Recent scandals in college athletics have once again focused attention on the misguided premise that amateur student athletes should get paid more than their present compensation, compensation often worth more than six figures annually. Many believe this because Americans have,… Read More ›
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The Thinking Fan’s Guide to Dealing with University of SEC Fan
“We know the SEC’s a supernova in terms of college football supremacy with seven national championships since the 2006 season and a Godzilla-sized recruiting stronghold over the rest of the country, but a closer look reveals a genetically-enhanced monster more… Read More ›
Why the B1G Ten Isn’t Likely to Do Well in the Bowls (Again) and Why That Might Not Mean What You Think
There are few certainties in life. You must pay your taxes. You will of course die one day. And it’s December, so the B1G Ten is about to get pummeled in bowl games (FA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA, LA LA LA). And I… Read More ›
The Argument for Boycotting the BCS Championship Game
In November of 2006, the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes played the undefeated Michigan Wolverines in front of a raucous crowd in the Horseshoe. For the first time in the glorious history of the two programs, the two teams occupied the top… Read More ›
Texas Chainsaw Massacre—When will the ESPN Longhorns go Independent?
In the second part of Quentin Tarantino’s revenge opus, we see a flashback of the pregnant Bride (Uma Thurman) rehearsing for her wedding. Her former boss Bill (David Carradine) — who trained the Bride to be one of his killers… Read More ›
Oversigning: The Dark Underbelly of the College Football Recruiting Process
In 2010, Les Miles, the coach of the LSU football team, offered a freshman offensive lineman out of Waggaman (La) a scholarship to play football for the Tigers. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Elliot Porter signed and returned his letter of… Read More ›
The BCS Monopoly and How BYU’s Decision to Go Independent will further polarize college football
In a day when the Big Ten announced that Michigan and Ohio State would indeed be in different divisions, yet again making another of my expansion predictions ring true, the Brigham Young Cougars humbled yours truly by announcing their intention… Read More ›
The New Big Ten division alignments and solving the Ohio State-Michigan Problem
Everyone’s doing it. After months of discussing every possible conference realignment option, and even getting some things right, the college landscape saw four programs switch conferences: Nebraska joined the Big 10, Colorado and Utah joined the Pacific Ten, and Boise… Read More ›
The Winners and Losers in a Historical Week in College Football
While this logo has the ring of truth to it, my guess is that the Big 12 lite probably goes in a different direction. Years from now, this last two weeks will be remembered as the moment that everything changed… Read More ›
Texas Hold ’em: What will the Longhorns do?
While Bevo ropes himself a Sooner here, will some conference rope in the Longhorns? Around the poker table, the faces are familiar: Jim Delaney, commissioner of the Big 10 (reigning poker champion who could be on the verge of losing… Read More ›