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Taking Stock of Quarterback Competitions Around The Nation

Week 1 inches ever closer, which means decision time for coaches without a declared starting quarterback looms. Open competitions across the nation are starting to tighten. Jeff Driskel and Jacoby Brissett…Read More

Top 25 Ballot Breakdown: Beat The Champ & Big East Absence

Fansided’s pre-season top 25 was released Thursday, as apparently some other poll was as well. I’ve heard something about it. Anyway, estimating teams before a game has been played is all about…Read More

Pac-12 Media Day: Utah’s Unconventional Approach to Coaching

LOS ANGELES – Utah is among the newest Pacific 12 Conference members. Perhaps then it’s only fitting Kyle Whittingham enters Year Two with one of the newest coaching staffs in college football. Whittingham…Read More

Montana-Appalachian State Game Gets ESPN Broadcast, But WWL Should Go Further

A truly marquee match-up for the Championship Subdivision is getting national face time on Week 2. Per a press release via Appalachian State athletics, the Sept. 8 contest pairing FCS powerhouses Montana…Read More

College Football Playoff Leaves Cinderella Out of the Ball

College football’s coming playoff promises an undisputed national champion — theoretically, at least. Until we see the four-team playoff in action, we won’t have an accurate gauge of…Read More

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College Football Playoffs: How The BCS Years Would Have Looked (2008-2011)

The second half-decade of the Bowl Championship Series ushered in one controversy after another: a split…Read More

College Football Playoffs: The 2008 Season and Planning for the Unpredictable

No season in the Bowl Championship Series’ 13 years of existence exposed more holes in the system…Read More

College Football Playoffs: How The BCS Years Would Have Looked Part 2 (2003-2007)

With university presidents’ stamp of approval on the FBS commissioners’ playoff proposal,…Read More

BYU OL Commit Brayden Kearsley Plays with Social Media Fire

Taking a page from Michigan signee Logan Tuley-Tillman, Aloha High (Beaverton, Ore.) offensive line prospect…Read More

Golden Nugget Las Vegas Releases 2012 Betting Lines: Alabama-Michigan, Big USC Odds & More

The Golden Nugget Las Vegas sports book released its early betting lines for 111 games this upcoming…Read More

A Simple Solution for the College Football Playoff Problem

All indications point to a four-team playoff coming to college football. So how does a format with four…Read More

Flashback Friday: From Clemson-Georgia to Notre Dame-Everyone, Rivalries Lost & Renewed

Nothing typifies the greatness of college football quite like a rivalry game. The energy that exists…Read More

Boise State and the Big East: Broncos Reconsidering Leaving Mountain West?

Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” Stephen Stills sang,…Read More

May The Fourth, Star Wars Day: If George Lucas Cast College Football

The original Star Wars trilogy was a fixture of my childhood. A Darth Vader poster graced my wall when…Read More

Norm Chow Blocks BYU Transfer, But More Than Religion Is In Play

Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan’s appearance last week on ESPN Radio sparked national debate…Read More

USC Hits National Airwaves on ESPN Radio: Good or Bad for Pac-12?

A partnership between ESPN and USC that will result in all Trojan home games being broadcast nationally…Read More

Fresno State OC Dave Schramm Driving A High Octane Offense

The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California featured in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is as important a supporting…Read More

BYU’s Independent Experiment Already Running Its Course?

Brigham Young’s declaration of football independence in the summer of 2010 was a bold move. Like…Read More

Dark Horse Diaries: Utah Trending Upward In Year 2

There’s a heckuva lot better athletes and level of play. There’s no doubt about that, and that’s…Read More

The Anatomy of The Trap Game

The Rebel Alliance had a planned attack on the revamped Dethstar. It was well plotted, executed as mapped,…Read More