On Tuesday, we gave you the lowdown on what to watch in the off-season in the SEC. We’re switching gears to the Big 12 today, where Texas is looking to get back on top and West Virginia and TCU are preparing for life in an upper-tier league. 10. To expand or not to expand? We […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 2/8/2012
Safe to say, it’s been an interesting few months for Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham. When we last heard from Graham it was in mid-December, mid-day, when he was midway through weaseling his way out of coaching Pittsburgh, to take the same position in Tempe. As you may also remember, Graham made even […]
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There were a number of good bowl games played in the 2011-12 season. We have already touched on two of them in our look back at ten of the best games from this past college football season. Few games matched the hype the way the Rose Bowl, the Granddaddy of Them All, did when it […]
There’s a saying in economics that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” In other words, as the overall economy expands, its participants benefit as well. Businesses invest more, hiring increases, wages go up, people buy more stuff, etc. In the world of college athletics, the tide is starting to rise. More and more money is […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 2/7/2012
Folks, the off-season is upon us, meaning that college football news is just…about…set…to slow down to a trickle. The champion has been crowned, Signing Day has come and gone, and we are still another few weeks away from Spring Ball kicking off. These are dire times to be a college football fan. Thankfully at Crystal […]
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Dennis Dodd over at CBS Sports reported yesterday that not only is the four-year scholarship back on the table for division one schools but NCAA President Mark Emmert is pushing for the support of the venture. The measure was voted down in 2011 as 82 schools contested the push for the four-year scholarship and the […]
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With Valentines Day a little over a week away, love is definitely in the air, and manifesting itself in truly weird ways. While you may have an affection for a friend, co-worker, or- as crazy as it sounds- maybe even your wife, there is one very public person, with a very serious crush on Alabama […]
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Can I share with you a “what-if” scenario that is unlikely, but plausible? If college football had a playoff after the 2011 season, Clemson would have been a participant. It’s hard to fathom the ACC champion not getting an invite. The Tigers were stocked with offensive talent and a number of NFL prospects on defense. […]
As the drumbeat for a playoff grows, who better to lead college football fans into this brave new world than Jim Delany? In an irony to beat all ironies, according to Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune, longtime playoff obstructionists Delany and the Big Ten are have suddenly taken the lead in the movement to […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 2/6/2012
The football season is now, finally, officially in the books now that the Super Bowl has been played. Now comes the time when we can all begin looking forward to the 2012 football seasons in the college and professional ranks. But before we do, we’re taking a look at the best college football games of […]
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It came out last week that West Virginia, which is expected to enter the Big 12 in the fall, had cancelled a non-conference series with Florida State. The fact that the Mountaineers backed out of the series doesn’t strike me as a huge deal. WVU is about to see its conference schedule pick up, and […]
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Every Monday, either myself, or my co-managing editor Allen Kenney will look at the good, bad and sublime of the previous weekend in what we like to call “Case of the Mondays.” And today, as you groggily show up to work, we break it all down for you. From Madonna to Darren Rovell, Michelle Beadle […]
