Reader Bryan writes in with the following:
A few years ago, ESPN created the perfect drug for the general college football degenerate: College Gameday Live, a once-a-week quality-produced show that is not only insightful but also entertaining. Needless to say, I quickly became a regular weekend user. But after growing accustomed to the euphoria of this [...]
Mark Mangino begins a rigorous pre-season fitness regimen.
OU cheerleaders scramble to memorize the words to Boomer Sooner.
Nerds across the country prepare for twelve weeks out of the shadows as they don Micheal Jackson-esque pseudo-military uniforms to march in the band.
A Northwest Florida cryogenics lab begins de-icing Bobby Bowden.
Joe Paterno starts sundowning.
BYU embraces its African-American [...]
Maybe it’s because I work on a sports show and I’m inundated with it, but our athletic department has quickly become a punchline. Just this week alone:
A judge ruled that Reggie Bush must quit stonewalling and must testify.
O.J. Mayo was reported to have taken $30K in cash and gifts.
DeMar DeRozan (second-highest rated basketballer ever to [...]
As Kansas cancels classes to celebrate Memphis’ inability to shoot free-throws, the rest of us are watching and reading about the 20 most meaningless practices of the year—because that’s all the college football we get until August 28th. (135 days and counting.)
Alabama is in the post-Major Applewhite era, and seems very happy with the new [...]
The Wizard of Odds breaks it down. The 2007 data show that either Florida and FSU were big for TV or Kentucky and Michigan fans didn’t travel.
Posted in BCS, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan | No Comments »From, as always, Awful Announcing:
Tonight: The Battle of the Techs, with the lovely Erin Andrews on the sidelines. I might watch, since there’s nothing else sports-related on television, but these two teams are seriously dull.
Saturday:
Early Games: Wisconsin at Ohio State on the Big Ten Network (noon Eastern). For those of you without DirecTV enjoy not [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona State, Boston College, Coaches, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Heisman Watch, Kansas, LSU, Navy, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Va Tech, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Fanblogs brings us StubHub’s list of 2007’s Top 25 College Football Rivalries, and, wouldn’t you know it, USC shows up twice in the top five.
1 USC at Notre Dame 20-Oct $409 [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, Virginia, West Virginia | No Comments »CommishPhil’s latest Weekend Primer is out, featuring Cal at Oregon:
For those of you residing east of the Rockies, you may want to sit down for a second: the very concept of a big Pac-10 game that doesn’t involve USC may just blow your mind. The showdown at Autzen will feature two of the most [...]
Posted in Cal, Florida State, Oregon | No Comments »Many of you have no doubt seen Page 2’s “New Rules for College Football Fans to Live By.” But let’s be honest: that’s a lot to read, and somewhere around Rule 26.a.1 our eyes started to glaze over. So here’s a condensed list:
1a. Under extenuating circumstances, however, you may have up to three Division I-A [...]
Circa 14 years ago, these programs played “The Game of The Century”: #1 vs. #2. Now, Notre Dame and Florida State have to hold press conferences to announce who will get to lead them to 8 wins. I’m sure the suspense is killing you.
For Florida State, it’s going to be Drew Weatherford. (Xavier Lee, meanwhile, [...]