Central November 30, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
A Playoff in College Football? Like it or not, there is no fool-proof way to decide a national champion. |
Sports Central January 4, 2005 Adam Russell |
Exciting Bowl Season Coming to a Close The number of close, exciting games -- and some surprises -- made for an enjoyable couple of weeks. Now, an outstanding bowl season is about to conclude. |
Sports Central August 25, 2006 Jonathan Lowe |
Are Ya Tough Enough? (Part 2) The big boys of college football and this seasons schedules. |
Sports Central November 16, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Ducking a Kansas Comet So how many losses will the teams in the BCS title game in New Orleans have? |
Sports Central November 3, 2005 Adam Russell |
2005 Shaping Up a Lot Like 1984 When it comes to college football, there are quite a few similarities between this year and 1984, a number of differences, and a really eerie coincidence. |
Sports Central December 23, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Deck the Halls (and the BCS): Bowl Predictions The 11 most interesting bowl games of the season -- because 11 is a nice even number. |
Sports Central November 14, 2012 Andrew Jones |
What Alabama's Loss Means For BCS College football fans were worried a choice between Kansas State and Oregon for the right to battle Alabama for the national championship would be close to impossible to make and then the unthinkable happened: Alabama lost. |
Sports Central September 16, 2004 Kevin Beane |
Sports Needs an Anti-Hero In every Olympics, we on the left side of the pond, south of Canada, want the Yanks to do well, of course, but in Russia, we had a sports enemy that everyone hated and could rally against. |
Sports Central December 1, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #10: BCS Top 10 A look at the top 10 teams in the BCS to see if they truly deserve their ranking... Five guys with the best chances of taking home the Heisman... This week's games to watch... |
Sports Illustrated November 1, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions A few weeks ago we had this weekend circled as a showdown Saturday. But it has lost some luster. Florida State-Clemson and Virginia Tech-Miami are no longer marquee games; they are mismatches. Sure, they have national championship implications, but neither game will be close... |
Sports Central October 10, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
Collision Course October is a time of sorting in college football. Teams have largely ceased to play non-conference opposition for the balance of the season, and have now moved into the meat of the season, conference play, whereby seasons will largely be judged. |
Sports Central November 16, 2015 Ross Lancaster |
In Defense of Larger Conferences Conference title games on the first Saturday of December have become an inescapable part of a college football season's drama. Now, of the 10 conferences that play FBS football, only the Big 12 and Sun Belt don't have a conference title game. |
Sports Central September 18, 2007 Wailele Sallas |
What About the Little Guy? Our college football society has taken away the little guy and replaced it with overpowering BCS schools that have a golden ticket to the big game. |
Sports Illustrated November 22, 2002 Tim Layden |
Just win, baby College football's new mantra is in full bloom this season |
Sports Central December 12, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
2012 College Football Bowl Pool Guide College football is stupid. Not the sport itself, but how it runs its post-season. Even when we get our long-awaited playoff, it's still going to be stupid. |
Sports Illustrated October 11, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions: Oct. 11 I'm deep in thought, trying to make sense of this wild and unpredictable college football season. Because the way things have gone so far this season, a two-year-old might be better able to predict things than I... |
Sports Central September 4, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Week 1 Shakedown A recap of the first week of college football games looks at upsets and rankings. |
Sports Central August 22, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Kickoff '07: The 21-Day Forecast Here are a few forecasts of what may happen in the first few weeks of the college football season. |
Sports Central November 14, 2005 Alfons Prince |
For Once, BCS is Avoiding Controversy With the college football season coming to a close, the participants for this year's national championship game are pretty close to being finalized. |
Sports Central January 12, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Another Nebulous Finish Last year, there seemed to be no champion. This year, there are arguably three. Maybe four. But since the BCS pretends it can do the impossible, we are left with the same empty feeling in the pit of the stomach at the end. |
Sports Central September 8, 2015 Ross Lancaster |
An Early-Season Call For Calm Here's what fans of a major conference Top 25 team should be hoping for from their team if they want to be in the playoff: win your conference and have less than two losses overall. That's it. |