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Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites: Rivalries, Realignment, Statistics, Shatner, and a Country Singer Caught Drinking in a Church Parking Lot on Sunday Night
Wednesday is upon us once more, and, this time, it’s an ordinary workday rather than a de facto college football holiday. Even though National Signing Day is in our rear view mirror, though, there’s still plenty to discuss and much to consider. After the jump, I’ll offer you a taste of the...
It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It: Big Ten Talkin' Football Playoffs, Playoffs?
The last two years the football off-season was full of conference realignment talk and program investigations. Perhaps this year the talk will be about the future of the BCS and maybe, wait for it, a playoff. The Big Ten was the first to kick off the discussion. Jim Delany, Big Ten Commissioner,...
Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites Wishes We Could Turn Back the Clock About 30 Years
If my math is correct, we are two weeks away from national signing day, reminding us yet again that "offseason" is a bit of a misnomer; yeah, there’s no college football being played at the moment, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t news of note here in Bulldog Nation. Here’s what you need to know...
Tuesday Night Dawg Bites
I’ve already told you what is afoot in Bulldog Nation, so I suppose it is time to take a jog around the blogosphere and see what is going on elsewhere in the intercollegiate sports world. Believe it or not, there is plenty to report; viz.: I go back and forth over whether Fredo Corleone or Benjy...
Why Gregg Doyel's Defense of NCAA Tournament Expansion Justifies Opposing a College Football Playoff
If you've been reading this weblog for any length of time, you've probably gotten a pretty good idea of what I believe about many, many things, but you should be absolutely certain what I believe about four things: I love Georgia; I hate Auburn; I am convinced that, when you expect the worst, your...
College Football Playoffs and the Mountain West's Rise: Why a Government Flunky's Watered-Down Letter to a Showboating Senator Poses No Threat to the BCS
It is said that a drowning man will reach even for the tip of a sword, which may explain why proponents of a Division I-A college football playoff, despite being stymied at every turn and facing monolithic opposition to their position by everyone in a position of authority regarding the sport’s...
Kyle Gets Contrary: The BCS Is Better Than a College Football Playoff
I count myself a Matt Hinton fan, despite my disapproval of a Southern Miss fan rooting against Brett Favre. (I admit, however, that I am biased against the Saints, since I grew up near the hometown of the Falcons, who number New Orleans among their rivals, largely because both teams have been...
How the Mountain West Can Become an Automatic BCS Qualifier
The ongoing agitation for a playoff, while not without its intelligent and principled adherents, nevertheless is in some quarters largely a knee-jerk reaction born primarily of greed and envy. Last night’s Fiesta Bowl once again exposed the hypocrisy of this position, as two supposedly disheartened...
And Today's Dumbest Question Award Goes To...
...whoever asked this during Todd Lickliter's weekly teleconference: On if he sees the Big Ten being a league where four or five losses could win it: "I haven’t evaluated it to that extent. I’m a little overwhelmed with our situation. I just know that there are some really good...
Did Rece Davis Just Say What I Think He Just Said?
This evening, I took my son to movie night at his elementary school, so I arrived home around halftime of the Friday night game . . . just in time to hear Rece Davis say the following as part of his "Extra Point": While a seeded playoff would be better than the BCS, the BCS is better than the...
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