Who's Now: two words that send a chill up the spine of many a sports fan. Summertime brings with it a lull in the sports calendar, but the 24/7 sports #content machine does not relent with the conclusion of the NBA Finals. As the flagship of the sports media fleet, ESPN has attempted various gimmicks […]
Tag: Florida Gators
Joker Phillips vs Lane Kiffin: Who Meme’d Better?
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer dipped into his SEC connections Wednesday, hiring former Kentucky head coach and Florida assistant Joker Phillips, via the good folks at Eleven Warriors. Former Kentucky head coach Joker Phillips joins Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio State in support role. https://t.co/4ztigLrdTa — Eleven Warriors (@11W) June 30, 2016 Meyer continues […]
What If Wednesday: Could Florida Have Won The SEC With Jeff Driskel?
NFL.com’s Around The League blog recently posited the question: “Is Jeff Driskel making a run at the 49ers starting gig?” Say what you will of the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback situation, but Driskel inserting himself into the conversation as a professional starter speaks to the remarkable turnaround of a career written off not long ago. […]
Who Should Be College Football Commissioner?
Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher both came out in favor of a college football commissioner; a figurehead who could bring a level of uniformity to the sport. Recent news underscores the value of universal governance, from the benign — the flap over satellite camps, for example — to the serious, like coach-imposed transfer restrictions. A […]
5 For Friday: Football Trick Videos
Congratulations on enduring another work week. To celebrate, enjoy some football trick videos, inspired by San Jose State quarterback Kenny Potter. San Jose State’s official athletic account tweeted the following clip of Potter launching a pass from the back row of Spartan Stadium, into a trash can below. We see you @kpot_5: Drop it in […]
Antonio Callaway, Treon Harris Absences Add to the SEC East Mess
2015 wasn’t exactly a banner year for the SEC East, and the dumpster fire rages on into 2016 with news of Florida kicking off spring practices without Antonio Callaway and Treon Harris. Treon Harris, Antonio Callaway aren't with the Gators right now, and no one's saying why https://t.co/B4nVQbaaYQ via @TB_Times — Campus Gridiron (@CampusGridiron) March 8, […]
Championship Week: Previewing The Conference Championship Games
Conference championship weekend marks the last hurrah of the college football regular season. Cue the music. What a wild, fun ride it’s been from the last weekend of August, when Montana and North Dakota State officially kicked off the 2015 season, to this point in December. Coincidentally, Montana plays North Dakota State again in Saturday’s […]
Week 13 Saturday Six-Pack: Farewell, College Football Regular Season
College football’s is the shortest of all major sports seasons. It was less than three months ago that the first Saturday Six-Pack of 2015 toasted the beginning of a new campaign. Less than three months. Neither the NBA nor MLB have reached the All-Star Break by this juncture in their season. College basketball has yet […]
Projecting The Nov. 24 College Football Playoff Ranking
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 […]
The SEC East Is Simply A Bad Division
The SEC East is bad. No compelling argument exists to counter the reality cruelly evident Saturday. FCS Playoff-bound The Citadel outplayed thoroughly outplayed South Carolina. There was nothing fluky in the Bulldogs’ option offense rolling up 350 rushing yards en route to a 23-22 victory — even if a penalty negated a would-be, fourth-down game-winning […]
Fond Farewells to Gary Pinkel, Frank Beamer Send College Football Into A New Era
Tributes are rolling in for Missouri’s Gary Pinkel and Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer, and they’re well deserved. Two of college football’s elder statesmen are coaching their final home games on Saturday and saying goodbye to the programs both ostensibly built. .@VT_Football is going all black in Frank Beamer's final home game, with a helmet patch […]
Projecting The Nov. 17 College Football Playoff Ranking
Anarchy! Chaos! Welcome to another week of college football, and welcome to another round of projections for the College Football Playoff ranking. Four of last week’s Top 10 lost in Week 11: No. 6 Baylor, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 LSU and No. 10 Utah. Of the four, only Baylor lost to a ranked opponent. […]
Projecting The Nov. 10 College Football Playoff Ranking
The second College Football Playoff ranking drops today at 7 p.m. ET. It’s hardly March Madness Selection Sunday, but I’m still geeked. A few noteworthy teams I anticipate being left out of the top 10 are Michigan State, Utah and North Carolina, all of which sport losses to teams well outside of the Playoff conversation. […]
Hats Off to Jim McElwain in Year 1 at Florida
Florida’s win Saturday over Vanderbilt wasn’t the sightliest. Ugly has often been the M.O. in head coach Jim McElwain’s debut season with the Gators. Take away the 38-10 rout of SEC West-leading Ole Miss, and you have a lot of single-digit wins, including some against lower-tier competition like Vanderbilt. But, as the head coach told […]
Four Downs on Week 9: End-of-Game Madness, Playoff Upheaval
I love this sport. It never ceases to amaze me how just about every Saturday in the fall, I’m left incredulous by at least one moment, game or performance. So much of the residual activity surrounding college football is exhausting. Some NCAA regulations are archaic, the modern concept of amateurism evolves at a glacial pace […]