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Sports Illustrated
October 18, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions My rant this week has to do with the ever-so-controversial word playoff. Members of the college football bureaucracy and those who run the bowls cringe at its mention. I like what the bowls have done for college football but, as they say, times are a-changin'...   |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Still Badgering The jury is out on Wisconsin until conference play. College football at the end of September is great because a lot of teams remain national championship contenders. |
Sports Central
October 19, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
An Ode to the Head Ball Coach It was sometime around the mid-1990s when I first watched a game on TV featuring Steve Spurrier as one of the head coaches. |
Sports Illustrated
November 8, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions College football fans, you are not alone. There is something just as convoluted and mind-boggling as the BCS. And the electoral college has existed for more than two centuries. So for one week, we will forget about the game's problems and embrace college football for what it is -- a game... |
Sports Illustrated
October 18, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
No satisfying fans these days Lot of whiners out there. A lot. Oklahoma is 6-0 and its fans are whining. Nobody notices us. Nobody likes Josh Heupel. I guess that No. 3 ranking happened by osmosis. South Carolina is 6-1 and its fans are whining. Nobody notices us... |
Sports Illustrated
November 10, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Yes, Oklahoma is good Oklahoma still has a couple of hurdles left. Do I think the Sooners will win at Texas A&M? Sure. Do I think they'll beat the winner of the Nebraska-Kansas State game. I suppose I do. But the short history of the BCS is littered with November "sure things" who ended up in the Alamo Bowl... |
Sports Illustrated
July 20, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Chat Reel: SI's Ivan Maisel Alabama, Wisconsin look like title contenders |
Sports Illustrated
December 4, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Chat Reel A chat about the college football bowl season and the Heisman Trophy... |
Sports Illustrated
October 10, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Virginia Tech is the real deal My opinion of Virginia Tech began to change once I started spending time there. Frank Beamer is a very good coach with a very good staff. They seem to find players who arrive without an ego. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Allen Barra |
Notre Dame's return to glory! (Part 23) Why does the college's legendary -- but creaky -- football program have to keep coming back? |
Sports Central
December 23, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
Deck the Halls (and the BCS): Bowl Predictions The 11 most interesting bowl games of the season -- because 11 is a nice even number. |
Sports Illustrated
August 29, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Suiting up for another season Addressing an abundance of questions as the college football season starts |
Sports Central
May 27, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
Top 10 Intriguing Non-Conference Games Labor Day will be here soon, and with it will come these college football gems. |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2000
Tim Layden |
Popularity contest Successful teams are a big draw for prospective students |
Sports Illustrated
January 4, 2001
Tim Layden |
Musings on a completed season The BCS worked. Technically. Truth is, Oklahoma bailed out the computers and commissioners who devised the three-year-old Bowl Championship Series. Miami should have been in the Orange Bowl, not Florida State. And even then, Washington would have complained... |
Sports Central
October 21, 2003
Michael Beshara |
Pigskin Letters Do you think the Heisman Trophy should go to the best QB/RB on the best team in the country?... What is the best way for a college football coach to handle unrealistic fan expectations? |
Sports Central
December 12, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
2012 College Football Bowl Pool Guide College football is stupid. Not the sport itself, but how it runs its post-season. Even when we get our long-awaited playoff, it's still going to be stupid. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Top 10: Highest Paid College Football Coaches Head coaches at big-name schools have seven-figure incomes, often making more money each year than the athletic directors and college presidents for whom they work. |
Sports Central
October 12, 2005
Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #5: Pasadena Projections A closer look at the ten teams with the best shot at heading to the Rose Bowl. |
Sports Central
December 1, 2004
Jonathan Moncrief |
College Football Played the Right Way in Philly Sometimes, it's great to be a college football fan: great rivalries; school pride; campus atmosphere. Especially when it's Army vs. Navy. |
Sports Illustrated
October 23, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List: Oct. 23 Well, one thing we can't say about this season is: It has been boring. The Big Ten and Pac-10 races are going to go down to the wire and we have a few showdowns to look forward to in the Big 12... |
Sports Illustrated
October 1, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
The lone Cyclone In his 1 1/2 seasons at Iowa State, senior quarterback Seneca Wallace has emerged from anonymity into the national spotlight, bringing his teammates along for the ride. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Allen Barra |
