MACtion Expansion: Rejoice

The Mid-American Conference announced today how the new divisions will shake out. (What, you didn’t know the MAC is expanding?)  With the Massachusetts’ arrival in the MAC next season, Bowling Green will move over to the West division while UMass enters in theEast.  In the MAC East: Akron, Buffalo, Kent State, UMass, Miami (Ohio) and […]

Sugar Bowl: Michigan Finds A Way To Win

We’ve all watched those games where, if it wasn’t for the scoreboard we’d automatically all know who was winning and assume it was by a fair amount. Then when you do see the score your shocked to have your world basically flipped upside down because the total opposite is true. That was last night’s Allstate […]

Fiesta Bowl: Luck Runs Out for Stanford, Not the Pokes

You wanted No. 1 versus No. 2? Well you got it…that is if you love the NFL Draft as much as I do. Luck (No. 1) versus Blackmon (No. 2)? Oklahoma State, possibly feeling jilted out of an opportunity to play for a national championship, remained focused at the task at hand; the Tositos Fiesta […]

Urban Meyer To His Players: No Twitter For You

Urban Meyer is a smart guy. You know that. I know. My 95-year-old grandma who thinks “Urban Meyer” is a brand of hot dog knows that. And now the world knows it too. That’s because Meyer is doing something that every college football coach in America should at least consider: Not allowing his players to […]

CBR Goes Bowling: Discover Orange Bowl

Discover Orange Bowl West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Clemson Tigers Jan. 4, 8:30 pm ET Sun Life Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla.) Website: http://www.orangebowl.org/index.html TV: ESPN Line: Clemson -3.0 This is the one BCS bowl game that no one wants to watch outside of South Carolina and West Virginia. That may not be totally true, but very […]

Rose Bowl: Chip Kelly Silences His Critics Once And For All

The 2012 Rose Bowl very well could be remembered for any number of things: De’Anthony Thomas; Russell Wilson’s bizarre decision to spike the ball with just two seconds left; or really, any number of record-setting performances that made the game an instant classic, and one of the few bowl games to live up to the […]

Outback Bowl: Georgia Can’t Get Right

Somewhere deep down inside the Georgia Bulldogs resides one of the best teams in college football. You don’t have to be an expert to see it. They definitely look like an elite team coming off the bus. When they’re actually out on the field playing, you can catch glimpses of it occasionally. But, to put […]

TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Florida, Ohio State Have Long Way To Go

Neither Florida nor Ohio State had created much offensive fireworks in a disappointing season for both former champions. Everyone knew Troy Smith, Ted Ginn, Tim Tebow or Percy Harvin were not stepping onto the field to save this year’s TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl contest between two former college football powerhouses. Today’s game in Jacksonville certainly suggests […]

CBR Goes Bowling: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Stanford Cardinal vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys January 2, 8:30 p.m. University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ) Website: http://www.fiestabowl.org/ TV: ABC Line: Oklahoma State -4 Call this one the “Snubbed Bowl.” Or “The Almost, But Not Quite Enough Affair.” Or maybe even the, “Too Bad We’re Not From The SEC, Because Maybe If […]

CBR Goes Bowling: Rose Bowl Presented By Vizio

Rose Bowl Presented By Vizio Wisconsin Badgers vs. Oregon Ducks Jan. 2, 5:00 pm ET Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) Website: http://www.rosebowlstadium.com TV: ESPN Line: Oregon -6.5 For those in attendance, the Rose Bowl is one of the few major sporting events that lives up to the hype. The game is held in the best setting […]

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