West Virginia 30, South Florida 27: Mountaineers Alive For BCS Bid

West Virginia clinched a share of the Big East championship for a second straight season Thursday night after Tyler Bitancurt’s 28-yard field goal gave West Virginia a 30-27 victory at South Florida on the final play of the game. With a little bit of help on Saturday in Cincinnati, Dana Holgorsen could be taking West […]

Which Super-Power Needs To Be On Upset Alert In The DIII Playoffs?

You can think of the Division III playoffs right now the same way we think of the NCAA Tournament every March. We are going into the Elite Eight this weekend, and literally every team left could potentially pull the upset and win this year’s Stagg Bowl. In fact I see one of those upsets happening […]

Will A New Coach Lead Texas A&M into SEC Country? It Appears So

Prior to the Texas A&M Aggies’ game against the Texas Longhorns last week, coach Mike Sherman got the oft-dreaded vote of confidence from Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin. ”As far as I’m concerned, yes. We don’t want to make any hasty moves, and we look forward to [Sherman] being our football coach in the […]

The Sword Swings Again: Washington State hires Mike Leach

It seems like just yesterday that we openly wondered just who might want to walk the Mike Leach plank during this year’s edition of the coaching carousel. Now it appears that Leach could be ready to raise the flag, perhaps a Washington State flag (and it’s not even on the set of ESPN College GameDay […]

Division II Quarterfinal Preview

Welcome to the quarterfinals, as we are now only two steps away from the National Championship game in Florence, Alabama. Fans are excited, the coaches are prepped, and the players are jacked. So enough introduction, let’s talk football! New Haven v. Winston Salem State If I had come to you at the beginning of the […]

Five Burning Questions: You Can’t Get Enough Of Urban

As a resident of Ohio and not a Buckeye fan, it’s easy to get overloaded on Buckeye news. On Monday when Urban Meyer replaced Jim Tressel (or Luke Fickell) as the OSU coach, the news was fed to us at a gluttonous pace. My partner at Eye and Eer, Phil Shie, is the Ohio State […]

Bloguin Heisman Poll Week Thirteen

The regular season is over for a lot of players who are up for the Heisman. The Heisman Trophy will be presented on December 10th so that makes this the next to last poll of the season for us. Andrew Luck has been the front-runner for much of the year as he has been #1 […]

Craig James ‘Focused’ On Job With ESPN Amid Rumor Of Political Run

Addressing a rumor that he is leaving ESPN to pursue political office, Craig James told Crystal Ball Run that he is focused on his job as a college football analyst. “There are a significant number of strong business leaders in Texas that want me to run for office,” James said in an e-mail statement to Crystal […]

Mike Leach: Who Will Walk The Plank?

Albert Einstein said it, Mike Leach honed it and many college football programs across the country abide by it. Insanity: Making the same hire over and over again while expecting different results. As the regular season ends – and even before then – the college football coaching vacancies are opening in a flurry of activity. […]

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