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Harris Poll: How I voted

One man’s Harris Poll ballot and how I came to these conclusions: 1. Notre Dame (12-0)… Only undefeated, bowl-eligible team in the nation. The Fighting Irish's signature play is the goal-line stand. 2. Alabama (11-1)… Had Georgia ahead of the Crimson Tide a week ago, but I flip-flopped them this week. Not that it matters […]

Tom O’Brien surprisingly out as NC State head coach

This is the silly season of college football, but things got really silly on Sunday with the news that Tom O'Brien is out as the head coach at North Carolina State. Count him amongst a group of guys like Jeff Tedford, Derek Dooley, John L. Smith, and Joker Phillips if you want, but this one […]

Gene Chizik fired by Auburn

In a move that the college football world has been expecting for weeks, Gene Chizik has been fired as the head football coach at Auburn. Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs released a statement which read in part: After suffering some tough losses in a transition year in 2011, we had hoped our team would show […]

BCS Bowl Projections: Championship Week Edition

  A thrilling last two weeks of the regular season leaves us with dramatically different BCS bowl projections than we had 14 days ago. One half of the National Championship Game has been set in stone with Notre Dame’s win over USC, but which SEC team will join them in the clash for college football’s […]

Big East race is well … confusing

The race for the Big East championship is about as confusing as the future of the beleaguered BCS conference. With just a week remaining in the season — and maybe not much more for a conference that is being poached again — the Big East is on the verge of a four-way tie. In a […]

Texas A&M 59, Missouri 29: Manziel makes his Heisman case

On Sunday morning, the newspaper headlines in College Station will likely read “Texas A&M 59, Missouri 29,” but if anything, the story behind the headlines is this: In his last chance to impress Heisman Trophy voters, Johnny Manziel left them with quite a bit to think about. After another strong performance Saturday night, Manziel firmly […]

Notre Dame seals the deal in 22-13 victory over rivals USC

Nevermind what haters say, ignore them ’til they fade away. – T.I. Yep, let the haters hate as Notre Dame is headed to the National Championship game for the first time since their last undefeated and national championship season in 1988 following a 22-13 win over bitter rivals USC. Unlike that 1988 team this one […]

Taylor, Cardinal Run To Pac-12 Title Game, Defeat Bruins 35-17

  Stanford needed this afternoon’s game in the Rose Bowl to fully punch their ticket to the Pac-12 Championship Game once Oregon came out victorious in the Civil War. UCLA had already advanced to the game, but still could’ve decided who their opponent would have been. Stanford took the choice away from the Bruins, as […]

Ohio State 26, Michigan 21: Undefeated and unrewarded

The Ohio State Buckeyes are undefeated, yet will go un rewarded this season. No shot at a BCS national championship and no opportunity to play in the Big Ten championship game. But for one afternoon in November none of that mattered. A win in The Game againt the rival from the north is the only […]

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