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Don't Bet On It!: 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Predictions (Part I)
My predictions for championship Saturday fared badly indeed; I correctly called the SEC Championship Game to improve my league ledger for the season to 53-13, but my 1-3 record in the weekend’s remaining games stranded me at 37-25 in non-conference outings. The reality to which that should alert...
BYU trounces Arizona, but no need for hand wringing.
Not much to say about this one. BYU got up to an early lead, and never looked back. Poor FG and 3 point shooting (38% and 28.6%, respectively) prevented the Wildcats from making any type of serious comeback, while Jimmer Fredette put on a clinic (33 points, 10 rebounds) as the Wildcats struggled...
If We Have to Give One BCS Conference the Boot...
In all of the recent talk about the Pac 10 expanding and the Big 10 expanding, it seem as if the talk of the Mountain West potentially getting an automatic BCS bid has gotten lost in the shuffle. Before all of the talk of the expansion of current BCS conferences, some people seemed to think the...
The Pac-10 Cannot Expand Without Both Utah and BYU
Since I raised the issue of Big Ten expansion last night, I suppose it’s only fair that I mention the much more immediate likelihood of Pac-10 expansion while I’m at it. There has been talk to the effect that it’s Colorado or it’s no one, but I disagree, for three reasons. These are they: 1. With...
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...
Grading Mark Richt After Nine Years With the Georgia Bulldogs (Part II)
Last night, we took a partial look at Mark Richt’s record in his first nine years in Athens. Today, we will move past Coach Richt’s rate of success against various Georgia opponents and focus instead on the larger picture. As before, I will be comparing the achievements of the first nine years of...
Evaluating My Preseason Conference Championship Predictions
Now that the best offseason ever has settled down somewhat in the wake of all the firings, resignations retractions leaves of absence, cowardly departures from Knoxville at night amid rioting in the streets surrounding the athletic building (not unlike the frantic escape of a deposed communist...
Final 2009 College Football BlogPoll Ballot Explained
In the immediate aftermath of the national championship game, I posted a preliminary draft of my BlogPoll ballot and responded to constructive criticisms of it. While I remain open to (and, in fact, openly solicit) alternative viewpoints, I am (for the moment) sticking with my original top 25,...
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...
Don't Bet On It!: College Football Bowl Edition (Part VIII)
I’m not going to lie to you; this season’s bowl picks were a fiasco. I blew the call on seven of the first eight postseason tilts before dropping seven straight between the EagleBank and Chick-fil-A Bowls. This has been my worst year of postseason prognostications ever, so I’m not even going to...
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