I’m writing this as I’m watching the College Football Playoff selection show. If I had to pick right now I would have to rank the top four as: 1. FSU 2. Alabama 3. Oregon 4. Baylor Do I think FSU is the best? Nope but they haven’t lost and have played an admirably tough schedule […]
Here’s a nice, short summary of the history — drama, really — of the BCS and its short-lived predecessors the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance, and how it’s changed the landscape of college football over the past 20 years (AL.com): The Bowl Championship Series, age 16, dies Dec. 8. It was born in the SEC […]
NC State finished the 2010 college football season ranked #25 in both the final Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Wolfpack finished the season 9-4 after scoring more points against (then ranked #22) West Virginia than the Mountaineers had allowed all season en route to a 23-7 win in the Champs Sports Bowl. […]
A team ranked either #1 or #2 in the BCS standings has lost their final game 11 different times in the past 10 years! UPDATE: The trend continues today as #1 Alabama lost 31-20 to #4 Florida. Let’s use this entry as Saturday’s open entry to discuss the Wolfpack’s game with Davidson as well as […]
While some seem to enjoy flights of fancy, I much prefer fact-based posts and analysis. Unfortunately, a recent entry here on the BCS system showed once again that there are alot of opinions floating around, but frightfully few facts. So I thought that this article was particularly interesting because we actually get a few facts: […]
Number two-ranked West Virginia just lost to Pitt (just as USC lost to UCLA last year). Number one-ranked Mizzou followed that by losing to Oklahoma. As I sit here and watch ANOTHER final day of the college football season unfold with unfathomable results, I can only imagine how AWESOME – uh, I mean MEANINGLESS today’s […]
“It is the greatest regular season in sports. But, sadly it has the worst post season” * Tim Brando at halftime of the SEC Championship game just minutes after UCLA upset USC. Clueless. What Tim Brando and others can’t seem to grasp is that the nature of the one game National Championship is what makes […]
