by Mike Lowe | Jul 2, 2022 | College Football
June 30, 2022 was one of the wildest days in college football history, despite not a single game being played. In all my years of following and covering the sport, and more specifically conference realignment, I cannot recall an instance where the news dropped that...
by Mike Lowe | Jun 30, 2022 | College Football
It was exactly 11 months ago today that Texas and Oklahoma accepted invitations to join the SEC no later than 2025. That triggered movement downstream that saw the Big 12 add four schools previously among the Group of Five, followed by some more shuffling among the...
by Mike Lowe | May 7, 2022 | College Football
It’s never too early for a Top 25…even though it’s too early to get this anywhere close to accurate. But here goes anyway… 1. Alabama – 2021 was viewed as a “rebuilding” season after the Crimson Tide lost 10 players to the NFL Draft...
by Mike Lowe | Mar 28, 2022 | College Football
This post picks up where we left off in Chapter One with the history of the college football postseason. In 1992 most of the power conferences and major bowls came together and decided that they would coordinate to try and get a #1 vs #2 matchup every year. The group...
by Mike Lowe | Mar 14, 2022 | College Football
This is the first in a series discussing college football’s quirks and oddities, what makes it great, where it comes up short, and how it can be improved (realistically). The first part takes a look at the obvious, college football’s oft-disappointing...