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Saban's Empire Likely Won't Fall Soon
Spencer Hall posted a beautifully written piece on what might bring the end to the current Alabama dynasty, comparing it to Nebraska in the '90s and looking at where the threats to it lie now. I disagree some with the approach and with the conclusions. Figuring out why Nebraska fell off is a fairly...
What Alabama Football History Can Teach Us About The End of Sabanball
"In the long run," the economist John Maynard Keynes once noted. "We are all dead." The quote is commonly recited for its wry pragmatism and seeming cynical irreverence. That interpretation widely misses the broader point Keynes was trying to make. The entire quote from A Tract on Monetary Reform...
Previewing LSU vs. Bama: The Rematch
I think most of us are well aware that the BCS is a farce and an insult to college football in virtually every regard of its existence. It gives us meaningless games that divert College Football's profits into the hands of an elite class and then pretends that our system for choosing teams to play...
Who is Top Chef in College Station? Kevin Sumlin is about to find out.
The Aggies have perfected the art of bungling the simplest of tasks. These feats are legendary and well documented in Internet Halls of Fame. More difficult processes, such as hiring and firing head coaches, changing conferences, eradicating bat guano, etc. also befuddle the Aggies but in a much...
LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma State
Rematch? Want to toss this out as a way to get some discussion going because I am really ambivalent and want to see what everybody thinks. I hate the BCS. Hate it. BrickHorn is three years late with his manifesto on why a college football playoff is such a scourge but we'll soldier on until he...
Kansas State and Other Thoughts
BCS Standings I'm intrigued by the possibility of LSU losing a game (SEC championship game, Georgia, or Arkansas) and then losing their chance at a title to Alabama or Oregon. One common argument you hear for the strength of the BCS is that it "makes the regular season matter." How in the world can...
The U Just Got Yahoo! Sportsed
Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports details the life of booster Nevin Shapiro and his quest to become the most rampant abuser of NCAA guidelines in college sports history. Barry Switzer is blushing. The Pony Express is in awe. Cecil Newton wished he had shopped around a bit more. The assumption...
Texas Legislature Putting Runners On The Run
Texas lawmakers are putting teeth into new laws focused on street agents and runners, making violations a potential felony offense. HERE IS SUB-ZERO. NOW. PLAIN ZERO! Needless to say, these measures are welcome, but until we see the law applied, it's not clear to me how far-reaching its impact...
Will Muschamp Gets A Nice Pay Raise
When Will Muschamp is officially introduced as the new Head Coach of the Florida Gators, his pay scale will jump to three times what he was making at Texas. Reports out of Florida indicate that Muschamp will make 2.7 million a year to replace Urban Meyer. That would put him in the middle of the...
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