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BlogPoll Preseason College Football Top 25 Rankings: Why Limit Ourselves to Looking Ahead to 2012?
(Author’s Note: The rankings following the jump are intended in jest. Bring your sense of humor with you. You have been warned.) Our good friend (and soon-to-be conference coeval) Bill Connelly, of whom I made mention earlier today after he gave Mark Richt the credit due him (and thereby almost...
2012 Fiesta Bowl: On The Dangers Of "Playing Not To Lose"
Lots of buzz today about the ending of last night's Fiesta Bowl, where Stanford coach David Shaw's conservative approach in the final minutes of the game may have cost the Cardinal one of the program's biggest win in school history. Oklahoma State had tied the game with 2:35 remaining. After a...
Attention Jim Mora: "Playing Not to Lose" Donahue Conservatism Will Kill Your Coaching Career at UCLA
Lot of buzz in the college football world today about the ending of the Fiesta Bowl last night. I did not get to watch the second half (saving my sports late nighter this week for our basketball game against Arizona on Thursday - I don't know why) but by all accounts (including SBN's Stanford...
Why Mack Brown Really Might Retire Soon
On Thursday afternoon, when the report from Topeka, Kansas surfaced that Mack Brown is going to step down after the Baylor game, it was pretty easy to disregard it as, well, a non-credible rumor from nowhere. On the other hand, though, despite the unbelievable sourcing of the rumor and the...
Quack Fix: Life after Lavasier, LaMichael sits out, and Kelly a finalist for Coach of the Year
First, there was the infamous Black Out. Then the half-assed attempt at a Yellow Out. So, the obvious next step is a Black & Yellow Out, right? Or, as one ATQer suggests, a Glow Out (if you're into the whole raver scene). By 2017, we'll be primed for my personal favorite, the Chartreuse Out. Let's...
Evaluating My Preseason Conference Championship Predictions
Now that the best offseason ever has settled down somewhat in the wake of all the firings, resignations retractions leaves of absence, cowardly departures from Knoxville at night amid rioting in the streets surrounding the athletic building (not unlike the frantic escape of a deposed communist...
The Oregon Ducks Elevator - Hoping Not to Get Punched Out Edition
Boise State is behind us, TJ Ward is injured, LeGarrette Blount is suspended for the year... what better time then now to check the Oregon Ducks Elevator? Jeremiah Masoli: Extremely tough outing that was overshadowed by events after the game. Confidence in the offense seemed to be missing, he...
Looking For Honest Employment
For several years now, Washington State University has been blessed with something it has often lacked throughout its history; an exciting, contending basketball team, led by a successful head coach who not only won games, but was coveted by other, less successful schools. Some might say that Tony...
Sunday CFB Thoughts: "Spread" Seduction/Pining For Quick Fixes
After watching some non Bruin football games, wanted to share with you all some random college football thoughts/observations on this Sunday. I usually don’t get to do that because during most of the season I try to keep all my focus on all matters related to UCLA football and basketball. So...
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