Published on: 28th July, 2010
The results of the past three seasons have given us the clues to determine the big winner each year. The last trio of BCS Champions have run the ball well all season long. In 2009 Alabama averaged 215 yards a game on the ground, In 2008 Florida moved the pigskin an average ...Published on: 26th July, 2010
A common wisdom among many college football fans is that the SEC has the best players and the Big 10 has the best coaches. Could this be true? There are fine examples of superior ability in each conference, some who have yet to make their mark. The SEC prides itself on having overpowering ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
Will he stay or will he go? That is the question concerning quarterback Kyle Parker of Clemson. Parker led the Tigers to their first ever ACC Title game appearance in 2009. Since June he has been considering "a bird in the hand" opportunity to become a major league baseball player. Concern spread ...Published on: 19th July, 2010
Welcome to the 13th season of the Bowl Championship Series, commonly known as the BCS. The BCS system is designed to match the top two teams in the country, while allowing conference champions to continue a relationship with specific bowls. From 1998 through 2005, the top two teams were pitted against each ...Published on: 15th July, 2010
The relationship between long-suffering Commodore fans and respected head coach Bobby Johnson came to an end on the afternoon of July 14, 2010. Johnson advised Vanderbilt officials he will retire effective at the end of this month. The record book states Vanderbilt has won 29 and lost 66 during the past eight ...Published on: 7th July, 2010
Alabama's 31-0 halftime lead in Athens during the 2008 season could not do it. West Virginia's 38-35 Sugar Bowl win over the 2005 SEC Champion Bulldogs could not do it. Vanderbilt's road victory over Georgia in 2006 could not do it. But the unlikely circumstances surrounding UGA Athletic Director Damon Evans ...Published on: 1st July, 2010
Let's have an easy question to answer, what is the best football program of all-time? Princeton? Notre Dame? Southern California? Tennessee? Army? Michigan? Shall we narrow the corridors of such fleeting fame to the past, say, 50 years? The truth is while the "All-Time Best" can be debated, we know certain facts steer ...Published on: 22nd June, 2010
Welcome to the era of compartmentalization in college football, the period of the BCS. The BCS has taken the national contest for pigskin acclaim and reduced it to a one trick pony known as the BCS Champion. By demonstrating enough voting power to be ranked in the top two of the final ...Published on: 17th June, 2010
There was a time when college football was a settled sport, a game played between schools who took pride in representing the name on the helmet as well as the thousands cheering from the stands. It was an era when Nebraska and Oklahoma fought with each other on a yearly basis ...