College Football
Some BIG Answers and Questions In The Big Ten
With only two weeks remaining in the college football regular season, some BIG questions have been answered, but some still remain. Let’s look at a few of them.ANSWER: Wisconsin will play in the BIG Championship game. The Badgers officially clinched first place in the...
BSL Deified Dozen: Week 10 College Football Poll
It was a brutal Week 10 in college football for the Big Ten, and specifically for Penn State and Ohio State. Tough road losses knocked each of them down in the BSL Deified Dozen rankings, and likely knocked them out of College Football Playoff contention as well....
The BIG Blog: The BIG Mess in the BIG Ten East
Last week, unable to come up with a particularly snazzy closing to my column, I wrote what I figured was a throwaway line, “Next week I’ll look back and see how much of this week’s column got overrun by events, and preview the Michigan State-Ohio State showdown.” Turn...
BSL Deified Dozen: Week 9 College Football Poll
All the names remained the same in Week 9 of the BSL Deified Dozen college football poll. But there was still plenty of movement in the order thanks to a Top 5 clash that saw Ohio State pull out a last-minute win against Penn State, and Iowa State gets another...
The BIG Blog: The Big Ten Offenses Strike Back
Remember what I wrote last week about how tough the BIG defenses were? Never mind. This week, half of the BIG teams scored at least 31 points, and two of the games could legitimately be called shootouts. Go figure.Amazingly, one of those shootouts took place in...
BSL Deified Dozen: Week 8 College Football Poll
It was a relatively pedestrian Week 8 in both College Football and in BSL's Deified Dozen, with one big exception. Notre Dame rocketed from "receiving votes" all the way up to #8 after crushing USC and effectively ending the Trojan's Playoff hopes. TCU broke their #4...
The BIG Blog: The Big Ten Defenses Never Rest
This week, the BIG defenses showed their muscle, but part of the reason they never rest is that most of the offenses don’t stay on the field long enough for them to get any rest. A series of futile offensive efforts combined with staunch defense to produce more low...
College Football 2017 – Halfway Point
Here we cruise along the backstretch of the 2017 College Football season. Figured I’d share a few thoughts and whatnot. Biggest Surprises So Far:The SEC is NOT the best overall conference this year. They do have two elite teams at the top in Alabama and Georgia,...