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The College Football Report: Week Six Preview

Published on: 8th October, 2009

This week's preview is brought to you by: Chris Berman, Corie "The Other" Blount, Dr. James Andrews, the phrase "game-time decision," the Wildcat formation, and the Florida State University Board of Trustees. As always, the following is for entertainment purposes only. Game: No. 21 Nebraska (-3) at No. ...

Mormons, Northwestern Girls, and Bearcats: TCFBR’s Recap Of Week 5

Published on: 6th October, 2009

I'll keep the preamble to a minimum this week and get right to the recap of last week's action. Later this week, expect an update on a few issues that have caught our attention here at the Report. In the interim, we'd like to share with you the single best ...

The College Football Report: Week Five Preview

Published on: 2nd October, 2009

We are celebrating an important event here at the Report. Beginning today, we can enjoy an entire weekend of Top 25 action...without the University of Florida. That's right—it's a Gator-Free Weekend. Never fear, commentators will work in Tim Tebow references whenever possible. But for now, while Florida enjoys the week off (and ...

The College Football Report

Published on: 29th September, 2009

I'm not clear on why the AP College Football Poll exists. My guess is that the Poll sprung out of our national obsession with ranking things. And to give guys in bars something to talk about. The first poll appeared on November 15, 1934. Football as we know it had not ...

Week Four Top 25 Preview… and Picks!

Published on: 24th September, 2009

We will hear a great deal this weekend about the "so-and-so ranked offense battling against the nation's such-and-such defense." Ignore the data. Every college football team in the nation has played only twice, or three games at most. Do we care that Kansas is third in total yards on offense or ...

The College Football Report: Week Three in Review

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

The Week in Review Patrick Wayne Swayze bowed from the stage last week at the age of 57. I would like to dedicate this week’s Report to the departed. Here’s a recap of Week Three, punctuated by some of Swayze’s best lines. I’d like to think he would get a kick out ...

Top 25 Weekend Preview: Buying the Hook

Published on: 17th September, 2009

As always, the following is for entertainment purposes only... Point spreads in sports often appear as -7.5 or -10.5. In these games, Vegas sportsbooks offer an option to shift the point spread a half point. On top of the 10 percent "juice" (making a typical bet cost $110 to win $100), ...