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Tebow Challenges Evil Chandler Bing Over Draft

Tim Tebow is not the top quarterback prospect in college football. He’s likely a second or third round pick. So when given the opportunity to discuss his draft potential with ESPN draft “guru” Evil Chandler Bing, er Mel Kiper, Jr., Tebow flipped the issue.
On an appearance on ESPN radio together, CollegeFootballTalk.com reports (HT: [...]

What This Year’s College Football Playoff Would Look Like

Since I began my career in the sports media covering the Arizona State Sun Devils on the radio in Phoenix, I’ve been as big a proponent of a college football playoff as anyone in the country. In my efforts to get this implemented, I drew up a college football playoff scenario that I still think is flawless. Here is what the 2008 playoffs would look like.

Texas – Oklahoma Red River Rematch for Title?

Sorry Florida, but there is a chance that you get completely screwed in the BCS. It’s not your fault, it’s the fault of the awful commission that thinks it is helping college football. You can join league rival Auburn as deserving SEC teams that got left out of the title game.
While you’re at [...]

USC Doesn’t Need Timeouts to Beat UCLA

The USC Trojans plan on sporting their home red unis this weekend when they head across town to take on UCLA. The idea comes from the good ol’ days when they shared a stadium and would both wear their dark home uniforms when the teams played.
Well, Pete Carroll wants to bring the tradition back, [...]

Kansas State Football is Back

The Kansas State football program is back. Not this year, but soon.
After three years away from the team, former super-coach Bill Snyder will return to coach the team next season.
Snyder was the captain and architect of one of the most impressive turnarounds of a program in college football history.
In his 17 seasons at K-State, [...]

Florida State Safety Gets Gramática’d

Florida State’s safety issues just got worse. While one safety is the epitome of smart and will miss part of Saturday’s game with Maryland due to a Rhodes Scholarship interview, another safety’s career is over after mangling his knee while celebrating an interception last week. (HT: SPORTSbyBROOKS)
You see, this genius didn’t hurt himself [...]

BCS Officially to ESPN

The BCS officially reached an agreement with ESPN for the Worldwide Leader to broadcast the BCS games for the next five years. The deal is reportedly worth about $125 million a year for a grand total of $500 million.
This move will put the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl all on cable television, [...]

The Annual College Football Playoff Post

Since I began my career in the sports media covering the Arizona State Sun Devils on the radio in Phoenix, I’ve been as big a proponent of a college football playoff as anyone in the country. In my efforts to get this implemented, I drew up a college football playoff scenario that I still think is flawless.

ESPN in BCS Driver’s Seat

Fox Sports pulled its bid to air the BCS football games, taking a $100 million per year offer off the table. This move leaves ESPN as the likely only bidder, with an offer in the neighborhood of $125 million per year. Fox’s current deal expires after the 2009 season.
The negotiations are especially newsworthy [...]

BCA Says Black Coaches Aren’t Getting Enough Jobs

The Black Coaches and Administrators says that more black people are getting interviews for jobs, but that not enough are actually getting head coaching jobs in college football. Haven’t we been over this before.
Let me preface the rest of this by saying that I completely agree that there need to be more black head [...]