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Meeting of the Minds: Is the Longhorn Network a blessing or a curse?

This week Texas coach Mack Brown gave the strongest voice yet to his concerns about the Longhorn Network interfering with his team. Brown contends that the LHN gives away state secrets to the opposition and takes up too much of his time with filming three different coaches show. Skeptics might dismiss Brown's complaints as an […]

Early Analysis: Ohio State vs. Penn State

No. 9 Ohio State at Penn State Saturday, 5:30 p.m. ESPN Line: PK While it’s easy to crack (bad) jokes and call Saturday’s showdown between Ohio State and Penn State the “The Ineligi-Bowl” the truth is that while this game might not have postseason implications, it is still a matchup between the two best teams […]

Is Temple trying to schedule a game for this December?

It’s been said that in college football scheduling is a fine craft. Programs usually spend years hashing out the every little detail of the 12 games on their fall schedules, often making commitments (and at times breaking them) years in advance. Heck, wasn’t it just yesterday that college football fans got their panties in a […]

2012 Bloguin Heisman Poll Week Eight

Week eight of the college football season saw a battle between the top two Heisman candidates. Collin Klein and his Kansas State Wildcats traveled to Morgantown to face Geno Smith and his West Virginia Mountaineers. When the dust settled, it was Klein and his guys that stood tall winning in a 55-14 rout. How far […]

Early Analysis: Florida vs. Georgia

No. 2 Florida vs. No. 10 Georgia (in Jacksonville, Fla.) Saturday, 3:30 PM, CBS Line: Florida -6.5 Both Florida and Georgia enter the game formerly known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” ranked in the top 10. The stakes seem to be high almost every year, but the winner of this game would clearly […]

Early Analysis: Cincinnati vs. Louisville

Cincinnati at No. 16 Louisville Friday, 8:00 p.m. ESPN Line: Louisville -3.5 Had things turned out a bit differently, Friday night’s matchup been Cincinnati and Louisville could’ve been for all the Tostitos. Or oranges. Or whatever the hell the Big East champion is playing for these days. Either way, Cincinnati-Louisville had potential to be a […]

Has the Longhorn Network become a disadvantage for Texas?

Ask folks around the Nebraska, Texas A&M and Missouri football programs, and (off the record) they’ll be glad to tell you that a big reason why each left the Big XII in recent years was because of the emergence of the Longhorn Network. The TV station which debuted in August 2011 gives Texas an absurd […]

The Weekly Wrap: Week 8 Edition

Oregon, Florida and Kansas State bolstered their arguments, while Notre Dame (and among the ineligibles, Ohio State) survived. Alabama remains on another planet. Super Six 1. Alabama (7-0) The Tide rolled over the Vols, with Peyton Manning in attendance, in their annual TSIO skirmish. One small hope for opponents: Bama has allowed double-digit points in […]

Kansas State 55, WVU 14: Purple Reign in Morgantown

Despite the obvious and glaring weakness on defense, I bought into West Virginia. The offense looked unstoppable and somehow it looked like the Mountaineers would just outscore everyone. Oh how we were all fooled. WVU fans are used to disappointment, but no one expected such a collapse just two weeks after beating Texas in Austin. […]

BCS Bowl Projections: Week 9 Edition

Here’s what you need to know about how Saturday’s game impacted our BCS Bowl Projections: BCS Nos. 1 and 2 racked up 88 points, the Big 12 has its frontrunners and the Irish live to fight another day. Here’s how things stand going into Week 9: Rose Bowl: Michigan vs. Oregon State – This pairing […]

LSU 24, Texas A&M 19: Tigers school Aggies on dangers of turnovers

LSU taught Texas A&M a valuable lesson Saturday. It’s not just that famed speed that kills in the SEC. Turnovers can be deadly, too. The Aggies did more than enough against the Tigers to come up with what would have been the biggest win of their short time in the SEC, including gaining eight more […]

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