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 [...]
In addition to the aforementioned fake playoffs, now we can have instant gratification/dissatisfaction with the current system: just run the College Football Playoffs Simulations from ESPN.
CommishRob’s first simulation? SC wins it all.
CommishPhil’s didn’t go so well, as Hawaii thrashed USC in the first round (using the BCS seeding).
Mine (using the ESPN Power 16 seeding) had [...]
December 1, 2007 has come and gone, which means that this wild and crazy season is over. No one was great, everyone claimed to be good, and we are left with a system that is designed to give us a 1 vs. 2 game—based on the opinions of 167 people who don’t watch every game [...]
Posted in Appalachian State, BCS, Big 12, Big Eleven, Boston College, Coaches, Georgia, Hawaii, I-AA (we refuse to call it "FCS"), Kansas, LSU, Michigan, Mizzou, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pac-10, Polls, Stanford, Student Body Right, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia | 4 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 »Here we go, thanks to Awful Announcing for listing the Week 9 College Football TV schedule.
Tonight: #2 BC at #8 Virginia Tech, Hokie Hokie Hi.
Tomorrow: Boise St at Fresno St, Can Boise win without the marrying man Ian Johnson?
Saturday:
Gameday: at Penn State as the ESPN/ABC corporate plan comes together with Gameday and the ABC national [...]
Each week ESPN.com has 2 CF writers pick the bowl games. Until SC lost to Stanford, they had all picked the Trojans for the title game; now, after the close call against Arizona, Ivan Maisel has SC against OU in the Fiesta Bowl and Mark Schlabach has SC going down I-5 to San Diego to [...]
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