College wasn’t a particularly enjoyable financial experience for a lot of students. For many, the most dreadful part of the week was hearing all the fun stuff your friends were about to invite you to do because you were going to have to tell them you couldn’t afford to go. So when I heard about […]
The landscape of college football has been littered with interesting and powerful stories this past week. On the heavy side of things, Texas Monthly’s report on Baylor and Art Briles’ silence over Sam Okwuachu’s sexual assault was an in-depth examination of how the culture of football has become a greater priority than the health and safety […]
On Monday, CFBHuddle.com unveiled its picks for the preseason Group of Five All-American team. It’s the defense and special teams turn, and one thing is abundantly clear: I think highly of the defenses at Boise State, Louisiana Tech and Utah State. Not coincidentally, all three are teams capable of competing for their respective conference championships, […]
Phil Knight grinned from ear-to-ear as he exchanged handshakes with well-wishers on the rain-soaked turf of Levi’s Stadium last December. I watched as Knight, in the aftermath immediately ensuing the Oregon Ducks’ Pac-12 Championship Game deconstruction of Arizona, the Nike co-founder was congratulated as heartily as if he was a member of the team. Really, […]
Over the last 15 years, TCU has produced All-Americans, a Hall of Famer, run the table in the regular season twice, won a Big 12 Conference championship and a Rose Bowl. But Friday, Gary Patterson unlocked a new achievement that solidifies the Horned Frogs as national powers, landing a commitment from 5-star prospect and the […]
Michigan State football players received their 2015 Cotton Bowl rings this week, commemorating both the Spartans’ come-from-behind win over Baylor in January, as well as their sixth win in the last seven years over in-state rival Michigan. Now, Michigan elitists might grumble about Ohio State being the Wolverines’ true rival — and sure enough, The […]
One of the ways in which Texas A&M continuously tweaks rival Texas since the former’s move to the SEC is with the hashtag “WRTS.” For those unversed in Twitterese, that translates to We Run This State, a not-so-subtle declaration that the Aggies are the foremost players in the Texas football landscape. With the backing of […]
Wake Forest football is an odd target for barbs, given the Demon Deacons are seven years removed from their last bowl appearance, finished 2014 3-9 and had the nation’s worst scoring offense save only SMU. And yet, here is poor Wake in the headlines because of it’s been mocked by Stephen Colbert and Indiana head […]
The University of Maryland’s official athletic department Twitter account broke the news — quite literally; it has a BREAKING tag and everything — that quarterback Daxx Garman is transferring into the football program, via Oklahoma State. BREAKING: QB Daxx Garman will join the Maryland Football team for the 2015 season after graduating from Oklahoma State. […]
Bobby Bowden’s criticism of Jameis Winston earlier this week sent the sports echo chamber into a frenzy. Bowden may be less than enthused with the 2013 Heisman winner, but one of Bowden’s best pupils has taken on the task of mentoring Winston: 1993 Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward. If Winston’s going to get the Florida […]
So the NFL is reportedly suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady four games for his role in deflated footballs. Yeah, it’s stupid and has dominated the landscape of sports takes, but next up on the defending Super Bowl champion Pats’ depth chart is Jimmy Garoppolo. Hey, as someone who follows the Football Championship Subdivision […]
CFBHuddle.com encourages guest column submissions. The following is one such submission* from SEC Bro, an unabashed fan of all things SEC football, who was generous enough to share his take on Steph Curry winning Most Valuable Player of the NBA for the 2014-’15 season. For column submissions, please email [email protected]. Well, well, well. I see […]
Gary Pinkel and his colleague at Missouri football really aren’t getting the kind of praise that they should for the program’s routine overachievement. I’m not pointing fingers here; I’m as guilty of overlooking their accomplishments as anyone. I came to this realization when a Twitter follower responded to the Friday Q&A, in which I crowned […]
I read a listicle recently that posited Tim Tebow, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush are some of the most overrated college football players ever. There’s no scientific way to deduce if a player is overrated or underrated, thus any such label is subjective. That said, Leinart, Tebow and Bush were all Heisman Trophy and national […]
Jeff Driskel led a 1:15, 59-yard scoring drive in the final moments of Louisiana Tech’s spring game Saturday to lead his team to the win. The former Florida quarterback is settling in at his new home, where he transferred in January after a frustrating few years with the Gators. Driskel played for three offensive coordinators […]
