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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 December 8, 2005 Kevin Beane |
Forecasting the Bowls Twenty-eight college-football bowl games; twenty-eight fearless predictions. |
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 November 22, 2010 Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central June 9, 2011 Jean Neuberger |
First and 10: 10 Burning Thoughts Ten thoughts that are racing to the top of my head as we're now less than 100 days until college football kicks off? |
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 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 August 1, 2013 Adam Russell |
Highlights of College Football's Opening Weekend With the college football season set to kick off in a little more than a month, many fans and nearly every preseason publication likes to peruse through the schedule to see what the most intriguing, compelling, or critical matchups might be. |
Sports Central January 14, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Bowl Season Recap Renaming college bowl games after the fact. |
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 September 19, 2010 Andrew Jones |
How Virginia Tech Screwed Boise State Boise State started the year with a 33-30 victory over Virginia Tech that made a lot of people think that this would finally be the year they would have a legitimate shot at being selected to the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central August 25, 2005 Adam Russell |
Top 10 Non-Conference Games in '05 Some of the most interesting matchups and exciting games to watch are non-conference games. Of the top 10 non-conference matchups, 9 take place in September. |
Sports Central November 8, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Is Boise State vs. TCU Still Possible? TCU has two games left and it is doubtful San Diego State and New Mexico will help their BCS title game hopes with anything but style points. |
Sports Central September 10, 2007 Adam Russell |
Wild and Wacky Week 2 What a crazy weekend it was in college football: huge upsets, massive blowouts, and squeakers -- and those were just the Top 25 games! |
Sports Central October 5, 2015 Jean Neuberger |
College Football Playoff Projections College football is generally unpredictable. This season? More than ever. |
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 28, 2008 Matt Thomas |
BCS-Mania! Predictions on what will or will not happen as we zip through college football's stretch run. |
Sports Central December 9, 2009 Andrew Jones |
Is College Football Unfixable? There are many things we can't change about college football, but there are two things that can be changed that will quite easily make the game better. |
Sports Central July 19, 2011 Andrew Jones |
Rants and Predictions Sounding off on inconsistency and cheating in sports. Plus predictions for the upcoming college football season. |
Sports Central November 30, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
A Playoff in College Football? Like it or not, there is no fool-proof way to decide a national champion. |
Sports Central December 14, 2010 Kyle Jahner |
Fans Will Enjoy BCS Slate While Wishing For BCS Demise The best two teams in college football, both unblemished, will play each other for the national title in a game that would never have happened before the BCS. |
Sports Central September 7, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts After Week 1 College football never ceases to disappoint when it comes to drama. The anticipation for this season certainly lived up to expectations in a wild first weekend and already, we've learned quite a bit from what has unfolded. |
Sports Central December 10, 2008 Matt Thomas |
Not-So-Extreme Makeover: BCS Edition Suggestions for revamping bowl selection process. |
Sports Central March 11, 2010 Kevin Beane |
College Football Week 1 Preview A look at the matchups kicking off the start of the college football season. |
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 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 October 21, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Perfection Possibilities Teams are lining up to see if they can make it to the end of the NCAA football season unscathed. |
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 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 December 27, 2011 Jean Neuberger |
The State of the 2011-2012 Bowl Season Hopefully the rest of the bowl season is as exciting as some of these early bowl games have been. It should be a lot of fun as the college football season concludes. |
Sports Central August 14, 2013 Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |
Sports Central December 20, 2012 Kevin Beane |
2013 College Football Week 1 Preview This year, the preview's earlier than ever! I'd also say we have a better slate of games upcoming in the first week of 2013 past. |
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 April 10, 2010 Andrew Jones |
Could This Be the Year For Boise State? The Boise State Broncos will need some help to get to the National Championship Game. Here are some scenarios that will help. |
Sports Central December 12, 2008 Brad Oremland |
How John Swofford Killed the BCS Another column whining about how college football needs to reform its Division I postseason -- and offering a proposal that has no chance of becoming reality. |
Sports Central August 30, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Five Picks to Click to in 2005 Of the 1,300+ college football contests slated for 2005, here are five games to watch this season. Each one of these battles should be what college football fans love -- nip and tuck. |
Sports Central November 29, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
A Chance to Give Thanks Bright spots in each college football division. |
Sports Central December 20, 2010 Adam Russell |
A Case For Bowl Contraction Well, here we are with another bowl season upon us, the supposed "postseason" of college football. But I'm not as interested in this bowl season as I have been in the past. |
Sports Central November 21, 2007 Adam Russell |
BCS Still a Muddy Mess It is possible that only one of the top five teams in the BCS standings could end up in the National Championship Game -- Ohio State. |
Sports Central February 13, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Checking Out the Menu A look at the most important non-conference matchups awaiting college football fans during the first four weekends. |
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 Central September 15, 2005 Adam Russell |
Another Exciting Weekend in Store This weekend in college football has 10 dynamite games on the schedule that promise to be real barnburners. Notre Dame vs. Michigan State, for instance -- Is Charlie Weis and the Irish for real? |
Sports Central January 9, 2012 Adam Russell |
Simulation Shows That BCS Got it Right While we still rail at the BCS for putting two teams from the same conference in the title game, maybe the polls, computers, and other factors that rank the schools got it right. |
Sports Central September 1, 2004 Jonathan Lowe |
A Rigorous Game Plan (Pt. 2) Here is a look at the big boys of college football's "major" leagues. The Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC, and restructured ACC each feature at least one top-10 powerhouse. |
Sports Central September 2, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
2015 CFB Preview: Question Quantity When a new college football season comes calling, fans are looking for answers. |
Sports Central January 16, 2007 Adam Russell |
Reflections on College Football '06 Did the two best teams finally play in the national championship game? |
Sports Central October 4, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
The BCS Projections ... For Now As we've entered the second month of the college football season, the BCS picture still looks fairly clouded. |
Sports Central January 29, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Lesson Learned From Bowl Season What December and January taught us about college football. |
Sports Central December 18, 2005 Sara Normand |
Hawkins Goes From Bronco to Buffalo In the Big 12 championship game, Texas obliterated Colorado, 70-3. They won by 67 points, a margin better fit for a basketball blowout! What's worse, losing wasn't the only problem for this Buffalo football program ridden by controversies, rape accusations, and players accepting money. |
Sports Central November 28, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys Over the BCS? March Madness has the BCS beat, hands-down. But there seems to be more potential for excitement and hope as sneakers squeak for the first time in months. |