With the recent announcement that Houston Nutt will be resigning from Ole Miss at the end of the season, we thought it would be useful to update an earlier piece we wrote on Nutt and expand our list of recommended coaches to be the next head coach at Ole Miss. The only thing worse than […]
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D2 Playoffs Taking Shape
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(Editor’s Note: This article was written on Sunday, before the Regional Rankings were announced on Monday night. Keep that in mind as you look read this piece.) As we head into the final weekend of the Division II regular season, everything is on the line as teams begin to scramble for the final few playoff […]
A (Very Satirical) Look At The Ole Miss Coaching Candidates
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By now you’ve probably all heard the news that sent shockwaves through Mississippi this morning. As first reported by about 200 other media outlets… and then confirmed by Crystal Ball Run, Houston Nutt resigned today as the head football coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. The announcement came at a 3:00 p.m. press conference in […]
Houston Nutt Out At Ole Miss. What’s Next For The Beleagured Program?
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Update: The 3:00 p.m. press conference has begun, and it’s official: Houston Nutt is out as head coach at Ole Miss. In addition, Athletics Director Pete Boone has also announced his resignation, no later than December 31, 2012. Boone explained his decision saying that when he hired Nutt in the winter of 2007, it would […]
Five Burning Questions: Penn State Play-by-Play Voice Steve Jones
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Penn State is at the center of the college, and entire, sporting world right now and unfortunately for the Nittany Lion faithful it is not because they are preparing for a big game against Nebraska this weekend. As much as it may be an afterthought right now in light of recent headlines out of State […]
CBR Official BCS Bowl Projections: LSU, Oklahoma State Hold Strong At The Top
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We will once again go through the motions of making the selections as if the season ended today, using the BCS rankings as a tiebreaker to determine conference champions. The highest-ranked team in each conference will be selected as the conference champion. Step 1: BCS Championship Game The first thing that happens is that […]
Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly: Week 10 Edition
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Week in and week out, you find “the good” in college football anywhere: the great performances, the Heisman breakouts and everything in between. Every week, I bring you not the good, and not even the bad; I bring you the ugly. On to the ugly of Week 10. Kansas State-Oklahoma State: No Defense Required When […]
LSU 9, Alabama 6: How Far Should Tide Tumble?
(Editor’s note: Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of our LSU-Alabama recap. For the final installment, we look at the impact of the loss on Alabama’s ranking.) How far should Alabama fall in the polls? Allen Kenney: I wouldn’t drop Alabama too far. The Tide have beaten some good teams […]
LSU 9, Alabama 6: The MVP
(Editor’s note: Check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of CBR’s LSU-Alabama recap series. In Part 4, the CBR staff discusses who the game’s most valuable player was.) Who was your MVP? Aaron Torres: I’d probably say Jordan Jefferson. That’s no disrespect to Drew Alleman, no disrespect to Brad Wing, and certainly no […]
LSU 9, Alabama 6: U-G-L-Y
(Editor’s note: So far, we’ve touched on the surprises and coaching jobs done in the LSU Tigers’ 9-6 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide. Time to address the anemic offensive output.) Setting aside the “entertainment” aspect, does the lack of scoring in this game mean anything the bigger picture? Michael Felder: Yes! These defenses are […]
LSU 9, Alabama 6: Did The Mad Hatter Work Over Saban?
(Editor’s note: Previously in our LSU-Bama recaps, we looked at the game’s biggest surprises. Now, we turn to the coaching match-up.) Was Nick Saban out-coached in this game? Regie Eller: This was obvious to me – and I am a big Nick Saban guy. That speed option that LSU runs? Yeah, that thing is pitiful […]
LSU 9, Alabama 6: What Were The Surprises?
(Editor’s note: Whether you laughed or cried, cheered or snoozed, the latest “Game of the Century” deserves a little more postgame analysis than your usual recap. How much more? Five times more, that’s how much more. In the first installment today, CBR’s staff writers look at the big surprises from LSU’s overtime win over the […]
