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Sports Central March 8, 2012 Adam Russell |
Confusing Geographical Lines When I was a kid, I excelled at U.S. geography, partially because I knew my college football conferences like the back of my hand. And they all made sense. |
Sports Central November 23, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
Bordering Greatness Kansas vs. Missouri is the game of the year in the Midwest, and possibly of the college football season. |
Sports Central May 23, 2012 Jean Neuberger |
The Newest Game Changer It was just an announcement of a bowl game. Yet, in this never-ending maze of realignment in college athletics, it was a day that could possibly live in football infamy. |
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 Central November 10, 2008 Andrew Jones |
How the BCS Could Become a Nightmare Solutions are offered for problems brewing in the BCS. |
Sports Central January 19, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
The Year of the Major Conference In college basketball, this year may go down as the Year of the Major Conference. |
Sports Central March 20, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Who's Hot and Cold in Big Ten Expansion Talk Hot: William Blair Company -- Why is an investment firm hot? The Chicago Tribune recently reported that this investment firm evaluated five schools: Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Missouri, Syracuse, and Rutgers for the purpose of Big Ten expansion. |
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 August 18, 2011 Jean Neuberger |
The Winds of SECession Don't blame the SEC for stirring the realignment pot. Don't blame Texas A&M for it either. |
Sports Central November 21, 2007 Adam Russell |
BCS Still a Muddy Mess It is possible that only one of the top five teams in the BCS standings could end up in the National Championship Game -- Ohio State. |
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 23, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Midterm Report There are three teams that, as expected, are very good if not great. |
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 December 24, 2012 Corrie Trouw |
A League of Their Own These are the end days of the current college sports conference structure. Recent developments have all-but-assured the destruction of the Big East, and even best of breeds like the SEC and Big Ten will look much different than their obsessively regional previous incarnations. |
Sports Central February 8, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
Remarkable Aggies Among Elite Texas A&M has the best basketball team in the Big 12. |
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 December 1, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Changing Conference "Championship" Games As usual, college football's quest for a champion is a train wreck. |
Sports Central February 23, 2006 Kevin Beane |
The New Trends of College Basketball In the Big East, bet on Marquette at home... In SEC country, I like how LSU, like Virginia Tech, seems to have something to prove... In the Pac-10, go with the underdog in rivalry games... etc. |
Sports Central September 7, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts After Week 1 College football never ceases to disappoint when it comes to drama. The anticipation for this season certainly lived up to expectations in a wild first weekend and already, we've learned quite a bit from what has unfolded. |
Sports Central January 19, 2011 Adam Russell |
Pac-10: Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen The once-mighty Pac-10 is in a sad state of disrepair these days, and there's not much hope on the horizon as the conference expands to 12 teams next season. |
Sports Central October 5, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 6 College football picks for the upcoming weekend. |
Sports Central July 31, 2008 Brian Cox |
ACC Has a Lot to Prove in 2008 Why does the ACC have so much to prove? In the grand scheme of the picture in college football, they haven't mattered in the last eight years. Here's a look why. |
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 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 November 10, 2005 Kevin Beane |
College Football Third Quarter Report Conference championship predictions. And a comment that has readers chomping at the bit. |
Sports Central January 16, 2013 Greg Suttich |
March Madness Starts in January As we near the end of another NFL football season, we start to feel the blues. But then March comes and the event called March Madness gets us back on our couches cheering and fist-bumping over our favorite team while keeping our brackets and a pen within arms reach. |
Sports Central May 13, 2013 Jean Neuberger |
Lines in the Sand Seven consecutive national titles have established the might of the Southeastern Conference. The announcement of the SEC Network took no one by surprise. |
Sports Central January 3, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
January: Proving Your Status Not all successful starts lead to fantastic conclusions. So who leads this season's crop of squads who must prove themselves after the New Year begins? And will they make it into March Madness? |
Sports Central September 12, 2008 Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts From Row 1, Seat 2 Observations and predictions about the 2008 college football season. |
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 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 Central May 7, 2009 Kevin Beane |
Big Ten Expansion Musings Here's a look at who the most viable candidates for Big Ten expansion would be. |
Sports Central September 17, 2014 Jean Neuberger |
Outside Looking In If Michigan State, Ohio State, or even Wisconsin were to run the rest of their table and head into the bowl season with just one loss on their resume, they'd still need a lot of help to get into the playoff. |
Sports Central July 17, 2014 Jean Neuberger |
2014 College Football Predictions As the college football season has unofficially kicked off with SEC Media Days, it's time that I make some off-the-wall predictions for the weeks ahead. |
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. |
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 March 12, 2009 Kevin Beane |
2009 Week 1 College Football Preview Here's an early look at the most interesting games of week 1 in college football. |
Sports Central December 2, 2005 Adam Russell |
Oregon Could Be Odd "Duck" Out of BCS The big question: What happens to college football's Bowl Championship System if either Texas or USC lose Saturday? |
Sports Central November 10, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
The Playoff's Budding Big 12 Dilemma In the new world of college football, some conferences haven't exactly made sense. |
Sports Central February 6, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part II Between now and the NFL draft, college basketball has the stage to itself: Three on the Way Up... Three on the Way Down... Could Go Either Way... etc. |
Sports Central June 13, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
The Big Break Up Throughout this week of collegiate football upheaval, the main talk has been focused on the Cornhuskers and Missouri. |
Sports Central August 5, 2009 Jean Neuberger |
7 Bold College Football Predictions With college football officially just a month away, it's time to make some predictions for the upcoming season. |
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 7, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The ACC, Not Just For Basketball In the final year of the BCS, the ACC has its best chance since the heyday of Bobby Bowden and Chris Weinke to win a title. |
Sports Central December 8, 2008 Andrew Jones |
Where the BCS is Truly Flawed Three fundamental flaws with the BCS this season. |
Sports Central November 22, 2010 Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game. |
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 November 14, 2007 Ryan Day |
SEC: Overrated or Underappreciated? Don't be surprised if the Southeastern Conference takes home another national championship. |
Sports Illustrated May 21, 2003 Kelley King |
Hurricane Watch Two conferences are wooing Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee, whose decision -- to keep Miami in the Big East or bolt for the Atlantic Coast Conference -- could shake up the college sports landscape. |
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. |