College Football
College Football 2016: Week 12 Review
Let’s take a look at the clinching scenarios for Power Five conference divisions/championship:ACC Atlantic Clemson has clinched the division title by virtue of its head-to-head tie-breaker vs Louisville. Coastal Virginia Tech - Will clinch the title with a win against...
College Football 2016 – Week 11 (a.k.a. Bloody Saturday) Review
#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...
College Football 2016: Week 10 Review
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 goes...
College Football 2016: Week 9 Review
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 against...
College Football 2016: Week 7 Review
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 their...
Penn State Thumps Maryland, Minnesota Up Next
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...
College Football 2016: Week 6 Review
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...
Terps Pound Purdue, Previewing Penn State with Ty Hildenbrandt
Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Eric and Zack are giddy after the Maryland Terrapins smash Purdue to open conference play, earning a 4-0 record to start the season. The guys give their initial reactions to a dominant performance, gush over the 400 yard rushing...