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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 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 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 14, 2012 Andrew Jones |
What Alabama's Loss Means For BCS College football fans were worried a choice between Kansas State and Oregon for the right to battle Alabama for the national championship would be close to impossible to make and then the unthinkable happened: Alabama lost. |
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 27, 2006 Alfons Prince |
Down to the Wire ... Again With only one week left in the 2006 college football regular season, it is looking like the bowl championship series (BCS) will once again escape any major controversy. |
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 November 4, 2013 Adam Russell |
BCS Chase: Can the Unbeatens Remain? So here we go, heading into the final month of the college football season. Seven teams remain unbeaten with five of those having legitimate shots at playing in the final BCS championship game come next January. |
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 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. |
CIO November 1, 2002 Scott Berinato |
Choosing Huskers over Ducks Last year, before any bowl games were played, coaches and sportswriters ranked the Oregon Ducks No. 2 in the land, ahead of the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers. Both had 10-1 records. Yet the BCS ranked Nebraska 2nd and Oregon 4th. Here's how the two came to opposite conclusion. |
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 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 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 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 April 13, 2006 Kevin Beane |
Four Months and 18 Days Four months and 18 days is how long we have to wait for college football to arrive. And here are the best 10 games (non-conference or otherwise, in no particular order) that will kick off week one. |
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 October 23, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
College Football Midterm Report There are three teams that, as expected, are very good if not great. |
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 Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jack McCallum |
BCS means bogus college standings Calling for a national championship playoff... |
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 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 30, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
College Football Bowl Season Thoughts Comments on the upcoming college bowl games. |
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. |
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 October 26, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #7: BCS Conference Rankings Each year, there is a debate as to which college football conference is the toughest in the country. Here is a ranking of the six BCS conferences based upon the strength of the top third of their teams. |
Sports Central November 5, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Valid Excuses When everything settles down on December 2nd, we'll have our championship matchup for this year. Assuming the Ducks, Wildcats, and Irish all win out, it should be fun to find out which team gets the chance to validate more than just their fans' parking at the area hotels in Miami. |
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 6, 2015 Ross Lancaster |
No Doubt: These Ducks Are Tough If I had a dollar for every time someone intimated that Oregon's team was soft, had no physicality, or didn't play any defense over the last few years, well, I'd have a couple extra thousand dollars to my name. |
Sports Central November 28, 2011 David Exum |
Alabama a Worthy Rematch For LSU By manhandling Auburn 42-14 in the Iron Bowl, Alabama stated its case why it deserves to play No. 1 LSU in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 9. |
Sports Central December 27, 2010 Andrew Jones |
BCS Bowl Game Predications In a year where the BCS got it right (or as right as is possible) at the top, I am still looking forward to the Rose Bowl more than any other game, including the national championship. |
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 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 October 6, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
Who is This Year's Auburn? If you haven't realized it by now, the frantic chase to the first College Football Playoff is officially on. |
Sports Central October 27, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
The Month-Long Journey We enter the month of November, when, in the world of college football, hearts are broken and dreams are dashed. For those with hope, it's a long time coming ... and a long ways yet to go. |
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 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 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 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 July 12, 2012 Andrew Jones |
The BCS Four-Team Playoff: Really Better? Under the new agreement, the BCS Bowl Games (Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and Rose) will take turns hosting the semifinals for the national championship with the winners of those two games meeting to determine a winner. |
Sports Central January 28, 2014 Adam Russell |
Now is Time to Radically Change College Football The NCAA needs to completely revamp what its football conferences look like, how games are scheduled and how the post-season selections are made. |
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 21, 2004 Glen Willis |
BCS Resume Review: Cal The Golden Bears of California should be the highest ranked one-loss team in the country. Yet they continue to trail Florida State and Georgia in the Coaches Poll -- and only FSU in the AP. |
Sports Central November 9, 2005 Mike Griffenberg |
Notre Dame Not as Good as Advertised However, Notre Dame will be a major player in the college football world as long as Charlie Weis is there, just not this year. |
Sports Central October 9, 2012 Greg Suttich |
Like `Em or Not, Ducks Are Flying High The Oregon Ducks have been dazzling us with their speed and explosiveness over the past few college football seasons. However, they seem to always stumble somewhere along the way ending any hopes of a national title. |
Sports Central November 4, 2009 Corrie Trouw |
USC's Paper Trojans Saturday was a monumental night in the college football world, but the developments of the night stretch beyond this season. |
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 October 10, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
Collision Course October is a time of sorting in college football. Teams have largely ceased to play non-conference opposition for the balance of the season, and have now moved into the meat of the season, conference play, whereby seasons will largely be judged. |
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 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. |