College Football
Sports Tonight: College Football Talk
On this episode of Sports Tonight, Mike Lowe and Jim Johnson speak in depth about the origins of the new NIL rules, or lack of such, and the impact on the programs and coaches. They also talked about the new ruling not requiring leagues to split into divisions to have...
College Football 2022 – Post-Spring (and too early) Top 25
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 (including a record 6 in the...
Fixing College Football – Part 1, Ch 2: The Postseason
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...
Fixing College Football – Part 1, Ch 1: The Postseason
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 postseason....
College Football 2021 – A Season For the Ages
I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say that the 2021 College Football season was one of the most entertaining, interesting and unpredictable seasons that we’ve seen in nearly a generation. Yes, in the very end we did have a predictable matchup for the title....
College Football 2021 – Championship Game Preview
College Football Playoff Championship Game #1 Alabama vs #3 Georgia (Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, IN) Monday January 10, 8:00pm ET, ESPN Spread: Georgia -2.5 Well, it all comes down to this. Alabama and Georgia will play for the national championship for the...
College Football 2021 – Playoff Semifinal Preview
#4 Cincinnati vs #1 Alabama December 31, 3:30pm ET, ESPN AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX Spread: Alabama -13.5 The question on everyone’s mind is whether there’s any path for Cincinnati to win this game. Funny how a narrative can flip so quickly. Had there been no...
College Football 2021 – Bowl Season Preview
That was one of the wildest and most unpredictable college football seasons I’ve seen since 2007. The Playoff and bowl matchups are all set. Playoff chaos was mostly avoided, but history was still made. The early signing period is complete; and as has become customary...