Since the conference’s formation two decades ago, the amount of Big 12 Heisman winners (5) trails only the SEC (6). However, we approach the fifth year since a Big 12 Heisman candidate last hoisted the hardware; the longest drought in the league’s history. Robert Griffin III dazzled in 2011, edging two-time Stanford runner-up Andrew Luck […]
A byproduct of the upheaval within the Baylor football program is a recruiting boon for Texas. CBS Sports’ college football reporter Ben Kercheval joins CFB Huddle Podcast host Josh Webb to discuss the odd dynamics stemming from this situation. Follow Ben on Twitter @BenKercheval. Subscribe to the CFB Huddle Podcast on iTunes.
The OJ Simpson murder trial gained renewed attention in 2016 with ESPN’s gripping documentary, OJ: Made in America, and the FX docudrama The People vs. OJ Simpson. The FX series embodied the absurdity of the media circus surrounding the case, in particular the trial itself, which functioned as a precursor to the reality TV craze […]
How close the Big 12 Conference was to full implosion six years ago this month, the world may never truly know. So many conflicting accounts surfaced at the time, and still leak out today, it’s difficult to parse reality from fiction. Colorado was the first to go, leaving for the former Pac-10 on the 10th. […]
There are times covering sports when I just question their purpose. The Baylor football rape scandal, which Thursday cost Art Briles his head coaching job, is one such instance. Too much cultural importance is assigned to trivial pursuits. Read any pop culture blog — or hell, even many reputable news outlets — and take in […]
Nero played his fiddle as Rome burned; the Art Briles Twitter account tweeted a most inopportunely boastful infographic Thursday afternoon in the wake of a damning Outside The Lines report. #TruthDontLie #BeCourageous #BaylorFootballBeAChampion pic.twitter.com/c6BsNBfKrw — Coach Art Briles (@CoachArtBriles) May 19, 2016 I add the qualifier “Art Briles Twitter account” as opposed to naming the […]
How the NCAA might intervene on allegations the late Joe Paterno knew of disgraced defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children as early as 1976 should not have been your first thought upon hearing the news. It shouldn’t have been your second, or even your third. Football should be the furthest thing from your […]
Unsavory news emanating from the Baylor and Tennessee football programs recently is certainly unnerving, but unfortunately nothing new. Sports journalists have had to leave their posts in the Toy Department to report on matters much weightier than box scores for years. My first introduction to a more troubling side of the world colliding with the […]
Every March, the NCAA Tournament attracts casual fans whose sports interest typically resides elsewhere for the other 11 months of the year. For college football fans, some of the teams that made the 2016 NCAA Tournament might seem foreign. This year’s Field of 68 featured 14 universities with Football Championship Subdivision programs, including 2015 FCS […]
When we last left off, the CFB Huddle Bowl Preview Bonanza dangled from thr proverbial cliff. Part IV began with the first of the four-game Tuesday slate, but ended there. That’s because the Armed Forces Bowl marks the exact midway point of the bowl season, thus making for a natural time to take an intermission. […]
Welcome to Black Friday, the unofficial inspiration for such dystopian fiction as the Mad Max series or The Purge. America’s chaser for a day spent gorging itself on food is a day manically chasing discounts on products. No, you haven’t stumbled upon an anti-consumerist manifesto; this special, Black Friday edition of the CFB Huddle Saturday […]
I’ll cop to being among those who worried about the College Football Playoff damaging the regular season. Two years into the system, I feel rather foolish. Now, I still have reservations about the slippery expansion slope and will gladly cite the FCS Playoffs growth from 16 to 20 to 24 teams in the last six […]
Allow me to level with you, dear CFB Huddle reader: Getting the Heisman forecast to 10 players at this point is a struggle. Early returns from Week 12 suggest an outlook as concrete as it’s been all season. Were the Heisman ceremony tomorrow, I surmise we’d see five invitees: Derrick Henry, Deshaun Watson, Dalvin Cook, […]
Did ya hear? Nick Saban said a bad word! CFB Huddle’s rarely-heard-from guest columnist The SEC Bro broke down Steph Curry winning NBA MVP in the spring, and wrote the following: I guess he did play at Davidson, though, and they’re on Alabama’s schedule the week before the Iron Bowl. Coach Saban says that’ll be […]
November performances define Heisman Trophy candidacies. Front-runners like Alabama running back Derrick Henry and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson are hitting their stride at just the right time, both to pace their teams’ title aspirations and bolster their case for college football’s most prestigious, individual award. Derrick Henry now has a rush TD in 15 straight […]