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Sports Illustrated September 14, 2001 Tim Layden |
Temporary diversion College football games would have provided only a brief respite from the nation's disaster... |
Sports Illustrated August 26, 2001 Peter King |
Officially speaking Tagliabue could -- and should -- save the day by getting involved on the front lines of the NFL's dispute with its game officials now... |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
The bottom line Kramer was unflinching, yet effective, while with the SEC... |
Sports Illustrated September 19, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Burning Questions How could the Big 12 keep its championship game on Dec. 1 when the SEC couldn't?... Did the Heisman Trophy survive the World Trade Center attack?... Where's the best offense in the nation?... |
Sports Central October 15, 2007 Adam Russell |
Is Pac-10's Parity Mediocrity or Strength? Was the Pac-10 Conference worth its mettle this season - or was just another year of mediocrity? |
Sports Central June 10, 2013 Jean Neuberger |
Eight is Enough For SEC ... Or is It? Alabama's Nick Saban called for the SEC to join other BCS schools in creating a new, nine game conference slate each season. Saban claims it's the best thing to do for the game itself. And, given the current state, Saban has a good point to make. |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Going tubing NFL's new TV plan is friendly, the Yankees' and Nets' YES Network a fan foe... |
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 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 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. |
Salon.com February 19, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
A Super snow Bowl? Football's big game has never been played outside in the cold North. But Giants Stadium needs some new luxury boxes... |
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 April 28, 2014 Jean Neuberger |
SEC: Eight is Enough The SEC announced that they are not moving to a nine game schedule. They are sticking with the eight game rotating slate they currently have. |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
The Deep South Any of seven teams could win the SEC title as Georgia and Mississippi staked their claims in a wide-open race. |
Sports Illustrated September 17, 2001 Peter King |
The best timeout in NFL history I completely understand why Paul Tagliabue cancelled the games... |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Burning Questions Who is the best-kept secret in the Big 12?... Will Eli Manning be elected governor of Mississippi?... How could Colorado decide the Pac-10 race?... |
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 Central August 11, 2011 Kevin Beane |
The Greatest Weekend in Sports I love Labor Day weekend so much simply because that's where the greatest glut of sports, important sports, is being played. Let me count the ways. |
Sports Central October 5, 2006 Ryan Hojnacki |
College Football Predictions: Week 6 College football picks for the upcoming weekend. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Paul Tagliabue In 15 years as the NFL's caretaker, he has helped turn it into a $5 billion-a-year business. |
Sports Central January 17, 2012 Paul Foeller |
Hold on a SEC It seems like next year is set up perfectly to give the SEC its seventh straight championship -- three of the teams (Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU) likely to make the preseason top five will come from the same division within the SEC. |
Sports Central January 27, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL State of the Union The state of the NFL is strong, of course. It's the most popular sports league in North America, and it will remain so for the foreseeable future. But even a strong league has areas for improvement. |
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 December 4, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
A Homecoming Gone Wrong We've entered the eye of the NFL storm that inevitably forms once the postseason pecking order has taken shape. The problem is, it came early this year. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Ronald Grover |
Is This An End Run By The NFL? The league's new 24-hour cable channel could allow it to drive harder TV bargains. |
Sports Central April 2, 2007 Mark Janzen |
Goodell Should Be Pacman's Ghost The NFL is making the correct steps to try to erase the "bad boy" behavior from the league. |
Sports Central August 28, 2014 Jean Neuberger |
Final College Football Preseason Thoughts As we're less than 48 hours away from kickoff into this college football season, there are some last-second hopes that I have for this season. |
Sports Central October 1, 2008 Andrew Jones |
Ranking College Football Conferences There are too few games in the college football season for a subjective ranking system to matter all too much. |
Sports Central June 3, 2014 Brad Oremland |
Say No to the NFL's 18-Game Schedule National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell recently reiterated his intention to institute an 18-game regular season. It's a bad idea. |
Sports Central October 1, 2012 Adam Russell |
Is the Offensive Explosion an Omen? With all this offensive production on both sides of the field, could this be an omen of things to come in college football? |
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 January 9, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
The Most Influential Man in NFL History "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." -- Bert Bell |
Sports Central November 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Case for Florida After Notre Dame's 22-13 win against USC effectively clinched its spot in Miami on Jan. 7, the Fighting Irish will almost surely play the winner of next Saturday's SEC Championship Game between Georgia and Florida for the BCS crown. |
Sports Central March 15, 2006 Bob Ekstrom |
The NFL CBA: Costly Future Effects? It's time to take stock in what was gained and what was lost in the collective bargaining agreement recently hammered out between owners and the NFLPA. |
Sports Central November 4, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
A BCS Championship Prequel? Even with the college football season's much-anticipated blockbuster finally playing on Saturday, we should start thinking about a January release of LSU/Alabama II. |
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 August 30, 2001 Peter King |
Digging in NFL, officials clearly have different views... Mark Fields... |
Sports Central February 11, 2008 Adam Russell |
The Patriots and a Lesson in NFL History Even if the Pats had beaten the Giants, would we all be convinced they were better than Miami or Cleveland? |
Sports Illustrated January 15, 2003 Peter King |
They're Only Human Blown calls and official indecision have at times marred this year's playoffs. But not even the mighty NFL can eliminate mistakes. |
Sports Central September 27, 2011 Jonathan Lowe |
Fixing College Football: A Minor Stipulation Okay. Everybody's exhaling now that another round of realigning college allegiances has quieted down. However, I don't believe this game of Three-Conference Monte has been solved yet. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
DirecTV Touchdown The NFL continues to load up on broadcasting contracts. |
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 Illustrated September 9, 2002 Peter King |
These are the days Dream of the past at your peril, for it is time to parity. NFL parity, that is. |
Sports Illustrated August 21, 2000 Peter King |
Leaf's fall looks bright After extensive rehab and a cautious summer throwing program, the Chargers' Ryan Leaf is on the verge of winning the San Diego quarterback job and shedding his bust label from the 1998 draft. Plus, D-day for San Francisco salary cap case... Ravens rally around Lewis... etc. |
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 April 4, 2006 Jeff Moore |
Does the CBA Mean RIP For NFL Fans? We no longer need to wonder about the NFL without a salary cap; now we need to wonder about the NFL with a salary cap. |
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 Illustrated October 30, 2000 Peter King |
Only the good die young I was tempted to write this Monday morning about the Bucs rising slowly in the NFC Central, or about the sudden crises facing the formerly unbeatable Rams. But the top of this football column is not a football column. I ask you to read it anyway... |
Sports Illustrated September 6, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions The SEC is down this year and won't send a team to the national championship game... Marshall will shock Michigan State and extend the nation's longest winning streak to 19 games... Miami will win at Washington... Penn State will not lose to Louisiana Tech... |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2000 |
Golfing with the enemy The lion hath lain with the lamb. Bill Gates agrees to break up Microsoft for the common good. Vince McMahon joins the Quakers. Hey, it could happen.... |