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Sports Illustrated
November 21, 2000
Mark Bechtel |
Scorecard The battle for this year's Heisman goes the distance   |
Sports Illustrated
October 27, 2000 |
OU-Nebraska not the only big game Spent a whirlwind week shuttling between Lincoln, Neb., and Norman, Okla., meekly accepting little bags of "snack mix" from cheerless flight attendants and thinking about the big game. It'll be closer than people think, I've concluded, but look for the Johnnies to pull away in the fourth... |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List Many college football teams have already stated their cases, while a few others have one or two more games in which to lobby the pollsters and computers... |
Sports Illustrated
November 3, 2000
Austin Murphy |
Northwest revival Erickson has worked wonders at Oregon State.. |
Sports Illustrated
January 2, 2001
B.J. Schecter |
Chat Reel On the Orange Bowl battle between Oklahoma and Florida State for the national championship... |
Sports Illustrated
October 10, 2000
Austin Murphy |
Inside College Football Oklahoma's Josh Heupel engineered a stunning rout of the Longhorns... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List What else can we say about Oklahoma, except that we should give the Sooners all the credit they deserve?... |
Sports Illustrated
November 15, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions It's Rivalry Week, and that means expect the unexpected. For some teams, beating their rival means staying alive in the national championship race or going to the Rose Bowl. For most others, it's all about pride... |
Sports Illustrated
October 31, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Still not sold on Oklahoma November is upon us, the time of year when one glance at the BCS rankings sends you into paroxysms of rage or laughter, depending on your emotional involvement... |
Sports Illustrated
December 20, 2000
Austin Murphy |
Bowled over I had no idea, when I took over this beat, that federal law forbids one from covering college football without posting one's bowl predictions... |
Sports Illustrated
October 25, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
"Playoff" unfolds over next fortnight You want a playoff? The next two weeks are a playoff. They are a playoff for the Heisman and they are elimination rounds for the BCS... |
Sports Illustrated
January 5, 2001
Austin Murphy |
Celebrating with the Sooners I had filed my final story of this strange and wonderful season, and now it was time to crash the post-Orange Bowl party of the national champion Oklahoma Sooners... |
Sports Central
October 11, 2004
William Geoghegan |
The New Face of the Sooners Adrian Peterson is making Oklahoma into a smashmouth football team. |
Sports Illustrated
October 20, 2000
Austin Murphy |
Big 12 battle Oklahoma anticipating showdown with Nebraska... |
Sports Illustrated
October 3, 2000
Austin Murphy |
Inside College Football Oregon's teams moved atop the Pac-10 with victories over Washington and USC... |
Sports Illustrated
October 25, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions This is the week things start to get interesting. The first BCS rankings are out just in time for a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Nebraska-Oklahoma is the biggest game of the season so far -- at least until next week -- and has national-championship implications... |
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 18, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
No satisfying fans these days Lot of whiners out there. A lot. Oklahoma is 6-0 and its fans are whining. Nobody notices us. Nobody likes Josh Heupel. I guess that No. 3 ranking happened by osmosis. South Carolina is 6-1 and its fans are whining. Nobody notices us... |
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 Illustrated
January 4, 2001
Tim Layden |
Musings on a completed season The BCS worked. Technically. Truth is, Oklahoma bailed out the computers and commissioners who devised the three-year-old Bowl Championship Series. Miami should have been in the Orange Bowl, not Florida State. And even then, Washington would have complained... |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Downright offensive Oklahoma's football fortunes ride on new offensive coordinator... |
Sports Illustrated
November 10, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Yes, Oklahoma is good Oklahoma still has a couple of hurdles left. Do I think the Sooners will win at Texas A&M? Sure. Do I think they'll beat the winner of the Nebraska-Kansas State game. I suppose I do. But the short history of the BCS is littered with November "sure things" who ended up in the Alamo Bowl... |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Downhill from here for Gamecocks South Carolina is the story this week. The Gamecocks are 4-0. Lou Holtz still has it. He can still coach ... watch out, top 25, here they come! Let us pause for a moment in all our breathless excitement and understand one thing: The Gamecocks peaked last week... |
Sports Illustrated
November 16, 2000
Tim Layden |
Making the case for Weinke Florida State senior quarterback Chris Weinke's run for the Heisman Trophy has become embroiled in a controversy that has nothing to do with chad and everything to do with age. Heisman voters shouldn't hold age against him... |
Sports Central
September 14, 2005
Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #2: Michigan to Sun Bowl? A couple of things that should concern Michigan fans across the country... The race for the Heisman Trophy... Three of the best potential games for the next week... Is USC is unbeatable?... |
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 Illustrated
November 13, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List: Nov. 13 I can't say enough about Oklahoma. The Sooners grabbed my attention by convincingly defeating Big 12 powers Nebraska and Kansas State earlier this season. But their performance on Saturday was even more telling... |
Sports Illustrated
November 17, 2000
Austin Murphy |
The enemy within Battle lines are drawn in Oregon-Oregon State Civil War... |
Sports Central
December 27, 2010
Andrew Jones |
BCS Bowl Game Predications In a year where the BCS got it right (or as right as is possible) at the top, I am still looking forward to the Rose Bowl more than any other game, including the national championship. |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Jack McCallum |
BCS means bogus college standings Calling for a national championship playoff... |
Sports Central
December 21, 2015
Joe Messineo |
Can Clemson Hold On to the Top Spot? The Clemson Tigers, are the No. 1 seed in this year's playoff bracket and are the only undefeated team in the College Football Playoffs. |
Sports Central
August 11, 2014
Corrie Trouw |
CFB 2014: Giving Away the Ending We see the unusual every year; that's why we love college football. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Still Badgering The jury is out on Wisconsin until conference play. College football at the end of September is great because a lot of teams remain national championship contenders. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
No Doubt: These Ducks Are Tough If I had a dollar for every time someone intimated that Oregon's team was soft, had no physicality, or didn't play any defense over the last few years, well, I'd have a couple extra thousand dollars to my name. |
Sports Illustrated
February 21, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
Making a match OU's addition offers a peek into the scheduling machinations of a college football national champion... |
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
May 27, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
Top 10 Intriguing Non-Conference Games Labor Day will be here soon, and with it will come these college football gems. |
Sports Central
May 4, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
The "Wow, This is Early" Top 25 Spring football has come and gone, and with that, it's time for the first-ever (and hopefully annual) "Wow, this is early" Top 25. |
Sports Illustrated
December 1, 2000
Tim Layden |
More than a game Stoops-Snyder matchup becomes personal... |
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 Illustrated
November 15, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
A new spin on Rivalry Week Previous Rivalry Weeks have featured as many games that meant so much. This week, however, feels different. Perhaps it's because our attention isn't turned to the usual places... |
Sports Illustrated
December 22, 2000
Tim Layden |
'Noles are vulnerable without Minnis College football: Marvin (Snoop) Minnis declared ineligible for the Orange Bowl... Why Florida doesn't play Miami... New standards needed for bowl eligibility... |
Sports Illustrated
September 7, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Some dreams have faded quickly Surplus preseason college football expectations for sale, cheap... |
Sports Central
May 10, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
11 For `11: Top College Football Matchups It's time to take a look at the schedules for those games that are worth circling on the calendar. |
Sports Illustrated
March 6, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
Don't believe the hype These four squads will go out like a lamb... |
Sports Illustrated
September 10, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
All's Not O.K. Preseason No. 1 college football team Oklahoma suddenly has some major problems to fix. |
