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Which Super-Power Needs To Be On Upset Alert In The DIII Playoffs?

You can think of the Division III playoffs right now the same way we think of the NCAA Tournament every March. We are going into the Elite Eight this weekend, and literally every team left could potentially pull the upset and win this year’s Stagg Bowl. In fact I see one of those upsets happening […]

Will A New Coach Lead Texas A&M into SEC Country? It Appears So

Prior to the Texas A&M Aggies’ game against the Texas Longhorns last week, coach Mike Sherman got the oft-dreaded vote of confidence from Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin. ”As far as I’m concerned, yes. We don’t want to make any hasty moves, and we look forward to [Sherman] being our football coach in the […]

The Sword Swings Again: Washington State hires Mike Leach

It seems like just yesterday that we openly wondered just who might want to walk the Mike Leach plank during this year’s edition of the coaching carousel. Now it appears that Leach could be ready to raise the flag, perhaps a Washington State flag (and it’s not even on the set of ESPN College GameDay […]

Division II Quarterfinal Preview

Welcome to the quarterfinals, as we are now only two steps away from the National Championship game in Florence, Alabama. Fans are excited, the coaches are prepped, and the players are jacked. So enough introduction, let’s talk football! New Haven v. Winston Salem State If I had come to you at the beginning of the […]

Five Burning Questions: You Can’t Get Enough Of Urban

As a resident of Ohio and not a Buckeye fan, it’s easy to get overloaded on Buckeye news. On Monday when Urban Meyer replaced Jim Tressel (or Luke Fickell) as the OSU coach, the news was fed to us at a gluttonous pace. My partner at Eye and Eer, Phil Shie, is the Ohio State […]

Bloguin Heisman Poll Week Thirteen

The regular season is over for a lot of players who are up for the Heisman. The Heisman Trophy will be presented on December 10th so that makes this the next to last poll of the season for us. Andrew Luck has been the front-runner for much of the year as he has been #1 […]

Craig James ‘Focused’ On Job With ESPN Amid Rumor Of Political Run

Addressing a rumor that he is leaving ESPN to pursue political office, Craig James told Crystal Ball Run that he is focused on his job as a college football analyst. “There are a significant number of strong business leaders in Texas that want me to run for office,” James said in an e-mail statement to Crystal […]

Mike Leach: Who Will Walk The Plank?

Albert Einstein said it, Mike Leach honed it and many college football programs across the country abide by it. Insanity: Making the same hire over and over again while expecting different results. As the regular season ends – and even before then – the college football coaching vacancies are opening in a flurry of activity. […]

The Small-School Playoffs Weekend Recap

Welcome back to Monday everybody! After the long weekend that was filled with too much food, plenty of friends and family, and just the right amount of football, I’m back and looking towards next weekend’s playoffs. Before I continue on I have to apologize though to two people, the first would be my readers. For […]

Meeting Of The Minds: What Is Urban’s Upside?

Hello Columbus! After a week’s worth of flirting, heavy petting and sneaking around behind their parents back, Urban Meyer and Ohio State are now, finally a couple. I’m pretty sure they made it Facebook official and everything just moments ago. But now with that, the fun part begins: How good will Urban Meyer be at […]

Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly: Week 13 Edition

Nothing quite said “ugly” like the final regular season weekend of the 2011 season. Coaches were fired, teams blew big leads, and others continued their modus operandi of just being ugly. Enjoy, if you can stomach it. Arkansas Razorbacks: If you were pulling for Arkansas just to cause a ripple in the Bowl Championship Series, […]

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