First it was stealing from Tommy Bowden’s staff again, now it’s poaching from Nick Saban’s. It is rumored that Major came home for the opportunity to take over for Mack down the road (when he is done taking all of DeLoss Dodd’s money). Will Muschamp is here for a year, max, and merely opening up [...]
Posted in Alabama, Auburn, Coaches, SEC, Texas | No Comments »Corso: Florida USC Georgia Ohio State Oklahoma Herbstreit: USC Georgia Florida Missouri Oklahoma
Posted in Florida, Georgia, Mizzou, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC | No Comments »Or at least that’s what Jonathan Chait would say, given that he debunked the speed myth six years ago: Like many myths, this one contains a bit of truth. Southern teams play outside their region only during two parts of the year: in September nonconference games, and in the bowls. Since the former take place [...]
Posted in LSU, Ohio State | 2 Comments »Key paragraph from Schlabach’s piece: The No. 7 Trojans are better than both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 LSU, which will play for the BCS championship Monday night in the Louisiana Superdome. The Buckeyes couldn’t even beat No. 13 Illinois, which was so clearly overmatched by USC. It’s a shame the Trojans can’t [...]
Posted in Illinois, LSU, Ohio State, USC | No Comments »It’s a good thing the Rose Bowl was more interested in preserving its “tradition,” because USC-Georgia wouldn’t have been nearly as fun to watch or as relevant as USC-Illinois and Hawaii-Georgia. I hope those bowl ratings Gordon Gee was hiding behind are absolutely soaring with this slate.
Posted in BCS, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, USC | No Comments »Turns out the folks behind the Kansas City Star’s playoff bracket have done a little simulation of their own, which they call December Madness. Currently they’ve settled on the Final Four: OSU vs. OU and Va Tech vs. SC (who beat LSU to get there, by the way). Also, they’ve predicted each of the bowl [...]
Posted in BCS, Illinois, LSU, Navy, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC, Utah, Va Tech | No Comments »Nice to know that the two teams playing for the national title aren’t even deemed finals-worthy by SI readers…
Posted in BCS, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC | No Comments »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 [...]
Posted in BCS, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, USC | 1 Comment »As you probably know, it took SI.com about two days to put up a fake 16-team playoff (using the BcS standings and seeding them 1-16), based on votes from the fans. Unsurprisingly, three huge state schools made the semis. (We actually were a bit surprised that the fans picked USC over LSU.) Now the WWL [...]
Posted in BCS, LSU, USC | 1 Comment »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 »