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Sports Central September 1, 2005 Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's Big 10 Preview Here's how I see the Big 10 shaping up: Ohio State will go undefeated and win the Big 10. |
AskMen.com September 17, 2013 Jeffrey Eisenband |
What's At The Core Of "The Soul Of College Football"? Author John U. Bacon digs into four top college football programs, in Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football. |
Sports Central November 27, 2006 Alfons Prince |
Down to the Wire ... Again With only one week left in the 2006 college football regular season, it is looking like the bowl championship series (BCS) will once again escape any major controversy. |
Sports Central May 19, 2011 Kevin Beane |
Early-Season College Hoops Matchups It takes until pretty close to the season for all the Division 1 schools to say, "okay, here is our schedule" to where it can be reliably released to the media. |
Sports Central August 12, 2004 Kevin Beane |
The Slant Pattern Big 10 and Pac-10 Preview Sure, Michigan and Ohio State get all the love, but the Big 10 has seen eight of 11 teams crowned conference champs or co-champs since Penn State joined the league in 1993. |
Sports Central December 1, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
ACC Looking to Improve on Big Ten Over the next three nights, teams from two of the biggest and best conferences will come together for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Here are some of the highlights. |
Sports Central September 22, 2008 Corrie Trouw |
2008-09 Big Ten Basketball Crystal Ball Predicting how the Big Ten will shape up on the court. |
Sports Central November 2, 2011 Gary Flick |
Big Ten Tournament Hopefuls Here are the Big Ten teams that could change the tournament tides for their conference. |
Sports Central January 15, 2004 Danny Sternfield |
Big 10 is Truly the Mediocre 11 It all seemed to happen so fast. The Big 10 turned into the Mediocre 11. A conference that used to be counted on to send six or seven teams to the NCAA tournament might get four in this year. It can't be that bad, right? Wrong. |
Sports Central September 13, 2004 Kenneth Asuquo |
Wolverines Wake Up the Echoes Michigan better note that their team is not the same as last year's team. The whispers of being overrated are starting to get louder. |
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 October 19, 2006 Alfons Prince |
Big Blue Reborn College football is gearing up for a frantic sprint to the finish. One of the most anticipated games of that month will be the November 18th showdown between bitter rivals, Ohio State and Michigan. |
Sports Central December 10, 2008 Corrie Trouw |
The Big Ten's Big Move The Big Ten looks much deeper than it has in at least three years. |
Sports Central February 4, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NCAA Contenders and Pretenders As of the week 13 rankings released on January 28, 10 teams have been in the AP top five at one point or another this season: Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, and Kentucky. |
Sports Central September 11, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
Reputable Damage College football is about pageantry, passion, popularity, and pride. The new playoff system is shining more light on the power of reputation, especially when it concerns the "Big Boy" conferences. |
Sports Central September 20, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 4 The authors picks for the most popular college football games this week. |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List Believe it or not, I actually almost made my own Hot List. If it wasn't for Oklahoma and UNLV, I would have gone a perfect 10-for-10 on my Fearless Predictions. But that's OK because unpredictability is the main reason why this season has been so interesting. Well, there's always next week... |
Sports Illustrated October 17, 2000 Ivan Maisel |
Inside College Football Jolted awake by a loss to Penn State, Purdue has soared to first place in the Big Ten... |
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 December 26, 2003 M. Edward Guest |
The Definition of Clutch Which team, since 1959, has the highest clutch score for a single season? If you're a college football fan, you probably already know. |
Sports Central August 28, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
State of the Imperfect, But Glorious, Union I'm happier that college football is arriving next week than Donte Stallworth on sentencing day. |
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 October 18, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 8 Betting advice for this week's upcoming college football games. |
Sports Central August 1, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: The Rose Bowl The sweet-smelling Rose Bowl will host this year's BCS National Championship Game -- and differing strength of schedules makes the task less, or more, arduous for the premier teams to get there. |
Sports Central July 5, 2005 Avery Smith |
2005 College Football Preview: Heisman 10 Given to the top college football player in the country, the Heisman Trophy may be the most prestigious award in all of sports. Here are 10 top candidates with a chance to take the hardware home. |
Sports Central August 30, 2004 David Martin |
College Football Preview: Big 10 and Pac-10 Predictions for the top ten college football teams of this season and more. |
Salon.com November 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Let's have an argument! It's good to have a real sport that's messy and silly and dumb, and Division I football's method of crowning a champion is all of that. |
Sports Central June 21, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
Long-Gone-Horns? At the risk of causing mass casket-rollovers in South Bend, Indiana, Texas is what Notre Dame once was, a brand far bigger than any conference. |
Sports Illustrated September 17, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
Early returns Three programs that have shown signs of football arthritis won in unexpectedly glorious fashion. Notre Dame, Penn State and USC all beat ranked opponents, and their teams, if not their actual horn-rimmed, white-socked coaches, look 25 years younger. |
Sports Central June 24, 2005 Avery Smith |
2005 College Football Preview: Big 10 Five college football teams that are expected to be the best of the Big 10 in the coming season are discussed. |
Sports Central September 1, 2004 Jonathan Lowe |
A Rigorous Game Plan (Pt. 2) Here is a look at the big boys of college football's "major" leagues. The Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC, and restructured ACC each feature at least one top-10 powerhouse. |
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 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 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 December 3, 2012 Jean Neuberger |
Instant Reaction: The 2012-13 Bowl Season It's 35 games and three and a half weeks of pure football feasting. Another December and bowl season has fallen upon us. And as the matchups are now official, here's a rundown of initial thoughts as we head into the final stretch of the 2012 college football season. |
Sports Illustrated October 5, 2000 Ivan Maisel |
Tossing darts Beyond Nebraska and FSU, Top 25 is anyone's guess... |
Sports Central September 27, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 5 Predictions for four upcoming college football games. |
Sports Central December 14, 2015 Jean Neuberger |
Five Plays that Defined the 2015 Season Football is a game of inches. Seasons can be defined in plays. Six of them helped decide the playoff teams. Several more will decide who will emerge as national champion. |
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 December 19, 2011 Paul Foeller |
Hey, Over Here! Neither of the following two football games is necessarily going to draw big ratings, or even be the best games on the day they're played (January 2nd). |
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. |
Sports Central November 9, 2005 Mike Griffenberg |
Notre Dame Not as Good as Advertised However, Notre Dame will be a major player in the college football world as long as Charlie Weis is there, just not this year. |
Sports Central January 29, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Lesson Learned From Bowl Season What December and January taught us about college football. |
Sports Central July 5, 2005 Avery Smith |
2005 College Football Preview: Heisman Top 10 There are many guys this year that have a shot at winning the Heisman Trophy, given to the top college football player in the country. Here are a few that should be considered favorites. |
Sports Central April 18, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
The Heavyweights of College Football No one can accurately peg the top 25 football teams in the country right now. Too many things can break too many ways. |
Salon.com September 27, 2002 Allen Barra |
Notre Dame's return to glory! (Part 23) Why does the college's legendary -- but creaky -- football program have to keep coming back? |
Sports Central October 28, 2011 Kevin Beane |
Big Ten Logos, Past and Present It's time again to foray into the history and the currency of logos at the Slant Pattern. This time, we will look at the Big Ten. Most of the logos come from the always awesome ChrisCreamer.com. |
Sports Central January 6, 2010 Andrew Jones |
Realigning College Football's Conferences The Big Ten announced last month that it would be seeking an expansion from 11 to 12. |
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 August 14, 2013 Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |