The Wall Street Journal wants to see a USC-SEC matchup in the BCS championship game:
With universal No. 1 Southern California seemingly certain to reach the national championship game — those Arizona State and Oregon obstacles look smaller and smaller all the time — the real drama lies with the unfolding derby between the Southeastern [...]
According to Michael Shibley over at the Bleacher Report, the Pac-10 has fallen from a solid second place—maybe even in the running for strongest (and arguably the deepest) conference in the country—to a lackluster third, behind the resurgent Big XII.
3. Pac-10: For years, USC has been king of the mountain with everyone else looking up. [...]
Spencer Hall, aka Orson Swindle, has an interesting piece on the SEC/Big Ten speed myth. The article is entitled Debunking myths about speed in the SEC and Big Ten, but then there’s this:
In terms of players we see for the combine, the best-conditioned and prepared athletes by conference come in this order: the SEC, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Well isn’t this just f’ing great. Florida gets College Gameday with former Gator cheerleader Erin Andrews to cover their Spring Game on April 12th (Masters weekend). The free publicity for the Gators is probably not needed, but I think it has to give them some recruiting advantage for ‘09, as the HS seniors see who [...]
Posted in Florida, Mizzou, SEC, USC | No Comments »Apparently America still wants to believe that the recruiting process is clean and pure. That schools send kids letters, and visit them at home; that the recruit visits the school, signs a letter of intent, and that’s that. Two recent stories, however, cast a darker light on the recruiting process.
First, we have the story of [...]
Trying to fill the football-less void is a tough thing. However, looking at the best non-conference games of the ‘08 season seems like a perfect way. I have found two lists—one very extensive and one a top three. The first comes from CollegeFootballNews.com’s Pete Fiutak, and the second from SportingNews.com’s college football writer Matt Hayes.
Both [...]
Hopefully this is an omen for SC, and the NCAA realizes that stripping past wins is the dumbest punishment ever. This is the right call.
Posted in NCAA, Oklahoma, USC | No Comments »Amazing. Ryan Perrilloux is a moron. You are about to be the starting QB of the defending national champs and you can’t keep your nose clean for a couple months? Less than 6 weeks ago, Perrilloux was celebrating with 85 of his teammates on the Superdome floor; now, he’s suspended for the second time [...]
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