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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Lessons from March Madness
College football is new to this selection committee and playoff thing. It can learn from the mistakes and shortcomings of basketball’s March Madness. Tournament results do not rectify selection mistakes. The College Football Playoff Committee should have already learned this … Continue reading
5th Down means one thing
On Oct. 6, 1990, a football game was stolen, and the culprit was … the fates. It was a day when math teachers lost count and sure runners slipped and fell. It was a day when telephones went unanswered and … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Down, Colorado, Missouri
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ACC Network looks Dead on Arrival
After the Big Ten, SEC and Pac12 conferences put together television networks other major conferences, the ACC in particular, wondered when they would get nearly unlimited coverage of their network. Fans wanted to see more of their teams and wanted the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged ACC, ACC Network, ESPN, SEC, SEC Network
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When in doubt, it is a foul
A bad rule gets worse. On Tuesday the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel decided that the targeting penalty had been such a huge success that the only thing they needed was more targeting penalties. The Panel voted to allow replay … Continue reading
24 Hours of College Football
It’s never to early to start looking forward to opening day. The college football off season is a grueling 233 day slog. This season we’ve only gotten through 57 days so far, but instead of dwelling on that, let’s fantasize … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Opinion
Tagged Alabama, Auburn, California, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Kansas State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Scheduling, Southern Cal, Stanford, Texas, West Virginia
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Much Ado About Nothing at Ole Miss
The Jackson Clarion-Ledger obtained copies of most of the allegations currently leveled by the NCAA at Ole Miss. They aren’t incredibly interesting, salacious or serious. A sampling: “After the repairs were made, [name redacted] attempted to return the loaner vehicle … Continue reading
College Football TV Ratings
The Number Monkey, a writer at Big XII Fanatics, has a very interesting piece up about television ratings for college football. In this piece he looks at the Tier 1 games, those on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. In addition … Continue reading
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Tagged Big XII, Scheduling, Television
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Half Measures: Florida Edition
Florida is going to allow alcohol in parts of their football and basketball stadiums but not in all. It’s the latest half measure from administrators to stem the flow of fans away from stadiums and toward TVs. Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Gameday Experience, Half Measures
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LSU Football is Untouchable
LSU is always talented. Next season they appear to be set to return more talent than usual. Typically the NFL draft hits the Tigers especially hard, a problem many teams would be happy to have. All of that could be … Continue reading
Third Down Draw 