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Sports Central October 15, 2007 Adam Russell |
Is Pac-10's Parity Mediocrity or Strength? Was the Pac-10 Conference worth its mettle this season - or was just another year of mediocrity? |
Sports Central December 9, 2003 Adam Russell |
Best Championship System, or Best Contender Screwed? The University of Southern California has been jilted out of the Sugar Bowl by the BCS computers, despite being ranked number one in both human polls. |
Sports Central January 13, 2004 Adam Russell |
The Best College Football Team? So who really is the best team in college football: USC or LSU? Neither. Using a complex formula of statistics, results and variables, the top team in NCAA Division 1-A football is... |
Sports Central December 8, 2004 Adam Russell |
BCS Works This Time ... Sort Of Once again, the BCS has left a sour taste in the mouths of college football fans... Once again, a Pac-10 team gets the short end of the stick... Once again, a couple of not-so-deserving teams get to play in one of the big four bowls... |
Sports Central March 10, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Longhorns Brown-Nosing Again Enjoy watching Texas relentlessly pile it on to any over-matched opponents in 2009. And enjoy listening to Mack Brown whine about what the Longhorns did in their wins when it is their losses that keep them out of Pasadena. |
Sports Central November 3, 2005 Adam Russell |
2005 Shaping Up a Lot Like 1984 When it comes to college football, there are quite a few similarities between this year and 1984, a number of differences, and a really eerie coincidence. |
Sports Central October 28, 2004 Kevin Beane |
Battle of the Undefeateds Two weeks ago, there were 14 undefeated teams in college football. Now there are half that. But it shouldn't be too much to ask for two or three teams to finish undefeated. Here are there chances? |
Sports Central August 8, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
The New Texas/Oklahoma: USC/Utah? Now that the Pac-10 and has become the Pac-12, splitting out into two new revenue-enhancing divisions, college football fans are going to have to get used to a new way of doing things. |
Sports Central September 21, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Dealing and Reeling So who is the emerging team in college football that could do damage on a national level? |
Sports Central October 23, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Midterm Report There are three teams that, as expected, are very good if not great. |
Sports Central December 2, 2005 Adam Russell |
Oregon Could Be Odd "Duck" Out of BCS The big question: What happens to college football's Bowl Championship System if either Texas or USC lose Saturday? |
Sports Central November 16, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Ducking a Kansas Comet So how many losses will the teams in the BCS title game in New Orleans have? |
Sports Central November 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Case for Florida After Notre Dame's 22-13 win against USC effectively clinched its spot in Miami on Jan. 7, the Fighting Irish will almost surely play the winner of next Saturday's SEC Championship Game between Georgia and Florida for the BCS crown. |
Sports Central August 17, 2006 Adam Russell |
College Football '06 Winners and Losers To focus on the preseason, let's look at who the biggest "winners and losers" are from last year to this. |
Sports Central October 15, 2012 Paul Foeller |
What a Load of BCS BCS ranked Florida Gators at No. 2. It's not that the Gators are a bad team, or even a mediocre team. It's just hard to imagine a team with an offense that disappears for stretches as often as this one does going to the championship game. |
Sports Central November 14, 2005 Alfons Prince |
For Once, BCS is Avoiding Controversy With the college football season coming to a close, the participants for this year's national championship game are pretty close to being finalized. |
Sports Central January 4, 2005 Adam Russell |
Exciting Bowl Season Coming to a Close The number of close, exciting games -- and some surprises -- made for an enjoyable couple of weeks. Now, an outstanding bowl season is about to conclude. |
Sports Central December 26, 2003 M. Edward Guest |
The Definition of Clutch Which team, since 1959, has the highest clutch score for a single season? If you're a college football fan, you probably already know. |
Sports Central August 7, 2004 Adam Russell |
Computers Decide Who's No. 1 Again As real as a video game may seem, it's still not real people playing football. But can it be used to predict how the upcoming college season will end up? |
Sports Central October 20, 2004 Glen Willis |
Revenge Scenarios Developing Keeping their eyes on the bowl: Auburn and USC... TCU and Southern Miss... South Carolina and Clemson... Ohio State and Michigan... |
Sports Central October 6, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Get Even? No, Just Get Mad Coming into the halfway point of the regular season, many teams with high expectations have been "Maddening" to their fan bases. On the flip side, several programs have seen an uptick, showing signs of "Mad Genius." So, in each of the power conferences, who's tiptoeing through the Mad Scale? |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List Many college football teams have already stated their cases, while a few others have one or two more games in which to lobby the pollsters and computers... |
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 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 November 7, 2012 Adam Russell |