The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
Salon.com
November 29, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
Sports Central
January 12, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
Another Nebulous Finish Last year, there seemed to be no champion. This year, there are arguably three. Maybe four. But since the BCS pretends it can do the impossible, we are left with the same empty feeling in the pit of the stomach at the end. |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Central
December 3, 2012
Jean Neuberger |
Instant Reaction: The 2012-13 Bowl Season It's 35 games and three and a half weeks of pure football feasting. Another December and bowl season has fallen upon us. And as the matchups are now official, here's a rundown of initial thoughts as we head into the final stretch of the 2012 college football season. |
Sports Central
September 6, 2004
Michael Beshara |
Musings on Opening Day Some thoughts on the first full Saturday of College football. |
Sports Illustrated
November 1, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions A few weeks ago we had this weekend circled as a showdown Saturday. But it has lost some luster. Florida State-Clemson and Virginia Tech-Miami are no longer marquee games; they are mismatches. Sure, they have national championship implications, but neither game will be close... |
Sports Illustrated
November 21, 2000
Kelley King |
Darkened Knights There are many reasons why Rutgers should win in football, but the Scarlet Knights continue to lose |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List Now that only one team remains undefeated, things are about to get interesting. The beauty of this season is that there are only a few very good teams. Everyone else is pretty even, which gives us some pretty exciting football week in and week out... |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2002
Tim Layden |
Open membership College football's elite group grows larger every season. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2008
Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts From Row 1, Seat 2 Observations and predictions about the 2008 college football season. |
Salon.com
November 23, 2002
Allen Barra |
Of bowls and polls College football's weird champion-choosing process has taken the arguments -- and the fun -- out of New Year's Day. |
Sports Illustrated
August 28, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
Burning Questions Whatever happened to the Nebraska offensive line?... Should 'Canes fans worry about Penn State?... Which Oklahoma team is for real? |
Sports Illustrated
October 1, 2002 |
They've come a long way In the Oct. 7 issue of Sports Illustrated, the magazine ranks all 324 Division I athletic departments based on a number of factors. SI's top schools once were far from athletic powerhouses. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Heisman Trophy Disappointments The Heisman Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding college football player each season. But while the annual winners are showered with acclaim, not all go on to NFL fame. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Lesson Learned From Bowl Season What December and January taught us about college football. |
Sports Illustrated
October 16, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Half-season awards Honoring the best in what so far has been a thrilling college football season |
Sports Illustrated
September 7, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Some dreams have faded quickly Surplus preseason college football expectations for sale, cheap... |
Salon.com
November 10, 2000
Allen Barra |
Have the Fighting Irish gone soft? Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now? |
Sports Central
May 4, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
The "Wow, This is Early" Top 25 Spring football has come and gone, and with that, it's time for the first-ever (and hopefully annual) "Wow, this is early" Top 25. |
Sports Illustrated
March 14, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
'January Madness' just can't happen Each sport has its own charms. A playoff could be developed for college football, but don't think for a moment it would be March Madness come early. Here are a few of the things that would be missing... |
Sports Central
August 28, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
State of the Imperfect, But Glorious, Union I'm happier that college football is arriving next week than Donte Stallworth on sentencing day. |
Sports Central
December 3, 2004
David Martin |
Bad Times For College Football Fans This college football season opened with as much hope and as great an expectation of success and great competition as any in recent memory. Now, we must consider what has gone wrong with the game of college football. |
Sports Central
December 15, 2011
Kevin Beane |
The Best and Worst College Incumbents Here are the best coaches that have not been tabbed -- yet -- to a move to a more illustrious program. |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2002
Ivan Maisel |
Coaches take center stage Fans turn their attention to the men who patrol the sidelines. |
Job Journal
September 3, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Nepotism Happens The discriminatory hiring practice of nepotism. |
Sports Central
January 14, 2008
Kyle Jahner |
College Football Bowl Season Recap Renaming college bowl games after the fact. |
Sports Central
November 25, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
Thanksgiving Prep: Setting the Table Here's a rundown: what happened, and what we learned from the third-to-last week of college football. |
