by Mike Lowe | Nov 15, 2016 | College Football
#2, #3 and #4 all lose for the first time in 31 years. Two more Top 10 teams lost (#8 and #9). If you are ranking this weekend based on how big the upsets for the Top 5 were, it ranks 4th all-time according to FiveThirtyEight. Forget what we knew before Saturday about...
by Mike Lowe | Nov 7, 2016 | College Football
As is often the case, so many controversial questions about the rankings in midseason ultimately work themselves out.Mississippi State 35 – #4 Texas A&M 28: We’ll never know if Texas A&M could have maintained the Top Four ranking, and Playoff bid that...
by Mike Lowe | Oct 31, 2016 | College Football
But first, a few words on the noteworthy event of Week 8.Penn State 24 – Ohio State 21: In hindsight, it shouldn’t have been terribly hard to see this coming. Ohio State had been showing some cracks, particularly on offense. They were coming off a big OT win...
by Mike Lowe | Oct 17, 2016 | College Football
There were two games of consequence last weekend, so I’ll focus mostly on them.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)Alabama 49 – Tennessee 10: Last week I asked how good Alabama really was. I think we have our answer. It will take a monumental effort by...
by CT Schwink | Oct 12, 2016 | College Football, Terps Football
Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Zack and Eric convene following a loss to Penn State and discuss how the wheels fell off in Happy Valley. Later, the guys preview Minnesota and how Maryland can get back on track against a team without its starting quarterback. Plus, CT...
by Mike Lowe | Oct 10, 2016 | College Football
Unfortunately I didn’t have an opportunity to take in enough of the Week 6 action to really have anything of value to write, aside from the Terps-PSU game….and I really don’t want to talk about that. I could take this chance to review where my preseason Playoff picks...
