Steve Spurrier’s been renowned for his offensive genius throughout his coaching career. Should he build a capable attack in the SEC this season around Pharoh Cooper, it will be the Head Ball Coach’s most impressive work yet. Cooper was pretty much the show as South Carolina escaped Charlotte with a 17-13 win over North Carolina […]
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Thursday Six-Pack: Previewing College Football’s Opening Night
‘Tis the season, my friends. The eager anticipation is almost at a conclusion with opening night of the 2015 FBS football season almost upon us. The 2015 campaign opened with a bang last Saturday, as Montana scored a touchdown in the final seconds to upend four-time defending national champion North Dakota State. The Championship Subdivision […]
College Football News May 31: Les Miles’ Son Commits to North Carolina
While Les Miles works the recruiting trail and prepares for LSU’s next football season, Les Miles’ son, Manny, hit the recruiting trail on his own behalf. Manny Miles told Robin Fambrough of The Advocate he is committing to Larry Fedora and the North Carolina Tar Heels as a preferred walk-on, making the choice after a […]
College Football News April 20: 5-Star RB Soso Jamabo Arrested
Two high-profile arrests marred a weekend rife with spring games. UCLA’s 5-star running back prospect Soso Jamabo is not yet on campus, and his arrest on multiple charges early Sunday could prevent the highly coveted Texas blue-chipper from ever making it to Westwood. The Dallas Morning News reports Soso Jamabo drove with “total disregard for […]
NCAA Reform Through Healthcare
Money and sports: These are two institutions that a considerable portion of the American populace value over all others. The former is nothing new, and even a driving force in the formation of this as an independent nation. But the latter is a relatively recent phenomenon. Sports in general and football specifically are no longer […]
Roquan Smith, Byron Cowart and More National Signing Day Drama
If you ever wonder why so many millions of college football fans follow national signing day so closely, surely some will tell you it’s for the drama. Really, it’s no different than The Real World — and this year, Roquan Smith and Byron Cowart are your proverbial Puck and C.T. Byron Cowart committed to Auburn […]
Wednesday’s College Basketball Primer: Iowa State-Baylor Headlines Full Slate
Block out your evening and prepare yourself for a night of college basketball binge watching. The end of college football season typically rolls right over into the meat of college basketball’s conference play, and this week’s lineup of games certainly proves that. Iowa State-Baylor is the only Wednesday night affair featuring two Top 25 teams, […]
What Is Going on with UCLA Basketball?
A 71-39 thrashing at Utah Sunday sent UCLA to 0-2 in Pac-12 play and 8-7 overall, virtually ensuring the Bruins will not qualify for the 2015 NCAA Tournament barring a run through the conference tournament. In that score — 71-39 — all the frustrations of a program playing in a half-empty arena, competing as much […]
ACC Coastal Is As Bizarre As Advertised
The last Saturday of October is almost complete, and the ACC Coastal championship race is no more clear now than it was in the summer.
The Best College Football Conference: Literary Edition
The debate over which is the best college football conference takes fans to some ridiculous places. Honks for certain conferences tout such mind-numbing things as television revenue to declare their league’s superiority.
College Football Futures on Conference and Division Winners
Bovada released its college football futures for conference and divisional odds on Tuesday, and are plenty of sleepers and surprises.
ACC Coastal is College Football’s Most Unpredictable Division
Certainly, other divisions in other conferences around college football are deeper and more top-heavy than the ACC Coastal. At best, the division will have one team crack the preseason Top 25-barely, if at all. But no division promises the same kind of top-to-bottom unpredictably heading into the 2014 as the ACC Coastal.