Pac-12 Balance of Power Shifts North Although there are still a handful of games remaining in the season, it's pretty safe to say that the balance of power has officially shifted north in the Pac-12. |
Sports Central November 10, 2008 Andrew Jones |
How the BCS Could Become a Nightmare Solutions are offered for problems brewing in the BCS. |
Sports Central November 28, 2007 Rich Lyons |
BCS, Heisman Races Coming Into Focus Just when you thought it couldn't get any more crazy, it did. |
Sports Central December 11, 2006 Zach Jones |
So Much For a BCS Rematch... Coaches unwilling to endorse a double-jeopardy rematch between Michigan and Ohio State took Florida's 38-28 victory over Dec. 2 as the perfect excuse to drop the Wolverines in the polls. |
Sports Central November 25, 2003 David Martin |
Why ESPN Hates the BCS I have two problems with the way college football is covered by national media types. First of all, most of them, e.g., ESPN, have a pro-playoff agenda. The second problem is that once they see a team they love, like the Oklahoma Sooners, they declare the de facto title winner. |
Sports Central October 27, 2004 Adam Russell |
Facelift in Order For College Football What college football needs is a complete overhaul of how it's structured, from the conference alignments to how the schedules are made up to determining a playoff system. |
Sports Central October 6, 2004 David Martin |
Busting the BCS: Is it Even Possible? The cottage industry of preseason analysis and predictions is the first failure of legitimacy of any poll -- and, by extension, any formula based upon that poll. |
Sports Central October 2, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Chaos on Campuses After the most turbulent week of college football in recent memory, you have to wonder if pollsters and experts were just picking schools out of a hat. |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Fit to Be Tied By creating a three-way logjam in the ACC, Florida State got a chad up on a BCS bid... |
Sports Central November 3, 2008 Corrie Trouw |
Ballot Bias It's election season again, college football voters, so take a few minutes and think about what each candidate has done to deserve your vote. |
Sports Central December 16, 2003 Jeff Zaginailoff |
The Solution to the BCS is a Playoff Tournament Despite recent efforts to reform it, the process for deciding the national champion in college football, the most noteworthy and public of all college sports, is still far from perfected. |
Sports Central August 1, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: The Rose Bowl The sweet-smelling Rose Bowl will host this year's BCS National Championship Game -- and differing strength of schedules makes the task less, or more, arduous for the premier teams to get there. |
Sports Central November 13, 2007 Parimal Rohit |
SoCal Hoops: It's All Love and Mayo Southern California will be a hotbed for college basketball this year. Both the UCLA and USC teams had a stellar offseason, with UCLA catching Kevin Love and USC landing O.J. Mayo. |
Sports Central November 1, 2004 David Martin |
College Football Ramblings Into November Is it okay with everyone else if we just hand Southern California the national championship?... When was the last time a guy who was being handed the Heisman in mid-October got benched before November?... etc. |
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 Central September 20, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
Producing a True Champion Do we need to provide for a "good loss" mechanism to ensure that teams are not penalized for losing tough, long-shot, football games, when others do not participate in such contests? |
Sports Central December 1, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #10: BCS Top 10 A look at the top 10 teams in the BCS to see if they truly deserve their ranking... Five guys with the best chances of taking home the Heisman... This week's games to watch... |
Sports Central August 16, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
Tough Pills to Swallow (Part I) From top teams to bowl scenarios, the toughest schedules for the upcoming college football season. Part One features mostly the smaller brothers of the Division I-A family. |
Sports Central September 26, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
When the Mighty Will Fall Predictions about which college football teams will not finish the season undefeated. |
Sports Central August 22, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Kickoff '07: The 21-Day Forecast Here are a few forecasts of what may happen in the first few weeks of the college football season. |
Sports Central January 14, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Bowl Season Recap Renaming college bowl games after the fact. |
Sports Central August 29, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
Tough Pills to Swallow (Part II) Predictions for 10 college football teams, including USC and Iowa State. |
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 Central June 14, 2005 Avery Smith |
2005 College Football Preview: Pac-10 The Pac-10 has always been one of the most overlooked conferences in all of college football. |
Sports Central December 8, 2005 Kevin Beane |
Forecasting the Bowls Twenty-eight college-football bowl games; twenty-eight fearless predictions. |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
Top 5: BCS Champions WhatIfSports takes the Bowl College Series to the next level by creating a simulated tournament of all 10 champions. |