Big 12 expansion may not be inevitable — the University of Texas reportedly has issues, and it’s well established that the Longhorns wield more clout than much of the conference. Nevertheless, as the din of conference realignment grows, and nonsensical arguments contingent on seemingly arbitrary percentages gain traction, the possibility of Big 12 expansion has […]
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5 For Friday: Group of Five Players to Know in 2016
Everyone loves a good list, right? For you fine Huddle readers who do, a warm welcome to 5 For Friday. Every Friday, CFB Huddle is highlighting five people, places, moments and topics around this great sport. The inaugural installment looks at Group of Five players perhaps under the radar ahead of the 2016 season, and […]
PODCAST: Dallas Cowboys WR Brice Butler
Former USC Trojans and San Diego State Aztecs wide receiver Brice Butler is our guest on the CFB Huddle Podcast. Brice talks with host Josh Webb about his NFL career, and his move from the Oakland Raiders to Dallas Cowboys.
Bowl Preview Bonanza, Part II
Opening weekend for the 2015 bowl season did not disappoint. Kenneth Dixon became college football’s new touchdown king in New Orleans. One Mountain West team, San Jose State, rallied in Orlando, while another, New Mexico, fell just short in Albuquerque. Appalachian State’s torrid comeback in Montgomery sealed the Mountaineers’ first bowl win in program history, […]
Re-Rock The Vote: Heisman Snubs Remembered
Saturday, one of either Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey or Deshaun Watson will join the most illustrious and exclusive club of college football as Heisman Trophy winners. For the runners-up, supports may well argue their inclusion on another roster comprised of some of the sport’s all-time greats: that of notable Heisman snubs. Each of this year’s […]
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 […]
Assessing The Group of Five New Year’s Six Bid
Navy’s loss at Houston Friday complicates the Group of Five conference’s New Year’s Six bowl bid, but the solution for any scenario is quite simply. Send the American Athletic Conference champion no matter what. Dissect it any way you so choose. With Toledo losing at home Friday to Western Michigan, the third installment of the […]
Week 9 Saturday Six-Pack: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween and welcome to Week 9 of the college football season. To celebrate the intersection of my favorite sport with one of my favorite holidays, I employed the Silver Shamrock Company to manufacture one college football team’s helmets. Alternate uniforms may be passe, but an alternate helmet that turns wearers’ heads into snakes and […]
Chargers Moving to LA A Potential Boon to San Diego State
The past week was an especially disheartening time to be a San Diego Chargers fan. A 36-29 loss to the rival Oakland Raiders, which opened with San Diego in a 30-3 hole, was the proverbial salt in the wound after the organization’s brass filed paperwork to explore relocation to Los Angeles. For those unfamiliar with […]
September Superlatives: Leonard Fournette, Jeremy Cash Shine
A month of the 2015 campaign is complete, and it went by faster than a Leonard Fournette touchdown run. College football’s season is the shortest of any major sport’s, and September’s end is a harsh reminder. We’re now a third through the season, when it seems just yesterday Montana and North Dakota State were just […]
Projecting The Group of 5 Top 10 Ahead of ’15
The College Football Playoff introduced a new competition-within-the-competition last season, with the best of the Group of 5 jockeying for the automatic berth into one of the New Year’s bowl games. The inaugural Group of 5 race went right down to the wire, and the 2015 installment promises more potential for fireworks. Click the page […]
Push for College Football Playoff Expansion
LAS VEGAS - One sentence uttered at Mountain West media days may best crystallize popular sentiment for College Football Playoff expansion. “All we want is a chance.” That’s how San Diego State head coach Rocky Long summarized the Mountain West’s place in the college football landscape, and Long said the only way it or any […]
Rocky Long: Power Five “Afraid” to Play Group of Five Home-and-Home
LAS VEGAS - San Diego State head coach Rocky Long is none too impressed with the scheduling practices of Power Five programs. Excuse me — scratch Power Five. “I call them ‘Resource Five,’ because they have so much more money than everybody else,” Long said at Tuesday’s session of Mountain West media days. Power Five, […]
What’s Stopping Boise State from Perfection?
LAS VEGAS – No surprise out of the Mountain West preseason media poll: defending conference champion Boise State is an overwhelming favorite to repeat in its division. Voters tabbed the Broncos atop the Mountain Division in the poll, released Tuesday at the opening of Mountain West media days. They’re projected to face West Division favorite […]
CFBHuddle Group of Five All-American Team: Defense and Specialists
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, […]