College Football

Jake Locker USC saw its chances for a spot in the BCS title game take a major hit even before we officially reached autumn. The Trojans' 16-13 loss to Washington looked eerily familiar to losses in previous years to UCLA, Stanford and Oregon State — conference losses to weaker foes that hurt USC's national ranking. […]

Sam Bradford Well, that was sure a fun 2009 college football season for the Oklahoma Sooners. One and done. The Sooners, who eight months ago played for the BCS title, almost certainly saw any chance of a repeat visit vanish after losing to BYU, 14-13, in their opener, More importantly, they lost Heisman-winning quarterback Sam […]

Heisman winner Tim Tebow of top-ranked Florida. The 2009 college football season starts a week from Saturday and every one has an opinion on who will play in the BCS title game in the Rose Bowl in January. Florida is an overwhelming favorite to win its second straight BCS title, but teams such as Texas, […]

Via the Wiz of Odds, we find that Danny Sheridan of USA Today has made Florida a 73-point favorite over Division 1-AA Charleston Southern on Sept. 5, believed to be the largest pointspread in college football history. Ignoring whether teams like Florida should be allowed to schedule such cupcakes, if you had to bet $100 […]

The awesome college football site The Wiz of Odds (a must bookmark for any college fan) has the schedule posters put out by pretty much every team. They are all fairly standard, using some phrase to sum up the team and featuring key returning players. There’s not much skin evident, though Duke (photo below) shows […]

An obscure NCAA rule is threatening the eligibility of a Florida State wide receiver who, by all accounts, has lifted himself up by the boostraps out of the ghetto and needs to play his senior season for a shot at pro ball. Corey Surrency was in ninth grade when he dropped out of high school […]

Fox spent so much time slurping Florida's Tim Tebow last night, that the blogs are hammering both (see here, here and here). So I found this cartoon via the Interception King to be spot on given how Fox genuflected at Tebow's every move: Fox spent so much time slurping Florida's Tim Tebow last night, that […]

Yawn. I don't have a whole lot to say after watching Florida's boring-as-hell 24-14 BCS title win over Oklahoma. The game was poorly played, the play calls were often baffling and Fox looked like it had the Z Team covering it (the Fox announcers couldn't even get the down right in a crucial goal-line sequence). […]

This story from Yahoo proves conclusively that college football’s BCS system sucks and that the two teams that get to play in the title game are there for reasons other than their on-field success. Some voters in the Harris Interactive Poll, which helps determine BCS rankings, NEVER WATCHED UTAH PLAY! The same Utah team that […]

Yes, I know Utah won’t win the mythical national championship since the absurd BCS system settled on Florida and Oklahoma as the two teams to play for the BCS title. But after watching the Utes dismantle Alabama, 31-17, in the Sugar Bowl, they have as much claim to the title as anyone. The Utes are […]

Despite the 38-24 final, the Rose Bowl between USC and Penn State wasn't really that close. The Trojans never trailed and led 31-7 at halftime in winning a record third straight Rose Bowl game over the Big Ten. USC (12-1) has as much claim as any to being crowned the nation's best team. Of course, […]

I won’t spend much time ranting about what a joke the Bowl Championship Series is, since the vast majority of fans would prefer a playoff and one won’t be coming for years. So we are left with another “championship” game that will not satisfy a large percentage of fans. If predictions hold, Florida and Oklahoma […]

With Texas Tech being embarrassed on national TV at Oklahoma, 65-21, we will once again have a college football championship game in January that is not a legitimate title game. Same old, same old. Tech's loss means that there were almost certainly not be two unbeaten teams playing for the title. Alabama (11-0) will be […]

If you missed the end of the Texas Tech-Texas game, you missed one of the great endings in recent college football history. Texas Tech scored on a 28-yard touchdown pass from Graham Harrell (right) to Michael Crabtree with one second left to lift the Red Raiders over No. 1 Texas, 39-33, in Lubbock. The Longhorn […]

You gotta love this story out of Texas Tech. The Red Raiders are undefeated and have a legit shot at the BCS title. In their first seven games, their kickers missed six PATs. Not field goals, PATs. So their head coach decided to give a shot to a student, Matt Williams, who won free rent […]

It was a hot and cold week for the Dirty Dozen with upsets galore. Top-ranked USC went cold at Oregon State, continuing its trend of losing at least one game a season when it's heavily favored. Georgia went cold at home, then turned hot against Alabama in the second half, only to fall in the […]

On a wild college football weekend that saw nine ranked teams lose, including three in the Top 5 (USC, Georgia and Florida), Oklahoma is the AP's new No. 1 team, with surprising Alabama No. 2. USC fell from 1 to 9; Georgia from 2 to 11 and Florida from 5 to 12. Expect a lot […]

USC’s road to college football’s national championship hit a major speed bump after the Trojans were upset, 27-21, by Oregon State at Corvallis, Ore. It was the second consecutive time Oregon State beat USC at home and continued a bad tradition for the Trojans. USC’s road to college football’s national championship hit a major speed […]

It was another of those “college football four nights in a row” type of weekends, with games Wednesday through Saturday. Things got off to a rousing start Thursday night as unbeaten Colorado shocked West Virginia, 17-14, thanks to a 25-yard field goal from Aric Goodman (pictured at right) in overtime. Things got even better for […]

In mostly lopsided set of victories for the top teams in the land, a couple notable teams managed only a scoreboard three-spot: Auburn, Ohio State. In a game I didn't watch, but wish I had, Auburn squeaked out a one point victory over Mississippi State. In a game I did watch, but wish I hadn't, […]