I'm not one to be hyperbolic about calling the most recent thing I've seen "the greatest."Oregon and Auburn staged a decent game in the desert of Arizona Monday evening. I won't call it great.There was the requisite drama, with Oregon scoring a touchdown with less than three minutes remaining in the game to force a... Continue Reading →

Okay, so let’s start today by mocking, I mean, discussing the new names for the division of the Big Ten, and why they are nonsensical. “Leaders” and “Legends?” Was that focus group tested? And the new logo looks like something that was sketched up in MS Paint in about fifteen minutes.Excuse me?Yes?You’re not going to... Continue Reading →

With the breaking news of Urban Meyer's second resignation from the Florida Gators dropping today (courtesy of Brett McMurphy of AOL Fanhouse), and due to a discussion on Twitter with BCSChick and Lonely Tailgater, I decided to run through the coaching database and come up with who has been coaching at their current institution for... Continue Reading →

So Cam Newton's father Cecil Newton, Sr. did request money for Cam Newton to play at Mississippi State. But allegedly, Cam knew nothing about that request. So he eligible to play in this weekend's SEC Championship Game against South Carolina with a trip to the BCS Championship and the Heisman Trophy on the line.Newton's father... Continue Reading →

The term “Black Friday,” when associated with the day after Thanksgiving, is a day when the Christmas shopping season begins in earnest. If you’re willing to get up early enough (or now, willing to stay up late enough) and brave the crowds, you can find some great deals and steals.College football fans will experience their... Continue Reading →

On Monday, when I first saw pictures of the field for the Northwestern-Illinois game this coming weekend at Wrigley Field, my first reaction was, "Really?"The end zone at the east end of the field, near the right field wall, wasn't even a full end zone. The bleachers cut off part of it, and the brick... Continue Reading →

So let me see if I've got some of this straight.In the last two weeks, Cam Newton has gone from potential Heisman frontrunner and a positive, happy redemption story in college football to an academic fraud at the University of Florida and (in conjunction with his father) pure chattel to be sold to the highest... Continue Reading →

With Colorado now being granted clearance to leave the Big 12 after this season to join Utah in the Pac-12 conference, there are two issues that will hopefully be resolved for the conference after a couple of meetings this month.One issue is how to split the conference into divisions.The other is to determine where to... Continue Reading →

Reading the Associated Press article about Reggie Bush returning his Heisman Trophy and how that's not an admission of guilt (Um, sure), I was struck by the closing graphs (emphasis mine):Bush said he also wants to start a program to help high school and college athletes deal with the pressures and temptations that come when... Continue Reading →

I don't know Scott Wolf, USC Trojans beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News, personally.His bio reads: "Scott Wolf has covered USC for the Daily News since 1996. A USC graduate, he covered his first Trojan game in 1984 for the Daily Trojan. Scott is known as the "scourge of the Internet message boards,"... Continue Reading →