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The Loss of TCU's Underdog Spirit

There must be some part of the TCU family that is sad about their recent relocation. Moving from the Mountain West Conference to the Big 12 certainly has its perks. The Big 12 is a BCS conference, holding an automatic berth into a top bowl for the rest of the BCS contract. It is also a power conference, giving TCU the cache they have lacked in the minds of the rest of the country. They will also, most certainly, be bringing ...

UCLA Football, On the "B" List

Name a better college to lure in big-time football recruits than what UCLA has to offer. It is a big and beautiful school with all the necessary amenities. The Bruins reside in scenic California with a built-in rival in the USC Trojans to spur interest. Past teams have produced their fair share of NFL players and award winners. They play their home games in the Rose Bowl for gosh sake. And yet, the ...

SMU Football: a Storied Past, a Questionable Future

A death penalty in 1987, a coaching carousel ever since and good ole’ fashioned sustained mediocrity have left the once proud Southern Methodist Mustangs in a place hardly befitting of a university with such impressive graduates. Southern Methodist has fallen so hard that THE SMU is probably not even this SMU anymore. That distinction belongs to the Mustangs’ Conference USA rival, Southern Miss, who ...

College Sports New Year Celebration

For those of us who live and breathe college sports, we know the real New Year is six months after the one that everybody else celebrates. July 1st marks the end of the 2011-2012 collegiate season and the beginning of 2012-2013. Around these parts at midnight we blast the USC fight song instead of Auld Lang Syne. Instead of a hung over day of watching meaningless bowl games, we memorize new conference ...

North Carolina Football, What Could Have Been…

The North Carolina Tar Heels are not bowl eligible this season. This is just a side effect of a disappointing reign that has recently come to an end. Former Head Coach Butch Davis and the Carolina program were recently investigated by the NCAA and found to have committed some major violations. Numerous players were suspended numerous games in recent seasons, including three highly drafted players who were all ...

Interview with Tulsa Football Head Coach Bill Blankenship

The Head Coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes was gracious enough to accept an interview request. Here is the transcript of our phone interview.

You have coached high school football for over 20 years. What is the biggest difference between being a high school head coach and a collegiate coach?

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Temple Prepares for the Big East

The past few years have been a host to myriad of changes around Temple University’s football program. In 2009, they made just their third bowl game in school history, as they were rewarded for their 9-4 season with an invitation to the EagleBank Bowl. After the very next season, Temple’s head coach, Al Golden, who won conference Coach of the Year in 2009, left for a brighter future at the University of Miami. Taking over his ...

A Season of New for Washington State

Washington State football has been in a state of depression for the last eight seasons, not compiling a better than .500 record in that time span. It has been nine years since they earned a bowl bid and 15 years since they clinched a Rose Bowl bid. The past four seasons have been the worst for the Cougars, compiling a miserable 9-40 record. That is a .184 winning percentage!  To help try to turn ...

A College Football Playoff? Say it Ain’t so!

If you have not yet read my colleague Dan Levine’s piece on this topic, check it out here. He describes the feelings held by most…well, most people with a heartbeat.

Unfortunately for him and for all of you who agree, he is wrong. It happens to the best of ...

2012 NFL Draft Grades

1) Indianapolis Colts

Grade: A-

Andrew Luck as their first pick was a no-brainer. This does not diminish their selection though. He is indeed the best quarterback ...