Tag Archives: BCS
December Chumpservations, Vol. 1: Congress vs. the BCS, running the option in the NFL, comparing fanhood and Kentucky’s John Wall
Separation of sports and state Guess what! We’re not having a national championship game this year. Sorry Texas and Alabama fans. As the nation’s top two ranked teams, you will be playing a football game in January but it won’t be for a title. At least it won’t be recognized as such by Congress. As [...]
College Football Picks (Week 12): Weekday Games
I’ll have my picks for all of Saturday’s top college football games tomorrow, but as was the case last week, I’ve got my take on how this week’s weekday games will shake out. The slate is highlighted by a quartet of showdowns in the MAC, but in case you’re looking for a little something else, [...]
Unshakable Stanzi the perfect man to lead perfect Hawkeyes
Is there a more frustrating player in the country than Ricky Stanzi? There might be, but Iowa’s junior quarterback is definitely near the top of the list. In a way, you could say that Stanzi is the epitome of the 9-0 Hawkeyes. Not always pretty, but effective. Ugly as sin one moment, amazing the next. [...]
Perfect path to a pefect season? BYU has it
Wouldn’t it only be fitting that the program who set the bar non-BCS success is the one that becomes the first non-BCS school in the BCS era to have a national title shot? It’s far too early to start booking flights to Pasadena, but after stunning Oklahoma in their season opener on Saturday, the table [...]
No reason for Paterno to be scared of the big bad Delany
A few weeks ago, Penn State coach Joe Paterno made a call for the Big Ten to follow the path of the SEC, Big 12, and ACC to expand to 12 teams in an attempt to help the Big Ten be a bigger factor on the national stage. But last week, Paterno took a much [...]
