You knew that with November would come chaos, and sure enough this weekend brought it in spades.  Five unbeatens fell by the wayside (LSU, TCU, Michigan State, Memphis, and Toledo), leaving just six.  At most, only four can make it undefeated through the season (Clemson, Ohio State/Iowa, Oklahoma State/Baylor, and Houston).  Of those, Houston is […]

I was out of the office yesterday, and that combined with a quick turnaround on the week’s picks forces me to be brief.  Hopefully, we’ll be back to normal next week. The week 9 winner is bamaken, with 151 points.  Congratulations!  In second place was Jeff4Bama, with 148 points, and rdl4bama was third with 147. […]

In 1903, Fielding Yost was the best college football coach in the country.  He was also perhaps the most paranoid. His Michigan Wolverines were winners of 28 straight games heading into their matchup with Minnesota in Minneapolis.  However, Yost feared that the Gopher fans might somehow contaminate the water supply the players would use during […]

Legendary coach John Heisman once told one of his teams, “Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.” While I do not agree to the point to that level, it is nevertheless a valid argument that turning the ball over will cause your team to lose, and […]

It hasn’t happened in almost twenty years: LSU’s Leonard Fournette rushed for 158 yards in the Tigers’ 45-24 win over South Carolina, and he wasn’t even their leading rusher on the day.  Derrius Guice ended up with 161 rushing yards.  It was only the second time in LSU history two rushers gained more than 150 […]

Welcome to October! After five weeks, there are twenty undefeated teams left in the FBS. A fun fact about each: #1 Ohio State has been playing with fire: two of their wins are by a single touchdown. #2 TCU’s Trevone Boykin broke Andy Dalton’s school record for passing TDs last week; he now has 74. […]

Oregon has developed from a Johnny-come-lately in the 1990’s to a perennial power: they’ve had just one losing season in the last 20 years, won six conference championships during that time, and made it to two national title games. All of which made what Utah managed to do on Saturday all the more impressive. The […]

Dogs and cats living together; mass hysteria: In their storied histories, Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, and Southern California have won a total of 3,434 football games. Saturday, each of them lost, and they’re a combined 6-6 on the year so far. Indiana, Northwestern, Wake Forest, and Kansas State have lost a combined 2,566 games. Not only […]

In a world full of spread offenses, it’s fun to see teams like Georgia Tech doing things “the old-fashioned way”. The Yellow Jackets’ triple-option offense has always put up huge numbers, and this past weekend against Tulane was no exception, as they rushed 56 times for 439 yards in a 65-10 win. Over the first […]

Rumors of the SEC’s demise were apparently greatly exaggerated. After what could only be described as a subpar showing in the 2014 bowl season, many wondered if other Power 5 conferences had caught up and possibly even surpassed the SEC. Fast-forward to the first weekend of 2015, and the SEC seems to be as strong […]