Conferences are weird. And not just because some of their names don’t make any sense. (The Big Ten has 14 members?! The Big 12 has 10?!) Although most college football conferences hold championship games, others are prohibited from holding them (and get screwed because of it). They feature rapacious money grubbing and encourage teams to […]
Last season’s first-ever College Football Playoff might have miscalibrated everyone’s sense of what it takes to make it to the final four. Six power conference champions or co-champions — Alabama, Baylor, Florida State, Ohio State, Oregon and TCU — were undefeated or had one loss against reasonably good schedules. There’s plenty of room to critique […]
Last season’s first-ever College Football Playoff might have miscalibrated everyone’s sense of what it takes to make it to the final four. Six power conference champions or co-champions — Alabama, Baylor, Florida State, Ohio State, Oregon and TCU — were undefeated or had one loss against reasonably good schedules. There’s plenty of room to critique […]
Good gosh o’mighty, what a college football season so far. It’s early November, and fans have already witnessed: a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown as time expired; an eight-lateral kickoff return that was returned for a touchdown as time expired; a blocked field goal that was returned for a touchdown as time […]
Good gosh o’mighty, what a college football season so far. It’s early November, and fans have already witnessed: a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown as time expired; an eight-lateral kickoff return that was returned for a touchdown as time expired; a blocked field goal that was returned for a touchdown as time […]
