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From Worst To First - 35 Bowl Games Ranked By Level Of Interest
Thirty-five bowl games means that seventy football teams have "qualified" to play in this year's post season. I'm old enough to remember the evolutionary process of being bowl eligible processing from needing a winning record, to just being .500 to now just being marketable despite a losing record....
Bowl Projections - Huskers vs Sooners Fiesta Bowl?
Taking a lot at the bowl projections from several media outlets, at least two - Rivals.com and USA Today - project Nebraska getting into the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma. If anything, that sounds like wishful thinking. Nebraska may have an outside shot at an at-large BCS bowl bid if they win the...
2011 General College Football Predictions
When I posted my preseason conference championship predictions back on August 22---practically the Progressive Era, in blog years---I promised that general college football predictions were coming soon. Well, I guess this qualifies as "soon" in geological time (or if you’re waiting for vineyarddawg...
Utah vs The BCS: Arguments Before the Court
After last week's article that is a Primer on the issues in the Utah vs the BCS case, we follow up with an article presenting arguments from both sides. Questions asked were from the Justices of the Court to the lawyers for each side. The Court includes: Justices Whiskey, Eric Murtaugh, JIm...
Why the Georgia Bulldogs Will Win the 2011 SEC Football Championship
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the Georgia Bulldogs are going to win the 2011 SEC championship. (Yes, in football.) The bad news is that the ‘Dawgs are going to suffer an embarrassing loss in a BCS bowl game afterward. If you disagree, consider this: In 2005, the Boise St....
Week 14 BlogPoll Ballot: Championship Weekend Produces Only Incremental Changes in College Football Top 25
College football’s championship weekend is a bit of an oddity, as few teams are playing games yet most of the games that are played carry more than merely ordinary consequences. Only 15 of my top 25 teams were in action this past weekend, including just two of my top nine and just five of my top...
How The BCS Is Shaping Up For January 2011
We are starting to see the BCS races shape up as we just had the 3rd BCS Poll released this weekend. Since 2000, 65% of the teams that have been in the #1 or #2 spot in the 3rd BCS Poll have advanced to the BCS National Championship Game. However, it's been since 2005 since both teams have held...
Utes fifth in the BCS, TCU jumps Boise State
Huge shocker in this week's BCS rankings, as Utah leapfrogged Alabama and TCU jumped Boise State. That means Saturday's game could be for the third spot in the BCS rankings come next Sunday. This is Utah's highest BCS ranking ever.
Week Fourteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
The time has come to cast my final regular-season BlogPoll ballot---or, at least, I think it has; I’m assuming we’re not submitting new top 25s after next weekend’s Army-Navy game---and here is what I came up with after starting with a blank piece of paper: RankTeamDelta 1 Alabama 2 ...
Out of Our League - Why Two in the BCS Does the Big Ten No Favors
Some pundits were quick to declare the Big Ten the big winner, after Oklahoma State was slain Saturday at the hands of in state rival Oklahoma. And why not? The Cowboy's loss all but guarantees the league will place a second at large team in the BCS, netting the conference an extra $4.5 million...
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